TYNESIDE POETS!

TYNESIDE POETS!

Sunday 27 November 2016

CUBA, CROCODILES, RAIN






It is raining on crocodiles,
bullet-tears on the scales.
Here, where the balance of power has changed.
These banks of hardened green-backs, spread
stoned along the water’s edge,
are caged
like old dictators,
reigns ended
as young Cuba
surrounds them.





KEITH ARMSTRONG


photos: Dr Keith Armstrong