Community

Chairs in a circle
Tables in a square
Scattering of objects
Around community hall
Coke machine and lectern
Deep freeze and telephone
Stands a lonely pool-
Table hard against the wall.

Papers for the reading
Assortment various
Piano for the needing, music
Stereo as well.
New books for the buying
Boiling water tap
Noticeboard for curious
Many things to tell.

And here we are together
Quaint circle of friends
Cast from many backgrounds
Here on centre stage
Listening and learning
Experienced or not
Sharing personal utopia
New skills for a new age

In nonviolent action...
Wendy Falkner


No Shared Dreaming

No Shared Dreaming, this one
White man's remembering,
White man's fear!
Invader uneasy,
Invader never rest - Lest,
Another invader
Enter the nest.
No shared dreaming, this one.
Wendy Falkner

Written on the spot by our own "people's poet", in reaction to the social
defence conference and its topics.