it started with a beach death,
on the right hand column-
four hapless whales
breathed their last
in Aceh Besar in Indonesia-
then rose the storm of meteors
of dark words…
that kept glittering
in their sinister shine-
fat, medium, thin headlines-
on the foreign page-
I was gobsmacked reading…..
how could a teen be accused
of raping a hen…a hen?
even on the Sport page glowed-
Dokic* revealed abuse
in her autobiography,
Why was this…
When…
How…
I better shut up
and stop abusing
poetry-
after all meteors are meant
to be ashes only
*Jelena Dokic, former world No. 4 tennis player
Posted for Susan’s Midweek Motif ~ Meteor Showers @ Poets United
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Also sharing with Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017: #15 hosted by Thotpurge
sumanar/lekha 
Fabulously inspired by both prompts! You’re so right.. the newspaper is a mine field these days.. full of horrors. Wish the evils of the world would so easily and wondrously turn to ashes. Thanks so much for sharing Sumana..
Such a powerful poem
It is like an avalanche, it just piles on. One begins and it seems they come out of the woodwork. Bad news. Crazy news. The insane horrors of our world. Raping a hen – ironically had a call here at the school about a student and a cow. Its a bizarre crazy world.
OUCH! You better not shut up! I thrill at the parallel of raping the hen and abusing the poem. All is chaos, and someday we will all be ashes. But at least there are poets.
” the storm of meteors
of dark words…
that kept glittering
in their sinister shine-”
fantastic image Sumana. Happy mid week
much love…
Sumana, this is vividly done. And so powerful. Albeit the stories told here are so bizarre, but yes they do happen in the sick world we live in now. Bravo. 🙂
What a powerful and beautifully written poem!!
What better way to reflect on inexplicable events than through poetry?
An interesting take on the prompt!
The world has gone mad…
Just for the hell of it I googled ‘raping a hen’ and it seems this not the first time…
Love your take.
Anna :o]
Best contemplate the stars when the news on earth is so dark and dim. This made for interesting reading. Am sad for whales , humans, all creatures, in what should be a garden of delight.
Super poem. You had me at: it started with a beach death…and from there the deaths of the whales. to the last line…wonderful poem. And yes, we are only meant to be ashes only.
Oh, may the sky deliver the light our souls are so hungry for. This is harsh, honest poetry.
Interesting take on the prompt, and a vivid and powerful poem.
Wow, Sumana. Such powerful feelings expressed in this poem. I feel your anger at the state of the world!
Sumana,
My goodness strange circumstances and such a connection to a disturbing incident. A night when the meteor shower was not quite so mystical..very powerful poem…
This month end was fantastic for astronomy lovers,there was a lot going in the sky.
On 3rd of december venus and moon pair was visible,On 12th December there was Super moon and now Geminid meteor shower.Now waiting for Ursid meteor shower on 22nd december.