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Sean Hunt Jun 2016
Do I leave, Do I stay
Do I play or run away
Which way today
Go left, go right
Do I stay, do I fight
Who’s my brother, who’s my mother
Who’s my wife, and who’s my lover
It’s me, or them,
It’s now, or then
Maybe my community,
Or a dangerous lion’s den
Do I tango,
Do I talk
Do I break
Or make a wall
Do I fly
Or do I fall

Left right Left right
Wrong Right Wrong Right
Far right Outta sight
Loose Tight Loose Tight
Left right Left right

Well now I’ve come to the crux of it
I’m going to be a Bodhisattva Brit
All this self, cherishing spin
Explains the state we’re in
Our imperialistic past
Built the wealth of our state
Now we’d better give some back
Before it’s way too late


Sean Hunt  June 7 2016
I rewrote this poem, changed the title, added the last verse.  I think I may leave it alone now, but one never knows :)
Sean Hunt Jun 2016
We’re so lucky to live in ‘The Lakes’
Every day we find new mates
Meeting people from Shanghai
From ‘Down Under’ and Dubai
From towns all over this country here
From places far and places near
From across the oceans wide and deep
They come to see our hills and sheep  

I’m so lucky to live ‘The Lakes’
A place where I can meditate
Look at the mountains from afar
Admire them like a distant star
Take a picture with my phone
All from my window in my home
I talk about mountains with my mates
I’m so lucky to live in ‘The Lakes’

Sean Hunt      June 6th 2016
The Lakes District in England is a renowned tourist destination and I live right in the middle of it.  People spend lots of money to come here from around the world to experience what is, for me, taken for granted.
Sean Hunt Jun 2016
Do I leave, do I stay
Which way, which way?
Go left, go right
Do I stay, do I fight
Who’s my brother, who’s my mother
Who’s my wife and who’s my lover
It’s me, it’s them,
It’s now, it’s then
Is it my community,
Or a lion’s den
Do I tango, do I talk
Do I break or make walls

Left right Left right
Wrong Right Wrong Right
Left right Left right
Loose Tight Loose Tight
Left right Left right

Sean Hunt  June 6 2016
The Referendum to either remain in the EU or leave is heating up
Sean Hunt Jun 2016
How many 'I''s know their 'I'?
I ask my self
Sean Hunt Jun 2016
Another Me

Today
Is over
Once again
Tomorrow 
A new one 
Will begin
How many more
I wonder now
Before
The sun is new
And the day
Is different
Maybe 
More moons 
Maybe  less
How many legs
Will I have
A hundred
Ten
Or one
Or none
Which label
Language
Will I learn
How many days more
I wonder
Before
There's
Another me
For me
To be

Sean Hunt June 3rd 2016
Sean Hunt Jun 2016
Today
Over
Once again
Tomorrow a new one
Will begin
Sean Hunt Jun 2016
What Can A Muslim Woman Be?

Bobbing
On the misogynistic sea
Of inhumanity

Muffled by
Mandatory muteness
Veiled in artless darkness
Horrified by heartlessness
And tasting
A terrible tartness

A gauntlet of confetti stones awaits
The rule breakers
And mistake makers
Equivocation
Or twisted motivation
Can cause a horrid hail
To happen
At any moment

I wonder
What can a Muslim woman be

Sean Hunt Windermere 2016 May
https://vimeo.com/162596231  This poem was a response to a video that was watched by a group of poets to elicit a poetic response
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