Sunday’s Piece

“Make way for liberty!” he cried,
Made way for liberty, and died.
(James Montgomery, The Patriot’s Password)

John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
4th June, 1971

Friday’s Piece

Home is the place where, when you go there,
They have to take you in.

(Robert Frost, 1874 – 1963)

John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
3rd June, 1971

(My childhood home, Harare)

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.

(Resumé – Poem by Dorothy Parker, 1893 – 1967)

John Lentell
Rhodesia Herald
2nd June, 1971