Poems of the Week

The Lion’s Mouth

by Simon MacCulloch

“[The British government has been] heavily criticised for planning to spend £1.8m
on each of the first 300 asylum seekers it plans to send to Rwanda.”
The Guardian

“Lions rescued from Vladimir Putin’s bombs arrive in UK after 2,000 mile trek.”
Mirror

UK-bound asylum seekers
Needn’t all be English-speakers;
If you want an open door,
Better ask us in a roar.