The Space Race

The Twentieth Century saw a race,
For the outer reaches of space,
The needs of the human race,
Were steadily replaced,
As with undue haste,
The nations raced,
And embraced,
The chase,
Space!

© Graeme Williams 2012

Wealth and Poverty

With all of our technology,
And experts in biology,
There’s one thing that still puzzles me.

Why children still go hungry,
While some, in our economy,
Are dying of obesity.

I question the philosophy,
Or economic policy,
That makes our life expectancy,
A matter of geography.

© Graeme Williams 2012

Photograph taken from the Feed My Starving Children photostream on flickr and used under the creative commons licence. I wrote the poem first then came across what seemed to be the perfect picture to illustrate it.