Daily Bread: The Pyramid Builders

Thursday 10 February 2011

The Pyramid Builders

See the crowds in Tahrir Square

forcing democratic change

upon their rulers.

See how one thousand years

of democracy has bred

such complacency

that no-one cares to crowd

our squares to change

our wayward rulers.

John H Davies

10th February 2011

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About The Poet

John H Davies was born in 1962. After Uppingham and Sandhurst he served as an Infantryman in the British Army, and later as a mercenary in Central America, where he was detained in solitary confinement for a year as a prisoner of war. Since returning to the UK he worked in the manufacturing industry for 20 years, before joining a security company in East Africa. His portfolio included Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Zambia and D R Congo. John now works for a tourism and conservation organization in the Serengeti region of Northern Tanzania. The poetry is influenced by those early events, and subsequent adjustment to the day to day life of work, family and relationships. The poem 'Chinese Whispers' appeared in The Spectator, and Shropshire Life magazine published a monthly piece for a year selected from the blog. John can be contacted mwambani@hotmail.com

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Thursday 10 February 2011

The Pyramid Builders

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