He Is In Danger

Celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, 2021

He is in danger when at prayer

He is in danger everywhere

He is in danger in his car

He is in danger from the law

He is in danger in the skies

He is in danger when he flies

He is in danger at the store

He is in danger in a war

He is in danger after school

He is in danger shooting pool

He is in danger from his boss

He is in danger when there’s a loss

He is in danger at the park

He is in danger after dark

He is in danger around the town

He is in danger—he is brown

 

(“He is in danger” was longlisted in the 2020 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest, though not published in The New Quarterly magazine.)