A FOUND TANKA
by Stephen Lawrence
International
courts come from fuzzy-minded
romanticism.
International
laws help our enemies squeeze
the United States.
Negotiation
will not succeed with rogue states—
I don’t do carrots.
Stephen Lawrence, who has an MA in English and Diplomas in Applied Psychology and Education, works for the South Australian government. His fiction and poetry has won or been shortlisted for twenty Australian literary awards, and he was guest author at the Adelaide Festival of Arts Writers' Week 2000. His third poetry collection, entitled How Not to Kill Government Leaders, was launched at Writers' Week 2002.