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Weaponised Fear

Day 17 of 50 days of senryu inspired by songs

By Paul StewartPublished 6 days ago • 1 min read
Mental Distortion by Paul Stewart, 2026

Resist the horror

Psychotic torture of war

They use to enslave

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This is inspired by Alyson Smith's challenge of writing a haiku a day for 50 days, inspired by songs and lyrics that are special to her.

I have not been doing this daily haha.

So this is my 17th entry. For today's I've chosen one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands, Canadian industrial band, Front Line Assembly with their bruising Mental Distortion from their early masterpiece of an album, Caustic Grip.

Tina D. Lopez, Harper Lewis, Stephanie Hoogstad, my fellow Italian Sasha Desideri, ali, Mike Singleton, and now A. Bell also been doing this challenge.

Make sure you check out their poems at their profiles.

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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