War Crimes Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

Putin the ugly dictator
Bombs and shells
Residential areas
Kills civilians
Women and children
In violation of
The Laws of War.

Weapons of
Mass murder
Cluster bombs
At a pre school
In the town of
Okhtyrka
In Sumi Oblast,
North Ukraine,
Killing civilians
Including a child,
A little girl of
Seven years!

The evil dictator
Threatens of
Using Nuclear Arms.

His war itself is a crime,
A crime
Against humanity,
Against democracy.


What do we call
These crimes?