P O E T R Y O R N E R “BULLET PROOF ”

by David Whitney c2023

How reckless are the gun laws

In those States across the sea

As easy to obtain a gun

As buy a cup of tea

Three children dead

Three adults dead

Another senseless crime

A lunatic allowed to kill

No reason sense or rhyme

Not safe to school their children

Not safe to work or play

In fear that when you wake up

It could be your final day

The gun men have no conscience

Their actions have no guilt

They seldom live to answer to

The blood they all have spilt

Grief engulfs those families

Who lose their precious ones

In showers of fire and bullets

From those crazy handled guns

When will it stop? How can it stop?

When the gun laws are so lax

I cannot see things changing

So there'll be more gun attacks

To see your poem published on this page send to: office@theleader.info that teachers and students can work and learn in more comfortable conditions." Thus, when CEIP number 20 is built in brick, its total capacity will be 450 students and a ratio of 25 students per classroom.

The new CEIP will be created by moving students and teachers from the Los Dolses and Playas de Orihuela schools, transferring a complete line from each centre, so many of the teaching staff at Los Dolses and Playas de Orihuela will also travel with their students.

However, between now and the beginning of the new school year additional teaching staff will be taken on in public schools across the whole Community, a number of whom will be earmarked for the new centre.

While there is no doubt that additional accommodation desperately needs to be found for the Orihuela Costa’s school population, but with a number of other available sites in close proximity, if true, many local associations say they simply cannot understand quite why the council seems intent on putting the economic future of such a successful retail operation at risk!

The town hall will also provide a free bus service from the Torrevieja interchange to the International Auditorium, with the first departure at 6p.m. and the last at 6:30 p.m. On May 6, a day before Europe Day, from 9:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., there will be a Petanque tournament on the slopes of the Rocajuna urbanisation, "Europe Tournament", sponsored by the EmbassyMyHome company together with the Torrevieja Council will feature teams from Spain, UK, Sweden, France, Belgium and Rest of Europe.

Spain, won the tournament on the last occasion it was played.