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When a rose is not a roseWhen a rose is not a rose anda government sleeps and
enters their foes,
As our allies, weapons we bestow and watch them
retaliate with excessive blows,
targeting civilians, innocents in the throes.
We threaten to halt our...
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Categories:
political, horror, humanity, military, sad,
Form: Political Verse
State of the Disunion
--- merely bourgeois so-called collective western world:
time for another election, "fair and free"?
From the way things look,
one would almost think that an
exorcism would be more helpful ......
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Categories:
political, betrayal, business, class, irony,
Form: Free verse
Cheap, on Our DimeEvery year when taxes are due, I pay mine to the full,
Even though some other people call it a bunch of bull.
Some don't pay their taxes for there is an aberration.
As time goes by they...
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Categories:
political,
Form: Rhyme
Electoral Apathy
A Petrchan sonnet)
The. Dems or ‘cons two sides of the same bit
Vote I would never do. A waste of time
I have better things to do‘on my dime
Both parties suck ass and they stink like s*it...
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Categories:
america, anger, angst, political,
Form: Sonnet
Words Which Inspire Silence
Thick clouds of unanswered questions
eclipse the clear light thought to be seen.
Bewildered by election commentary again,
our ears quit as media opine.
Hearers' lack of response yields understanding,
'twas a vacant struggle just to be heard.
Hardened clay...
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Categories:
11th grade, political, silence,
Form: Free verse
Good PoliticsGood politics means
Zero corruption stance
And good governance.
...
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Categories:
engagement, people, perspective, political,
Form: Haiku
Dancing While SingingDancing minds
free singing bodies
Dancing bodies
reserve singing minds.
Minds find faith in wealthy
blue-sky synergy
where bodies have experienced hope
for sacred EarthTribe's
healthiest green integrity.
Whether we feel we must invest
in cooperative minds
invoking compassionate
sacred bodies
Or think we might best...
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Categories:
political, health, integrity, light, muse,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
April 20 Standup Comedy The Trump Insult Comedy Tour!April 20—Standup Comedy – The Insult Comedy Tour!
How and why he
Remains so popular
With some Americans
Remains a mystery.
He remains me
Of an old-time insult
Comedian, Don Rickles
Who was infamous
For insulting his audience
Who loved...
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Categories:
corruption, political,
Form: Political Verse
April 19 Define or celebrate a word or concept ScumbagologyApril 19—Define or celebrate a word or concept -Scumbagology
Scumbagery is the study
Of the actions of a scumbag
A scumbag is a narcissistic, sociopathic
Self-center person willing to do anything
to get ahead
no loyalty to...
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Categories:
political,
Form: Political Verse
April 17 Prove something God’s Demented Sense of Humor
April 17—Prove something
God’s Demented Sense of Humor
I sometimes think
That God if he/she/it exists
And created the Universe
Must have a demented
Sense of humor.
For how else you can explain
Why he created a parasite
That hides in your system
Totally...
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Categories:
political, environment, god, religion,
Form: Political Verse
April 16 RainApril 16—Rain
No Rain
In 2025, the world ended
With the collapse
Of the worldwide climate system.
Monster storms of the century
devastated half the world.
But the other half of the world
Had no rain or snow
For almost a whole year
The once-green...
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Categories:
political, america, angst, anxiety, change,
Form: Political Verse
April 15 Lament Watching the NewsApril 15 Lament Watching the News
While watching the news
I am constantly lamenting
The sad state of political discourse
In these increasingly
Disunited United States of America.
Where we have retreated into enemy tribes
Blue, red, and purple states
With each convinced...
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Categories:
political, america, anger, angst, moving
Form: Political Verse
April 13 Signal First Contact
In the movie, the” signal”
An Astronaut receives
A signal from an alien spaceship
Heading to earth
The alien repeats the word
Hello in multiple languages
While heading to Earth.
The discovery electrifies
And terrifies the world.
All...
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Categories:
political, science fiction, space, stars,
Form: Political Verse
April 12 Dire Prediction Civil War 2Civil War 2.0
Reading the latest polls
Showing that President Biden
And Ex-President Trump
Tied in a dead heat
In the polls
Particularly in the swing states.
. I realize there is
Real possibility
That Donald...
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Categories:
political, america, analogy, anger, angst,
Form: Political Verse
April 8 DelayApril 8—Delay (any kind)
There is always a two to three-month delay
Between economic news
And people’s perception of the economy.
Most people feel the economy sucks
When in objective fact
The economy is doing just great.
I hope that...
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Categories:
america, angst, political,
Form: Political Verse
Specific Types of Political Poems
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