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Problematic Persuasion

problematic
persuasions
pragmatic
paid patrons
pharisees
put upons 
power-ese
pros versus cons

one political persuasion
is discerned easily
when those pragmatic lies
purr like a pharisee.
do ends justify means?
perks hide from public eyes.
after months behind screens,
one feels he’s just been put-upon.

September 5, 2022

Charlie New Ku Poetry Contest
Charles Messina

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This is a new and different form of haiku that I came up with. A rhyming haiku with two stanzas. The first has a syllable count of 4,3,3,3,3,3,3,4 and the second has a syllable count of 8,6,6,6,6,6,6,8. Each stanza must also have a rhyming pattern. ...Charlie

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Date: 10/21/2022 2:37:00 AM
The use of alliteration as well as a new form in this winner. Way to go. Congratulations. Sara
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Date: 10/19/2022 2:43:00 AM
Problematic Persuasion -is yet complication-less. Congratulations!
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Date: 10/18/2022 3:11:00 PM
Reason, you took this to another level my dear friend. Brilliantly written! Congratulations on your 1st place win! Charlie
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Date: 10/18/2022 8:20:00 PM
thank you, Charlie; how do politicians live with themselves? I appreciate the honor of a 1st place in your contest.

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