Poem of the Day - One New Poem a Day

Read a fantastic new poem every day. The Poem of the Day is the highest rated poem from the previous day on PoetrySoup. We use a special formula to determine the poem. A poem cannot be selected more than once as poem of the day. Also, the poem must have been posted within the past day (or so).

See also:

• Best New Poems
• Poem of the Week
• Best New Poets

 Subscribe to the poem of the day and get a poem emailed to you every day.

  

Below is the poem of the day entitled Take out the Landry which was written by poet arthur vaso.

Form: Free verse | + Fav Poem | Comment | Email | Print

Take out the Landry

 Take Out the Landry

Dirty laundry for years on the floor
finally the dirt is out the door
Quebec is cleaning house
separatists being laid to graves
like Napoleonic mouse's
bury their rhetoric too
twelve feet deep

Wrinkled ex leader with
no musket or balls
no lead, leaderless
man of poisoned dreams
nationalist and king of hate
trumpets play for his distaste
if your wool is not pure
you do not belong on his shore

Villain as Lucifer or Lucien 
robbing the people of their future
all for his midget delusions
now to be inhumed
in his own dirt
he will of course blame
the Chinese laundry mat
who lost his ticket

He is not to be interred
in red rags
honor will shed not one tear
where is his Nazi flag?

Boxed at Notre Dame
the church like Vichy
honors dictators and their clan
funerals they all say nice things
still
they toss out the laundry
as Canada sings

Only Toronto thanks him
for the prosperity

Sunshine Smile Date: 11/16/2018 2:40:00 AM - Congratulations on your p.o.t.d., Arthur! :) - Best wishes for a lovely Friday and weekend :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply

Darren White Date: 11/15/2018 11:41:00 PM well written my friend. If it weren't a bit tasteless, I would have said: wonderful "j'accuse" Login to Reply

Brenda Chiri Date: 11/15/2018 9:56:00 PM Great write art well played!;) Hugs Raven Login to Reply

Billy Jones Date: 11/15/2018 9:44:00 PM Well done Art, may We follow the same, in time good wins! Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 11/15/2018 6:56:00 PM Outstanding and powerful words Arthur! Thank you for the info on this man whose karma will follow him to the grave. : ) Login to Reply

Debbie Duncan Date: 11/15/2018 1:49:00 PM Nicely done :) Login to Reply

nette onclaud Date: 11/15/2018 1:06:00 PM fearless insight detailing what statesmanship is not what it should be... remarkable pen, arthur...huggs Login to Reply

Maureen McGreavy Date: 11/15/2018 9:43:00 AM Sharp ink and (!) intro. I don't remember the players, but I was in the hospital during the Reforendum, my heart in traction fearing my country was falling apart. You know I'm from O, greatly affected by the language debate, I'll soup mail you a poem unfit for soup ;) Hope you're healing up, xomo Login to Reply

Previous Poems of the Day