Latakia
...Latakia, Syria
My ship berthed there when Bashar al-Assad, the vile
When a dictator was in power, I found a peaceful town
Dressed in a European manner, there were many shops
selling all sorts...
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Categories:
assad, allusion, best friend, betrayal,
Form: ABC
A dumpster fire
..."To the White House he strode," sang his choir,
The elephants sparked a dumpster fire,
His words became its fuel,
Deceit was his tool,
While the donkeys cried foul: "He's a liar."
We need no D...
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Categories:
assad, conflict, death, political, power,
Form: Limerick
Three Stars Over Syria
...Sic semper tyrannis thus always to tyrants. Rebel rebel rebel ! Storms of rebellion topple his brutal regime capture the capital, Damascus liberation celebration. His brutal regime…millions...
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Categories:
assad, angst, freedom, violence, war,
Form: Haibun
The Middle East
...The Middle East
When the persecuted became persecutors
chaos followed; what a mess the Middle East is
Both sides of the conflict like killing one other
up pops more fanatics with eager knives...
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Categories:
assad, age, allah, arabic, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Double Standard
...If Ben-Gvir is a terrorist
What is Bashar Assad?
Whose hands are stained red
from spilling fellow Syrians' blood
If Ben-Gvir is a terrorist
What is Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah?
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Categories:
assad, leadership, murder, truth,
Form: Rhyme
I'Ve a Simple Solution At Hand
...Back in 2013 the President 'resetting,' drew a line in the sand
Syria sprinted across it; faced no response from our end
So, Bashir Assad killed his own countrymen with chemical gas
hundred...
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Categories:
assad, america, death, future, life,
Form: Political Verse
Syria My Lovely
...Syria, my lovely
Asma al-Assad, the wife of the president in Syria
her crime is to be married to Bashir al- Assad.
Since the president of Syria is sitting pretty, they had to find a softer ...
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Categories:
assad, absence, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
A Well Engineered Poem
...See the crying of the poet,
I think he's angry at the mowatt.
He finds it hard to see the troll,
Overshadowed by the tiny sausage roll.
Who is that hating near the Trump?
I think she'd like ...
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Categories:
assad, art, computer, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Living Hell
...Three girls going to school in a living hell
I just hope to god they don't step on a shell
For their president Assad just does not care
Orders his air force to drop bombs everywhere
As...
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Categories:
assad, children, war,
Form: Rhyme
The Annals of History
...Review the annals of history
Murder upon murder you'll see
Start with Adam and Eve's son, Cain
Who murdered his brother Abel in vain
Then there's Moses, the saintly lawgiver
Who mur...
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Categories:
assad, history, murder, remember,
Form: Couplet
A Brighter Tomorrow
...The Western world will breathe easier when Kim Jong Un
starts the denuclearization of North Korea.
And the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin gives
Ukraine back its lost peninsula of Crimea.
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Categories:
assad, 10th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Quatrain
It's Time
...While we sit on our rumps and curse about Trump,
Assad murders thousands with chemical weapons dumps.
While we fuss, fume, and fret about gender change,
Iran's mullahs ramp up plutonium to nucl...
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Categories:
assad, death, evil, international, proposal,
Form: Rhyme
Failed States
...Failed States
So they killed Gadhafi to free Libya and
got the Western world to help them. Alas the rebels
only fought for what they could get,
and now Libya is a failed state. They have tried...
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Categories:
assad, absence, arabic, august, baptism,
Form: Blank verse
Damascus
...VIDEO: LovejoyB: BALLOON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fduyWFQ-JXg
"DAMASCUS"
There is no collaboration in War
Poison winds and ...
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Categories:
assad, bible, children, family, future,
Form: Free verse
The Pied Piper From New York City - Part One
...The Pied Piper from New York City – Part One
Dare his name be said?
I say, of course, Yes!
The Pied Piper, himself, is the man, the myth, the legend.
And they, the so-called incurious lot of...
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Categories:
assad, allusion, america, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Political Verse
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