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Best Brinkmanship Poems


Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Sword of Damocles
Grisly bared horror jawbones Kristallnacht
totalitarian brandishes, flaunts, launches 
global threat half cocked.

Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times the Bible
references Armageddon and doomsday
impossible mission to remain
cool, collected and...

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Categories: brinkmanship, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Grisly Horror
blue war red hot political issues dont amount 
to a hill of beans 
   when Sword of Damocles  count
approaches zero hour 
   as global tensions mount

signaling increased chance 
   trigger finger will free
avast nuclear winter 
  ...

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Categories: brinkmanship, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Uneasy Mantra of Brinkmanship
Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces 
(INF) Treaty nixed, asper (gasp) infinite
wisdom (quite unsettling) trumpeting  
commander in chief de facto gave green

light, thus signals fasttrack, sans arms 
race activating Armageddon churning 
noble nuclear warheads damn the (not 
so petty) torpedoes full steam ahead,

ramping up military industrial...

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Categories: brinkmanship, 12th grade, blue, crush,
Form: Political Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Grisly Horror Jawbones Kristallnacht
Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times the Bible
references Armageddon and doomsday
impossible mission to remain
cool, collected and calm.

Whether affiliated with donkey or elephant
Democrat or Republican viz
blue war red...

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Categories: brinkmanship, abuse, angst, bullying, environment,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry