Imprints
...A martyr poltergeist left an elegy
Not much eulogizing the choice of a strategy.
Its undead friends never met their ends, they cannot be
The least affected by all this atrocity.
A cry of help w...
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Categories:
blacklists, angst, anxiety, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Decade - Ence
...Back in the fifties
America seemed much calmer
McCarthy's commie blacklists
Sputnik's shocking launch
Ike's wife Mamie so sedate
That pre-historic hairdo
World War Two over
We needed some ti...
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Categories:
blacklists, america, culture, history, society,
Form: Sedoka
The Voice of Reason
...People’s lives were ruined
When McCarthy hollered “Red!”
Fanning flames as paranoia
Reared its ugly head.
Blacklists made the circuit
Keeping many out of work.
Neighbors spied on neighbors
S...
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Categories:
blacklists, history,
Form: Rhyme