In Praise of Mark Carney
...To be born Canadian was my fate,
something I will always appreciate.
The PM of my nation
deserves my approbation
for he'll not abnegate nor bloviate....
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Categories:
bloviate, appreciation, political,
Form: Limerick
Subjective
...I know that art’s subjective;
Everyone has different taste,
So one exhibit that I love
Might be, to you, a waste.
The same applies to music –
Some like opera, jazz or blues,
Country, rock an...
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Categories:
bloviate, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
A Fiendish Destitution
...While we dwell to this dreidel,
I seek to know before a sear,
Even in the most ineluctable dandle,
The fruit to which may indeed bear;
In the imbue oblivion, I tell a riddle,
Most morass yet mer...
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Categories:
bloviate, 3rd grade, africa, allusion,
Form: Free verse
The National Hypocrisy
...I cannot apologize that I am so consumed with rage
For I cannot control my urge to lash out in defense
When I see that those in power cannot turn the page
That they foolishly equivocat...
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Categories:
bloviate, america, perspective, political, social,
Form: Quatrain
Beware Tomorrow
...Be not soft upon the morrow
For the maliciousness it contrives.
The future beckons unending sorrow
To gamely catch the vulture's eye.
'Tis the destiny of mice and men
To be laid waste by natur...
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Categories:
bloviate, dark, humanity, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Leave Me Alone
...a leaf blower not music to the ears
its incessant bloviate
from morning until night.
12/4/2019...
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Categories:
bloviate, sound,
Form: Kimo
Pauciloquent ----- Bloviate
...Pauciloquent
Do you speak less words; It doesn't mean you to
avoid asserting, if needed to get through;
Man of few utterances
surely makes a difference;
Then term 'Pauciloquent'...
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Categories:
bloviate, character,
Form: Limerick
The Jabberers
...Those who have a lot to say
Make sure that they get heard
And even if discouraged
They are often undeterred.
While those who rarely speak their mind
Find quiet is preferred,
Yet sometimes in ...
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Categories:
bloviate, people,
Form: Rhyme
Brunswickian Who Bloviates
...Brunswickian Who Bloviates
I once had known some sloppy Senator
With loose running mouth needing an inhibitor
And my view of was really quite very vivid
What he loved to do was make people livi...
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Categories:
bloviate, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Sanity Slipping
...Sanity Slipping
by Odin Roark
For today,
There is but a subliminal haze.
Soon…
They’ll realize spring as summer,
An impatient today
Rapidly becoming tomorrow’s scorched yesterd...
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Categories:
bloviate, environment,
Form: Free verse
Bloviatin' Politicians
...It ain't no wonder that in this nation consternation and confusion reigns!
From wily politicos from the prez on down we hear the same old refrains!
"I'll see that you git a new sewer system in town...
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Categories:
bloviate, funny, politicalconfusion,
Form: Rhyme
Political Prattle
...'Tis well known that politicians have a congenital proclivity,
For concocting inane babble with audacious creativity!
The nuances that they spin and the postures they assume,
No doubt leave poor M...
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Categories:
bloviate, political
Form: Rhyme