Political Book Poems

“Book Banning is due to fear of knowledge”—Grace Linn
“I wholly disapprove of what you say and will defend 
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The book Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers originally published in 2001…
look it up…you might be amazed at all the awards it’s won!

It celebrates all kinds...

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Political leaders take countries to war,
making decisions that are political, 
done to ensure they are voted for, 
domestic approval and nothing more. 

Biden couldn't have...

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In the beginning, the Word stood alone,
A solitary witness to creation.
Its single nascent syllable was pleasant in tone,
But found itself in need of conversation.

In the...

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The truth is the weapon they fear most 
interfering in a political process 
where informed choice is deleted as criminal free speech 
without trial banning...

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I was browsing in a book shop today
And a book on the bargain table took my eye straight away
It had lost thirty dollars off the...

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The book of Trump is little read for minions are just fools,
As dropouts in the school of life, they don't have any tools
That rise above...

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though I yam Caucasian,
   tis rightful to honor that most bitter
racist genocidal crime
   nonetheless ovation qua

   quintessential significant contribution
...

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If it’s suspense you want, then I’m the one for you.
You can keep me at home or take me to the beach.
We can spend all...

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there are so many, Faces with Books
there are so many books with faces 
that they would not tell you  
whose idea it was 
in...

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A book of lists
is what I need
to absolve Earth's Tribes
of rampant greed.

Before and after lists,
being and becoming fists,
masculine and feminist mutual mentoring trists
of transliterative transubstantiation.

I...

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A revised riff on Brecht’s sage advice…

reach for the book
&
smack a redneck upside the head
hide a Glock in a carved out bible
burn pages to build...

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The generous seas do roam vividly,
And sacred words spoken earnestly.
People suffer and people go to war,
I just hope these words will go afar.

Yesterday I published...

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So many rules
that nobody follows
I don't know what you want me to do
I've disconnected
I write for myself
I can't help what they do
Getting my mind focused...

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Burn that Book?

By Elton Camp

Can there be any good reason why
In a crowded theater “Fire” to cry?
To give out such an intense alarm
When other people...

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