Beyond the imposing and the high iron gate
The picturesque setting of the Oxford University
Situates the hedonistic oriented Bullingdon Club
Founded more than 200 years ago.
The socially exclusive students get the invitation
To join the Club as its elite members
Many of whom have attained prominence
And position of power in Britain’s political arena.
The ill-famed Club is known for
Its wealthy members and their notorious behavior
Partaking in the boisterous rituals such as
Vandalizing restaurants and students’ rooms.
The Club’s colors are sky blue and shining ivory
Seen on the tailcoats the members wear
For the annual dinner where the drunken revelers
Greet each other chanting “buller, buller, buller”.
The Club has survived the roller-coaster ride
Lurching between frequent recruitment crises
And nearly facing the shut down
But the buller has a way of bouncing back.
The distinctiveness of its haughty members
Reflected in their one-upmanship attitude
Took them to eminence along the tough tracks
The outside world is skeptic about their dubious traits.
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April 7, 2023
Contest : Bullingdon Boys
Spoinsored by : Joe Maverick
BULLER BULLER BULLER!
“Buller, Buller, Buller,”
The menacing cry rings out.
Lock and bar the windows,
The Bullingdon boys are about.
They march through the streets of Oxford,
All elegantly dressed.
The sons of the rich and privileged,
The university’s best!
So, mothers, lock up your daughters,
They are safer out of sight.
And restaurants put up the closed sign.
Don’t let them in tonight,
They’ll have caviar and champagne
And when they’ve had their fill,
They’ll leave a trail of destruction.
They can afford the bill.
Then it’s “Buller, Buller, Buller”
As they stagger off once more.
They’re our future politicians.
Still above the law!
29th March 2023
Bullingdon Boys poetry contest
Sponsor - Joe Maverick
Bullingdon Club, US Version
The Bullingdon Club is alive here and well
And because of it, we are all living in hell
Trump and his minions lie, cheat and steal
From Americans asking, “Dear God, what’s the deal?”
These bullies caused riots, our capital stormed
Yet Trump and his cronies from trouble have wormed.
"Buller, buller, buller!" they shouted to the siege
In allegiance to their entitled, orange-faced liege.
“I can shoot a man in the street and nothing will happen,”
Trump declared while he ate and his body did fatten.
No one believed him–then came insurrection
We were sickened, but it just gave Trump an ********.
These idiots continue to follow this creep
His words and behavior cause good people to weep
As nothing seems to touch Teflon Don
The Evil in America, the true Devil’s Spawn.
Context,
Boer War , South Africa
The Battle for Spion Kop
Slag van Spioenkop
Ladysmith , Natal
23 January 1900
British forces under the command
Sir Redvers Buller
Dug in to take the higher ground
on Spion Kop
In order to engage the Boer army
encircling below
Lead by General Louis Botha
The rest is written down in history, folklore and infamy
And a famous football club's stand named after it
Dedicated to it's fallen
2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusseliers
243 Dead
1250 Casualties
I write this only because,
i myself visited this hilltop graveyard paid homage and knelt before it's unkept memorial upon it
And instead of feeling what i thought
i should be the travesty, horror and
utter futility of war
And whilst leaving took 1 final glance over my shoulder at the vista and panorama only to be over come by the sheer unadulterated serenity and beauty
And i left perversely thinking what a beautiful place to die
Death has a hell of a lot to live up too
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