Mr Softy
...The Illinois emperor favors no bail for the violent
he's a softy in the middle and more so on crime
From his bullhorn pulpit he proclaims that we're safe
I'm afraid the land of Lincoln is made of ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, places,
Form: Political Verse
Political Parties
...
Political Parties
(as I see it)
Written: by Miracle Man
6/8/2024
Political entities take actions,
without thinking twice.
Those actions once taken,
come saddled with a price.
So...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, how i feel, political,
Form: Quatrain
Our Dilemma
...Republicans are red, Democrats are blue.
Neither one gives a about you..
They are just names, that they feed to the masses..
To keep us fighting on Facebook, like a bunch of asses..
The valu...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, class, political,
Form: Rhyme
Shut It Down
...If it seems like government
Is out of place
The ideal is to slow it down
to a snail's pace
Instead of getting business done
Slow it down so nothing is won
Take out time to smear a face
Using ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, allusion, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Term Limits
...
Term Limits
Would Drain The Swamp
Miracle Man
8/12/2023
Now draining the swamp
is a worthwhile topic,
Only those who could drain it
appear to be myopic.
I oft hear the catch phr...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, how i feel, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
On My Soapbox Again
...
On My Soapbox Again
Miracle Man
7/28/2023
Most politicians are becoming political snowflakes,
If not in agreement you’re viewed as a traitor.
They cow to lobbyist, while playing patt...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, change, god, jesus, sin,
Form: Quatrain
But Seriously
...“But seriously”
Said the mouse
“I don’t eat much.”
“But Seriously”
Said the Lobbyist
“It won’t cost much”
“But seriously”
Said the Congressman
“How much is too much?”
“But seriously”
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, humor, irony,
Form: Free verse
Gun Shy
...If guns don’t kill people
Why are so many people dead
Another moms child
shot in the head
Blackboards white chalk
splattered in Red
A teacher killed
For something she said
Victim after vict...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, america, angst, corruption, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Term Limits Are Needed
...
Term Limits Are Needed
Another Tom Opinion
1/16/2021
When running for office they run as our elves,
but once in hallowed halls become full of themselves.
Voters send some as pups, ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, political,
Form: Couplet
Seduced By the Subtil Sound
...Seduced by the $ubtil $ound
Put your elephant ear to the ground,
and listen pachyderm carefully
Do you hear the err stampede sound ...
stimulus assisted thievery deed
There’s been...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, corruption, money, psychological, word
Form: Narrative
The Politician
...Oh, what lofty goals, big ideas here
Elect me! I will serve you, absolutely
The rallying cry of promises
A double dose of opponent disparages
Not him, not her, they lie, badly, like cheap rugs
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, political,
Form: Free verse
American Idle
...
The lazy consciences
of the long yawn, credulity class
work so hard
to be an American Idle
“Care less” is their toga motto
You gotta have Roman candle aspiration
Pleb effigy be the...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, allegory, metaphor, philosophy, work,
Form: Epic
Politicians
...
Politicians
Written: by Tom Wright
10-17-2019
Politicians are so adept,
at the parsing of speech.
Due to this flawed thinking,
there’s a vast party breech.
Their association with...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, how i feel, political,
Form: Lyric
Shoot Nothing Like Killing Spree To Bookend August 2019
...Shoot! Nothing like killing spree to bookend August 2019!
The latest homicide,
where gunman(men) slew
dirty deed done dirt cheap
half dozen innocent people drew
minimal horrific gasps, now a n...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Todays Soapbox Opinion
...
Today’s Soapbox Opinion
Written: by Tom Wright
6/27/2019
Ambition, to politicians, is like powerful drugs,
We’re shown clean hands but most resemble slugs.
Seems It’s more of the ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
lobbyist, how i feel, political,
Form: Couplet
Related Poems