Good Night and Good Luck
...“Good Night and Good Luck,”
Brought to us from the stage,
Allowed viewers from home
To with theater engage.
Based on Edward R. Murrow
Who, for CBS News,
Got to challenge McCarthy,
It got rav...
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Categories:
mccarthy, america, appreciation, political,
Form: Rhyme
Literary Feud Among - Pt 2
...Step Forward McCarthy vs. Hellman
What is this The Digital Crucible of Truth?
On a stage of scrutiny,
titans c l a s h—
McCarthy's words, a web of accusations
S l i c...
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Categories:
mccarthy, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Arm In Arm With Smiles
...arm in arm with smiles
charming my sisters - i missed
out when i drove off
pretty in pink…weekend at
bernie’s…ANDREW MCCARTHY!!!!!
3/27/2023...
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Categories:
mccarthy, america, fate, sister,
Form: Tanka
How a Perfunctory Poet Punctuates a Piece
...A period here. a question mark there?
A handful of commas,,,tossed in the air
To fall all willy-nilly but he doesn't care.
Then he closes his eyes so he never sees,
And does it again with apostro...
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Categories:
mccarthy, humor, writing,
Form: Light Verse
Yardbirds
...Who remembers the Yardbirds
and their moniker Monkey business
Relf , McCarthy, Dreja and Samwell Smith
Blues boys with Beck/Page on duo guitar
latterly Happenings 10 years time ago
seeking peo...
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Categories:
mccarthy, adventure, anniversary,
Form: Free verse
Ammunition For Intuition and Retention
...for intuition
God gave us ammunition
knowledge retention
for much pollution
God gave us a solution
should use exclusion
a McCarthy mess
is trouble we must confess
we should have to stress...
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Categories:
mccarthy, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Speaker of the House
...It sounds like junior high school,
The vote that will not end,
With people making speeches,
K. McCarthy to defend.
The government’s on hold
For no decisions can be made
Until a leader’s chose...
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Categories:
mccarthy, political,
Form: Rhyme
Time For Change
...I believe there are still honest politicians
Who try to do their best for our country,
While others, out of grandiose ambitions
Couldn’t give a fig, to put it rather bluntly.
Some fas...
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Categories:
mccarthy, change, perspective, political,
Form: Political Verse
To Each His Own Bed
...When Ozzie & Harriet wed
Censors decreed one to a bed*
Desi & Lucy
Never got juicy
But McCarthy still dubbed them, "Red!"
* It was not OK in the USA for
married couples to share the
s...
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Categories:
mccarthy, humor,
Form: Limerick
Remembering the 1950's
...Baseball cards and hula hoops
Baloney sandwich, Campbell’s soup
Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse
Mamie and Ike in the White House
American Bandstand, Rock 'n Roll
Elvis the Pelvis, Nat Kin...
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Categories:
mccarthy, fun, nostalgia, remember,
Form: Couplet
A New Start For America
...Out with infighting and lack of general respect,
Let’s restore our Congressional reputation
Rank partisanship and grandstanding
While padding their own coffers, I expect!
Let’s rid o...
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Categories:
mccarthy, america, goodbye, perspective, political,
Form: Quatrain
Political Futility
...No more new year resolutions,
no more lie on government restitution,
no republic can survive its dilution
no more pandemic blues,
no more wild-eyed cons[iracy cues
no more revenue that's du...
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Categories:
mccarthy, america, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Meghan Markle
...How obnoxious is Meghan Markle?
The one who married Royalty, with a
ring that makes a whole room sparkle?
Turns down flowers from her Caucasian
father?
Then makes a video insulting her mother...
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Categories:
mccarthy, anger, character,
Form: Rhyme
Marjorie Taylor Greene
...My goodness, I wonder, when I read of your deeds
Are you really a member of the U. S. Congress?
Reminds me of that unstable U. S. Senator named
Joseph McCarthy, who accused good people, made
Outl...
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Categories:
mccarthy, political,
Form: Acrostic
Fly On the Wall
...Rep. Kevin McCarthy is powwowing
with Pro-Trump, QAnon-loving kook, Greene.
The big contentious meeting!
So is he taming Jezebel as we speak?
Nop...
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Categories:
mccarthy, perspective, political,
Form: Political Verse
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