Dark Political Poems

In the realm where hues collide,
Where blue meets red, and souls abide.
There lies a shade, both bold and rare,
With regal presence, beyond compare.

Purple, the color...

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There is to be
an eclipse today -- 

a contrary moon
having its dark side
illuminated – 

nothing with free will strong enough
to turn its back entirely on...

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When the devil dances and
hatred spreads, thru his
toxic talks and news threads..
When Satan promises better years
and crowds gather and the people cheer..
When this eternal fire...

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I tapped my keyboard, my eyes bleary
As I tried to write a novel that was no bore
I looked for...

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Trump Poems and Epigrams VI


Trump’s Retribution Resolution
by Michael R. Burch

My New Year’s resolution?
I require your money and votes,
for you are my retribution.

May I offer you...

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Barbie and Ken, Barbie and Ken,
   They’ve been an item since Christ-knows-when.
He’s not Kenneth Connor, he’s not Kenneth Clarke
   Just Ken...

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From out of the dark
it rushed towards me
barking and bearing its teeth.
Its eyes reflected no light,
each socket a black
hell hole of rage
with me in its...

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(This dark poem was written on the anniversary and in memory of the events of January 6, 2021.)

Gallows at the Capitol

By Mark D. Stucky
“Hang Mike...

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Standing on a mountain of a distant place
looking along the valley of time and space,
Death appears as roiling,boiling mist,
we might run in fear and desire...

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...It went up on the internet,
people argued in vain,
some said, “Monster,” some said, “It’s good
that ‘the rich’ know their pain!”
Tyler ignored all the hoopla,
knew nothing...

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Tyler was a real happy man,
looking down at his phone,
the mayor said,“We need less police,
their crimes are so well known.”
They’d not arrest if you stole...

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hypocrite leaders continue to bite other Africans daily.
as the rebels M23 "Rwanda defence force" bombed
bases of burudian peace soldiers 
in DRCongo wantonly. 
many people astonished...

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("Untitled", aka "The Crawling Eye", 2018, original encaustic)

Paranoid Eyes

We live in the old part of town
Where the walls have ears 
And the dark, eyes
We have...

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I look at where Ireland is now,
Compared to the dark times,
They seem to have put behind them
Through courageous decisions made for the sake of peace,
On...

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Ah, weeping leaf I feel your grief 
as Autumn hides the sun in clouds; 
battalion’s shadow, like a thief, 
disguised in dark-sky nimbus shrouds 
have...

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