Rose Political Poems

Q:  Does the single act of being baptized save people without first being saved?

A:  Being baptized is a work of faith and public...

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...It seems that all their ‘solutions’
are made to diminish mankind,
to make life harder in a world
that at it’s best seems sometimes malign.
They want us to...

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Dignity, purity, hope,
Entwined in a delicate rose.
These are the colours which hold
The futures of all women to come.

Run, run, run,
To the Free Trade Hall we...

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I don't know that poetry
needs be anything but poetry,

while myself realizing
that definition greatly varies –

but I have seen acrobatic
words that flop like
wingless birds, 

and predictable...

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The 38th Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro,
known for his far-right political view,
some brand him as a right-wing demagogue,
and a radical religious nationalist.

A vocal opponent of same-sex...

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Once upon a time it was called the Great War 
Alright it wasn’t a great war said the dead
Not according to the unknown soldiers 
Blown...

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The puppet pranced
The strings frayed
A jackass brayed
As poppin’ hoppys
Sat and rose
In ballet dance
Of well browned nose
Applause and “clapture”
of Stockholm rapture
A mocking strut
Of failing stature

Overseers jaundiced...

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SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 1 : Number Four


Many chains, many locks and bars
clattered at four in the morning 
black bitter coffee drugged
a single bucket of cold water...

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It crept in with the peaceful night,
Slipping softly into troubled dreams,
Unaware of our desperate plight.

A friendly smile, the flag held tight,
Neighbors watch as we move...

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Big oil has its hands in our pocket
Pump prices rose like a rocket
It was just a ruse
Designed to confuse  
The voters who vote with...

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TRUMP POEMS AND EPIGRAMS II

Quite Con-trary
by Michael R. Burch aka "The Loyal Opposition"

Trumpy, Trumpy,
fat, balding and lumpy,
how does your Rose Garden grow?
“With venom and spleen
and...

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VOTE AND KILL
ON ELECTION DAY


History errs, time and again
Life’s mistakes oft glare, shine.
Culture degrades, now and then,
The best, at times, is not fine!

Such it is...

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A portrait often captures more than looks
Although accurately reading the personality
Requires special skills most of us don’t possess
Who could imagine that Putin is a monster
Who...

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Down distance streets distant days obscured 
Visions of idle things resting in the weeds skeletal 
Rusted eons have fallen machines dead

In their stance flies flicker...

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We all saw the lousy fearful storm,
Up the sky of our newborn town,
Everyone thought it’s a summer’s dawn,
Where there couldn’t be heavy rain nor storm;

We...

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