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Pork Barrel
Pork Barrel Poems - Poems about Pork Barrel
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...I am a singular event Occupying a particular span of time. I am a concrete mystic And an incurable skeptic Seeking an approximation Of peace and domestic tranquility. I am a Slavic soul b......
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Michael Kalavik
Categories:
pork barrel,
internet, relationship,
Form:
Blank verse
Alaska's Highway To Nowhere
...Alaska's Highway To Nowhere Unattainable goals are like dead-end roads; Though lofty: a waste of time, effort, and money. Grandiose in scale and impressive to construct, The bridge to no......
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Dennis Spilchuk
Categories:
pork barrel,
america, education, money, political,
Form:
Verse
Where Greed Hides Herself
...the people's money they called it porked inside a barrel that can be inserted on the greediest pockets tax from sweat and blood of the working class that strive to find conforts in life to......
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Michael Hilario
Categories:
pork barrel,
corruption,
Form:
Free verse
The 1 Percent Solution
...This country's wealth is owed to loans A debit the public now owns We're told there’s no cost But old lifestyles are lost Over war and pork barrel bones The public’s frail pockets they pick Politic......
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Duke Beaufort
Categories:
pork barrel,
political,
Form:
Limerick
What's the Buzz
...If I were a fly, I would take my place In the halls of Congress where haste makes waste I’d buzz the House Speaker’s ear Because it has become clear The voice of the public has been mis......
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Carolyn Devonshire
Categories:
pork barrel,
funny
Form:
Limerick
The Mark Twain Sausage Analogy
...**“Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.” – American Humorist/Author Mark Twain (real name Samuel Clemens) Prestigious lawmaking bodies are comprised ......
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Carolyn Devonshire
Categories:
pork barrel,
funny
Form:
Couplet
Will There Ever Be An Ending To Pork Barrel Spending
...Will there ever be an ending to pork barrel spending Written By Dean Masciarelli September 10, 2010 (4:45pm) Will there ever be an ending to pork barrel spending Maybe there will be......
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Dean Masciarelli
Categories:
pork barrel,
life
Form:
Rhyme
Greed (Part One)
...What's going on? My bank just went broke again, Once West Georgia Bank Then Bank of Georgia Now they try another spin And go by Community Bank. This just proves Greed which goes unchecked W......
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My Gull Wheels On
Categories:
pork barrel,
politicalchange, community,
Form:
Narrative
Pork Barrel Spendin'
...Alas, I see the proposed federal budget has hit the press. I suppose its loaded with the usual absurd largesse! Gleeful solons elbowin' others at the trough gittin' their share, At the same time p......
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Robert L. Hinshaw
Categories:
pork barrel,
politicalmay, money,
Form:
Rhyme
The Red White & Blue House Has Foundation
...In God we Trust, they builded a house on a Foundation a house without a foundation goes down during hard times in the War or Storm, as the eagle won't ever die the house isn't going off the founda......
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Diane Henning
Categories:
pork barrel,
faith, history, house, god,
Form:
ABC