Political Question Is Poems

Is the weight of a nation heavier placed on the shoulders
of a weak-in-body and weak-in-mind commander-in-chief?

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They can hear
    They can see
  They're real people
    like you and me  

  The question...

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In a world where the land question hangs,
 A plight unseen by the oblivious eye, 
Lies the essence of fairness, as it clangs, 
Echoes of...

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Prime Minister’s Question Time
That Wednesday morning farce
That starts with the sycophants
Verbally kissing the Premier’s ****,
Followed by the Opposition Leader
Who begs and implores
Answers to his questions
Which...

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"say Brian"
 about these
no no's
in your blog"

"Yes"

 "what's wrong with wrap-around
lines?"

 " well,many things but mainly
they are not visually
conducive to read here
as poetry"

"Ok,I see that but what have
you got against those five forms
you list,you know
acrostic,
kyrielle
terzanelle
villanelle
&pantoum? "

 "Nothing against them
as such,they are
good for a learning
exercise,a bit like scales
are important when learning
the piano"

 "So why not in your contests?"

 "For my taste,they are too contrived
and mechanical"

 "Yet you like shape& concrete
verse!"

 " Indeed,my one weakness!
they combine my two true loves
art&poetry"

 "Yet you appear
 to dislike prose& poetry!"

 "I don't dislike them as such,
I just don't like to
read them in a poetry contests"

 "What about political pc &
woke poetry you mention as no no's?"

 " It's not why I visit the site
each day,I get enough of that elsewhere!"

"You seem very dogmatic about your
contests"

"After sponsoring 1160
over the years
I've gotten
to know what I like! "...

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What if you were an inhabitant of a world
Where there's no hate, greed, jealousy, envy, and pride;
And one is not enraged by the prosperity of...

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We are all in the heart of politics,
But we don't want to admit it,
We are like angry critics
Trying to banish the good.

We carry our own...

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Left delirious
     on the right intolerance
       virtus medium...

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How do you identify yourself to others,
Do you use an alias,
Hide behind a group,
Or rely on past exploits,
Even the reputation of your brother or sister,
Or...

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Under the sun and in the rain,
Performing franchise yet life is stagnant 
Under the sun and in the rain,
Serving the land for 365 days
Yet life...

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Fake News Kuartet?

1.
conservative crime - 
Justice's corpse found gutted (1)
food now for the crows

2.
right wing olympics
victims should hang after rape -
God's truth now fake news...

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“Survival of the fittest or destruction of the unfit”                ...

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Homage to Catalonia?

Policeman wielding batons or shedding a welled up tear,
Flag waving populace or staying home in fear,
State defence of self, or defending an historic...

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There's a lot going on in the world, so I feel the need to write
I'm going to give my food for thought, while the government...

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Outside, the night was rainy and grey
a blustery wind from the north blew cold.
Inside the coup it was light as day;
cozy and warm, and the...

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