Tag: poetry
group name: politicalpoets
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April 21, 2007 07:45 PM EDT --
Sometimes I think I am having an affair with the internet. But then it would not really be an affair, there is no secrecy about it. I do love the internet, and would probably shock half of . . . more
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November 28, 2006 07:03 PM EST --
Mr. President, I think you owe us an apology
For one day, long ago, you declared "Victory!"
Now that idea is ancient history,
especially if you happen to be Iraqi!
Victory for us and . . . more
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December 01, 2006 02:58 PM EST --
The swearing in of a president
is usually an solemn and noble event.
Today Mexicans set a bold new precedent.
As the right wing president elect arrived in his car
his supporters were finishing . . . more
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August 16, 2007 10:23 AM EDT --
The water looked so beautiful encased in ice
Thick ice shimmering in hues of blue
A colour I have always found alluring
I paced the edges carefully for long
But seeing, being on the edge was not enough . . . more
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January 30, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
Riddle of Articulation, Starting gun - you fire
My brittle heart is broken; from this battle, I retire
Lying down to rest, my weary feathered pen of ink
Too tired now to struggle, too numb to even think . . . more
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August 09, 2008 06:02 AM EDT --
(Born all of a sudden during this sleepless night...)
The only words I know in Georgian
Are: "Kamardjoba, Genatsvale!" -
What is intended to mean -
"Greetings, my dear friend!" . . . more
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December 19, 2006 10:25 AM EST --
Running
through twisted, tangled corridoors of madness,
Slapping
bare feet on the cold concrete of sadness.
Captured,
caught in a web of mangled thought.
Questions,
instead . . . more
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September 28, 2007 08:01 PM EDT --
Attraction
I sat before him as he spoke.
Oh what feeling his voice provoked.
Our attraction was instant,
the chemistry blatant.
His eyes roaming, resting on mine.
Telling . . . more
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April 28, 2007 08:48 PM EDT --
The Wind Came Up an hour ago.
It shook the house, it sure did blow,
The wind came up an hour ago,
Visited me with a powerful blow.
It shook the house and rattled the door.
Nature's primal cry from . . . more
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April 08, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
Walking ,
through a ghost world,
Always observing,
never a participant.
Constantly blurring,
remaining nonexistant
Passing unseen,
Unnoticable.
Except to the keen.
Disappearing ,
before thier . . . more
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June 06, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential . . . more
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August 21, 2007 10:59 PM EDT --
Hulking beyond the edge of vision,
Restive, yet still.
Power restrained awaiting mission
held back by will.
Strong, silent, invincible, immortal
wrapped tightly coiled.
Weapon. unused, prepared to battle. . . . more
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June 07, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
The air is full of political lies
and also full of fireflies
this autumn night, and as I brood
I'm moved to healthful gratitude:
for bugs I thank a godless nature,
for lies, a godly legislature.
My . . . more
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June 08, 2007 02:37 PM EDT --
When I was but a little boy, to big for mommy's knee,
I went to social studies school to learn of liberty..
The teacher filled my youthful head
with words from history
Give me liberty or give me . . . more
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January 28, 2008 10:18 PM EST --
She will cut glass tonight.
She will wait until the dogs are walked and fed
and I settle in to cringe, thank god,
at the president's last
State-of-the-Union. . . . more
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July 06, 2007 09:26 AM EDT --
Now that Richard Cheney has declared himself both above the law, and above the Administration of the United States, we need to erect some sort of monument to him so we will never forget what he brought . . . more
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January 19, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
Hard under the shovel
sealed up in the now,
where history ends and illimitable began
far and away from lessons long past,
depleted of clarity, calamity,
and . . . more
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September 10, 2007 10:58 PM EDT --
Lies and rumors of lies
cover trails of B-52's
carrying nukes
in American skies
lost in the shadows
of twin fallen towers
blinding both eyes
as they fall
over
and over
again
. . . more
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July 26, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
I attended Poli science school in 1963
The college I attended was in Washington D.C.
I learned so many things about political art.
“When in the presence of ladies, don’t fart.”
They . . . more
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March 22, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
A lesson for today.
Over a century ago, Alfred Lord Tennyson honored and sang of the bravery of the Light Brigade, 600 Cavalry who rode into the teeth of enemy artillery to break through a defensive . . . more
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