Tag: truth
group name: politicalpoets
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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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June 01, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
Over the past several months, starting with the opening gavel of the 110th Congress, there has been an awesome amount of negative political spin about Democrats accomplishing nothing. They ha e . . . more
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August 07, 2008 08:10 PM EDT --
Carley Fiorina, One time CEO at Hewlett Packard, Former Executive with Lucent Technologies, and a Senior Vice President at AT&T. She is now the Republican National Committee Victory 08 Committee . . . more
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June 11, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
Here's a few I gleamed from Ted Kooser and several other noted poets, as I understand them:
DO'S & DON'TS OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY
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July 05, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
night sneaks upon us
like a swarm of locusts
invading fertile fields
more
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June 08, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
Senryu 1
those girls talk too much
when they gather together
excluding all boys
Senryu 2
time has come to stop
complaining . . . more
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July 01, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
for Donald Hawley - 7/1/2008
soothsayers, seers and saints
have a corner on the future,
perhaps scientists do not,
stuff happens, no longer a dream. . . . more
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June 06, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
That pooch and her stuffed toy puppy,
she confronts, attacks, tries to destroy it.
I suppose confronts is a bit of over simplification,
she does chew it, bite it, throw it, and jump on . . . more
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June 12, 2008 03:32 PM EDT --
Summer Days Haiku
on warm summer days
it seems we are at peace
then the TV comes on
Vibrations Haiku
vibrations . . . more
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June 21, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
roses now in bloom
now filled with rainbow colors
the summer solstice
more
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July 13, 2008 09:32 PM EDT --
lost old poems,
some from high school,
others from college days,
still more about love.
moving like all insults,
allows us to lose these things.
tears and woe, there's . . . more
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June 12, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
astrology, alchemy, atheism
none a true science
so many endeavors
directed away from
reality, truth and beauty
so much wasted time
. . . more
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April 04, 2008 05:11 PM EDT --
It is time to put the "flip flop" on Mr. John McCain's two right feet, and tell him to get lost. He has done his share of changing position, but his record on civil rights stands solid. . . . more
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July 13, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
I once had an old book on Metaphysics
(written before quantum mechanics)
when read front to back it was impossible
to understand, yet if you read it from back
to front, everything . . . more
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July 05, 2008 05:25 PM EDT --
love can give warmth
sorrow, devotion, worry,
a headache or great joy
more
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July 06, 2008 05:27 PM EDT --
is life, time, belief
certain karma or is it
all existential?
more
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June 05, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
witch's strange poisoned brew
what a horrible black broth of evil
gruel with bubbles of hate, malevolence
our long terrible war
victims scream a tragic song . . . more
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June 30, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
high cost for elimination
of weapons of mass destruction
out of control DOD reconstruction
almost lost Iraqi oil production
we'll never stop the insurgency . . . more
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June 10, 2008 02:25 AM EDT --
Politics,
A plethora
of candidates.
Demos and neocons,
Who can win?
Millions and millions
of bucks, daily.
In our faces.
On television
or satellite . . . more
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June 30, 2008 01:32 AM EDT --
population it explodes without end
its increase is a certain dead-end
plenty is the rule in this country
wealth and plenty are complimentary
poverty, rising food . . . more
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