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Tag Archives: Politics
Poised to Fly
Are you poised to fly? You’ve waited so long Patiently watching Stalking your prey Playing your games That so few can see Do you fly to oblivion Or sweet victory When you fly into history? Are you poised to swoop … Continue reading
Accustomed to This Farce
With apologies to My Fair Lady… I’ve grown accustomed to this farce It almost makes the day begin I’ve grown accustomed to the lies From fake beguiling eyes The smears, the snark, the bite, the bark Are second nature to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged black comedy, fake news, hypocrisy, lyric re-write, parody, Politics
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Trust (Part Two)
Trust me he says His words so eloquent A scriptwriter perhaps Has brought him here And PR pundits dressed him well For all the things he’ll sell Once again this year He loves the crowds They laugh at all his … Continue reading
Trust (Part One)
In you we trust Blindfolded Waiting here Desperate We must World just falls to chaos No sure anchor Yet appears We’re just waiting here In trust May your words Yet be true As you say Belief is hard Absurd Is … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Poetry
Tagged belief, chaos, hope, lies, politicians, Politics, propaganda, trust
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Send In the Clowns – Friday Music Prompt #50
Everything reversed Injustice is fair Poverty street for old billionaires Send in the clowns Doing the crime Power does no time Beauty queen covered in rivers of slime Send in the clowns Each one of them clowns Just when … Continue reading
Posted in Fire
Tagged clowns, crime, dark, music prompt, Politics, prompt, send in the clowns
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Pendulum
The pendulum no longer swings There is no latitude And no breeze To stir it either way It shudders at best Once war cries Reverberated on either side You knew the difference And a turn of fate Meant something Now … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged banality, defeat, difference, leadership, no change, party politics, pointlessness, Politics, same
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Again
Are we seeing it again? Eyes averred to those in need Are we pampering the egos That grow fat on blood and greed? Are we seeing it again? Are we hearing it again? Rhetoric of wilful right Do we count … Continue reading
Loved
I loved you once To power fell A brittle neck A deeper hell I loved you twice I made my claim I changed my life I changed my name I loved you thrice You turned away You said I lied … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged Anne Boleyn, belief, betrayal, court, dark, delusion, denial, Henry V111, history, lost love, Politics, Tudor
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Olympus Falls
Olympus falls these days But incremental degrees Each country’s governments Abject, on their knees So rife with ill-intent Than none can please The gods of old are gone They neither care nor know Of petty battles here Of regimes overthrown … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged Aspiration, belief, choice, dark, denial, Fallen, gods, governments, Musings, Olympus, Politics, truth
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Curiosity – Or How the World Has Ended While Nobody Noticed……
Curiosity is published!!!!!!! I’m very excited to announce that Curiosity, my second novel, is now available on lulu.com as a paperback POD or as an ebook. The link to learn more, and purchase if you wish, is my lulu.com author spotlight … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Conversation, Fire
Tagged Advertising, armageddon, black comedy, Book, Curiosity, Humor, indie book, novel, Politics, Reality television, recruitment, Satire, self published, television, unemployment, unemployment statistics
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