Tag Archives: Politics

Send In the Clowns – Friday Music Prompt #50

Posted on July 8, 2016 by

  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 →

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Pendulum

Posted on May 24, 2015 by

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 →

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Again

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

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 →

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Loved

Posted on January 26, 2014 by

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 →

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Olympus Falls

Posted on December 7, 2013 by

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 →

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Curiosity – Or How the World Has Ended While Nobody Noticed……

Posted on October 18, 2013 by

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 →

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Dominion

Posted on October 10, 2013 by

This time we will have true dominion This year we will take control This moment is poised for our victory And all of our virtues extol The crown and the spectre are waiting Our place is best there on the … Continue reading →

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Choice

Posted on October 7, 2013 by

It’s habitual The choice that I Return to Like a ritual All others that I Burn through Its methodical The process I Adopt here Pathological As to patterns I will adhere So predictable The vote that I Will cast now … Continue reading →

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I Am No Hero

Posted on October 2, 2013 by

I calculate my days In increments of risk and gain I make my power plays For reasons that I won’t explain And as the danger comes My reptile brain, alert, awake Is beating on the drums And counting prisoners to … Continue reading →

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Craven

Posted on September 10, 2013 by

These dreadful days Blood spilled by heresy and lies A swordsman’s blade Or the fire’s eyes All the same to dusty death Spirits of cold righteousness Demand their place In darkest history And all the reigns of kings Just men … Continue reading →

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