Political Satire
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Poetry Contest Description
Satire commonly takes the form of mocking politicians.
No restrictions
Any genre
Example:
Political Satire of Stephen Colbert:
“Tomorrow you're all going to wake up in a brave new world, a world where the Constitution gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones, created in a stem-cell research lab run by homosexual doctors who sterilize their instruments over burning American flags. Where tax-and-spend Democrats take all your hard-earned money and use it to buy electric cars for National Public Radio, and teach evolution to illegal immigrants. Oh, and everybody's high!”
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
Any genre
Example:
Political Satire of Stephen Colbert:
“Tomorrow you're all going to wake up in a brave new world, a world where the Constitution gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones, created in a stem-cell research lab run by homosexual doctors who sterilize their instruments over burning American flags. Where tax-and-spend Democrats take all your hard-earned money and use it to buy electric cars for National Public Radio, and teach evolution to illegal immigrants. Oh, and everybody's high!”
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
Anonymous
Hi, since my poem has a content warning, I'll post the link..so as not to be offensive.
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/99824-fuck-them-and-them-and-them/
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/99824-fuck-them-and-them-and-them/
diddi
StephenPaul Summerscales
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Fat Cats With Laxatives
Big hats
fat cats
overpaid
and over-rated
bad banks
broken laws
extra tax
for their failures .
Closed doors
loans no more
cash injections
for their managers
still tall
with the gaul
to object , reject
de-rail you .
Big faced
greedy eyed
in disgrace
with wallets lined
their fat fingers
tinker , linger
with the money
they take from you .
Sky scraping
saviour , havens
time wasting
half baked , brained schemes
lying fake
pensions big rake
then they take
all your savings .
Expenses scams
double properties
the working man
pays for all of it
parliament , politicians
break the laws
they invented
we all abhore
the implemented
lack of public , funding , spending
closing doors
on good health schemes
and the poor
with pure olympics .
Governmental , coalitious
argumentative , avaricious
so repetitive
full of bullshit
eating laxatives
as they spew it
no insentives
to stop bankers
wanking in their
mansion houses
without gumption
to not sting
the working man
or fix anything .
Big hats
fat cats
overpaid
and over-rated
bad banks
broken laws
extra tax
for their failures .
Closed doors
loans no more
cash injections
for their managers
still tall
with the gaul
to object , reject
de-rail you .
Big faced
greedy eyed
in disgrace
with wallets lined
their fat fingers
tinker , linger
with the money
they take from you .
Sky scraping
saviour , havens
time wasting
half baked , brained schemes
lying fake
pensions big rake
then they take
all your savings .
Expenses scams
double properties
the working man
pays for all of it
parliament , politicians
break the laws
they invented
we all abhore
the implemented
lack of public , funding , spending
closing doors
on good health schemes
and the poor
with pure olympics .
Governmental , coalitious
argumentative , avaricious
so repetitive
full of bullshit
eating laxatives
as they spew it
no insentives
to stop bankers
wanking in their
mansion houses
without gumption
to not sting
the working man
or fix anything .
EngrVV
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mikimoondancer said:Hi, since my poem has a content warning, I'll post the link..so as not to be offensive.
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/99824-fuck-them-and-them-and-them/
I think it's OK to post it here...I've seen some poems in the comps with more extreme content than yours.
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/99824-fuck-them-and-them-and-them/
I think it's OK to post it here...I've seen some poems in the comps with more extreme content than yours.
EngrVV
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Thank you Paul and Miki for jump-starting this comp...I really appreciate your entries!
Anonymous
Thank's, I'll post it then, as long as you're cool with it, I'm good
Fuck them, and them, and them. ! extreme content !
Those who perpetrate hate, In God's name
the homophobes, the elitists
believing that theirs is the way
the only one
Though none can demonstrate
why, or how it's done
Fuck them
Big pharma companies
making us all sick
A pill for everything
from your mood to your dick
Making plants illegal
in case we all get cured
teaming up with the idiots
who get us all insured
Fuck them
The blindly following sheep
and those that lead them
to their slaughter
Pretentiously living life
though their minds were
long since bartered
Fuck them
The bankers and politicians
in their circle jerk on high
cheat then hide
reappear with a smile
Every one brown nosing
behind Italian ties
Fuck them
The big old giants
lobbying their own house
Acquiring and paying
for the laws they pronounce
as people are knocked down
pesticides in their mouths
being hushed to sleep
while the ballots are out
Fuck them
Budget cuts in education
makes good sense
to grow a dumbed down nation
God forbid they see the truth
but they wont
growing up eating Monsanto food
watching T.V.
youtubeing proof
So all in all
fuck them too
Our time is ending
I'm telling you...
Fuck them, and them, and them. ! extreme content !
Those who perpetrate hate, In God's name
the homophobes, the elitists
believing that theirs is the way
the only one
Though none can demonstrate
why, or how it's done
Fuck them
Big pharma companies
making us all sick
A pill for everything
from your mood to your dick
Making plants illegal
in case we all get cured
teaming up with the idiots
who get us all insured
Fuck them
The blindly following sheep
and those that lead them
to their slaughter
Pretentiously living life
though their minds were
long since bartered
Fuck them
The bankers and politicians
in their circle jerk on high
cheat then hide
reappear with a smile
Every one brown nosing
behind Italian ties
Fuck them
The big old giants
lobbying their own house
Acquiring and paying
for the laws they pronounce
as people are knocked down
pesticides in their mouths
being hushed to sleep
while the ballots are out
Fuck them
Budget cuts in education
makes good sense
to grow a dumbed down nation
God forbid they see the truth
but they wont
growing up eating Monsanto food
watching T.V.
youtubeing proof
So all in all
fuck them too
Our time is ending
I'm telling you...
RevolutionAL
Alistair Plint
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Alistair Plint
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Ohhhh Ohhhh question
*raises hand*
does it have to be world / country politics or can it be any kind of politics
like sibling politics or internet politics etc etc....
?
huh?
?
bwaaaah this is an awsome comp idea!
Al
*raises hand*
does it have to be world / country politics or can it be any kind of politics
like sibling politics or internet politics etc etc....
?
huh?
?
bwaaaah this is an awsome comp idea!
Al
EngrVV
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RevolutionAL said:Ohhhh Ohhhh question
*raises hand*
does it have to be world / country politics or can it be any kind of politics
like sibling politics or internet politics etc etc....
?
huh?
?
bwaaaah this is an awsome comp idea!
Al
This is any kind of political satire...no restrictions; can't wait for your entry!
*raises hand*
does it have to be world / country politics or can it be any kind of politics
like sibling politics or internet politics etc etc....
?
huh?
?
bwaaaah this is an awsome comp idea!
Al
This is any kind of political satire...no restrictions; can't wait for your entry!
diddi
StephenPaul Summerscales
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StephenPaul Summerscales
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I Need An Uzi
This fucking
clap trap
mis-hap
walking lonely
world of phony
bull crap
flat pack
what's the way
and who can show me
bureaucrat
plastic twats
in top hats
at least I own me
hostages , hi-jacks
how's this shit
still un-folding
legislation , degradation
we all give
as their taking
de-volution
no inclusion
lack of fusion
to this nation
scumbags
in their swag
what I lack
is an Uzi
extremist , separatists
walk the streets
like they're showmen
terrorists
get benefits
to go in shops
that they blow up
city flames , rioting
with no shame
or reason for it
Samaritans
all the time
suck the dicks
of the philistines
if you're bleeding
and you need it
guaranteed
you're out of time
tax payers
foot the failures
but there's savings
for the aliens
high ranking
skanking , banking
tosser bosses
wank in limelight
then the BBC
with fee's
has paedophiles
as employees
clap trap
full of crap
plastic twats
you'll never own me .
This fucking
clap trap
mis-hap
walking lonely
world of phony
bull crap
flat pack
what's the way
and who can show me
bureaucrat
plastic twats
in top hats
at least I own me
hostages , hi-jacks
how's this shit
still un-folding
legislation , degradation
we all give
as their taking
de-volution
no inclusion
lack of fusion
to this nation
scumbags
in their swag
what I lack
is an Uzi
extremist , separatists
walk the streets
like they're showmen
terrorists
get benefits
to go in shops
that they blow up
city flames , rioting
with no shame
or reason for it
Samaritans
all the time
suck the dicks
of the philistines
if you're bleeding
and you need it
guaranteed
you're out of time
tax payers
foot the failures
but there's savings
for the aliens
high ranking
skanking , banking
tosser bosses
wank in limelight
then the BBC
with fee's
has paedophiles
as employees
clap trap
full of crap
plastic twats
you'll never own me .
RevolutionAL
Alistair Plint
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COFFEE
Oh what a wonderful way
to start this
blessed
day
with an Oreo
dipped in my mocha
You’ll hear me say…
First you dip it
then you twist it
then you lick it
in order…
First red
then orange
yellow
green and blue
last, not least
with the longest of licks
I
lick
violet; off you
Now that’s my morning coffee
had the
heterosexual
way!
-x-
http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4fe9b99beab8ea1079000000-960/oreo-lgbt-gay-pride.png
Anonymous
Just gotta say Alip..good one man..love it!
RevolutionAL
Alistair Plint
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Dearest Managing Director
of fairly large organisation
Would you kindly pen a memo
and circulate
it amongst
the employees
Requesting that they refrain
from password protecting
the silly little
files and folders
on the internal
network
You see it takes me hours
to decrypt some of these
lavish passwords
Only to open the file
and find
silly holiday pictures
or
personal “I love you” notes
My lifeis not easy
you know
by the time
I’ve filtered
through
thousands
of bikini shots
I’m almost tempted
to give trying
to find
the juicy stuff
like
bank accounts
and espionage
a miss.
I mean really
do you realise that I logged
62 hours
just reading emails
that say
“what’s for dinner…baby”?
I look forward
to urgent
dedication
to this
a rather serious
problem
With kindest regards
The company hacker
who deserves
a phone
a desk
and a car
of fairly large organisation
Would you kindly pen a memo
and circulate
it amongst
the employees
Requesting that they refrain
from password protecting
the silly little
files and folders
on the internal
network
You see it takes me hours
to decrypt some of these
lavish passwords
Only to open the file
and find
silly holiday pictures
or
personal “I love you” notes
My lifeis not easy
you know
by the time
I’ve filtered
through
thousands
of bikini shots
I’m almost tempted
to give trying
to find
the juicy stuff
like
bank accounts
and espionage
a miss.
I mean really
do you realise that I logged
62 hours
just reading emails
that say
“what’s for dinner…baby”?
I look forward
to urgent
dedication
to this
a rather serious
problem
With kindest regards
The company hacker
who deserves
a phone
a desk
and a car
13
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Right to rule
to banter and delegate
a favorable solution
they waste days and lives
in obvious delusion
when war breaks out
much relief is sent
alongside guns and bombs
from governments bent
then, lie to the people
and reinforce resolve
with hope that resounds
and eventually dissolves
selling pawns like hot cakes
in the business of hypocrisy
you think dictatorship is bad?
take a closer look at democracy
-----
not exactly political but i hope it counts. :P
to banter and delegate
a favorable solution
they waste days and lives
in obvious delusion
when war breaks out
much relief is sent
alongside guns and bombs
from governments bent
then, lie to the people
and reinforce resolve
with hope that resounds
and eventually dissolves
selling pawns like hot cakes
in the business of hypocrisy
you think dictatorship is bad?
take a closer look at democracy
-----
not exactly political but i hope it counts. :P
Grace
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IDryad
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My society
Darkness before dawn
There is impending storm
The fisherman whispers
To his sleeping wife
Bye my love
See you later
High waves
Storm
The sound of screams
The silent mourns
A kiss a hug
a wave
the truck driver
looks back at his family
and drive off
to a wage ever meagre
thinking mortgage
Fire
All perish
His screaming sobs
Politician
Smiles, kisses babies
Promises the mountain
Garden of Eden
Votes casted
He rests
Counting his kick-backs
Sunshine-y villages
All forgotten.
Darkness before dawn
There is impending storm
The fisherman whispers
To his sleeping wife
Bye my love
See you later
High waves
Storm
The sound of screams
The silent mourns
A kiss a hug
a wave
the truck driver
looks back at his family
and drive off
to a wage ever meagre
thinking mortgage
Fire
All perish
His screaming sobs
Politician
Smiles, kisses babies
Promises the mountain
Garden of Eden
Votes casted
He rests
Counting his kick-backs
Sunshine-y villages
All forgotten.
EngrVV
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Thanks for your entries Alistair Plint, 13 and Grace.