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Poetry competition CLOSED 31st August 2017 6:12pm
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The state of the world in2017

gardenlover
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 23awards
Joined 19th Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 625

Poetry Contest

One poem per poet on their view of current politics

Welcome to Cloud Cuckoo Land

 

No-one explained what Brexit meant
Yet they got the voters consent,
Now they are in such confusion
Ideas are spreading in profusion.

Brexit means Brexit
Do we agree?
Leave Europe and we'll be free.

A hard brexit will cause disaster,
Especially if we leave faster,
We need to trade if we are to thrive,
Interim agreements hard to contrive,

Brexit means Brexit
Do we agree?
Leave Europe and we'll be free.

If all European workers left,
The economy would be bereft.
Few nurses to help us when ill,
Fruit will be unpicked still.

Brexit means Brexit
Do we agree?
Leave Europe and we'll be free.

Every lorry will have to be checked
The WTO tarriff  must be correct.
Holidays in Europe will be more pricey,
Retirement in the sun much more dicey

Brexit means Brexit
Do we agree?
Leave Europe and we'll be free.

We'll be free to import GM food;
And reduce health and safety, will that be good?
Human rights treaty to be forsaken
Changes by the government, if I'm not mistaken

Brexit means Brexit
Do we agree?
Leave Europe and we'll be free.



Free of the yolk of this multiple state
But who will we trade with, who is our mate?
Our empire is a thing of the past,
New alliance were meant to last.

Brexit means Brexit
Do we agree?
Leave Europe and we'll be free.

We've been great within Europe for forty years
Why should we change it with spurious fears.
It is not too late to retract our leaving
Please do it now to save grieving.

Brexit means Brexit
Do we agree?
Leave Europe and we'll be free.


Written by gardenlover
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In Britain it's Brexit in the US its Trump, Other countries have also suffered strange political changes over the past couple of years. Write a poem about your views of the current political situation either in your own country or take a wider view. My views can be seen above

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Canullia
canulliaqt
Lost Thinker
Joined 18th Mar 2017
Forum Posts: 49

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MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
United States 87awards
Joined 17th Feb 2013
Forum Posts: 5598

And Jesus Did a Face-palm:  A Brief Revelation Interruption


“Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be….”  Revelation 22:12

But before I do return,
I’ve got a few things to say first, so
let’s cut the Old English text
and spell it out in “Plain English”,
so that perhaps I’m a little more clear:

“Brexit”—yeah that was supposed to be
the name of the next great granola cereal,
to get your economy back on track, but
since you put a foot out the door,
let’s get this done;  in or out?

ISIS—tsk, tsk; don’t you know
that there are no gods before me, and
in demolition derbys, you’re supposed to
hit the other cars
and not the people?  
Do unto others, you know……duly noted,
see you in the virgin-less afterlife…..

America—Hillary does not become President
if you oust Trump; Pence does, and either way,
he’s on my side, too.  So
get your kids vaccinated, stop bringing back
all the pestilence I gave you the power
to eradicate, because Thimerosal does not
cause autism—the devil does, and he’s headed for
the Lake of Fire.

I could go on,
and on,
and on,
and on…… but since no stone shall be left unturned
at my Second Coming,
the Mexican Immigration Wall, will come down as well
regardless of who builds it, though
since China doesn’t need theirs anymore,
why don’t you have all your prisoners chain-gang it
over to Texas
on China’s dime,
then at least it’ll be a worthwhile import as opposed to
the cheap plastic scam-wear they’re mass producing.

That is all.  I will see you soon, for I come quickly,
and

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”  Revelation 22:13

Grace
IDryad
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 25th Aug 2011
Forum Posts: 16170

As the World turns

look East they chanted
look East, look East
and they did
the vanquished was lavish
in their achievements
hail sons of the Rising Sun

work hard o' children of toil
till the land
cut the hills to make plantations
sully the water
who cares, they are for monkeys
what...you need that for survival
monkeys or humans
choose....

oh look the money's coming
ker ching ...ker ching
lets spend it on a ship
an old used one
that will never sink
the rest of the money is mine


give us money more money
wait.. lure an investment, more investments
look further ...look
hah!
the land of the sickle and hammer
now merely seeing stars
once thought lowly
now together we make money

money money money
must be funny for them
with more money
than that could feed the poor
for years
in the jungle of Borneo.

dejure
vick
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 17th Aug 2015
Forum Posts: 2879

ABC's of the Corporate Politics

         
         
         
An American dream      
Buried inside a third world mind          
Captioning the imagery with a          
Delusion of leadership and protection,          
Emphasised to rule over the          
Free world.          
Genocides          
Happening          
In front of your eyes but a          
Jester steals the show.  
"Kill or be killed?" NO!!!          
"Love to be loved"          
Men and Women          
Nations to Nations          
Organised and brainwashed to          
Penetrate realism to an idealism.          
Questions unanswered,          
Rebellions unacknowledged,          
Silence is the solution in the    
Top management.          
Unscripted acts become          
Violence in the facts.          
Whites turn into a          
Xanthic shade when it's printed.          
You won't find the difference even when you          
Zoomed it in with a microscope.          
   
     
         
         
       
 
Written by dejure (vick)
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cold_fusion
Tyrant of Words
Palestine 20awards
Joined 14th June 2017
Forum Posts: 5253

world inhabited by
most violent of species
historically speaking

yet overlooked is the fact
least violent of times
are now
yet most hostile in attitude

strange place
the world
in 2017.

rabbitquest
Dangerous Mind
Ukraine 2awards
Joined 20th May 2012
Forum Posts: 2051

my vomit encrusted republican car repair manual bought fifty thousand shares of apple stock back when it had dipped to three dollars a share now it s over six hundred so he s retired from the auto mechanics business leaving me a whole
lot healthier walking.

David_Macleod
14397816
Tyrant of Words
United Kingdom 39awards
Joined 5th Nov 2014
Forum Posts: 2983


The World is Just Fine

The world? The world is just fine
It was never yours or mine

We had it just on rental
Despite us acting mental

I’m for Brexit, I’m for Trump
Hilary Clintons a crooked hump

I’d vote Clinton in with ease
Trump is like mad cow disease

Fascists to the left, fascists to the right
ANTIFA is talking shite

Republycans and Democraps
Mexican wall made with tortilla wraps

Healthcare just a windpipe dream
I’ve got mine, fuck your team

Blame the rich, fuck the poor
Take a Belsen guided tour

Care not a jot
Just don’t get caught

The rich elite are lifelong friends
Corporate lawyers make lives end

Bombing brown folks, just a game
Hating white folks, just the same

I’m for torture and Jihad
I’m for nuking old Baghdad

Kim Jon Un just has to die
Shoot anyone for asking why

Ignorant people with stupid faces
Everyone are basket cases

We are a species of distinction
The final solution; total extinction

It should all matter to me and you
We are mankind and we don’t have a fuckin clue




composedWITHrazors
Blade Artist
Twisted Dreamer
United Kingdom 6awards
Joined 2nd Feb 2017
Forum Posts: 84

Zeitgeist two thousand and seventeen
Distribution of wealth blatantly obscene
The one percent just keep on cheering
As long as the 99ers don't start interfering

Preaching a paradigm is the only choice
Treated as sub-humans lacking a voice
Reported like the angry uneducated masses
Lacked the resources for those private classes

Class system is corruptive systemic
Dead ideas infiltrating cells carcinogenic
A redistribution of worth and eclectic ideas
Share our inadequacies faith and our fears

Make it all so simple like we care
Ignore dark capitalism that is haunting there
So many nations, these nations divided
The peace and love comments derided

Hug your sister and your brother
We are all connected soon discover
Wasted opinions and tedious hate
Hope that love will just resonate

Zeitgeist two thousand and 17 nation
Who do you blame for the radicalisation
Is it perhaps twisted foreign policies
Or the greed of corporations amassing bare peas

Z2017

kriticool
Fire of Insight
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Joined 1st Nov 2011
Forum Posts: 596

..


.:Sought...Again:.


Chillin
Like a Villain
No Heroes - Just
Calculating Zeroes
Least from the Get-Go
Nothing but a No-Go
Us? Napping?
Nope - never happened
Rope-a-Dope?
That’s for House Trapping
Like Mumble Rapping
Every bit a non-thought needless
Don’t need this
Moral Affairs equate Shady Business
Wherein all blame is leveled on Obama Cares
That makes for Trump-type Scares
Like Mainframe Be’wares
Like those Weakened Geeks that
Hillary seeks. The Ones Hillary sought
The Ones Bernie caught,
Searched for
From the Beaches to the
Mountain Peaks
Masters@Baiting ‘til they
Shaft leaked
Now it’s
Front(s) to The Wind
Like the Win that got gone
Like it was never there
Like 2020 visions, they’ll be
Spooks everywhere
Except the Nonexistent Ones
When one goes to view -
Because Nonexistent Standards
They’ll be The Ones 2-see-through

eswaller
Dangerous Mind
United States 30awards
Joined 22nd Dec 2015
Forum Posts: 752

State of 2017 and Beyond

Just like a deadly poison that cannot be stopped.
We are taking steps backwards and into a dark age.
The status of this world and country just dropped.
There is hidden hopelessness, sadness, anger and rage
Threatening to come out. It has erased every stride
We have taken forward and into the shining light.
We should never have to think that people have lied
And said that years ahead are better when the fight
Is not getting easier. The work my parents’ generation
Did has been undone and buried away into history.
This destruction will bring this world and nation
Down to its knee. That is what hell and its blistery
Ways will bring. Chaos and misery, but there
Might be some unity in there somewhere.  
Written by eswaller
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