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Sonnet Nr.01 — Man of the People

   
   
This man sees clearly through slithery bull    
he cuts to the guts with an arrowed quill    
elevates misfits with a human eye    
to question assumptions, collective lies;    
   
Burns to pointed issues of down-and-outs    
and scrapes the decks of our long hidden doubts,    
no sentimentalities pass his lips    
raw truths make each poem a learning hit;    
   
“See it this way … this, our humanity”    
extracts humour from edged insanity,    
gritty realism pokes our living rooms    
as death hovers close like nit-picking combs;    
   
John Brady, Man Of The People, earth-rooted    
two-four-six-zero-one, bearded, blue-suited.    
   
   
   
   
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poets/24601    
   
   
   
 
Written by Josh (Joshua Bond)
Published | Edited 9th Mar 2024
Author's Note
Comp entry for "Doppelgänger: the DUP Oscars", hosted by highlyfunctional.
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poets/24601
For gritty realism with humour, let John take you on a tour of society’s odd-balls, and show you their humanity is ours too. Razor-sharp observance of American cultural crazy-stuff combined with an integrity of collective soul, pressure-washes all lazy assumptions.
It's not a 'real' sonnet due to the rhyming scheme (being neither Shakespearean nor Petrarchan). Never mind, it's got 14 lines, scans 10 syllables/line, has a simple rhyming scheme, and ends in a rhyming couplet (but with 11, not 10 or 12 syllables).
Sonnet Nr.02 can be found here:
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/475481-sonnet-nr-01-cricket-football-rugby/

(photo credit: Joshua Bond)
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