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12-17-2016, 12:37 PM
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Dah!
The Hand That Signs the Paper
fells a country
His little hand as light as lead
has seized the US presidency,
like Vlad, but tinted darker red,
to free us from democracy.
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Last edited by RCL; 12-21-2016 at 10:38 AM.
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12-18-2016, 08:59 AM
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Withdrawn for revamp
Last edited by Jerome Betts; 01-14-2017 at 03:18 AM.
Reason: Deleted for revamp
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12-20-2016, 08:25 PM
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Atheist Pine’s War on Christmas (KCUF)
A Pine Tree’s Tale
At the winter solstice
Atop a foothill facing you,
my silhouette’s the steeple style
of evergreens. Your distant view
reveals me lit by dawn. You smile,
delighted I stand lithe and tall
among my kin. I’m bright with snow,
but lose my radiance when I fall,
cut and hauled by you to go
into your home’s festivity,
there dressed with gold and tinsel trims.
I also hail nativity—
but false stars light my dying limbs.
By making me a tawdry Yule tree,
you desecrate new light’s true beauty.
But if you must:
Most Christmas trees are still grown here,
but fakes are Made in China
for those of us who won’t kill life
to fête a faux messiah.
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Last edited by RCL; 12-25-2016 at 06:14 PM.
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12-22-2016, 08:00 PM
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Donald Duck.
Poem deleted.
Last edited by derek fenton; 12-30-2016 at 02:07 AM.
Reason: Poem just published in Quadrant magazine.
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12-22-2016, 08:05 PM
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follow up to Donald Duck.
and after...
HUMBLE PIE
We thought Americans were far too wise
to elect Donald Trump as president,
but now it has come as a great surprise
maybe Americans are indeed wise
in seeing through a society’s lies.
Maybe now they have set a precedent;
he could be their Robin Hood in disguise.
Donald Trump, the elected president!
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12-22-2016, 08:08 PM
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I'll just remove my tongue from my cheek
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12-25-2016, 07:00 PM
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Derek,
Like the Donald Duck (could be the next dance craze?).
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12-25-2016, 07:45 PM
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Distorted dance.
Thank you Ralph. Indeed...This particular duck is also very adept at twisting!
Last edited by derek fenton; 12-25-2016 at 08:11 PM.
Reason: Didn't thank Ralph.
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12-27-2016, 04:36 PM
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Phrase of the day, a news description of an Obama interview as mostly
"self reverential."
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12-28-2016, 06:40 PM
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Show Biz Death Star
Unseen except through reverential eyes,
an Icon sparks shock if he up and dies.
The Press laud names and will not mortalize
till gods on high long decades drop like flies.
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Last edited by Erik Olson; 12-29-2016 at 04:26 AM.
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