The Swordsmith

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Swordsmith

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡

From the Maker’s furnace is wrought each life,
When are portions promised of joy and strife,
And these both, in measure, for life one pays,
And the price is fate, and it cuts both ways.

And how blows are borne, will in each reveal,
Whether flawed with weakness, or strong like steel.
Knows the smith, when forging a two-edged sword,
How it holds each edge, is its temper scored.

— D.N. O’Brien

Emotional-Support Elephant

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Australian poet, Emotional support animals, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥-𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭

What! I can’t take him onto the plane!
No, that’s not good enough, please explain!
Well, the fact he is big
Doesn’t matter a fig!
Either he flies or I go insane!

— D.N. O’Brien

Emotional-support dog bites

Friendly Fire

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Australian Federal Election 2019, Australian poet, Greens Adani protest, Greens hurt Labor, poem, poetry, Proposed Adani coal mine, Triolet

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞

We dodged a bullet just the other day.
The Labor Reds are not the best of shots.
They’re average marksmen, but again I’d say,
We dodged a bullet just the other day.
For luckily the Greens got in the way.
They took one for us — love those crazy clots!
We dodged a bullet just the other day.
The Labor Reds are not the best of shots.

— D.N. O’Brien

Greens Adani Protest hurts Labor

Gore Blimey!

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Al Gore, Al Gore to visit Queensland, anthropogenic climate change, Australian poet, Cor Blimey, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Queensland

Gore Blimey!

Al Gore is coming out, no ifs or buts.
You’ve got to say the goose has got some guts.
Queenslanders think it’s all BS,
But he’ll have a good time I guess,
Until somebody kicks him in the nuts.

— D.N. O’Brien

{Sorry about that — every now and then my inner convict comes out.}

Al Gore coming to Queensland

That Kerri Girl

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Australian poet, Bill Shorten Labor Leader, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

That Kerri Girl

Kerri-Anne, she spoke out about Bill,
For she knows for a fact he’s a dill.
This intelligent lady
Knows Labor is shady.
She’s taken, it seems, the red pill.

— D.N. O’Brien

Kerri-Anne Blasts Bill Shorten

Exit Israel

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Australian poet, Israel Folau, poem, poetry, Political Correctness, Rugby Australia, satire, Triolet

Exit Israel

What’s written in the Bible, Israel said.
And so the rugby priests have banned Folau.
It wasn’t some satanic verse he’d read —
What’s written in the Bible, Israel said.
And just for that the priests will have his head.
For blasphemy the priests will not allow.
What’s written in the Bible, Israel said.
And so the rugby priests have banned Folau.

— D.N. O’Brien

Rugby Australia Terminates Israel Folau’s Contract

Barnacle Bill Being Frank

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Australian Federal Election 2019, Australian poet, Bill Shorten Labor Leader, Chris Bowen Labor politician, Franked share dividends, Franking Credits, Imputation Credits, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤

Franking Credits? Well just to be frank —
We will steal them. I’ve Bowen to thank
For this sneaky idea.
There is nothing to fear…….
(Well, not now Bill — your pirate ship sank.)

— D.N. O’Brien

No-Brains Drain

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Australian Federal Election 2019, Australian poet, Jacinda Ardern, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, New Zealand, poem, poetry

No-Brains Drain

Lefty luvvies, they say quite a few,
Are off to New Zealand — if true,
Jacinda will take them,
She will not forsake them.
(Down spirals the Kiwi IQ.)

— D.N. O’Brien

Aussie refugees head for New Zealand

P.T.S.D.

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Bomb Happy, Combat fatigue, Formal poetry, Italian sonnet, mental illness, Mental illness industry, P.T.S.D., Petrarchan sonnet, poem, poetry, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Quacks, Self reliance

P.T.S.D.

What noble thing this soldier boy has done.
He’s served his time so bravely at the front.
Now he’s light-hearted – it was his last stunt
He laughs, as he lays down his faithful gun.
It was he says, this patriotic son,
Much like those good old days when he would hunt,
Except the prey were armed. He’d borne the brunt
Of their attacks, and luckily he’d won.

His unseen wounds will gradually heal
If left alone: the visions of the dead,
The nightmares when he wakes alone in fright;
They too will fade with time. But some would steal
His patience, wish to meddle with his head
For gain – must he a friendly foe now fight?

— D.N. O’Brien

Autopsy

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ABC, ABC Labor and Greens bias, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Biased left wing journalism, Bill Shorten Labor Leader, Bob Brown of the Greens, Clive Palmer, Labor loses 2019 election, Nine Publishing, Proposed Adani coal mine

Autopsy

It’s sad — the Left is in a state of shock.
They and their mates, the ABC and NINE,
Just can’t believe that their “progressive” flock
Is smaller than they thought. They weep and whine
As tears roll down their downy cheeks. That mine!
Adani! That’s how come this time they failed!
It’s Bob Brown’s fault! His protest made a fine
Mess of their hopes. They should have safely sailed
To victory — but wait! Palmer derailed
Them. He spent sixty million bucks — that’s it!
His TV ads — the leaflets that he mailed!
He sullied Shorten’s name, the rotten shit!
What? No! It couldn’t be their policies!
Dumb voters! They’re so bloody hard to please!

— D.N. O’Brien