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Before the First Debate

29 Tuesday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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1st Presidential Debate 2020, Australian poet, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž

The issues will soon be debated.
The broadcast will be highly rated.
Itโ€™s man against man!
Trumpโ€™s tuning his tan.
Joe Biden is being sedated.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

The Lives of Amy

28 Monday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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Amy Coney Barrett, Australian poet, poem, poetry, Supreme Court of the United States, Triolet

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฆ๐ฒ

Who wants to stop us killing? Evil bitch!
Who cares about annoying little lives?
For we find murder thrilling โ€” damn this witch
Who wants to stop us killing! Evil bitch!
Dare she oppose the powerful and rich?
Abort her sad attempt! Unsheathe the knives!
Who wants to stop us killing? Evil bitch!
Who cares about annoying little lives?

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Fire and Theft

24 Thursday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation, Satire

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, U.S. Presidential Election 2020

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ

โ€œWeโ€™ll burn the joint down if we lose!โ€
They threaten, they rant and abuse.
They cry โ€œWeโ€™ll rebel!โ€
But hey! What the hell! โ€”
It makes it so easy to choose.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Hail the Swedes

21 Monday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, No lock-down in Sweden, poem, poetry, Sweden's response to Covid-19

Hail the Swedes

Give them credit for they still have guts.
They chose freedom with no ifs or buts.
They refused to lock down
Any city or town.
We surrendered to cowards and nuts.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

In the Matter of Lives

19 Saturday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation, Sonnet

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Australian poet, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Formal poetry, Irish persecution, Persecution of the Jews, poem, poetry, Russian serfdom, Slavery, Spenserian sonnet, Victimhood

๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ

And so the argument it goes like so:
That those whose ancestors were once enslaved
Now suffer for such deeds done long ago.
That on their psyches deeply are engraved,
In bitter words their hate for the depraved
Who bound their forebears up in ropes and chains.
And thus they suffer; all their lives theyโ€™ve braved,
Discrimination โ€” seared into their brains
This feeling that they nurture โ€” fact remains
An outcast, for the truth is hard and cold:
Manโ€™s ownership of man the record stains โ€”
In many ways were men once bought and sold.
But victimhood descendants may eschew โ€”
The Irish peasant, Russian serf, the Jew.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Occam’s Razor

16 Wednesday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Occam's Razor, poem, poetry

๐Ž๐œ๐œ๐š๐ฆโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ซ

Theorize while I go take a nap.
Complicate what is simple โ€” with pap.
My solution is cool,
For I have a sharp tool โ€”
Occamโ€™s razor will cut through your crap.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Slip Slidin’ Away

15 Tuesday Sep 2020

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Australian poet, Logical fallacies, poem, poetry, Slippery slope, Triolet

๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐งโ€™ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ

The โ€œSlippery Slopeโ€ is not a fallacy.
The Left of course will say it is โ€” they lie;
For any fair observer would agree,
The โ€œSlippery Slopeโ€ is not a fallacy;
And those who are inclined to take the knee,
They make its slipperiness intensify.
The โ€œSlippery Slopeโ€ is not a fallacy.
The Left of course will say it is โ€” they lie.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Anastasia

13 Sunday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation, Sonnet

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Australian poet, Covid-19 lock-down, Formal poetry, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, poem, poetry, Queensland border closure, Queensland Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet

๐€๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐š

Some names should be reserved for only one;
And Anastasia is just such a name.
Her beauty blighted by the tyrantโ€™s gun,
A legendary figure she became.
The forces of the Left of course to blame
For such a monstrous crime โ€” a cruel blow.
Snuffed out, this brightly burning royal flame;
The flowers of youth buried beneath the snow โ€”
Her and her kin all slaughtered by the foe.

Now what of this pretender on her throne?
This accidental leader of the low?
If sheโ€™s a heart, then it is made of stone.
A bat straight out of Hell now wears the label,
Of the Grand Duchess from a Russian fable.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Queensland Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk stops father’s visit to terminally ill child

Strike One! โ€” Yer Out!

10 Thursday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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AFL players kneeling, Australian poet, Australian Rules Football, BLM kneeling, Kneeling during national anthem, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Sports teams kneeling

Strike One! โ€” Yer Out!

Out onto the oval they prance,
In singlets and tiny tight pants.
Then down on their knees,
They bow to appease.
Best not give them a second chance.

โ€”D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Domino Theory

09 Wednesday Sep 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Belt and Road, Chinese aggression, Chinese expansionism, Chinese infiltration, Chinese spying, Domino Theory, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Vietnam War

Domino Theory

The โ€œDomino Theoryโ€? โ€” Man, thatโ€™s so old hat!
We Chinese know many ways to skin a cat.
No need to send armies โ€” make deals! โ€” we can buy
Left wing politicians in blink of an eye!
In Aussie, a target, we have Labor guys
On payroll โ€” have also an army of spies!
We lease port of Darwin โ€” these Aussies so dumb!
We gain naval access for miserly sum.
Take over Australia? It not very hard.
If they try to stop us we play racist card!
Weโ€™ll liberate shortly the folk in Hong Kong;
To Mao theyโ€™ll be bowing before very long!
And in South East Asia no need to wage war;
Our sneaky takeover those bozos ignore.
For we have a plan that we call โ€œBelt and Roadโ€.
(Means world domination in our secret code).
Yes โ€œDomino Theoryโ€ is rubbish you dunce!
Now dominoes, they all fall over at once!

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

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