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The Prize Fighters

29 Thursday Oct 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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2020 US Presidential Election, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, limerick, poem, poetry

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

The Donald and olโ€™ Sleepy Joe,
They battle it out toe to toe.
The Don screams: โ€œYou sook!โ€
Then throws a right hook.
Joe blocks it, then lands a low blow!

Poor Donaldโ€™s been punched down below.
Moves in for the kill, Sleepy Joe โ€”
Left hook โ€” Donald ducks.
Olโ€™ Joe exclaims: โ€œShucks!โ€
As into the ring comes his hoe.

She laughs as she takes off her pearls,
Then a ripping right Harris hurls โ€”
Itโ€™s wild and itโ€™s wide! Whoa!
It flattens her mate Joe!
Trump says: โ€œSadly, I donโ€™t fight girls.โ€

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

The Inselberg

26 Monday Oct 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Bush Poetry, Nature, Observation

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Ayre's Rock, Central Australia, Inselberg, poem, poetry

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ 

I am a rock surrounded by a plain

Swept by the desert winds โ€” a little rain

Falls on me โ€” down my flanks it flows like tears.

Iโ€™ve rested on this plain a million years.

About me there is little mystery:

I once was sand beneath a sparkling sea โ€”

I turned to rock, I hardened into stone,

Then by gigantic force I rose alone;

Was thrust upward while all else sank below;

But all of that is now so long ago.

Came lately creatures made of flesh and bone,

Then men who killed them with my brother stone.

To them my body was of little worth,

For little lived upon my hardened earth.

Came then the men who climbed upon my back;

But they no longer tread that well-worn track.

It seems the first ones now claim me as theirs โ€”

The first one to the prize โ€” with none he shares.

But I care not what mere men lose or gain;

I have a heart of stone โ€” I feel no pain.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Freckles Needs More than a Pretty Face

25 Sunday Oct 2020

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Anastasia Palaszczuk, Deb Frecklington, Freckles Frecklington, Labor Party, Liberal National party, Queensland State Election 2020

๐…๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ  ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ  ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง  ๐š  ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž

Forgettable Freckles is stunning.

For plain Palaszczuk she is gunning.

Though she is quite pretty,

And likeable โ€” witty,

Itโ€™s for second place she is running.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Power of the Penn

24 Saturday Oct 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Green New Deal, Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, limerick, Pennsylvania oil and gas, poem, poetry

๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ  ๐จ๐Ÿ  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž  ๐๐ž๐ง๐ง

Kamala and Joe are attacking!

They intend to ban oil, gas, and fracking!

Part of their Green New Deal,

And their fate it will seal โ€”

Pennsylvania will send them packing.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/interactive-map-oil-and-gas-wells-pennsylvania

Trump the non-politician

20 Tuesday Oct 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Donald Trump, Joe Biden, poem, poetry, Triolet, U.S. Presidential Election 2020

๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž  ๐ง๐จ๐ง–๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง

Heโ€™s not a politician โ€” thatโ€™s the point!

He isnโ€™t a trained liar like old Joe.

If you want cunning, Trump will disappoint โ€”

Heโ€™s not a politician โ€” thatโ€™s the point.

Heโ€™s trying hard to straighten out the joint;

And heโ€™s not bent โ€” he doesnโ€™t need the dough.

Heโ€™s not a politician โ€” thatโ€™s the point!

He isnโ€™t a trained liar like old Joe.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

An Eye for an Eye

18 Sunday Oct 2020

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Australian poet, Jacinda Ardern, Labour wins in NZ, limerick, New Zealand election, poem, poetry, Signals Intelligence, The Five Eyes

From Wikipedia:

โ€œThe Five Eyes (FVEY) is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand,

The United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the

Multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in Signals Intelligenceโ€

๐€๐ง  ๐„๐ฒ๐ž  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ  ๐š๐ง  ๐„๐ฒ๐ž

Theyโ€™ve voted for their own demise.

Theyโ€™ll be but a gateway for spies.

Behaved as expected,

So must be ejected โ€”

Five Eyes must become just Four Eyes.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/17/breaking-arderns-labour-party-wins-new-zealand-election

Green Eyes

17 Saturday Oct 2020

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Australian poet, Donald Trump, female jealousy, Melania Trump, poem, Poetry algorithm, Triolet

๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง  ๐„๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ

I wonder why the ladies donโ€™t like Trump?

(He has a gorgeous wife and he is rich)

Melania is neither plain nor plump โ€”

I wonder why the ladies donโ€™t like Trump?

(He does prefer a shapely female rump)

Could it be jealousy? โ€” Itโ€™s such a bitch!

I wonder why the ladies donโ€™t like Trump?

(He has a gorgeous wife and he is rich)

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

The Slave

13 Tuesday Oct 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Australian poet, poem, poetry, Slave mentality, Triolet

๐“๐ก๐ž  ๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž

Why would one choose to be a shackled slave?

The answer: that is how the slaveโ€™s mind works.

With life so short from cradle to the grave,

Why would one choose to be a shackled slave?

He fears the world, so freedom heโ€™ll not crave;

For danger around every corner lurks.

Why would one choose to be a shackled slave?

The answer: that is how the slaveโ€™s mind works.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Unqualified Amy

12 Monday Oct 2020

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Amy Coney Barrett, Australian poet, poem, poetry, Triolet

๐”๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐  ๐€๐ฆ๐ฒ

A wife with seven kids, and straight, and white!

And sheโ€™s prolife, conservative and fair!

What clearer symbol of the hated right? โ€”

A wife with seven kids, and straight, and white!

Comrades rise up! Take to the streets and fight!

This is outrageous! This, we will not bear!

A wife with seven kids, and straight, and white!

And sheโ€™s prolife, conservative and fair!

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Fly Wins Debate!

08 Thursday Oct 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Humour

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Harris / Pence debate, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ  ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ฌ  ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž!

A fly landed on Penceโ€™s head.

Soon throughout the land the word spread!

Though both still debated,

The fly fascinated,

So it mattered not what they said.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

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