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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Formal poetry, Inauguration Day Poem, Joe Biden inauguration, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet
๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐ญ
In praise of Joe this poem I have writ.
But Iโll not mention any of his flaws โ
His hair-sniffing, his groping, all that shit;
His keen support for all those foreign wars.
I love him, for heโs opened many doors
For me, a budding poet laureate.
Oh I know old Joe farts โ at times he snores;
But heโll be dead before long โ you can bet
Your house on that. Still, let us not regret
Selecting this frail, barely conscious guy
To lead our fast decaying nation โ let
Him show the way as all the old ways die.
Iโll start again and throw this in the bin.
Iโll write some whiny waffle โ that should win!
โ D.N. OโBrien
dnobrienpoetry 
I love the way you don’t mince words. I still say your work belongs on the op ed pages of the major newspapers of Australia.
Q had me thinking I would have to retrieve my Trump inauguration poem from the garbage any minute ha ha ha.