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Brothers in Arms

30 Wednesday Jun 2021

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Australian poet, Brothers in arms, Formal poetry, poem, poetry

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ  ๐ข๐ง  ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ

Dark and grim, as winterโ€™s chill

Creeps through the barracks, cold and still,

Where in a dreary dingy room

Four men are gathered in the gloom;

And three, they cast disdainful eyes

Upon the fourth, as he denies

What they see plainly as his guilt;

The evidence of blood heโ€™s spilt โ€”

The scarlet stains upon his clothes,

His swollen hands โ€” his broken nose.

For they have seen each gouge and gash;

Beneath his bed, the stolen cash.

And each has known the man he killed.

And each has known the heart he stilled.

When thereโ€™s no question of a doubt,

Swift justice must be carried out.

If not, the killer may walk free;

But judge and jury are the three,

And all are young and wise and strong,

And not a chance their judgement wrong.

And so a gallows is contrived,

Where stands the fighter whoโ€™s survived.

His sunken eyes, devoid of hope,

Gaze upward at the hanging rope;

For well he knows, his end is sure โ€”

Condemned by that unwritten law:

That soldiers, since the dawn of time,

Enforce for that unholy crime

Of fratricide by gun or knife โ€”

The taking of a brother’s life.

So the condemned bows to his fate;

For but a second has to wait;

Then crashes on the floor a chair,

And there beneath his feet โ€” but air.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

A Reasonable God

29 Tuesday Jun 2021

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

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Formal poetry, Friedrich Nietzsche, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet

A Reasonable God

โ€œSo soon belief will end and leave a void;

A godless empty placeโ€, the thinker said.

โ€œWhen all the faiths that filled it are destroyed,

And all that they stood for is cold and dead.โ€

And so the writer, with a sense of dread,

Foretold how men would kill their deities.

Would have no need of them โ€” their daily bread

Would still be theirs; thereโ€™d be no need to please

Imagined gods; to fall down on their knees

And pray to empty space; was scienceโ€™s turn

To rule the minds of men. The poles would freeze;

The tides would rise and fall, the sun would burn;

No gods or their fair angels would be missed.

The new God, Science, would rule with an iron fist.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก

27 Sunday Jun 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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Australian poet, Covid madness, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก

Keep us in strict isolation,

And block skeptical information.

Close our borders โ€” lock tight!

But donโ€™t turn out the light!

For we are the terrified nation.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐

24 Thursday Jun 2021

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

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Civil War, Disunity, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐

Itโ€™s obvious; the split is now too wide.

There is no chance such gaping wounds can heal.

There is no common ground โ€” a stark divide;

No compromise; no way to cut a deal.

But stay united for the common weal?

Forget it โ€” that would surely end in woe.

A separation will a truth reveal โ€”

That old one โ€” all will reap but what they sow.

For oneโ€™s intent is high, the otherโ€™s low;

And natureโ€™s laws suggest the first will win.

Itโ€™s time to end this endless to and fro;

The union must now take it on the chin.

The best outcome would be a swift divorce;

A civil warโ€™s unthinkable of course.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Climate of Fear

21 Monday Jun 2021

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

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Australian poet, Climate change gravy train, Climate Change Scam, epigram, Formal poetry, Man-made climate change, poem, poetry

๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž  ๐จ๐Ÿ  ๐…๐ž๐š๐ซ

Man-made climate change is weird

For it one cannot measure;

But for so long as it is feared

 Amassed will be much treasure.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐€๐ง ย ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ย ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

20 Sunday Jun 2021

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

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, Italian sonnet, Judeo Christian religions, Petrarchan sonnet, poem, poetry, sonnet

๐€๐ง  ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ  ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

But you are not religious! You donโ€™t pray!

Pray tell us, why then give them your support?

Why for their ancient values have you fought?

Their god you do not worship โ€” nor obey;

Nor do you rest on his most holy day.

Of their god and his book you know but naught!

And yet you say their values must be taught!

Tell us your reasoning! What do you say!

No knowledge of religion do I need,

To see which nations with success are blessed โ€”

Which creed lays down a firm and stable base.

The nations that spring from that common seed,

I have observed โ€” such nations are the best.

True, I am skeptical โ€”but facts I face.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐€๐ง ย ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ย ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก

17 Thursday Jun 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Ancient Rome, Australian poet, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Triolet

๐€๐ง  ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ  ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก

Times are much like the dying days of Rome.

The parallels are too clear to ignore.

To roost, the chickens are returning home โ€”

Times are much like the dying days of Rome.

That history recorded in the tome,

Of plague, decay, decline, and civil war.

Times are much like the dying days of Rome.

The parallels are too clear to ignore.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Stolypin

16 Wednesday Jun 2021

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

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ะกั‚ะพะปั‹ะฟะธะฝ, limerick, poem, poetry, Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian revolution, Soviet Union

ะกั‚ะพะปั‹ะฟะธะฝ

 Lenin answered a question โ€” he said:

โ€œHad he lived would have Russia turned red?

Well I doubt it comrade โ€”

 No, had Stolypin stayed

 Heโ€™d have foiled us, so we shot him dead.โ€

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Imagine the MSM

15 Tuesday Jun 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Biden's dementia, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, limerick, main stream media left bias, poem, poetry

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐’๐Œ

Imagine if Trump slurred his words.

Was quite clearly off with the birds.

Theyโ€™d close for the kill.

But Joe, poor old dill,

They hide his dementia  โ€” the turds.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

49 BC

14 Monday Jun 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Historical, War

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Ancient Rome, Brundisinium, Corfinium, Domitious, I'm a good ole rebel, Julius Caesar, poem, poetry, Pompey the Great, Rebellion, Rebels, Rubicon River, Song lyrics

(To the tune of โ€œIโ€™m a Good Ole Rebelโ€)

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— ๐๐‚

Was in the year of 49, on the eleventh day,

Caesar crossed the Rubicon to make the Senate pay.

Mounted on his charger, mounted proud and tall,

Came to the peninsular the conqueror of Gaul.

Leading but one legion, but soon so many more,

Caesar reached Corfinium to open up the war.

Unsheathed was every gladius, the javelins were loosed;

The army of Domitious by Caesarโ€™s was reduced.

Came the victor Caesar, came the victor home.

Pompey and the senators all scurried south from Rome.

Caesar followed in pursuit, but in the end he failed,

For reaching Brundisinium he learned that they had sailed.

Off to Greece they headed, to fight another day.

Caesar headed westward and invested old Marseilles.

With ten loyal legions at his side, about to rule the seas โ€”

Great Pompey would Julius soon bring unto his knees.

Caesar crossed the Rubicon way back in 49.

Caesar was a rebel, and the rebel crossed the line.

And Caesar was the victor for he waged war to the knife,

And Rome would he the rebel rule โ€” til rebels took his life.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

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