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๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž

30 Monday Jan 2023

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ANZAC Day, Australian poet, poem, poetry, Triolet

๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ  ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž

Australia Day has come and gone and well,

Like Anzac Day they say that it divides.

What, more divided? How on Earth to tell?

Australia Day has come and gone and well,

As long as we buy what the bastards sell,

Weโ€™re sure to finish up on different sides.

Australia Day has come and gone and well,

Like Anzac Day they say that it divides.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Winter Offensive

05 Thursday Jan 2023

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The ground it slowly freezes in Ukraine,

So soon the Russians will be making tracks.

Upon the wounded Earth the rockets rain,

As to Donbas the Russians turn their backs.

The engines roar; the tanks roll north and west;

On frozen-solid soil they race ahead โ€”

Steel warriors that never pause to rest,

Unlike, beneath the snow, the stone-cold dead.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Attrition Ammunition

22 Wednesday Jun 2022

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The West is now clearly insane,

It’s sending more shells to Ukraine.

Though the war is lost,

 Who cares of the cost?

Itโ€™s worth it to prolong the pain.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

NATO

07 Thursday Apr 2022

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๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—ข

The Cold War ended โ€” what a shame!

Now NATO had one chance for fame.

One chance to keep itself alive.

One chance for NATO to survive.

Its Raison Dโ€™รชtre put to bed

It must expand or drop down dead,

And so it gazed unto the East

In that direction saw a feast โ€”

Some nations who could join its pact,

And NATO of course honour lacked,

So Russiaโ€™s cries fell on deaf ears,

And NATOโ€™s moves entrenched its fears.

Then NATO looked at the Ukraine,

Its oil, its coal, its fields of grain,

And said: โ€œCome join us in our fold,

We promise greenbacks, graft and gold.โ€

But Putin said: โ€œForget it mate!

Ukraine will stay a neutral state

Or else weโ€™ll blow it all to bits!โ€

Zelensky, scared out of his wits,

But quite safe in his acting role

Then said to NATO: โ€œBless my soul,

I think perhaps we should give in

For that would be the lesser sin.

I know this Putin pretty well,

He may just send us all to Hell!โ€

But NATO said: โ€œDo as youโ€™re told.

Youโ€™ll win an Oscar, maybe gold.

Youโ€™ll take out the Nobel Peace Prize โ€”

Listen to us for we are wise.

We, NATO, will most surely win โ€”

Fight to the last Ukrainian!

So you must now prepare for war

Train up the NAZIs at your core,

Though you of course are just a Jew,

A figure head โ€” thatโ€™s nothing new.โ€

So after 7 years of war,

Putin no longer could ignore

His fellow Russians in Ukraine,

The thousands dead, their constant pain,

Zelensky sitting on his ass,

The rockets raining on Donbas.

And so at last, his patience lost,

And knowing, great the coming cost,

He gave the order to attack;

To stretch Ukraine upon the rack

Of bloody war, as NATO cheered,

As peace, the state that NATO feared,

Was then consigned to flaming Hell.

And oโ€™er Ukraine the acrid smell

Of burning flesh suffused the air,

As NATO in its Western lair

Winked at its friends who make the guns;

And mothers grieved for slaughtered sons.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž / ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ

04 Friday Mar 2022

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๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž / ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š  ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ

Peter the Great

Was six feet eight.

.

Some say even longer,

And Russia stronger.

.

Zelensky may be a comic figure,

But even clowns can pull a trigger.

.

โ€œOkay weโ€™re neutralโ€, Zelensky said

And with three words he raised the dead.

.

Then Putin said: โ€œAbout Donbas……

Weโ€™ll talk instead of kicking ass.โ€

.

Zelensky said: โ€œYou ask no more?โ€

Putin replied: โ€œYouโ€™d rather war?โ€

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ย ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ

01 Tuesday Mar 2022

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EU, NATO, Ukraine

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ย ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ย ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ย ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ

Nothing may now be believed.

A web by the spiders is weaved,

And innocent flies

Are trapped by its lies;

And neighbouring spiders deceived.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

A Vow of Silence

29 Thursday Apr 2021

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poem, poetry, Triolet, Vow of Silence

๐—” ย ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜„ ย ๐—ผ๐—ณ ย ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

For thirty years you havenโ€™t said a word;

But now weโ€™ll set you free to tell your tale.

Had you said anything we would have heard โ€”

For thirty years you havenโ€™t said a word.

You gave no hint, no clue to what occurred,

But now you may โ€” those secrets have gone stale.

For thirty years you havenโ€™t said a word;

But now weโ€™ll set you free to tell your tale.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

The Tiny Army of Occupation

03 Wednesday Feb 2021

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

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Itโ€™s really a worthless endeavour โ€”
We canโ€™t hide from microbes forever.
One day we must face them,
For we canโ€™t erase them โ€”
Will they ever leave us? No never!

They have us locked down underground.
We tremble with fear at each sound.
They call: โ€œCome and fight!
For you have the might!
And soon will you cowards be found!โ€

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Eurasian Girl

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

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Australian poet, Eurasians, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Singapore Eurasians

๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ

Eurasian girl, I knew you well โ€”
Your lips, your almond eyes, your smell;
And now I hear that you have died.
I promised Iโ€™d return……..I lied.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Locking Down Minds

07 Wednesday Oct 2020

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Covid-19 lock-down, poem, poetry, Triolet

๐‹๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐   ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง  ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ

Lockdown! The healthy and the young โ€” panic!

Old people who are close to death may die!

A virus circulates this year, so quick,

Lockdown! The healthy and the young โ€” panic!

Though you may hardly notice that youโ€™re sick,

Do as youโ€™re told! And donโ€™t you dare ask why!

Lockdown! The healthy and the young โ€” panic!

Old people who are close to death may die!

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

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