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Good for (Big) Business

21 Thursday Jan 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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poetry, poem, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Australian poet, Big corporations

๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ (๐๐ข๐ ) ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

Dissenters, the chosen are purging.
โ€œComply with directives!โ€ theyโ€™re urging.
โ€œJust do as youโ€™re told;
Weโ€™ll shower you with gold!โ€
The stockmarket? No surprise โ€” surging!

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Joe Blow

18 Monday Jan 2021

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

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Australian poet, Inauguration Day, Joe Biden, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet

๐‰๐จ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ

Youโ€™ve banished Donald to the flaming pit;
So take the throne that you have slyly earned.
Joe, you have shown that surely does the shit
Float to the top โ€” the tide of truth youโ€™ve turned.
Your gaze averted as the cities burned;
As BLM supporters took their loot.
You and your Democrats were unconcerned
When masked ANTIFA thugs put in the boot.
Who would have thought that a demented coot
Would lead the greatest country on the Earth?
But votes were harvested โ€” low-hanging fruit,
And even rotten windfalls were of worth.
Though youโ€™re a husk that time will blow away,
Wake up Joe! Itโ€™s Inauguration Day!

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Da

17 Sunday Jan 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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Australian poet, Free Speech, Gulags, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

๐ƒ๐š

Be careful what you say aloud.
Reactionaries not allowed.
Laugh the mob: โ€œYouโ€™re insane!
Youโ€™ve gulags on the brain!โ€
The Russians donโ€™t laugh quite as loud.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Curve Balls-up

08 Friday Jan 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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Australian poet, Covid-19 lockdown in Australia, Flatten the curve, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ-๐ฎ๐ฉ

Do you recall โ€œflatten the curveโ€?
It was gospel before the big swerve
To the extermination
Of Covid โ€” our nation
Surrendered โ€” the fools lost their nerve.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ˆ๐๐„! ๐…๐ˆ๐๐„! ๐…๐ˆ๐๐„!!

07 Thursday Jan 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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Australian poet, Covid lockdown fines, Covid-19 lock-down, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ˆ๐๐„! ๐…๐ˆ๐๐„! ๐…๐ˆ๐๐„!!

The way to control is now clear:
Rebellion must cost them too dear.
Weโ€™ll take till theyโ€™re poor,
For one thing is sure โ€”
Itโ€™s fines that these free-thinkers fear.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

(If only the Bolsheviks could have been fined into submission….)

Vexatious Vikings

06 Wednesday Jan 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, No lock-downs in Sweden, poem, poetry, Swedish deaths from Covid-19, Swedish response to Covid-19

๐•๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐•๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

Thereโ€™s something wrong in Sweden,
From what I have been readinโ€™.
Unlike us clowns
Theyโ€™ve no lockdowns โ€”
In deaths they should be leadinโ€™.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

May it be so

04 Monday Jan 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire

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Amen, Awoman, epigram, Hebrew words, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets

๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ

โ€œAmenโ€ it is sexist โ€” old hat.
And I say โ€œAwomanโ€ to that.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Approaching Critical Mass

03 Sunday Jan 2021

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Oppression, poem, poetry

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ

Itโ€™s no secret, but lend me your ear:
Crowds are swelling; itโ€™s coming, my dear.
Theyโ€™ve had all they can take;
Soon their shackles theyโ€™ll break โ€”
Their oppressors will tremble with fear.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

The Last Day

31 Thursday Dec 2020

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

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poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

I worked with a man who was young and smart;
He was honest too, as the day is long.
Forty years ago did our paths then part,
And I thought forever, but I was wrong.
When Iโ€™d last known him he was straight and strong,
But the man I met on the yearโ€™s last day,
To my memories he did not belong:
He was bowed and bent and his hair was grey,
And he said as I shook his hand: โ€œGโ€™dayโ€
In a feeble voice, (Oh his hand was cold),
And he gazed at me in the strangest way,
And he softly said: โ€œWell you have grown old.โ€

So we reminisced, then said our goodbyes,
And he shuffled off โ€” with his two good eyes.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

Eurasian Girl

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Uncategorized

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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

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