Israel

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Australian poet, islam, Israel, Israel Folau, Middle East, poem, poetry, Rugby Australia, Triolet

𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

Your enemies, your fortress they surround.
So you must hone your wits, plan your defence;
Make sure your strategies are sure and sound.
Your enemies, your fortress they surround;
So be prepared to hold your precious ground,
And then attack, to gain your recompense.
Your enemies, your fortress they surround;
So you must hone your wits, plan your defence.

— D.N. O’Brien

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Collateral Damage

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Australian poet, poem, poetry, Triolet, War with Iran

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞

Our enemies will die if we wage war;
We can’t have that — think of their wives and kids!
War will result in carnage — blood and gore!
Our enemies will die if we wage war;
And we must love our enemies, therefore,
We’ll do whatever any tyrant bids.
Our enemies will die if we wage war;
We can’t have that — think of their wives and kids!

— D.N. O’Brien

Hate Speech

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Australian poet, censorship, Hate Speech, hate speech laws, poem, poetry, Triolet

Hate Speech

I hate to tell you this, but hate’s been banned;
All hated hate has been replaced by love.
And though your hate I fully understand,
I hate to tell you this, but hate’s been banned;
There’ll be no hate allowed throughout the land.
And just in case you missed the news above:
I hate to tell you this, but hate’s been banned;
All hated hate has been replaced by love.

— D.N. O’Brien

Far Right

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Australian poet, Far-left, Far-right, poem, poetry, Triolet

Far Right

I’m to the right, that’s obvious I’d say.
No you’re far-right, there’s no such thing as “right”!
You’d best take a turn left, and right away!
I’m to the right, that’s obvious I’d say,
And to the right is where I wish to stay;
But you, it seems, are spoiling for a fight —
I’m to the right, that’s obvious I’d say.
No you’re far-right, there’s no such thing as “right”!

— D.N. O’Brien

Secrets

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Australian poet, National Security, poem, poetry, State secrets, Traitors, Treason, Triolet

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬

From public knowledge, some things must be kept,
Or else our enemies will also know.
We have no love of secrecy — except,
From public knowledge some things must be kept.
Our enemies at spying are adept —
They seek to know all of our secrets, so,
From public knowledge some things must be kept,
Or else our enemies will also know.

— D.N. O’Brien

A Pressing Problem

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Australian poet, Military secrets, Official secrets, poem, poetry, Press freedom, State secrets, Treason, Triolet

𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦

We want to publish every fact and lie!
And even all the secrets of the State!
We care not that some foreign friends may die.
We want to publish every fact and lie!
You wish us to be prudent? Tell us why!
Security? Your rules we’d abrogate!
We want to publish every fact and lie!
And even all the secrets of the State!

— D.N. O’Brien

Dodging

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A.L.P., Australian Federal Election 2019, Australian Labor Party, Australian poet, hellfire missile, poem, poetry, Rockets, Triolet

Dodging

We dodged a bullet called the A.L.P..
More like a Hellfire missile I would say —
I felt its breath as it passed close by me.
We dodged a bullet called the A.L.P..
With you, my friend, I’ll have to disagree —
That rocket would have blown us all away.
We dodged a bullet called the A.L.P..
More like a Hellfire missile I would say.

— D.N. O’Brien

Friendly Fire

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Australian Federal Election 2019, Australian poet, Greens Adani protest, Greens hurt Labor, poem, poetry, Proposed Adani coal mine, Triolet

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞

We dodged a bullet just the other day.
The Labor Reds are not the best of shots.
They’re average marksmen, but again I’d say,
We dodged a bullet just the other day.
For luckily the Greens got in the way.
They took one for us — love those crazy clots!
We dodged a bullet just the other day.
The Labor Reds are not the best of shots.

— D.N. O’Brien

Greens Adani Protest hurts Labor

Exit Israel

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Australian poet, Israel Folau, poem, poetry, Political Correctness, Rugby Australia, satire, Triolet

Exit Israel

What’s written in the Bible, Israel said.
And so the rugby priests have banned Folau.
It wasn’t some satanic verse he’d read —
What’s written in the Bible, Israel said.
And just for that the priests will have his head.
For blasphemy the priests will not allow.
What’s written in the Bible, Israel said.
And so the rugby priests have banned Folau.

— D.N. O’Brien

Rugby Australia Terminates Israel Folau’s Contract

The Good Fight

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, Labor lose in Australian election 2019, LNP win Australian Federal election 2019, poem, poetry, Scott Morrison Prime Minister of Australia, Triolet

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

The good fight we have fought, and we have won!
The Reds are bloodied and their chief has fled!
Our celebrations have barely begun!
The good fight we have fought, and we have won!
We’ll drink until the rising of the sun;
For any doubts we’d win we’ve put to bed!
The good fight we have fought, and we have won!
The Reds are bloodied and their chief has fled!

— D.N. O’Brien