Regime Change

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Putin, Russo / Ukraine war, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞  𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞

It’s out! The truth is spoken by the West:

It’s not about the people of Ukraine!

The leaders of ‘Utopia’ confessed

(Though anyone possessing half a brain,

Who has the sense to get out of the rain,

Knows they don’t care for Ukraine’s sovereign rights.)

It’s all about regime change, I’ll explain:

It’s Putin who is squarely in their sights. 

It is for this their foolish proxy fights.

Putin holds back the poisoned Western tide

That sweeps across the world — dimming the lights.

The West wishes to have a puppet guide

Great Holy Russia to the wrecking yards,

And Putin, Nemesis, holds all the cards.

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫

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EU, NATO, Ukraine

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞  𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨  𝐎𝐮𝐫  𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫

Nothing may now be believed.

A web by the spiders is weaved,

And innocent flies

Are trapped by its lies;

And neighbouring spiders deceived.

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞!

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poem, poetry, Triolet, Ukraine

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞!

The Russians have so much to lose,

We have so much to gain!

They want out help — do not refuse!

Destabilize Ukraine!

Don’t let the Russian speakers choose;

We need her fields of grain!

So with the West, Ukraine must fuse —

(So thinks the German brain).

— D.N. O’Brien