The Poli-Diddle Fiddle The poli-diddle is your job, is your jobThe poli-diddle is your job, yes your moneyed jobMP you’re a flop yet you’ll rise to the topAs long as you are a liar So lie or fib or fabricate, taradiddle mislead or prevaricateYou dearly need to win some votes no matter what the costYouContinue reading “Voices In A Tempest”
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On A Villain Or Two
The Quality Of Mercy The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes The thronèd monarch better than his crown.Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice ActContinue reading “On A Villain Or Two”
Rogues Gallery
Fake Me To Your Leader Oswald Brown was a clownWho got to rule the landHis principal reason for his renownWas to have us obey each command The changes he wrought as the masterHad never been seen beforeThey brought to the land sheer disasterAs he diligently bent the law His constant need was to break traditionAndContinue reading “Rogues Gallery”
Even More Poems
Climate Blues O grave, where is thy victory?*So many people have diedDrownedBurntHeat struckAll massacred by hot weatherYet still the energy fable lingersStill fruitful shares make profit from coalStill fossil gas is highly cost-effectiveStill cars burn the air profitablyStill forests are felled by flourishing fellersStill fools spend endlessly on more than they needAh yesThe climate crisisContinue reading “Even More Poems”
Royce Levi Australian Teacher and Author 