No Sunsets Or Rainbows “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” From the sonnet “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Strange, O so strangeI wantContinue reading “Emotion Recollected”
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Four Problems And One Solution
Guess Who They see him here; they see him thereThose weaklings see him everywhereIs he in Heaven or is he in HellThat damned evasive n’er-do-well? He breaks the law; makes a bundle what’s moreAnd rules his roost with profits galoreIs he a king or an elder of noteOr simply a liar who gets your vote?Continue reading “Four Problems And One Solution”
Angst
On The Rule Of Law Criminals despise the judiciaryAnd love to exploit a defenceless fiduciarySome plan harm for virtuous judgesAnd violently proclaim their sordid grudgesHave you seen that vociferous gangsterWho rules the domain like a deranged prankster?He is in fact the boss of the landBut all that he does is underhandHe twists the law toContinue reading “Angst”
Some Way-out Definitions
Fascist You will always know himAs you’ll be just below himHe’ll pose as your friendYour troubles to mendPromising reformBeyond the normHe’ll prophesy changeTo rearrangeThe shape of a sham dystopiaThat depends on your myopiaHe will foretellYour relief from HellIf his wisdom you note for himAnd then blindly vote for himHe’ll be ostensibly religiousDeclaring God prestigiousAnd thenContinue reading “Some Way-out Definitions”
A Golden Age: some gimmickry of our times
God Save The King Look at meWow!A new age you can seeNow!I am so very brightAnd my mind is ruthenious*I am always rightAs I am a geniusI persuaded the ignorant mobTo vote me into powerI did such a wondrous jobThat it’s now my victory hourYou can hear the angels singLet the church bells ringFor IContinue reading “A Golden Age: some gimmickry of our times”
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”
Perturbed Voices
At The Top Of The Tree A Chieftain Observed Ronald Crumpkin was a bumpkinAnd got to the top of the treeHe had a head like the top of a pumpkinAnd a brain the size of a pea He spoke every word in a manner absurdAnd his deeds were an absolute farceHe promised the world andContinue reading “Perturbed Voices”
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”
Some Serious Thoughts
Gaslighting Getting control by menacing meansManipulationBy sowing self doubt in your victims’ mindsInventing weaknessesRevealing false trendsTelling a storyThat is harmfully untrueSuch a neat trick, isn’t it?You winAt the cost of your targets’ self respectMere suggestionsCunningly devisedTo create uncertaintyAre brain missilesFostered by your calculating idSo rant on in your way CaesarOr are you Hitler?Or a presentContinue reading “Some Serious Thoughts”
Royce Levi Australian Teacher and Author 