A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF "RIGHT" AND WRONG
for Rush Limbaugh and the other blowhards
Watching politics for forty years,
I've kept an eagle eye
On the very varied types of birds
We bake in our electoral pie.
I've watched spy-birds and parrots,
Bald eagles, crows...mockingbirds...
I've seen many feathering their nest,
And caught, becoming jailbirds...
But the biggest shock, I tell you:
That a major party would really sin
By mass-cloning Joe McCarthy...
And their candidates would win.
Those phony vultures, posturing,
While they work to rob the poor,
Prove elections really can be bought
By the 'war chest' that holds more.
Author notes
My opinion of the political situation South of the Mason-Dixon line. I guess, in politics if you're on the right, you're mostly wrong. Sometimes, misguided and stupid, sometimes plain evil, but nearly always wrong.
Written July 13th, 2006
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I try to stay way from politics it seems like a complete sucker game to me. I must say however that the far right Republicans scare me and it saddens me that so many of the American people buy their crap. It really amazes me that Bush and Chaney were able to get away with all the illegal immoral things they did. That anyone would consider voting for that nut-ball Pallin makes my head spin around. Thanks for your entry. Good luck.
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I feel like if we are constantly focused on right or left we are missing what we were meant to be missing in the first place. I am glad you entered. I liked reading your side of things!~Leah
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After spending half of my life ...
as a Republican, and watching the Republican Party being zombiezed and destroyed by rightwing nuts, I think I know exactly what I am talking about.
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you have forgot to mention the sitting ducks...lol...although a strong minded political person, ive always kept my reservations to myself, for my constant lack of knowledge has rendered me useless in debating...i want to read the paper more, but i believe that will only misguide me, as all entries are one way or another approved by editors who enjoy thier positions in censorship...
so i listen, to every word that comes at me in life, on this site, on other sites, in the news, in daily conversations, ect...and i still am stalwart to the fact that everyone needs to have an opinion, and if the situation allows it, exress said opinions in public forums, yet this becomes vain, unless such opinions hold emotion...real emotion, as in present in this write...i know ive just rambled, but i am just complimenting your ability to OPEN eyes and ability to PERSUADE, and that is what i enjoy about this piece
'war chest'
just one example
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This was an awesome poem. The symbolism you used naming different birds was welldone. And I love the idea of an electoral pie.
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This is an excellent parallel description, I didn,t care for the comment about being wrong if You are on the right though, it takes opposites to ensure what little honesty we do get'
You forgot one bird though, The Dodo, it is not extinct in Washington, and lives in both major Parties.
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You made good use of the extended metaphor! I found it interesting how you compared the politicians with different types of birds.
Thank you for entering my contest.
Liana
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in the third line of the first stanza consider "very" instead of "widely" since this will create a fun reverse rhyme affect:
On the very varied types of birds
the last two lines of the second stanza are kind of fun. good use of metaphor here.
third stanza loses me. but i'm not very up on current, or even past, affairs regarding politics.
i like your use of birds for the metaphors throughout the poem. fun. this is the sort of thing i'm used to seeing from you. creative stuff.
some of the meters are a little over varied, causing me to stumble metrically as i read, but at the same time they work if i go back and reread looking for the way to read the line more fluidly in relation to the ones around it.
all in all, fun. political, but interesting too.
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Jim, your "Bird's eye view" was spot on my friend. A most creative use of "birds" as I've ever seen, Fantastic musings as well as truths written here. Great job
Blessings
Sandi
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Excellent
It was definitely an honest view of the current world situation. Very brave of you to not gloss over the reality. You did a greast job I thought! -
mhmm....I trust absolutely nothing about the government.....when I finally started to give a shit about who ran this country.....I saw they were people that deserved no trust or faith, which at times gives me a really sick feeling.....of course it's not just the inbred government, big bussiness is usually a problem too...I think it's really a very sad day when it's socially acceptable to conversationally joke about all the shit that is TRULY fucked up about this world and sit passively by.....which I admit I do....but I am no leader....I am waiting for a movement....I do not believe in war or weapons for that matter.....I do not believe in poorly manufactured goods, made by god knows who, we joke that it's kids in china..etc..yea funny.....though from a truly diplomatic point of view, it's the life their use to, though I think I came to that so I don't hate the people who support such things consciously or not..I still think it's fucked up....I am a contientious objector.....iwillnotkill.com...........if you have not heard about this, it's a great thing......even if you were to want to be a part of the military but you do not wish to bear arms...you do not want to battle other people with guns or slaughter defenseless people.....work as a nurse..etc....you become a contiencious objector, it is your right and it is comepletely official...as far as I know.....you can be one without having anything to do with the military as well....a little hope.....anyways.....great poem......thanks for sharing it...it was straight to the point and I like the metephors....like, free as a bird, cause it really is in our power to be "free" in mind and soul......body of course is another story......awesome write.........bravo
*Leah
Edited on Jul 14, 8:06 because 'give me five, show me your alive'. -
Echo and right on brother! You nailed it with humor,or gosh! Maybe not humor at all.The truth does hurt.Sorry to sound like a throw back rad from the 60's era.Oh wait,I am one.Ok,this is tellin it like it is!~~Suseann POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Not twisted mindless~~~I'm at a lose,must be old age creeping up on my mind.Great Write Jim!
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