twas late august two thousand and five
For some it was great to be alive
Unless you had inadequate means
Have a black face and live in new Orleans
George w. Bush scored his biggest own goal
When Katrina took her deadly toll
George hadn't the time to pause
whilst drumming up funds for the neocon cause
His cutting flood funds was a priceless error
To pay for his so called war on terror
The national guard he just could’nt phone
Cause two thirds of them were hiding
In bagdad’s green zone
With thousands dead or dying
Without water and in pain
Bush looked down upon them
Five days later from his plane
And the master of rhetoric and phraseology
Mumbled one word that described him to a tee
Inadequate was all he could say
Though I doubt he could spell it anyway
Was he not the prince of shock and awe
Who killed thousands of children
In the Iraq war
Which was how they measured his success
Like killing of war reporters
He’d tried hard to suppress
We don’t do body counts
His general proudly said
When his cowboys bombed a wedding party
On the way to getting wed ordering mass murder
Is right down Bush’s street
But when it comes to saving lives
it just ain’t george’s meat
Taking lives is normal
For george bush and his crony
Who get their orders from the lord
Him and holy tony
Author notes
Prompt no 5 George Bush
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Comments
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you're right, you called that unfeeling snake for just what he is. or maybe inept is a better word to describe him? in any case i did enjoy your poem. thanks for posting it and for reading my work.
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Well I think the poem is fine in content, but like the previous contest host, I see many mistakes and since they have been pointed out to you and not changed, I can only assume that you don't care. Thank you for entering.
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Autumn-Rain
My apologies the fact that I didn't alter the spelling mistake Baghdad's and the two apostrophies was that I couldn't understand what he meant by inconsistant
capitalisation.Your "Well I think the poem is fine in content"is "music to my ears"That was the bone of contention
The previous host didnt comment one Iota on the content of
the poem. "this is a hard poem to Read and follow"
"Hiddenspaces" "SereneAzure" "Neon rose" Rowan moon
Delishdancer (13 years old) all managed to read it and give favourable comments.All my 130 odd poems have the same
"Capitalisation" as this one and 30 of them have won trophies already.I have adjusted the known "Typos"
many thanks for your "Fine Content" comment
Best Wishes George
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Thank you for entering my quote contest. This is a rather hard poem to read and follow. It might read a little easier if you break it up into stanzas. Also the lack of consistency with capitalization is also distracting. I found several typos also:
George had’nt the time to pause
should be:
George hadn't the time to pause
The national guard he just could’nt phone
should be:
The national guard he just couldn't phone
In bagdad’s green zone
should be:
In baghdad’s green zone
In the Iraq ‘ war
should be:
In the Iraq war
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Policheck
In your eagerness to point out the apostrophies in my poem
you forgot to comment on the poem itslf notwithstanding the difficulties (insuperable?) you apparently
encountered.(nobody else has)Many Thanks George
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lovely, just o' so entertaining about our current president.it fits him nicely, and i(although i don't fool around or take a part of politics) am going to be glad when he is gone.Thank you for the lovely write.and best of luck in the contest.
Kudos,
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thank you for entering! Good luck in the contest!
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Some powerful stuff here. Unfortunately, even though his "reign" is almost over, seems to me that the name on the door changes, but the politics stay the same...
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Tis the truth
but alas
Most people
prefer
the lie
So don't look
for anything to
change just
cause Bush
is outta of
office
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so true
Im only 13 and everything but geroge w.bush is a freckin idiot and im glad his times up. perfect poem
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