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Group Poem XII

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:18 pm
by Audiendus
It is presidential election year in the US, and here in the UK we will shortly be having an election for Mayor of London. So this poem will be about the absurdities of politics and politicians.

The poem will be of 20 lines, in 5 four-line stanzas, rhyming AABB. Each line will be of 14 syllables, and will contain a word that is the name of an animal (of any kind – mammal, bird, insect etc, but not human), used in a different sense, e.g. "cow" in the sense of "intimidate", or "ram" in the sense of "thrust". Plurals/verb forms with "s" are acceptable.

Please bold the "animal" word in each line, and copy the earlier lines as usual. Here are the title and first line:


The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:36 pm
by saparris
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:37 am
by Audiendus
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:06 pm
by saparris
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they've learned at Kent or Yale

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:16 pm
by Audiendus
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they've learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:51 pm
by saparris
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale
They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:03 pm
by Audiendus
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale
They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes.
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:31 pm
by saparris
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:52 am
by Audiendus
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

The doves and hawks (or Wets and Dries, as Mrs Thatcher said)

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:28 am
by saparris
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

The doves and hawks (or Wets and Dries, as Mrs. Thatcher said)
Will fish for voters everywhere (both living ones and dead)

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:48 pm
by Audiendus
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

The doves and hawks (or Wets and Dries, as Mrs. Thatcher said)
Will fish for voters everywhere (both living ones and dead)
They gull minorities with the pretence of shared ideals

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:00 pm
by saparris
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

The doves and hawks (or Wets and Dries, as Mrs. Thatcher said)
Will fish for voters everywhere (both living ones and dead)
They gull minorities with the pretence of shared ideals
While fawning over wealthy folk when making cash appeals

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:27 pm
by Audiendus
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

The doves and hawks (or Wets and Dries, as Mrs. Thatcher said)
Will fish for voters everywhere (both living ones and dead)
They gull minorities with the pretence of shared ideals
While fawning over wealthy folk when making cash appeals

Ex-statesmen sell their know-how to incorporated sharks

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:41 pm
by saparris
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

The doves and hawks (or Wets and Dries, as Mrs. Thatcher said)
Will fish for voters everywhere (both living ones and dead)
They gull minorities with the pretence of shared ideals
While fawning over wealthy folk when making cash appeals

Ex-statesmen sell their know-how to incorporated sharks
And weasel million-dollar fees for asinine remarks

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:36 am
by Audiendus
The Political Jungle (A Polysemous Menagerie)

The thought of party politics is difficult to bear
The asses and the elephants give everyone a scare
They carp at their opponents till the watching voters quail
And parrot useless platitudes they learned at Kent or Yale

They duck the awkward questions that their interviewers pose
Then badger other candidates with panoplies of woes
When diligent reporters ferret out their feet of clay
They monkey with the microphones and look the other way

The doves and hawks (or Wets and Dries, as Mrs. Thatcher said)
Will fish for voters everywhere (both living ones and dead)
They gull minorities with the pretence of shared ideals
While fawning over wealthy folk when making cash appeals

Ex-statesmen sell their know-how to incorporated sharks
And weasel million-dollar fees for asinine remarks
The losers in this cut-throat game write books to settle scores