Barack Haiku » History http://www.barack-haiku.com Poetry about President Barack Obama & Politics Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:10:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Joementum http://www.barack-haiku.com/2010/03/24/joementum/ http://www.barack-haiku.com/2010/03/24/joementum/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:12:02 +0000 Embir http://www.barack-haiku.com/?p=577 Dark high water mark/

Feel the tug of the tide shift/

A big fucking deal/

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Red face, foot stomp, NO!/


Ronnie’s team claws at blue tide/


Water wins, always/


sand-castle


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Drip – act now or wait/

Drop – justice cries for succor/

Malefactors skate/



#torture, #cheney, #bush

cheney_puppetmaster


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Sir prize in the box/

Judges know who’s for bright peace/

Not eight years…eight months/


noble peace prize

#nobel peace prize, #obama, #george bush

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Ghana, with the wind/
At our back, through an evil door/
We return forward/

#haiku, #Obama, #Ghana



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Psychopaths call shots/

Shock, slam, drown, kill.  Thanks Rummy/

Blood and mud our name/


Look dear I gouged/

Bad guy eye – red white and goo/

Don’t look away now/


Evil unchecked/

Lies in wait to come again/

Real blowback – our cure/


abu7


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Tickling my ears/

“President Obama did…”/

Ear chin ear huge grin/

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Lincoln’s iron horse/

Ease through winter burgs and fields/

Roll to victory/



 

Links

Train story – Talking Points Memo

Train story – Chicago Sun-Times

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A fresh link in an old chain/

Unlocks the tension/

 

Links

Video from Presidential Lunch 

Humor  – Audio from the lunch… 

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Tired jalopy/

Nixon to Bush race bait ride/

Flat tire, game over/

 

Links:

 

Paul Krugman – Bigger Than Bush – End of the ride for the southern strategy

Pat Buchanan’s new southern strategy – We’ll win with veiled racism

Reagan Announces His Candidacy In Philadelphia Mississippi – Home to civil rights murders

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This time is a gift/

Forward from the vote for change/

We walk together/


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