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Saturday, October 06, 2007

CLUELESS OXYMORONS

PoeArtry by Charles Frederickson


WAR SPELLED BACKWARDS IS RAW

Peaceniks rebels championing honorable cause
    Liberals weird perverts who care
        Progressives controlled chaos unsung heroes
            Patriotism vested interest unquestioning loyalty

SPIN SPELLED BACKWARDS IS NIPS

Friendly Fire clearly ambiguous buttheads
    Rules of war safety hazards
        Never civil holy or just
            Good grief mighty fine mess

EVIL SPELLED BACKWARDS IS LIVE

True lies doublespeak we-evil hitlist
    Politically incorrect equal rights wronged
        Defense budget fatcat contributor paybacks
            Known-covert operation open secret denials

IRAQ SPELLED BACKWARDS IS VIETNAM

Military intelligence smart bomb clusters
    Pre-emptive strike misguided unprovoked attack
        Crusader Mission Accomplished dead-end quagmire
            Cardinal sins Mea Culpability bloodshed

WON POTS SPELLED BACKWARDS IS STOP NOW!


Dr. Charles Frederickson is a Swedish/American/Thai No Holds Bard who may be described as a Wired Weirdo, Independent Outsider or Wonkish Ex-spurt. This e-gadfly has wandered intrepidly through 206 countries, an original sketch and poem for each presented on http://www.imagesof.8k.com. A member of World Poets Society, based in Greece, his unique poetic style has been featured in more than 200 publications on 6 continents. A gallery of his artwork can be viewed at Ascent Aspirations and his “PoeArtry” word and image combos appear regularly as Planet Authority's Poem of the Day @ listenandbeheard.net.