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Today, althoughthe news is very bad,you hold your little thumbs just soand square up to the camera. Noescape from looking sadtoday. Althoughyour doubts may grow,the PR man is gladyou hold your little...

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Egad, Dave, I thought it was about Dubya!Margaret

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Well there's a degree of cloning in all high office bearers. But Tony's thumbs, once seen are never forgotten. I'm not quite so aware of George's. BTW, this is also old so I won't give it a new...

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Quote:But Tony's thumbs, once seen are never forgotten.So true. He does hold his thumbs just so, doesn't he. Too bad Tony couldn't keep George under his thumbs. Only in this age of speed and computers...

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Somehow, I'm reminded of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem about Little Lord Jesus and Little Lord Buddha. I can't recall all of it at the moment, but I remember that:Said Little Lord Jesus to Little...

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Hi Feb -Well, I'll avoid getting into a Tony & George prose session as it could get out of hand. Shoe poems welcome though. - Dave

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Hi Margaret -Yes indeed. I'd completely forgotten about that one, till now. - Dave

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Enjoyed this succinct silhouette of Blair.It is indeed easy to see why one might think about "Dubya" beyond the similarities politicians have. Blair seems to have this Zelig quality of morphing into...

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Thanks Mitchell -It was our earlier conversation about bending the villanelle form that reminded me about this one and gave me the notion to revive and revise it. - Dave

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Dave,I don't think Tony would like your poem much.Can you tell me, is the Tory party (which is "conservative") anything like what American RightWing/Conservative is? We have begun to call the extreme...

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Can you tell me, is the Tory party (which is "conservative&quot anything like what American RightWing/Conservative is?The US Republican Party has always, since its founding (and for that matter in...

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Thanks Don. I appreciate that. Seems to me that the Libertarians are too influenced by the Republican mindset these days as they are 'anti-government' and pro-corporate state. Corporations are not...

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Wow...I need to check my web browser. I must have accidentally clicked on democraticunderground. Can we try to limit the political discussion so that we can all get along?

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{p.s. you can reply in private message if this is getting to far off course for the poetry board.}I was going to do just that, but I wouldn't add much to what Dave has already written.Interesting how,...

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Just a spelling point. In the U.K., the "Labour Party" is spelled just so. In Australia, the more-or-less equivalent party adopted the American spelling of "Labor Party" decades ago.

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Oh well, since this one is determined to stay on top of the board as a non-poem discussion, I've made a minor edit to line two, to avoid a careless repetition of 'looking'. And Don - sorry for...

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Seems to me that the Libertarians are too influenced by the Republican mindset these days as they are 'anti-government' and pro-corporate state. Corporations are not people and should not be given...

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I think it is inevitable that a poem about a political figure will trigger some political commentary, but I think it is way out of order and simply impolite to ignore the poem completely and jump...

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I agree, Dave. Thumbs up!Margaret

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Just checking in to say this one is cracking. Loved itRM

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