Political poems

A time of change - another 9/11 poem wondering what the root causes were for this political act.

The ThermoBARBARIC bomb is pretty cool if you like weapons, huh? Maybe if you're a politician.

The Marine and the Terrorist - compare and contrast

Terrorism comes from somewhere - and that's not from within rich, fat countries.   Terrorism is a poem that sympathises with people driven by political forces beyond their control to do something about their lives.

This poem is all about American Values - excessive nationalism and the conviction that the American Way is the only way. It's called God bless America !

This poem is about American politicians' response to terrorism.   With the current Bush government this is to meet force with force. It's called Death squad heaven.

This is my house ponders the immigration scandal in Britain and the rest of the world. Is there any country that's behaving morally? Politics dictates that we stoop to the lowest level.

London Calling - a political poem written after the London bombs

How to create a ghetto - a dish for one community takes some basic ingredients and stirs them together

Jihad - there seems to be a call from Muslim clerics and politicans for Jihad every day

Human Bomb - suicide bombers don't kill themselves for fun

Here's a view that American and Western democracy has been purchased at the expense of other countries'   Democracy

Peacenicks might have pretty strange motivations according to politicians but no one can dispute their courage - so here's a short poem,  The Peacenik Gun   (which is, of course, a gun specifically designed to kill peaceniks).

Here's a short one on the utter pointlessness of the Environment Agency, which is actually totally powerless in the face of Mother Nature.

Men of night - a poem about the shadows of the past

Mrs. Conservative is a short political poem taking the piss out of Conservative womanhood.

Mrs. Flippin' is about a U.K. politician with too much integrity who investigated four dodgy politicians and fell victim to a whispering campaign. It's called Mrs. Flippin

This is a very short poem about the cynicism of our government and it's inability to see beyond its own re-election - Welcome to Tanzania describes how it sold its soul for the sake of a few jobs / votes.

This very short poem is about the suspicious deaths of young soldiers in Deepcut, Surrey. It's called Strange

Suicide nation Any nation can dehumanise another nation but in the process destroy themselves   

Twin Towers    post 9/11 mob rule and politicians and the media talking up war

Welcome to Woomera   is a short political poem about a former Australian prison camp for immigrants.