I haven’t subjected the masses to my really bad poetry in quite a while. So yep it’s time to stand by those panic rooms. Terrible Poetry beckons and this time it’s potentially my worst ever.

Still time to have a go at Chelsea Owens’s wonderful Mused Poetry challenge.

“Life’s not been great for quite a few humans recently, myself included. If I were a mature, serene type, I’d likely suggest a mature, serene acceptance and a moving forward with healing. …I’m not really that type, though, so this month’s theme is:

  1. Snarky Rant. That’s right: a jaded, sarcastic, fed up, perhaps even nihilistic poem in an “I stick it to you, sucky events!” manner.
  2. The Length is your call. This is something you get to call the shots on, after all!
  3. Rhyming is also up to you.
  4. The Rating’s still PGish to keep general audiences happy, but there are always asterisks or near-fudges for situations like this.
  5. Despite the he** you may have endured, make us laugh. As we lay, prone, in the minefield of calamities, help us hold our bruised ribs in a knowing and painful release of the bad times we all relate to.

You have till 10:00 a.m. MST February 5 to submit a poem.”

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Brexit completely messed up

Government has gone corrupt

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Contracts given to party donors

Paid for by bigger bills for homeowners

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100000 covid deaths

They couldn’t even care less

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A nation scared forever

No virus tracing whatsoever

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Care Homes lambs to the slaughter

Country becoming an second rate backwater

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School system in utter disarray

While Johnson moans about his own pay

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Massive backlogs at the ferry ports

Backing Ministers subject to damming bullying reports

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Empty supermarkets shelves

Ministers looking after themselves

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U turn after U turn after U turn

Economy in a massive downturn

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Leaders downing the finest wine

Yet free school meals must be declined

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Desperately trying to remove worker rights

Refusing to make safe dangerous high rise sites

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All this just in one year of Johnson being in charge

A dangerous dishonest charlatan at large

So before he gets on with having another affair

Will someone please comb this numpties hair.

32 thoughts on “Mused Poetry Challenge”

  3. I think Trump would share his orange makeup and his hairstylist – although I can’t say that his look works for everyone 🙂

    Great terrible poetry! You have a great terrible gift! 🙂

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      1. I. Having a lot if bidy struggle since this last collapse but I’m sticking with the Chiropratic hard as that feels at times. I’ll keep walking forward even when it gets so tough Gid knows the UK is being hit extra hard with Civid right now. I really feel for you and I must count my blessings. Have a good weekend, Gary. 🌷

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  13. Pingback: WINNER of the A Mused Poetry Contest 2/6/2021 | Chel Owens

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