Pete's political verse

A collection of satirical writings on the burning issues of the day. Many of these were read out on the Creedon Show when John was kind enough to feature my work

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Where is the man?

Where is the man we can rally behind,
The man who has courage to say the wrong thing
And guides us whatever the Furies may bring?

Who is the man who will rise to be King
And show the true path to the poor and the blind,
No matter how rocky or badly-defined?

What is a man who will speak his own mind
And cares not what stones his detractors may fling,
Maintaining a bird never flew on one wing?

Why must a man be afraid of the sting
That shoots when the planets are wrongly aligned,
When truth, like a length od string, starts to
unwind?
Posted by Pete Goulding at 8:07 AM

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I work in a warehouse which as you can imagine is very stimulating. I follow Shelbourne FC and football in general. Happily married for nearly 40 years to Monica with two great no-longer kids, Louise and Neil and 7 grandchildren. I used to write humorous verse but have written serious verse, a book of essays, a novel and a biography. But still can't put up a shelf.
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