Does poetry have a place in politics?

It's sad to say that Labour's day

Will soon be at an end

Though hopes were high, each further lie

Has driven us round the bend.

So Tory Dave, the 'Femail' rave

Will enter number ten.

Cut tax and rates for his rich mates,

the same old thing again.

They're all the same and we're to blame

We vote them in you see,

But never never can we ever

Vote racist BNP

They play a game to shift the blame

On those not white of skin

While Tubby Nick makes people sick

We cannot let him in

On polling day we have our say

Don't be a load of mugs

Pick up that card, think long and hard,

Say NO! to racist thugs.

To Red I say, you've had your day

You're not a poems man

From time to time you've hit the rhyme

But poems need to scan.

Yes there is, poetry is an excellent way of putting feelings onto paper and guess what you have done a great job of summing up the political position today.

Its great to hear you speak

of the way it is today

The BNP are there to seek

and protect us from the affray

But! how can we get em out

and vote commonsense in

vote BNP and shout

save our people from oblivion

Off your ar$e everyone

its time to put your cross

down to the ballot box alone

vote for the listening party, that's the only party that gives a toss

The BNP are hear to stay

I know that to be right

the fight is on now,yes today

and this time the mainstream boys are going to have to fight.

Redmonk the accomplished poet

Opppppps No piss taking

ATB Red

Edit.

You have your view and I have mine

But your edit seems to be taking the piss

It is good to debate on line

so lets not depart with a hisssssssssss

Maybe we can agree to disagree

but always make amends

let there be no animosity for everyone to see

and let democracy make us friends.

ATB Red

P

Nice poem but there is a poetry section in YA already.

To answer the question So tell me Mr Brown, who is there really, To keep me safe from you?

only the BNP, seriously they want the UK troops out of both wars.

p.s Nice BNP addition after i mentioned it

Yes, poetry, like any art form, does have a place in politics.

I am a revolutionary poet who writes and performs publicly.

Unlike the BNP supporters here, I won't try to force my work down your throats.

I am surprised anyone who supports the BNP can string more than a few grunts together. There intelligence is being sadly abused , as there are better alternative political groups to support, if they are just protestin against LIB/LAB/CON. Try looking at the CNWP website.

Whisper not to me of Xanadu, stately dome of Kubla Khan

Or those ageless warriors who brighten history's span,

I know of Omaha's grim beach and Iwojima's sands

The fallen always cherished and whose glory ever stands.

But I have heard of one fair land with places as sweet dreams

Of a fairyland of beauteous charm hewn from virgin realms,

Ah, savour Mavuradonna's heights and Chimanimani's peace

Oh land of sweet delight and true patriot's release.

T'is also said their strife was fair and noble was their cause

But honour with deceit was paid and almost without pause,

Scattered they were to far flung lands with little worldly gain

Save for that blessed hope that once their dear land may reclaim.

There is still the mystic silver thread that binds this gallant band

Of comradeship, travail and ah, the Regiment's last stand,

They say that hope still lies awake for some eternal hour

So tarry friend for thou mayest yet still smell such sweetest flower

Not bad at all.

Yes poetry does have a place in politics. It tells a story and poems often survive long after other articles and the events are forgotten.

So keep going.

when I commented in a poem on human beings calling me "sissy" and mocking me for having psychological ailment, you threw this at me, and in case you probably did not study it, the following became my reaction: you're expressing a political view, in basic terms one on favor of neutrality. i will not see eye to eye with those who're homophobes and picture the mentally sick are to be laughed at. in case you imagine permitting prejudice and abuse to pass unremarked on that you'll evade political fallout then you actually could get a job at Penn State.

Not this one!!!

poetic justice can be found in politcs - take heart in that !