Political Pantoum No.3: In Out, In Out Shake . . . (2026)

From the Socialism or Your Money Back blog

In Out, In Out Shake…

 

Britannia seemingly sinking,

There appears to be but one hope,

Desperate means – desperate thinking

By setting a course for Europe.

 

There appears to be but one hope

For true British leaders and led,

By setting a course for Europe?

Let’s reclaim sovereignty instead.

 

For true British leaders and led,

No giving foreigners’ free rein,

Let’s reclaim sovereignty instead,

Closing the borders tight again.

 

But there again reconsider,

Britannia seemingly sinking,

Selling to the highest bidder;

Desperate means – desperate thinking.

 

D. A.

Political Pantoum No.2: Class-ification (2026)

From the Socialism or Your Money Back blog

Class-ification

Socialism! I’ve let that pass

Being middle, while that seems to be

Best suited for the working class:

What can it have to do with me?

 

Being middle, while that seems to be

Just possibly worth espousing,

What can it have to do with me?

It’s for those in social housing.

 

Just possibly worth espousing,

Whereas I would be quite ill matched,

It’s for those in social housing.

While where I live, we’re all detached.

 

Whereas I would be quite ill matched,

Working hard, yet nothing’s surer,

While where I live, we’re all detached,

Progressively getting poorer.

 

Working hard, yet nothing’s surer,

Socialism! I’ve let that pass,

Progressively getting poorer,

Best suited for the working class.

 D. A.

Political Pantoum No.1: Nationalist Vision (2026)

From the Socialism or Your Money Back blog

Nationalist Vision

 

Nationalists are generally myopic

From looking through unfocused spectacles,

Speech incoherent and vitriolic.

Denying reason and raising hackles.

 

From looking through unfocused spectacles

The cause of common woes remain unseen,

Denying reason and raising hackles;

All foreigners are cast as being unclean.

 

The cause of common woes remain unseen,

Such is nationalism’s inanity,

All foreigners are cast as being unclean,

Though they’re of our common humanity.

 

Such is nationalism’s inanity,

Speech incoherent and vitriolic,

Though they’re of our common humanity,

Nationalists are generally myopic.

 

D. A.

Blogger's Note:

What is a 'Pantoum' I hear you say . . . I hear myself say. 

 

According to the Poetry Foundation website it's "A Malaysian verse form adapted by French poets and occasionally imitated in English. It comprises a series of quatrains, with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the next. The second and fourth lines of the final stanza repeat the first and third lines of the first stanza."

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