Sarah Palin’s Keynote Speech at the National Tea Party Convention: A Poetry Reading
[Ed. Note: We at The Yeti love politics. We also love poetry. Most of all, though, we love combining things we love.]
A HAIKU ON CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES:
Time-tested truths, like
“The gov that govs least govs best.”
(Somalia rules!)
A GHAZALVILLANELLE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[Ed. Note: Originally I wanted the national security poem to be a ghazal, an ancient Arabian poetic form, for irony. But ghazals are super difficult and complicated, so I wrote a villanelle that steals pretty heavily from Dylan Thomas' classic "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" instead.]
Do not be so gentle as to give terrorists rights,
We must oblige our enemies if they want to call it war;
After all, America is always looking for a fight.
The Muslim snuck in ‘cause our security wasn’t tight,
They should have made him strip, drop his pants to the floor;
Do not be so gentle as to give terrorists rights.
And that other country, Yemen, should be in our bombing sights—
If we aren’t killing foreigners, then what’s our freedom for?
After all, America is always looking for a fight.
We aren’t even torturing, that keeps me up at night,
The rule of law prevailing will just make them hate us more.
Do not be so gentle as to give terrorists rights.
But Mr. President, for Iran please do what’s right.
(Psst, I heard the Ayatollah called Michelle a whore.)
After all, America is always looking for a fight.
We must shock and awe the world, must attack with all our might,
Must kill and maim our enemies, must wage an Endless War.
Do not be so gentle as to give terrorists rights.
After all, America is always looking for a fight.
A CINQUAIN ON ECONOMIC POLICY:
Ronald
Common sense con
Did it stimulate you?
We got the cornhusker kickback
Reagan
William Blake? Who dat?
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