Something Old, Something New

By luigi_pagano

Mon, 05 Feb 2024
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8 comments
 

Something old,
something new;
something borrowed,
something blue.

For my mad reasoning
accept my apology;
the above suggests to me
a peculiar analogy.

To put it another way,
it is the same old story
of a governing party
that's not covered in glory.

The current mob is past it
and a new one is needed.
The man in the street says
they'll soon be defeated.

The spectacle they show
is like a pantomime
Opinion polls predict
they live on borrowed time.

Many of their stout followers
have now begun to rue
the day they gave their vote
to a candidate in blue.

 

© Luigi Pagano 2024

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Mutevoli pensieri
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

A clever take on the IP, Luiigi. Expectations of alternative groups are usually unrealistic, and all have a mixed membership, with some members more trustworthy than others, and all fallible - as is true of the voters too! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Hi Rhiannon. Politics is fickle. Not being a native of this country, I consider myself a neutral observer who is repeating the so-called vox populi.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Bravo, Luigi! And so say - well, if not all of us, then certainly a great many of us. I'm not sure I trust opinion polls, though. The great British public has a history of doing some very odd things.

Great take on the IP.

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Thank you, Jane. Sometimes it is like the lottery: you hope for the jackpot but you have to settle for a minor prize. Many factors, like the weather, apathy, and floating voters,  influence the outcome  No one party can rely on the faithful.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by David Kirtley on

I like your use of the Inspiration Point for a political/governing party. It seems to sum up the Tories so well! Perfect! I also was thinking could it be a bit similar for Biden and the Democrats in America? (particularly as they seem so keen to ignore some of the opinions of many of their voters?). Good poem!

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Hi David. As you rightly say, the poem could equally apply to the Biden administration if that's what the Americans are voicing. From what I read both candidates seem to be unsatisfactory,

Best, Luigi

 

Submitted by D G Moody on

Nice one Luigi, particualry how you incorporated the blue in the IP. As far as the politicians - as in how far can we throw them, well, they are no longer the masters of the universe, they are just servants of multinational big business. 

 

Dougie Moody

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

When politicians forget that they are the servants of ordinary citizens, is when trouble begins.

Luigi