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Poetry and Politics

Maybe the poets, writers, musicians and artists of the world can figure out some answers for our fucked-up world, because nobody else seems to be coming up with any.

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Peace not war by picasso Dec 31, 2002 11:03 AM
we don't need fucking war by rastaruined Dec 31, 2002 1:41 PM
WELL by picasso Jan 3, 2003 7:14 AM
Quick ...does anyone know what the ... by the mingo Dec 30, 2002 2:21 AM
yeah by cat22 Dec 30, 2002 4:46 AM
amen by rastaruined Dec 30, 2002 7:54 AM
Gee Dubya's task by possum Dec 30, 2002 12:59 PM
no, but by jamelah Dec 30, 2002 4:17 PM
I hope that isnt legit by dab Dec 30, 2002 9:25 PM
heh by jamelah Dec 31, 2002 5:43 AM
I know I know .... by BuddhistPunk Dec 31, 2002 5:49 AM
Politics and Artists by honeydu Dec 28, 2002 2:39 PM
pretentious by ironhands Dec 28, 2002 5:20 PM
wow... by honeydu Dec 29, 2002 12:18 PM
yes by ironhands Dec 29, 2002 6:30 PM
sorry for you by honeydu Dec 31, 2002 11:11 AM
Looking in the wrong direction by Chalkie Jan 13, 2003 11:26 AM
dear honeydu by cat22 Dec 29, 2002 4:04 AM
Have you never written something and then decided to by The Flaming Red Head Dec 29, 2002 5:32 AM
what ? by cat22 Dec 29, 2002 7:45 AM
pretentious by ironhands Dec 29, 2002 6:28 AM
nice by cat22 Dec 29, 2002 8:08 AM
dum by ironhands Dec 29, 2002 11:05 AM
however by rube lindale Dec 29, 2002 9:07 AM
letters to the editor by honeydu Dec 29, 2002 12:20 PM
if this makes... by honeydu Dec 29, 2002 12:22 PM
forget it by ironhands Dec 29, 2002 2:51 PM
forget it? by buddhabitch Dec 29, 2002 3:25 PM
forgotten by ironhands Dec 29, 2002 6:34 PM
That was beautiful man by SAMO! Dec 30, 2002 4:53 PM
vague by honeydu Dec 31, 2002 11:24 AM
Howdy Honeydu by buddhabitch Dec 29, 2002 3:45 PM
so be it by honeydu Dec 30, 2002 8:22 AM
This how it be... by buddhabitch Dec 30, 2002 8:42 AM
Do what you do by Allez33 Dec 30, 2002 5:37 AM
bravo by honeydu Dec 30, 2002 8:25 AM
"snarling intellectual lip" by volt Dec 30, 2002 9:15 PM
oh ... by Allez33 Dec 31, 2002 4:28 AM
or just ... by Allez33 Dec 31, 2002 4:44 AM
there .... by Allez33 Dec 31, 2002 4:44 AM
wasn't trying... by honeydu Dec 31, 2002 11:20 AM
I know, the best of intentions ..... by Allez33 Dec 31, 2002 12:40 PM
ahhh honeydu, by buddhabitch Dec 31, 2002 1:33 PM
to allez and buddhabitch by honeydu Dec 31, 2002 1:39 PM
ironhands by buddhabitch Dec 31, 2002 2:20 PM
namin names! by ironhands Dec 31, 2002 3:44 PM
ahh pipe down by buddhabitch Dec 31, 2002 4:04 PM
how do you know by jamelah Dec 30, 2002 6:15 AM
I know... by honeydu Dec 30, 2002 8:30 AM
Never mind, never mind, never mind. by The Flaming Red Head Dec 28, 2002 4:38 AM
Never mind by The Flaming Red Head Dec 28, 2002 5:48 AM
A Letter on the Future (to a good friend of mine) by John B. Dec 27, 2002 11:04 AM
Hunting and gathering by The Flaming Red Head Dec 28, 2002 3:42 AM
was that sarcasm now? by John B. Dec 28, 2002 3:48 AM
not sarcasm by The Flaming Red Head Dec 28, 2002 4:00 AM
well then... by John B. Dec 28, 2002 4:10 AM
I'm just kidding. by The Flaming Red Head Dec 28, 2002 4:25 AM
good idea by betabandido Dec 28, 2002 2:05 PM
Y8's was a crackerass by betabandido Dec 28, 2002 2:13 PM
animal pelts by The Flaming Red Head Dec 28, 2002 4:24 PM
Straving Babies by flowersinherhair Dec 26, 2002 7:24 PM
Meat by thehelper Dec 26, 2002 9:18 PM
you're not by furthurgrl Dec 28, 2002 3:39 PM
hmmm by rube lindale Dec 29, 2002 9:17 AM
eating babies ? mmmmmmmmmm by flowersinherhair Dec 29, 2002 9:24 AM
by any chance, by rube lindale Dec 29, 2002 9:30 AM
I believe by furthurgrl Dec 29, 2002 9:58 AM
New Wilderness by the mingo Dec 24, 2002 7:24 PM
could be by cat22 Dec 25, 2002 1:50 AM
globalization protestors by The Flaming Red Head Dec 25, 2002 8:05 PM
GLOBALISATION by Chalkie Jan 12, 2003 3:13 AM
bush wants every ones lunch money! by french Dec 24, 2002 3:49 PM
shrub by cat22 Dec 24, 2002 3:54 PM
the problem with pacifists by betabandido Dec 24, 2002 1:32 PM
neither Saddamn or Bush by betabandido Dec 24, 2002 2:07 PM
. by SAMO! Dec 25, 2002 1:08 PM
No by SAMO! Dec 25, 2002 1:14 PM
are you by swivel Dec 26, 2002 3:11 PM
the case for pacifism by brooklyn Dec 25, 2002 4:19 PM
reply by betabandido Dec 25, 2002 5:49 PM
protest? by swivel Dec 26, 2002 3:09 PM
historical contexts by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 26, 2002 4:04 PM
Your post has the flavor of fear. by mtmynd Dec 26, 2002 4:58 PM
the rare luxury of being a pacifist by betabandido Dec 27, 2002 4:19 PM
On being a pacifist.... by mtmynd Dec 27, 2002 4:56 PM
this is my truth, tell me yours by betabandido Dec 28, 2002 9:24 AM
Good day! by mtmynd Dec 29, 2002 7:07 AM
reply by betabandido Dec 29, 2002 2:52 PM
fighting for peace by brooklyn Dec 29, 2002 1:19 PM
trivial pursuit... by buddhabitch Dec 26, 2002 5:05 PM
PACIFISM by Chalkie Jan 12, 2003 3:42 AM
well proceed on with your voyeur war by The Flaming Red Head Dec 25, 2002 6:29 PM
reply by betabandido Dec 25, 2002 8:08 PM
another reply by faeriequeene Dec 26, 2002 1:08 PM
when you leave here by greenauto Dec 31, 2002 7:39 PM
you didn't specify where is here... by betabandido Jan 5, 2003 9:31 AM
Predicting Dubya's Xmas gift to US by Libelouseye Dec 23, 2002 12:30 PM
silent night by cat22 Dec 24, 2002 4:12 AM
amen by furthurgrl Dec 24, 2002 11:25 AM
it is done by cat22 Dec 24, 2002 3:24 PM
666 is by Billectric Dec 24, 2002 12:07 PM
actually, using that number losely by cat22 Dec 24, 2002 3:19 PM
wow, i didn't by Billectric Dec 25, 2002 8:15 PM
BOW YOUR HEADS AND RAISE YOUR GLASS THE MIGHTY JOE STRUMMER IS DEAD by betabandido Dec 23, 2002 10:19 AM
It wasn't London calling this time ..... by Allez33 Dec 23, 2002 12:24 PM
name the song by brooklyn Dec 23, 2002 2:07 PM
career opportunities by betabandido Dec 25, 2002 8:22 PM
very good! by brooklyn Jan 2, 2003 8:52 PM
in a nice touch, by wislawita Jan 2, 2003 5:35 AM
Trent Lott has to go. by Billectric Dec 22, 2002 5:41 AM
if trent lott wants to stay... by swivel Dec 22, 2002 6:40 AM
I agree about the double standards! by Billectric Dec 22, 2002 10:27 AM
I agree about the double standards! by Billectric Dec 22, 2002 10:27 AM
bill by justalil Dec 22, 2002 2:39 PM
hehehe...oops by Billectric Dec 23, 2002 5:28 AM
i'm pretty pissed about him too by justalil Dec 22, 2002 2:40 PM
seriously? by Billectric Dec 23, 2002 5:28 AM
Thurmond, Byrd, Helms, and racism by honeydu Dec 28, 2002 2:45 PM
Has George W by Billectric Dec 22, 2002 5:40 AM
that is the idea by rastaruined Dec 22, 2002 11:10 AM
We super sized it by The Flaming Red Head Dec 22, 2002 2:11 PM
yes by rastaruined Dec 22, 2002 2:46 PM
Yes, yes by The Flaming Red Head Dec 22, 2002 2:48 PM
one person by rastaruined Dec 22, 2002 2:57 PM
i'd be paranoid, but a generalized malaise has set in. by The Flaming Red Head Dec 22, 2002 5:57 PM
apathy as philosphy by desolate vomit Dec 21, 2002 4:24 PM
is the cost of war less... by rastaruined Dec 21, 2002 4:17 PM
My favorite carol (it seems appropriate) by anniefay Dec 21, 2002 7:00 AM
Lust !-give me your open on the poem by Lonely One Dec 19, 2002 11:17 PM
Mcdonald's is posting it's first quarterly loss ever by bluemonk Dec 19, 2002 9:47 AM
Ronald by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 19, 2002 10:07 AM
Corporations: Nestle vs. Ethiopia by pathwise Dec 19, 2002 12:02 PM
mcdonalds... by rube lindale Dec 19, 2002 1:10 PM
well, by smhppp Dec 19, 2002 1:14 PM
ya damn right! by rube lindale Dec 19, 2002 1:16 PM
mcdonalds by swivel Dec 20, 2002 10:53 AM
yes by bluemonk Dec 20, 2002 11:40 AM
yes by swivel Dec 20, 2002 3:53 PM
A political poem (of sorts) by Pablo Neruda by St. Nick Dec 19, 2002 9:35 AM
of sorts? by rube lindale Dec 19, 2002 1:08 PM
Politics, by GRACE Dec 21, 2002 2:55 AM
a song i wrote by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 6:54 PM
I finally sumit by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 7:37 PM
It's me... by IfOnlyFrogsWereGods Dec 19, 2002 12:02 PM
You probably don't know how you make me feel by Loved-n-lost Dec 21, 2002 2:42 PM
a letter to sharon by rube lindale Dec 18, 2002 6:11 PM
good start by mtmynd Dec 18, 2002 6:30 PM
and what by rube lindale Dec 19, 2002 12:42 PM
both sides of the wall by panta rhei Dec 19, 2002 12:46 PM
i disregard this "how" business by rube lindale Dec 19, 2002 12:58 PM
in your opinion by swivel Dec 21, 2002 6:13 AM
the wall by betabandido Dec 22, 2002 5:29 PM
You should start by Juliana Harris Dec 19, 2002 8:19 PM
so what everyone think about the war by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 4:59 PM
which one? by ironhands Dec 18, 2002 5:05 PM
the one we might enter with Irac by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 5:07 PM
mmmm by ironhands Dec 18, 2002 5:16 PM
yes by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 5:19 PM
yes i agree by ironhands Dec 18, 2002 5:22 PM
no by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 5:25 PM
the corps! by ironhands Dec 18, 2002 5:30 PM
yes that would be the one by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 5:54 PM
yea me too, or me neither (you know what i mean) by ironhands Dec 18, 2002 6:07 PM
yeah by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 6:10 PM
Love your soldier by The Flaming Red Head Dec 18, 2002 6:30 PM
that is sweet by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 6:42 PM
Let them remain at home with their families by The Flaming Red Head Dec 19, 2002 5:46 AM
i love it.... by rube lindale Dec 18, 2002 6:18 PM
yes,but by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 6:20 PM
don't worry... by mtmynd Dec 18, 2002 6:25 PM
hey now by NeoAnoubis Dec 18, 2002 6:26 PM
yeah! by rube lindale Dec 19, 2002 12:39 PM
there ain't gonna be no goddamned war by Jim Furnish Dec 18, 2002 6:44 PM
hope you're right jim by um Dec 19, 2002 1:07 AM
Good point, Jim by conked Dec 19, 2002 1:18 AM
complete and utter by rube lindale Dec 19, 2002 1:13 PM
DOH !! by Jim Furnish Dec 19, 2002 6:47 PM
a question by papillon_8hr Dec 19, 2002 2:37 AM
i don't get it whats wrong with the press by kerouac&dylan Dec 17, 2002 7:14 PM
It's been reported by Allez33 Dec 18, 2002 4:55 AM
Was the Berlin Wall a solution to anything? by wislawita Dec 18, 2002 5:12 AM
Accuracy in language by Allez33 Dec 18, 2002 6:32 AM
I wasn't so much by wislawita Dec 19, 2002 1:02 AM
the key difference in walls by swivel Dec 18, 2002 9:46 AM
Smells like ... by artguy Dec 18, 2002 5:23 PM
Robert Fisk: a journalists task by Zorb Dec 17, 2002 7:07 PM
I'll trust Fisk by Allez33 Dec 18, 2002 5:10 AM
very good, very factual by honeydu Dec 28, 2002 2:50 PM
Half ass protocol by vincy Dec 16, 2002 3:28 PM
First things first by vincy Dec 17, 2002 10:23 AM
russia by rastaruined Dec 17, 2002 3:47 PM
Not accurate to say .... by Allez33 Dec 18, 2002 5:15 AM
a word to the revolutionaries by thelonius punk Dec 16, 2002 1:14 PM
not a note to the revolutionaries by learned Dec 16, 2002 1:48 PM
Hmmm.... by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 16, 2002 3:27 PM
Hmmm...I'd say if you voted for Tony Blair...then you were a wanker. by wislawita Dec 18, 2002 5:19 AM
don't worry by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 16, 2002 2:30 PM
are you... by wislawita Dec 18, 2002 5:20 AM
are you by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 21, 2002 2:17 AM
situationally speaking by Allez33 Dec 17, 2002 4:36 AM
no it's not, but... by thelonius punk Dec 17, 2002 9:43 PM
so what about the north koreans by rastaruined Dec 15, 2002 11:09 AM
Breakdown by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 14, 2002 9:48 AM
Dubya (fun interactive speech) Monkeyboy by The Flaming Red Head Dec 14, 2002 6:22 AM
thetruthaboutgeorge.com by picasso Dec 13, 2002 1:44 PM
The desease or the doctor? by Zorb Dec 12, 2002 5:48 PM
fair comment... by wislawita Dec 18, 2002 5:28 AM
what about that crazy rascist? by rastaruined Dec 12, 2002 12:54 PM
USA by Josip Broz Tito Dec 12, 2002 1:21 PM
Yeh but Anti-Americanism is just such a band wagon by SAMO! Dec 12, 2002 3:57 PM
RE:Short-sightedness by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 12, 2002 4:08 PM
the heart of the matter by rastaruined Dec 13, 2002 9:01 AM
personally, i love the guy by rube lindale Dec 12, 2002 6:31 PM
unite and destroy by rastaruined Dec 13, 2002 9:06 AM
USA is GB's fault by SAMO! Dec 11, 2002 3:58 PM
true by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 11, 2002 5:34 PM
exactly by furthurgrl Dec 12, 2002 6:42 AM
What's new. by vincy Dec 11, 2002 12:08 PM
A matter of balance by vincy Dec 11, 2002 12:31 PM
in the world we live in by Illuminara Dec 11, 2002 3:03 PM
I knew this would happen. by meathook Dec 11, 2002 11:20 AM
What's what? by vincy Dec 11, 2002 11:40 AM
er by SAMO! Dec 11, 2002 4:29 PM
"WORLD PEACE KEEPERS" by picasso Dec 11, 2002 10:32 AM
well by ironhands Dec 11, 2002 12:01 PM
yeah by volt Dec 11, 2002 2:21 PM
i would by picasso Dec 12, 2002 7:31 AM
Chickenhawks should be on the endangered species list by anti-ist-itis-eatis Dec 11, 2002 9:58 AM
MOST CURIOUS GEORGE by zygotenmycoffee Dec 11, 2002 7:44 PM
My Punctuation poem about David Duke by The Flaming Red Head Dec 10, 2002 5:53 PM
haven't read this carefully enough by wislawita Dec 11, 2002 10:39 AM
Wow, how nice of you to take the time to read something of mine. Hugs. by The Flaming Red Head Dec 11, 2002 1:56 PM
David Duke by volt Dec 11, 2002 2:17 PM
He's hiding out in Russia by The Flaming Red Head Dec 12, 2002 1:01 PM
David Duke pleads guilty to bilking supporters and can't ever seek office again. by The Flaming Red Head Dec 19, 2002 5:35 AM
Genetically modified by Zorb Dec 10, 2002 11:12 AM
Are you modified? by vincy Dec 10, 2002 5:14 PM
A poem I liked by a Cuban poet by St. Nick Dec 9, 2002 4:41 PM
Midnight Oil are no longer by the bastard child Dec 9, 2002 3:29 PM
Young, gay, and dying of AIDs in the Southern US by The Flaming Red Head Dec 9, 2002 6:08 AM
awwwhhhhh by dylan_thomas-ish Dec 9, 2002 7:00 AM
I'm sorry to hear about your friend by Billectric Dec 9, 2002 7:20 AM
I'm so sorry... by feather Dec 10, 2002 8:00 PM
flaming by picasso Dec 11, 2002 10:12 AM
Thanks you guys by The Flaming Red Head Dec 12, 2002 3:06 PM
wow by ChiLiPhiSh Dec 18, 2002 4:15 PM
PURE AGGRESSION (a paranoid rant that sometimes rhymes) by brooklyn Dec 8, 2002 9:06 PM
This is very good by GRACE Dec 9, 2002 3:41 AM
thanks by brooklyn Dec 9, 2002 8:04 AM
agreed by um Dec 9, 2002 3:51 AM
Ani-esque by Allez33 Dec 9, 2002 5:10 AM
agreed by furthurgrl Dec 9, 2002 11:56 AM
i am glad to hear this! by brooklyn Dec 9, 2002 12:04 PM
I hope by Billectric Dec 9, 2002 7:24 AM
wanna start a war, wanna? by judih. Dec 9, 2002 8:11 AM
Wow by St. Nick Dec 9, 2002 4:35 PM
tools by picasso Dec 11, 2002 10:16 AM
As Freddy Nietzsche said ... by St. Nick Dec 6, 2002 8:25 PM
Its not an individual thing by SAMO! Dec 8, 2002 9:52 AM
samo by Illuminara Dec 11, 2002 10:16 AM
Hey Carmen by SAMO! Dec 11, 2002 3:54 PM
have by Illuminara Dec 11, 2002 4:18 PM
The Beacon Street Blues by zaggkerouac Dec 6, 2002 11:51 AM
Migration by zaggkerouac Dec 6, 2002 11:49 AM
Viva Zapata by vincy Dec 5, 2002 12:06 PM
Do you have the text of what prompted this? by Allez33 Dec 9, 2002 5:16 AM
Gabriel Garci'a Ma'rquez interviews Subcomandante Marcos by BuddhistPunk Dec 9, 2002 6:23 AM
Maybe you all can figure this one out by JuJu-B Dec 5, 2002 12:12 AM
None of it by Billectric Dec 5, 2002 6:10 AM
The cynical view by Allez33 Dec 9, 2002 5:19 AM
streetlight by gwyneth undercover Dec 4, 2002 11:52 AM
shook up. by Doctor Proteus Dec 4, 2002 7:31 PM
This Night by slide2 Dec 4, 2002 1:32 AM
this by echos Dec 4, 2002 2:07 AM
What does "Oval Stage" mean? by Billectric Dec 2, 2002 5:43 PM
no idea by firecracker Dec 2, 2002 5:47 PM
Theatrically speaking by vincy Dec 2, 2002 5:54 PM
what does "kajagoogoo" mean? by ironhands Dec 2, 2002 6:19 PM
shite band by wislawita Dec 9, 2002 5:12 AM
anything by furthurgrl Dec 2, 2002 7:04 PM
you mean by justalil Dec 2, 2002 7:04 PM
perhaps by furthurgrl Dec 3, 2002 5:38 PM
What would be by anarkissed Dec 2, 2002 11:33 AM
Maybe by MisterMetternich Dec 2, 2002 2:22 PM
i think by anarkissed Dec 2, 2002 3:00 PM
the best form.... by furthurgrl Dec 2, 2002 7:02 PM
Chain Yourself......... by artguy Dec 3, 2002 5:41 PM
wow by wislawita Dec 5, 2002 5:10 AM
do not by wislawita Dec 5, 2002 5:08 AM
Go on hunger strike by BuddhistPunk Dec 5, 2002 5:20 AM
fuming by Emelia Dec 1, 2002 9:49 PM
it's called by wislawita Dec 2, 2002 4:46 AM
Pardon my ignorance by BuddhistPunk Dec 2, 2002 4:53 AM
iii!!! by marsyas Dec 2, 2002 10:15 AM
fuming around by marsyas Dec 2, 2002 10:13 AM
time to come agian by Ord Dec 1, 2002 9:22 PM
cumming by Emelia Dec 1, 2002 9:26 PM
politics by Ord Dec 1, 2002 10:56 PM
ord by Emelia Dec 2, 2002 7:37 PM


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