Post-truth 2016
poem by:
Ultan Mulhern
Written
on Nov 16, 2016
Post-truth 2016 A year of untruth and deceit A spiral of division and pain When were these seeds of anger sown What mired our values in such disdain New world disorder may emerge Dimming our enlightened age Bringing grist to the bigots’ mill Fueling their hate-filled rage Propaganda machines well oiled Charming smiles and populist appeal But scratch below their smooth veneer Their dark underbelly is soon revealed Uninformed attacks on enshrined law Their leaders know not restraint or tact A black swan moment, our world upturned Persuasion trumps established fact
Tags: anger, depressing, confused, pain, dark,
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Geoffrey Brewer commented:
Yes Obama and Hillary have a lot to answer for.
Aidan Fashena
commented:
I like this poem for a several reasons. The first is that it's very topical and addresses what a lot people are fearing. Secondly, although I'm terrible at scanning English verse, it seems like you did a good job of sticking to a metrical pattern in addition to having a consistent rhyme scheme.
Thirdly, I like the symmetry of your stanzas, not just with the meter and rhyme but how you always include vivid imagery concisely phrased in each stanza's third line with more abstract imagery in its surrounding lines.
