Appreciation to poetry in politics.
I know what you are thinking, “poetry? in Politics?…” no, no, not like there is any poetry in the actually primaries and candidacy but in expressing political frustration and ideas through poetry is something like finding a jewel in a bite of chocolate mouse cake (alarming at first but charming in observation.)Limerick Savant at: http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/ is a political blog site devoted to the authors humorous limericks aimed to inform and mock the political situation.Who is this author…? well, they were nameless (as far as I could find) and only referred to themselves as “The Jester” and they reside in Cleveland, Oh. This mysterious nameless Jester quips about their purpose in their profile: My aim is to needle and pester ’Til puns I inflict start to fester.And now it appears I have four more years, Self-elected, to serve as court jester. Since there is a joke of a president in the white house it be suiting that a jester be the leader in political observation. Yet, this isn’t any ordinary jestering, this is witty and playful. It goes in circles around it’s prey (Bush) and mock it’s subject with intellectual superiority using puns, rhymes, and subtle grace of opinion. Unlike most liberal political blogs this sight has a warm fresh feel unlike anything I can find online. How frustrating it is to find only angry banter and frustrating opinions where the discussion and blogs seem like a place just to let off steam instead of artistic influence. It is always one thing to attack with angry prose but to attack with poetry is something enlightening.The Jester has been “jesting” poetry for almost 4 years which is impressive because all of the limericks are unique compared to one another. The posts are fairly consistent and only add to the admiration of the author.Such a playful idea. It would be nice if these poems could be emailed to you everyday… if they were to be read to me I would imagine that the poems should be recited by an old mac robot voice… I don’t know why but I think the words and limerick would have a more devastating feel coming from an artificial voice. In my quest to find an interesting and entertaining manner to express political thought and news this web page opens some ideas for me about how I could present my thoughts. If this author wanted to they could connect some of these limericks and compose a song out of some of them. The addition of musical notes would stress the message further… dissonance and organized chaos in treble cleffs and flat notes. Make a republican shudder with the blue note on poetry.I wonder how many republicans read poetry… let alone write it? Maybe during their prepubescent stage to get their angst out. I wonder what Condoleeza Rice poetry would sound like… probably very angry and sexually frustrated. George Bush poetry???? Probably about a pet goat.Such a refreshing political blog. I hope that more post come out as the election evolves. I would love to post some poems (with the authors permission of course) on some topics if they relate. How I would love to see some of this poetry graffitied on walls all around cities. Get the message out in interesting manner. Jester author… how do i find you? Keep writing! I will try too. Now where did I leave my old blog?
