Art is its own kind of weapon. Wit its round. 100% bulletproof. Performed by theipoetlaureate. Music produced by nomold. Today’s blong here: [wpaudio url=”http://www.ipoetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Color-Me.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”Color Me Bad“]
Category: foreign affairs
Separation Anxiety
The decision to leave. Scotland votes today on its independence. Choose wisely. Performed by laureate, the poetlaureate. Music produced by pumpkinFoot. Lyrics here. Today’s blong here: [wpaudio url=”http://www.ipoetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Great-Divorce.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”A United Kingdom“]
And To The Ends of the Earth
My friend Noah G was out in front of the ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) story before most. He does things like “watch the news” and “occasionally reads” and even “thinks critically.” Sort of a show off. Here’s a picture of him snidely pondering the mysteries of the universe over my shoulder. Revolting. […]
A Penalty Box
Luckily, I have an operative on the ground. Alias: Bugsy Moran. Education: Elementary, Middle, and High Schools; rigorous 12 week correspondence course in drawing; Driver’s ed; BDP’s You Must Learn; and going to a lot of Russian type places. Fluencies: English, Russian, 90s era R&B slang, and MLB rulebook. Expertise: Snideness; disdain; condescension; karate; knows […]
Rising Action
I write for a living. And, so I enjoy good copy and a nice turn. But, whoever is doing the correspondence for North Korea is plainly from the future of writing. Or maybe the sideways of writing. Like a type of writing that runs parallel to actual writing. He’s like the North Korean Homer. Or […]
State Fair
So apparently you enrich Uranium by centrifuging the atomic material until it separates into two distinct isotopes. The fission of one of those isotopes is particularly effective in creating heat/energy. And at a certain enrichment level, bombs. Poetically, the nuclear deal with Iran, itself, is a little like a centrifuge. Or maybe that Gravitron ride […]
The Scarlett Red and Royal Blue
Written and performed by theipoetlaureate. Music produced djclutch. Today’s blong here: [wpaudio url=”http://www.ipoetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/phillipines-1.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”How Do We Stay“]
Substance Abuse
I know there is a conventional science to interventions. But, from my limited research, consisting mainly of the A&E show, Intervention, and that one scene in Hoosiers when Coach Dale offers Shooter an assistant coaching job if he “sobers up,” they seem largely the opposite of what you’d actually want to do. A big surprise. […]
Two Evils
So my wife and I have been trying to get our own finances in order. You would think that counting $6 would be pretty straight forward. The real obstacle to making additional room in your budget is the “fixed” costs. Those are the costs that can’t be eliminated or easily reduced. Think your mortgage or […]
Shameful
The conduct of China’s Princeling, Bo Xilai, you ask? (I like to imagine his last name is pronounced like the prodigious rapper of my youth, Chi Ali.) Nope. That he was just recently indicted for bribery, corruption, and abuse of power? Nope. How about that I already have a Princelings song ready to roll? Uh […]
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