Aesop fable redo
5-7-5 (Presidential race)18 total reviews
Comment from judiverse
Best of luck with your contest entry. Just happened to come across this. Great artwork selection that really fits your theme. So true about both candidates. This is a scary election. It looks like it's going to be a close one, so that will lead to more complications. Great word-play with "Hair." Great that you got in the rhyme, too. judi
reply by the author on 15-May-2024
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Best of luck with your contest entry. Just happened to come across this. Great artwork selection that really fits your theme. So true about both candidates. This is a scary election. It looks like it's going to be a close one, so that will lead to more complications. Great word-play with "Hair." Great that you got in the rhyme, too. judi
Comment Written 15-May-2024
reply by the author on 15-May-2024
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Judi,
Thanks for your review of my political lampoon. The cartoonist is terrific.
Comment from Father Flaps
Hi Mark,
Love this! Your 5-7-5 poem fits the picture, and vice-versa, too. But I think "yellow hair" is going to win this race. He'll wipe that grin right off turtle's face! But what will become of the United States?
Nicely penned and presented! Good Luck in the contest!
Cheers,
Kimbob
reply by the author on 14-May-2024
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Hi Mark,
Love this! Your 5-7-5 poem fits the picture, and vice-versa, too. But I think "yellow hair" is going to win this race. He'll wipe that grin right off turtle's face! But what will become of the United States?
Nicely penned and presented! Good Luck in the contest!
Cheers,
Kimbob
Comment Written 14-May-2024
reply by the author on 14-May-2024
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KimBob,
IMHO..If the Orange man wins, maybe there will be a big migration to Canada. But will we be welcomed?!?
Mark
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Surely! Pack your bags, Mark! LOL.
Comment from kahpot
Ha! Ha! it is a bit like that over there, I think your picture of Trumps hair looks better here, while I think Biden would lose to the tortoise, very well written and presented, best wishes for your contest****kahpot
reply by the author on 14-May-2024
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Ha! Ha! it is a bit like that over there, I think your picture of Trumps hair looks better here, while I think Biden would lose to the tortoise, very well written and presented, best wishes for your contest****kahpot
Comment Written 13-May-2024
reply by the author on 14-May-2024
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Thanks! Yes, his hair style is infamous (sic). Sadly, we need younger leaders to be President. At this moment, they are the only contenders, unless the current Trump trials find him guilty.
IMHO ? It is a terrific cartoon. The cartoonist has others that are noteworthy.
Comment from tempeste
Ciao !
The pic made me laugh . Trump's arguments are limited and so is his vocabulary.
Biden 's cognitive thinking in the past 12 months has declined visible. A judge said he is not fit to defend himself on the stand so obviously he is not fit to run the nation.
That said I do think there is one point that everyone should take in consideration when voting next November.
Who ever votes for Biden is accepting that war crimes are passable.
Biden has allowed Israel to commit hideous war crimes and in so doing has made America complicit in the death of more than 14.000 children alone.
Voting for him means that that person is willing to close an eye on war crimes.
Morally speaking how should such a person be judged?
reply by the author on 12-May-2024
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Ciao !
The pic made me laugh . Trump's arguments are limited and so is his vocabulary.
Biden 's cognitive thinking in the past 12 months has declined visible. A judge said he is not fit to defend himself on the stand so obviously he is not fit to run the nation.
That said I do think there is one point that everyone should take in consideration when voting next November.
Who ever votes for Biden is accepting that war crimes are passable.
Biden has allowed Israel to commit hideous war crimes and in so doing has made America complicit in the death of more than 14.000 children alone.
Voting for him means that that person is willing to close an eye on war crimes.
Morally speaking how should such a person be judged?
Comment Written 11-May-2024
reply by the author on 12-May-2024
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Thanks for your stars.
IMHO voting for Trump is against my morals, regardless of Biden?s policies or age.
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If it is goes against your morals to vote for Trump ..
More so it will be against your morals to vote for Biden who is complicit in the war crimes.
So the logic is not to vote for neither.
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Unfortunately, a non-vote is undemocratic IMHO. In the 2016 election, many voters disliked Hillary Clinton so much that they voted voted for Trump. For 2024, my dislike for Herr Drumpf will tip my lever the other way.
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I don?t think Trump could save the credibility of your country anyway after allowing the genocide in Gaza and vetoing not one but three UN calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
ONCE Democracy, equality, peace were proudly trademarks of America. ONCE .
So I do think it should be Biden with a second term the one to face the disastrous consequences of his and his administration ?s policies ?
Consequences Americans are already feeling
The economy is nosediving
open borders have brought much social chaos and illegal immigration has caused crime to skyrocketed in many larger cities including New York.
It?s has allowed terrorists to enter too.
USA arsenals are practically empty due to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. That leaves your country vulnerable. A worrying reality.
So yes, It?s only right that Biden and his administration face the music in a second term.
PS: Our EU leaders are no better. They also have their hands full of blood and have caused the downfall of Europe
Comment from Pamusart
Hi Mark I hope you are well. This is a good entry for the contest. I was confused by the last line. I am assuming the tortoise is Biden and the hair is Trump. Yep. Both are old men. I guess you are saying.Biden is slow. That's ok.
Good luck in the contest. Thank you for sharing
reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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Hi Mark I hope you are well. This is a good entry for the contest. I was confused by the last line. I am assuming the tortoise is Biden and the hair is Trump. Yep. Both are old men. I guess you are saying.Biden is slow. That's ok.
Good luck in the contest. Thank you for sharing
Comment Written 11-May-2024
reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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Both IMHO are slow walking, but fast talking.
It is more apparent to me that their appearance is ?old? and not so much with their mental acuity. If they were 10 years younger, there would not be such an issue.
Both candidates have their flaws. However, I will not do a write in!
Mark
Comment from karenina
Hah, hah, hah! Every time I see another courtroom sketch it seems like DJT's hair had been styled by two restless squirrels in overdrive! As for the tortoise...
Sigh, Joe B. seems so frail these days... It's not so much a race as a "crawl" to the finish line for different reasons!
Very funny, Mark!
Karenina
reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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Hah, hah, hah! Every time I see another courtroom sketch it seems like DJT's hair had been styled by two restless squirrels in overdrive! As for the tortoise...
Sigh, Joe B. seems so frail these days... It's not so much a race as a "crawl" to the finish line for different reasons!
Very funny, Mark!
Karenina
Comment Written 11-May-2024
reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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K,
Agreed, Biden is tottering about, but the Trumpster is a picture of health and he has an habit of repeating himself. Obviously, this race will not be the quickest. I think Biden runs or bikes still. The Hair man only gets his speed from the golf cart. LOL
Mark
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He seems to hit it "in the rough" a lot...
Ooops, that's a trial!
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Comment from RodG
Mark, this poem is great political lampooning. And that cartoon really adds to your presentation. I chuckled when I read your pun in the last line. Well done, my friend. Rod
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reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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Mark, this poem is great political lampooning. And that cartoon really adds to your presentation. I chuckled when I read your pun in the last line. Well done, my friend. Rod
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Comment Written 11-May-2024
reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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Thanks Rod,
I actually added chase to make a three line rhyme for my 5-7-5 format. If I did not force it m, it was fine without chase. The search on the internet for Biden and Trump cartoon gave me lots of amusing choices. Trump?s signature hair style was displayed in the cartoon I selected.
Comment from Mark Jackson
That is very good. I have no idea how you got permission to share that picture but the words work so well with it; you should work together. Fantastic, good luck in the contest.
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reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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That is very good. I have no idea how you got permission to share that picture but the words work so well with it; you should work together. Fantastic, good luck in the contest.
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Comment Written 11-May-2024
reply by the author on 11-May-2024
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Mark,
I don?t intend to sell my poem. So I think for my purpose, it is OK legally to use and credit as I did.
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But I think your words and hi picture go together so well it could be sold.
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Thanks, but my participation in FanStory ain?t for the money. LOL
