36 responses to “yet again we believe and vote.”

1. How human you make these self-appointed gods! Telling us lies and disguising it as truth. I may vote, but I do not believe.

2. This is brilliant, I love it! So complex, the “democratic play”. Is it perhaps the voting itself we believe in most of all, and allow ourselves to see through the fingers with the actual content?

3. This is so very good, Bjorn….stunning observations and word choices….I love “words slither through the air” for the connotations of a snake….and the “whisper wows” is so creative. Excellent write.

4. I’m terribly disillusioned with our own politicians here in good old South Africa. I guess the breed is the same the world over. Not that it helps.

5. this rings so true…it’s not about what politicians SAY…so much as what they actually MEAN by those words…

6. ha – def. this is a hit-the-bulls-eye description for loads of politicians around the world… and i wonder why we tend to believe them again and again… maybe it’s because of hope dies last.. i dunno..

7. Politicians are the same the world over. They twist the truth, hiding facts beneath layers upon layers of spin. Great poem. 🙂

8. We vote and think maybe this one will save us. But they are just men and women like us, broken fallible and in need of some saving themselves.

9. True – sometimes it seems we do just believe what politicians say and don’t look at the information behind their words. I like the verbs you have used here. I especially liked the idea of ‘renaming daylight night.’ Yes, that is politicians for you!

10. even with all the verbs this made sense… more than politicians

11. I love this part: Eclipsing light
    renaming daylight night –

    I think this speaks to a lot of politicians ~ We keep on voting them anyway ~

12. Bjorn–I wish I had this poem to use as an example for the post. Your verbs are delicious. I love to use “slither.” And it seems to go so well with politicians, doesn’t it?

13. I have come to believe that democracy is a very clever disguise the plutocrats have learnt to wear.

14. What a wonderful poem for such a loathsome truth – I sometimes feel bad voting for these smarmy folk but then would feel bad if I didn’t vote at all- maybe we all need a None of the Above on ballots

15. renaming daylight night…that is the POW in that piece for me. Big power in that statement. You really grasped that verb thing! smiles 😉

16. I wish some of our politicians could be condensed all the way to… nothing. An election year brings out the worst lies and pandering.

17. Oligarchy, monarchy, dictatorship–these are the choices other than ersatz democracy; like the ersatz communism that is leagues short of true dialectics. The issue is human nature, not the dream of equality, the illusion of a Republic; don’t get me started, brother; but hey, excellent verbal choices & skills.

18. mushrooms grow where most politicians have spoken. Strong verbs

19. ah.. the politician and the suit in soup of lies..

    ah.. the CEO.. the clergy.. and sometimes even the teacher

    of law.. in judgement of others gone cold…

    ah.. just to live.. just to be.. as is.. now.. is the place i’ll
    stay while the soup just simmers in the other place..
    for other to lie now…:)

20. what do they say about words, love them hate them but can’t live without them

21. Excellent–both the writing, and the topic.

22. So much raw emotion and insight in this poem. Bravo Bjorn!

23. i especially like bury burdens because you have both a good verb and a good alliteration.

24. I like this. In keeping with Victoria’s prompt, I would suggest changing the first line to “Syllables cling to his teeth” and then it would be perfect. Peace, Linda

25. I especially love the idea of words being able to simplify. 🙂

26. Indeed ~

27. Some interesting verbs, which was the object of the exercise. I too am cynical about the efficacity of voting.

28. I’m afraid that’s what we all get when popularity wins over ideology…

29. Because we hope. But of course, hopes are shattered and a mouth replaces another mouth, blurting out empty words.
    A wonderful start to the verse. 🙂

30. Why are we such fools? It’s just as you say.

31. Power to your words. 🙂

32. True,voters do vote against their best interests…I like the intimation of snakes and shadowy activity ..and the verb “dribble” 😉

33. Yes, very true – I have done that myself. Interesting plot you have chosen, subtle yet strong emphasis on action.

34. It’s same all over the world and more in my country I think. Powerful words.

35. Always voting…. Always hoping…

36. Awesome content well suited to the wonderful rapping rhythm and rhyme you’ve put together here. This thumping rhyme/near rhyme beat is very compelling – though, I suspect, not easy to compose. A great piece of performance poetry!

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