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Break The Rules Political Poetry Oct 19, 2009
By Reign Chelsin
This collection of poems was prompted by ten years of political disorder. It is written candidly, with satire and irreverence in an unaffected style.
Chris Manning writes about many topics in this book - the war in Iraq, American politics, the military, relationships, industrialist society and what lies in the future. This is done with often bitter sincerity, in a fashion that energetically breaks the rules.
The book is divided into four chapters: the first, Roads To Comprehension comprises poems inspired by the disintegration of American politics. The second chapter, A Shifting Divide, introduces sometimes gloomy sometimes fanciful but always entertaining subjects. In Caught in a Meaningless Fog, the mood continues but takes on a more bleak tone. And in the final chapter, Lessons Must Be Noted Now, the question of what lies in the future is posed.
George and Condi: The Last Decayed, at times playful and fun and at others cutting and bitter, acts as a beacon to a decade not soon to be forgiven let alone forgotten. I heartily recommend this book to those seeking thoughtful, break the rules poetry with a political edge.
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