Roscoe Lane

Member since October 27, 2010

Member for 15 years, 7 months

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Communique Frozen.....

Posted Jan 2, 2020 · 38 lines · 9 critiques

Communique Frozen...

Telephone lines covered in ice,
communications all frozen out.
People twittering, some not nice,
presidential hair lip starts to pout.

An election in the offing, poor show,
so many hours spent doting or voting.
Do we really need stupidity tied in a bow,
then five misspent years simply gloating.

These the candidates our very own,
nothing but the best in town or not.
Fretting, betting all deeds are sown,
goons to make sure they’re hot to trot.

The white house is in melt down,

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their chief is all tweets and twiddles.
It’s not his fault he’s seen as a clown,
a country squirms as he still fiddles.

Let’s get to it go on pick your side,
red or blue both promising much.
Couple of years they’ll begin to slide,
it’s not their fault we’re an easy touch.

Campaigns run by media pros,
not ordinary folks like you or I.
Honesty among thieves god knows,
not this lot they’re paid to lie.

Wrap the people’s needs up like gifts,
shove back hard on rhetorical sins.
Prepare to change if the mood shifts,
after all who cares as long as we wins.

Win for the people don’t be a fool,
we want power to help pay our debt.
Our paymasters are from an old school,
no, they haven’t given us the price yet.

Hey ho as long as we have power,
we’ll let the clowns who vote pay.
We shall be safe in an ivory white tower,
as long as the corporates are allowed
to prey.

Roscoe Lane’s timeline

May 2026
23 Sat

Critiqued
"The Voice" by @Blue-eyed Bolla
"Sounds just how if feel, Regards Roscoe."
October 2025
27 Mon

Anniversary
15 years of membership
September 2025
11 Thu

Critiqued
"Survival." by @BlueSkies
"There are one or two little things i'd change, but nothing urgent. Just take a little time to let it live. If your still not happy with it, read again and go to work. Regards Roscoe...."
11 Thu

Critiqued
"Numbed" by @Rula
"I like this, short sharp, succinct. One thing i would consider is removing the and. So quiet is this place, cold, no heart to furnace a thought, Reading it out loud sounds great. Regards Roscoe...."
11 Thu

Critiqued
"Mine mean Lothario days left me in a confused daze..." by @Jane A. Rug
"Cleverly written, i enjoyed your inventive spirit when writing this poem. Regards Roscoe....."
10 Wed

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"you were never mine " by @pinky
"Sad but beautiful, thank you for sharing this poem. Regards Roscoe....."
August 2025
20 Wed

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"Characters Remembered" by @Clentin
"Had me racing back to my childhood, really enjoyed the trip. Simple and clever little poem. Regards Roscoe...."
July 2025
02 Wed

Critiqued
"Embrace the Rain" by @Mary Derringer
"This is beautiful, an uplifting poem of love. Regards Roscoe...."
02 Wed

Critiqued
"Tough Stuff" by @The Gogetter
"I like this a lot, but suggest you get rid of some of the I's and and's. i think this would flow better. Regards Roscoe..."
April 2024
13 Sat

New follower
@mark
July 2023
23 Sun

Received a critique
on Seedling's seed to Earth from @Geezer
"you are feeling better. Never had gallstones but have heard they are quite painful. I hope to hear more from you, now that you are writing again. ~ Geez. ."
22 Sat

Received a critique
on Seedling's seed to Earth from @Geezer
"couldn't believe it when I saw your edit of this one! Where you been? I thought that maybe you had got taken out with the Covid Virus or something. Hope you stick around. We've missed you. ~ Geez. ."
October 2020
27 Tue

Anniversary
10 years of membership
January 2020
16 Thu

Received a critique
on Communique Frozen..... from @lovedly
"I POST more wasteful machine gun poet read less now I am under control of jess"
08 Wed

Received a critique
on Communique Frozen..... from @scribbler
"we are far apart politically but we still manage to get along. Too bad our elected officials refuse to do the same."
07 Tue

Received a critique
on Communique Frozen..... from @scribbler
"I liked the rhyme but in stanza 7 you stretched out using "wins" to maintain close rhyme which kinda ruined the effect of that stanza. I also like the abab pattern which is one I use a lot Plus your message is clear…"
07 Tue

Received a critique
on Communique Frozen..... from @scribbler
"you depend on can for your news.............You Do know they are the propaganda arm od the democrats party don't you? Watch fox news And can than believe something in between."
07 Tue

Received a critique
on Communique Frozen..... from @Geezer
"Yup! ~ Gee. ."
02 Thu

Received a critique
on Communique Frozen..... from @Geezer
"the money does the talking. Yes, it is all about the money. I have friends and family that love Trump because the economy is up, unemployment is down and the corporations are making more money than ever! They don't seem…"
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Most-discussed work
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August 2012
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October 2011
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100 poems posted
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Highest posting month
March 2011 — 17 poems
October 2010
27 Wed

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.
November 2009
05 Thu

First critique offered
on "A Black Rose For You" by @greeneyes
02 Mon

First publication
Ponders the pond

About Me

Location: Scotland, Ayrshire land of Burns.., GBR

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Workshops

		Skill level:
Naked Emotion, Truth and Originality	(syllabus)	Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2013-07-30	Concluded
Mindful Memorable Freeform: The Challenge	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2012-08-31	Concluded
Shark Pool (initial workshop)	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2011-05-16	Concluded