When Art Attacks: Causa Belli

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I daresay Bush and Blair are quaking, the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has penned a poem about US/UK anti Iraq alliance.

Causa Belli by Andrew Motion

They read good books, and quote, but never learn
a language other than the scream of rocket-burn
Our straighter talk is drowned but ironclad;
elections, money, empire, oil and Dad.

Any good (my GCSE teacher would like it, it rhymes.) ANd he joins Martin Scorsese in the anti-war lobby.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 9 January 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

It doesn't make much internal sense to me, at least going by the Guardian man's exegesis.

I am also dismayed by Motion's pathetic idiot's comment that "If they do find WMDs, I'll probably write a poem saying we should go to war!" Hooray!

― the pinefox, Thursday, 9 January 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Let's All Go To War by Andrew Motion

Sorry George Bush, about Causa Belli
Now they've found Nukes I feel rather silly,
So let's off to Iraq to war post haste
To see how much innocent life we can waste.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 9 January 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

There's your Dr. Seuss tribute.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 January 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Dear Mr. Bush and your army of bangs
Put away your missiles, take out your fangs
War is naughty and makes people sad
So please, please, please don't kick the fuck out of Baghdad.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 9 January 2003 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

how many people got e-mailed that "poem" that goes to the tune of "if you're happy and you know it" which has the constant refrain "bomb irag" instead of "clap your hands". the internet is a mentalist.

― Alan (Alan), Thursday, 9 January 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

irag = iraq obv

― Alan (Alan), Thursday, 9 January 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Are Irao and Irap the two countries between Iran and Iraq?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 9 January 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

soon there'll be no f in iraq

― Alan (Alan), Thursday, 9 January 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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