Jason Mashak’s SALTY AS A LIP is grounded in a voice patiently bridging the “steeples and ‘scrapers” of an inquisitive mind. The poems are at once syllogistic, hard-edged, satirical, reflective, and finally as playful as love notes. The true joy of this book is that we are deliciously engaged in a "pantomime of pleasure" which the language and imagery generously evoke.
James RaganThe birthing wolf,
Her heart fed with tenderness,
Gave forth from ripe brown nipples,
Food to feed the universe.
Tag: satire poem birth satirical wolf roman payne roman-payne hope-and-despair
He burst into the house and ate Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as himself.
James Finn GarnerTag: humour satire wolf fairytales politically-correct red-riding-hood
While the archetype of the tinker is generally the whipping person in classical bedtimes stories, this particular individual was a tinker by trade and just happened to be economically disadvantaged.
James Finn GarnerTag: humour satire fairytales politically-correct
The emperor is naked!"
The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted:
"No, he isn't. The emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle!
Tag: humour satire clothes fairytales politically-correct emeror-s-new-clothes emperor
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?
Dan BrownTag: satire
Irreverence is our only sacred cow.
Paul KrassnerTag: censorship satire
Were you terrified, Murgatroyd?" Murgatroyd nodded eagerly. "There you go, girl: You're a terrorist. You make me twitchy, and under Article Forty-One of the 2000 Terrorism Bill, that's all I need. Time for some reasonable force, I think.
China MiévilleOur town was known for two things--no, three: salted fish, expertly dyed fabrics, and corruption.
Angela Elwell HuntTag: humor satire cynical-humor
Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth.
E.L. DoctorowTag: truth satire balance ridicule fairness bias
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