JUL 5, 2025: REPREHENSIBLE MODERN HISTORY, first unpleasantries [6]

This blogpost is a collection of brief poems tainted with negative view of modern developments.   This post represents material from our first emanation on this topic, "reprehensible modern history",  part #1 (July 5, 2025). 

previous poetic posts (Note that captions are available for poems displayed on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" as of 2024).

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Cantankerous leaders

Clannishness

Confederate states (US)

Crimean War

Democracy (18th century version)

Emperor of Elba

Authors' Note: More than 150 years after the conclusion of the American Civil War, the role of the Confederacy continues to generate high emotions.

Further enlightenment on this topic can be obtained by viewing a post entitled "Able Ere Elba". Click HERE.

  

Authors' Note: More than 150 years after the conclusion of the American Civil War, the role of the Confederacy continues to generate high emotions.

Further enlightenment on this topic can be obtained by viewing a post entitled "Able Ere Elba". Click HERE.

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