Posted on 12/10/2015 1:17:32 PM PST by ArGee
Raqqa, Syria
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS, announced today that he would be disbanding all forces and returning all land to Syria and Iraq. The move was prompted by the ongoing Climate Conference in Paris.
"This is one thing we could not have anticipated," Mr. al-Baghdadi said in prepared remarks. "When we see the world coming together like this on such a dangerous subject as Global Climate Change, we realize that our Caliphate will never survive. It's only a matter of time before Climate Change is no more and the world's attention turns to us. At that point, we will have no chance. For the sake of the men, women, and children who have supported us, I can not continue a doomed campaign."
An emotional al-Baghdadi did not take any questions.
Sources close to al-Baghdadi who spoke on the condition of anonymity told us that it was becoming more and more difficult to recruit new fighters. "Even our existing people are extremely demoralized," one said. "The words of Donald Trump himself can not overcome our dispair."
According to their press release, surrender is total and immediate. Fighters are being paid and sent home by division. Any remaining money will be put into a fund to resettle Christians and Yazidis who have been displaced by the war.
"We thought the world was fragmented," one strategist was overheard saying to himself. "Who knew it could come together like this? This is a stinging rebuke."
So far there has been no comment from Damascus, Baghdad, Moscow, or Washington. One source inside the Kremlin said, "We are waiting to see if there will be any follow-up action. We want to make sure this is real before we decide on our next steps."
Well ... shucks thanks!
The "famous poets" were who inspired me. To me, that's poetry.
Anything less, I consider mere pretense.
Another sample, if you wouldn't mind; my only sonnet (if, that is, I got the form right).
Sonnet to Almost Spring
The flowers stir, and stretch their tender shoots,
Awakened by a warmth come softly seeping,
“Rise up!” the call has traced their hidden roots,
To rouse them from their winter’s peaceful sleeping.
The den of slumbers has become,
A din of noisy childish clatter.
Impetuous and impish in its sum,
They split the earth and clamber up its ladder.
Emerging into sunlit air, and softening caresses,
Of nurture at its basest form, the soil on which we stand,
Which all too quickly grips them and compresses,
As night falls much too early in the land.
False spring has lured them out. Cruel season’s dying play,
Receding from the shores of Spring, the Winter ebbs away.
NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . March 17, 2007
The sonnet is a deeper poem than the cat poem, and more intellectual. The cat poem grabbed me immediately. The sonnet requires more study. My initial impression: like Keats’ “To Autumn” in the richness of the language, and Shelley’s “Sensitive Plant” in its empathy.
But the end result is fresh and not derivative.
Bravo!
I really appreciate your saying that.
I'll try to remember to bug you sometimes when I have something to get off my chest.
Any time.
I like well-crafted language, whether it’s called poetry or called prose.
Your work qualifies!
A style all my own; didactic pentameter.
World’s Oldest Cat Dethroned by Even Older Cat Scooter
Darn, that’s an old cat.
That must be one well maintained Kittie.
So many Mice, so little time.
They have removed the Magic ingredient from Sudafed.
Nanny State strikes again.
Look closely at what the “Billy the Kid Kitty” is sitting on. Looks like a small semi-auto pistol.
Good Morning to You All. :)
“Therapy Dogs in training being read to.”
I read it as : “Therapy Dogs in training to read.”
I think it’s a keyring, perhaps with a flashlight on it.
Cute puppies.
They’re all blonde...won’t make a difference.
LoL.
#BlondDogscanreadtoo.
GoldenLab, ChocolateLab, BlackLab, BlondLab, MethLab.
Giving dogs meth is not a great idea.
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