AUG 9, reprehensible modern history: Confederate stat(u)es

  a) Reprise of material posted on August 9 in previous years ...

2020: bi-lyrical limerick, liquor vs. candy (poem)
2021: humorists' scurrilous talk, the F-word (poem) 
2022: origin of 'bloggerel', song-lyrics and poetry (didactic formulation)
2023: poets' corner, wit's end (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Aug 9, 2024): 

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

 View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.