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Poetry by Rowan Evans

Tag: satire poetry

  • Raising Governments – A Satirical Poem About Political Immaturity | Rowan Evans

    Rowan Evans

    Governments Behaving Badly: A Satirical Poetry Series [pt. 1]

    Author’s Note

    Sometimes the only way to process the state of the world is to laugh at it.

    Raising Governments takes the chaos, contradictions, and immaturity often seen in global leadership and reframes it through something familiar: parenting. Not out of cruelty – but out of exhaustion. The kind that comes from watching the same mistakes repeat, over and over again.

    This piece leans into satire, using humor to highlight a deeper frustration – how systems meant to lead can sometimes feel reactive, impulsive, and disconnected from the people they affect.

    At its core, this isn’t just about governments.
    It’s about accountability.

    And the strange reality of feeling like the adults in the room… aren’t.

    — Rowan Evans

    Symbolic illustration of political figures portrayed as misbehaving children in a chaotic environment, representing satire and accountability.
    Sometimes the people in power act like children—and someone has to call it out.

    Raising Governments
    Poetry by Rowan Evans

    Why are governments
    actin’ like bad kids,
    needing their ass whipped?
    Go and get the switch—
    you pick. We’re going back
    to the 90s and before.
    No corners for you, no more.

    I’m not mad, I’m just—
    disappointed.
    I’ll turn this car around.
    Don’t think I won’t,
    I can see you in the rear view.
    This is gonna hurt me,
    more than it does you.

    As soon as we get home,
    everyone to your rooms.
    I need a minute to breathe—
    collect myself.
    And your attitudes…
    they don’t help.

    If you’re interested in more poetry, you can find it here → [The Library of Ashes]