Political Pathos

By Madeson Penny

Democrats. Republicans. Government. Greedy corporate
executives. No one is off limits when it comes to Madesons
sharp yet fun poetic pokes.
Though insults and sarcasm abound, there is an equal
abundance of truth and raw candor that cut to the core
problems facing America reckless government, failed
economic policies, greedy capitalists and a fundamentally
different Executive Branch.
Meet your favorite new poetic Roastmaster.
Meet Madeson Penny.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 14, 2010
• ISBN: 9781453584644

Madeson Penny

Madeson Penny is a 5th generation Washingtonian with a passion for people, poetry and politics. A Beltway child and patriot, she is displeased with the current state of affairs in our great country, namely the unremitting corruption on Capitol Hill and the demise of our foundational principles of God, personal freedoms and liberty for all. Her work undeniably reflects this. Since the age of 8, Madeson has been writing poetry. In 2010 she was God inspired to pen a dedication song to the innocent victims and families of the 9/11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. She has a particular love for Rhythmic American Poetry. Though not influenced by a particular writer, modern favorites include Tupac Shakur, Marshall Mathers III, and the classic works of Walt Whitman and Thoreau.

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Copyright © 2010 by Madeson Penny.

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Contents

Political Pathos

Government Bureaucracy

Social Ethos

The Questionables

The Detestable

The Mono Mentionable

Spiritual Logos

American Heroes

Dedic8ed to Eggie

for inspiring and believing in me

I too, believe in you!

We Should

Stop

Slow Down

Appreciate

Internalize

The Beauty

Around Us

The Living God

Inside

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Political Pathos

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Picture from the U.S. House of Representatives (via flickr)

pa·thos

Spelled [pey-thos, -thohs, -thaws]

—noun

1.

the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.

2.

pity.

3.

Obsolete. suffering.

Origin:

1570-80; < Gk páthos suffering, sensation, akin to páschein to suffer

dictionary.com

Pathos is often associated with emotional appeal. But a better equivalent might be appeal to the audience’s sympathies and imagination. An appeal to pathos causes an audience not just to respond emotionally but to identify with the writer’s point of view—to feel what the writer feels. In this sense, pathos evokes a meaning implicit in the verb ‘to suffer’—to feel pain imaginatively. Perhaps the most common way of conveying a pathetic appeal is through narrative or story, which can turn the abstractions of logic into something palpable and present. The values, beliefs, and understandings of the