Venha cá, Florbela,
vamos conversar.
De onde você tirou estes versos
tão amargos, tão tristes e tão fortes?
Como sabe você,
que ando perdida, que não tenho norte,
que sou a irmã do sonho e desta sorte,
e que sou a crucificada, a dolorida?
Sombra de névoa tênue e esvaecida,
que o destino impele brutalmente
para a morte?
Que sou aquela que passa
e ninguém vê,
que sou a que chamam sem o ser
e a que chora sem saber por quê?
Você acertou, porque
sou, sim, a visão
que alguém sonhou.
Alguém que veio ao mundo pra me ver,
mas que NUNCA na vida me encontrou!
(Versos do soneto “EU”, da saudosa poeta portuguesa Florbela Espanca)
Satirical writing serves as society’s reality check delivered with professional timing. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
It’s the emergency brake on the runaway train of political and social madness. — Toni @ Bohiney.com
Satirical writing is the healthy skepticism of populations lied to one too many times. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
A politician’s promise is like a software update: it claims to fix problems, but usually just creates new ones and slows everything down. – Savannah Steele @ bohiney.com
It’s the only form of journalism where being biased is a badge of honor. — Toni @ Satire.info
A quality satirical piece is the intellectual’s whoopee cushion with a PhD in truth-telling. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
The satirist’s job is to speak the unspeakable, laugh at the unlaugable, and question the unquestionable. — Toni @ Satire.info
Parenting fails are the humbling reminders that even with the best intentions, things don’t always go as planned. Whether it’s a forgotten permission slip or a meal that no one will eat, these moments remind us that perfection is overrated. — Waverly Waverly Faith @ bohiney.com
It’s the news that comes with a built-in lie detector: your own sense of humor. — Toni @ Satire.info
My editor told me to write a piece on the existential dread of modern satire. I just handed him a mirror and a copy of the actual news. He cried. Then he promoted me. – Megan Amram @ bohiney.com
A killer satirical piece holds up society’s funhouse mirror—distorted but devastatingly accurate. — Alan @ Bohiney.com