‘Worst poem ever written’: Bono ridiculed for his ‘unbalanced’ poetry for Ukraine after Nancy Pelosi read it at a St. Patrick’s Day dinner
- Bono from U2 ridiculed for limerick about Russia’s war in Ukraine
- His St. Patrick’s Day limerick has been called “the worst poem ever written”.
- Nancy Pelosi read the poem at a dinner for lawmakers at the White House.
Bono of U2 was ridiculed for a limerick about Ukraine called “the worst poem ever written”.
The poem was read by Nancy Pelosi yesterday at the St. Patrick’s Day dinner at the White House.
She said that Dublin’s Bono was “a very Irish part of our lives”.
Pelosi said Bono sent her the poem the morning she shared it with lawmakers on March 17.
Nancy Pelosi caused a wave of nervous laughter after reading a poem by U2 vocalist Bono about the war in Ukraine.
The poem was widely criticized around the world after she read it at a St. Patrick’s Day dinner.
Bono’s opinion on the war in Ukraine caused quite a bit of surprise after Nancy Pelosi read it at the White House.
It has since been torn apart on social media, with one user calling it “the worst poem ever written.”
Another social media user said that the phrase “the psycho in this human family” was “absolutely the most insane”.
– He says that we are all one big family, and Putin is no longer invited to dinner? she asked.
Bono, the lead singer of U2 (pictured), seems to have called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “psycho”.
Bono (left) met Putin in 2001, along with Tony Blair, during a campaign to write off the debt of the world’s poorest country.
Others called for sanctions against Bono and wrote their own parody versions of his poem.
One of them joked that Bono had written a poem that read: “War is so sad/ It drives me crazy/ But I hope Vlad/ Will be killed very badly.”
Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson of Fox News said that Pelosi “may have unleashed the most powerful weapon in her arsenal” by revealing the poem.
Social media users criticized Bono’s poem, with one calling it “the worst poem ever written.”
He added that she read the poem as if “the war had just ended”.
You and Bono. Thank you, Nancy, he said.
Bono shared his poem online, stating that the scanned verse “was not written for publication” but claimed “the limerick is wrong and not at all funny.”
“We support the people of Ukraine and its leader,” he added.
Bono’s attempt to write a heartfelt poem about war criminal Vladimir Putin’s alleged invasion of Ukraine comes less than a week after Poet Laureate Simon Armitage published his opinion on the war.
Armitage’s poem “Resistance” was met with a much better reception than Bono’s limerick, and mentions a moment when a brave Ukrainian woman told a Russian soldier to “put seeds in your pockets to grow on Ukrainian soil after your death.”