Why We Made This
We need universal healthcare. And a Green New Deal. And major budget cuts to our racist, militarized police. And drastic immigration reform. And to end our senseless military meddlings around the world. We must abolish the concept of billionaires and the stranglehold they've got on decision-makers. All this needs to happen yesterday. Popular liberal satire these days, with the exception, perhaps, of John Oliver, is painfully middleground. So we make lefty parodies.
Our pieces are bereft of the misleading "Dems=Good, Repubs=Bad" dichotomy.
We commit to criticizing both parties without discrimination when they go against progressive values.
Radical Rhymes is the newest incarnation of previous artistic collections such as Rhymes for a Revolution and Seuss for Sanders, and some works published under those titles are included here.
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​This site has no financial aspirations; we aren't selling anything and the answer is always, yes, feel free and encouraged to download and share. We would love that!
Check our Resources tab to find links to food banks, legal assistance for immigrants and workers, LGBTQIA+ support orgs, etc, and pass them on to folks who might need them.
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Contact us with comments and suggestions. Make sure those are submitted in rhyme.
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Follow us on social media if you would like, but also, watch The Social Dilemma (really, if you haven't, go watch it!), and let's all take in its warning and try to limit the time we spend doomscrolling.
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Who Are We?
We ask ourselves every day.
A partial answer...
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Meira Marom, creator
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​Aaron Simons, frequent collaborator
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Edson Sean, frequent collaborator
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Jake Miles, frequent collaborator
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Meira Marom is a Brooklyn-based writer, lyricist, teacher, and political activist.
She has published children’s literature and poetry, has written and staged
a musical celebrating the values of the Bernie Sanders movement, and has posted hundreds of haikus, limericks, acrostic poems, and Seuss-inspired rhymes advocating for those values.
When she is not radically-rhyming, she teaches adults and kids, participates in protests, marches, and organizing meetings, and tries to persuade her magnificent dog, Frieda, to go get the ball (a work in progress).
Aaron Simons is an artist and designer who, like all recent graduates, wants to save the world. He loves music, poetry, digital design, theatre, impressions, comedy, and Twix bars.
Aaron met Meira in 2020 and they instantly connected over a shared love of showtunes, language, and speaking truth to power. When he isn’t editing videos for Radical Rhymes, he directs plays and designs logos. Check out some of his work here.
Edson Sean is an award-winning Brooklyn-based producer, composer, sound engineer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has toured nationally and internationally, sharing stages and featuring on projects with artists including the legendary Stretch and Bobbito, Mumu Fresh, SK Invitational, Ayoinmotion, Roger Ortega, Grammy-winning producer Diamond D, David Banner, Redman and comedian Tracy Morgan. His single, “Shine Bright” was considered for Grammy nomination in four categories.
Edson met Meira while working on her musical, Feel The Bern, initially as a musician and ended up being a character in the musical. They remained good friends and continue to collaborate on social justice-themed tunes on a regular basis. Check out Edson's music here.
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Jake Miles is a mild-mannered computer programmer saving the world from climate apocalypse.
He's done voice acting, theatre, and music, loves writing almost anything, and is usually singing and speaking in different voices and accents to no one in particular.
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