Catching Up

I have some catching up to do!

I've posted various Trump-related poems as some of our recent 'Featured Poems of the Week," but I was negligent in then posting the poems in our plog (poetry blog) -- so here are a handful of poems based on the following:

1. The recent "No Kings" protests held around the country (the biggest day of protest in our nation's history).
2. The Trump birthday military parade debacle -- a.k.a., the Squeaky Wheel Gets the Parade (what a colossal waste of money that was, huh?).
3. The "big beautiful bill" -- which in reality turned out to be a "big bonanza for billionaires."

So here we go...

1. "No Kings":

Donald the Adulterer craves a crown -- and what is completely stunning is that the Supreme Court has helped his effort by giving him carte blanch to commit criminal activities with impunity --  and the GOP continues to enable his desire by allowing his anti-constitutional antics.  And here's what's laughable -- and I mean completely and wholly laughable: he does not even know his history -- OUR HISTORY -- in that we broke from a monarchy waaaaay back in 1776 because our forefathers and mothers did not want a king -- and Trump described the Declaration of Independence as a document of love and unity and respect.  LOL -- I'm not making that up. He truly is -- in Rex Tillerson's words -- a moron. 

In response to his desire to don a crown (hee hee), true patriots took to the streets yesterday across the country for the No Kings protests (and I was there!). 

In tribute to the No Kings protest, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "The Court condoned his crimes themself" below on the left.  Dickinson's poem inspired his third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Who Court obtain within Himself," below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

The Court condoned his crimes themself
Who sees himself a King –
A Travesty of Monarchy
Is an inferior thing –
 
This Man we loathe
Whom Hate doth reign –
And He demands a Crown
For him who doth continual
Conspires against his Own

By Emily Dickinson:

Who Court obtain within Himself
Sees every Man a King-
And Poverty of Monarchy
Is an interior thing-

No Man depose
Whom Fate Ordain-
And Who can add a Crown
To Him who doth continual
Conspire against His Own

2. The Donald Trump Military Parade Stupidtacular

IN TRIBUTE TO DONALD "SHIFTY DON" TRUMP'S WASTEFUL SPENDING OF MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR A MILITARY PARADE IN HONOR OF HIM AND HIS BONE SPURS (he really did want to serve in the Army, but those pesky bone spurs kept him out of duty.  TBH, it's a miracle the man can even play golf every weekend on our dime), I HAVE POSTED EMMETT LEE DICKINSON'S "INCONCEIVABLY WASTEFUL" below on the left.  DICKINSON'S POEM INSPIRED HIS THIRD COUSIN TO PEN HER POEM "INCONCEIVABLY SOLEMNS," below on the right. 

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Inconceivably wasteful!
Things this guy
Does – for the very Press
Of Imagery –
 
His farce Parades – perjured on the eye
With a mock Pomp –
Pleading for Pageantry –
 
Flags, are a vain sight –
Not true to Eye
As they went By –
Speciously –
 
Music’s repugnant –
As the true Ear
Winces with disgust
For Doom’s too near –

By Emily Dickinson:

Inconceivably solemn!
Things go gay
Pierce – by the very Press
Of Imagery –

Their far Parades – order on the eye
With a mute Pomp –
A pleading Pageantry –

Flags, are a brave sight –
But no true Eye
Ever went by One –
Steadily –

Music's triumphant –
But the fine Ear
Winces with delight
Are Drums too near –

3. The Big Bonanza for Billionaires 

Trump signed his "big beautiful bill" this past weekend, but honestly it's nothing but a big beautiful bonanza for billionaires.  The bill marks the  greatest transfer of wealth from the needy to the top 1% in our nation's history -- AND -- it will increase the national debt by three to five trillion (or more).  Millions of Americans will be stripped of healthcare, medical research will cease, and rural hospitals will close, all to fund purchases of yachts and private islands by GOP dark money donors and big-tech oligarchs (and of course, this is all on top of the calamities that have already occurred  thanks to Trump, Musk and their DOGE-bags; for ex: the loss of emergency alert personnel prior to the horrific loss of life in catastrophic flooding in Texas; people who have been shot by white men simply because "they looked like illegal immigrants"; our nation's worst outbreak of measles since the disease had been eradicated; and more). 

Of course, the new GOP mantra seems to come from Joni Ernst's philosophy that we're all going to die anyway -- so I suppose, "who cares" (LOL -- the GOP certainly doesn't).  As a matter of fact, I think the new slogan for Trump and the GOP ought to be, "Policies To Die For!" 

In response to the big bonanza for billionaires, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "His Bill an Auger is" below on the left.  Dickinson's poem inspired his third cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line, below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

His Bill an Auger is,
His Hype, a Con and Shill
He "laboreth" at every Tee
A Term, His utmost Fail.

By Emily Dickinson:

His Bill an Auger is,
His Head, a Cap and Frill.
He laboreth at every Tree
A Worm, His utmost Goal.