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Make America White Again

"Make America White Again"
Will never make any sense
Despite the tweets of "GENIUS" Trump
Or Republicans like Pence

Brown-skinned people filled this land
From one end to the other 
And though they had their differences
"Eve" is everyone's mother

Though some are prone to cast a stone
Or ridicule their brother
What makes a nation great again
Is love for one another.

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Nancy Kaufman Date: 12/5/2022 2:31:00 PM This is a great one Rico.. Login to Reply

Jeannie Cronin Date: 8/30/2022 7:54:00 AM Well said! Loved it Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 8/30/2022 11:12:00 AM Mahalo! Aloha!

Nandika Srivastava Date: 8/27/2022 7:26:00 AM It's simple yet amusing how you just said what was meant to be said. Love. Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 8/27/2022 11:19:00 AM Mahalo! Thank you for reading and commenting! Aloha!

Speaks Volumes Date: 7/30/2022 7:30:00 PM Thank you Rico. That's all that needs to be said. Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 7/31/2022 6:22:00 PM Thank you, Wendy! Aloha!

Sandra Doolan Date: 7/26/2022 11:48:00 PM G’day Rico I love it. Live and let live. Well done. Love Sandra Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 7/27/2022 6:19:00 PM Mahalo nui loa! Aloha!

Marikate Kingston Date: 12/28/2021 11:20:00 PM All under one sun and if you believe as I do, all under one God too. Your last two lines are my favorite. I want to copy your poem and send it to my brother. He would love it. He is the father of a black child, my niece. This is a beautiful poem. Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 12/29/2021 10:09:00 AM Thank you for reading and commenting, Marikate. I hope your brother and your niece enjoy it! Aloha!

Ann Peck Date: 11/5/2021 2:47:00 PM CNN said at least one city - I believe it is Boston - is no longer "white." That must have unsettled a few Trumpers. Now they will shoot a few more black men to get even. Love your poem! Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 11/6/2021 10:29:00 AM Boston is the home of racism in the USA, having expelled the Irish, Catholics, and everyone else who do not share the prejudices!

Karen Jones Date: 10/7/2021 12:16:00 PM BRAVO! A great point made all with a melodic rhyme. We are all kin indeed, and your poem is really spot on. Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 10/8/2021 11:12:00 AM Mahalo, Karen!

Linda Craddick Date: 9/7/2021 12:47:00 PM I love this poem! My students and I were discussing an Amy Tan story where she compared the color of a boy's skin as being as "lily-white as Mary's." It doesn't occur to small-town mid-western middle school kids that Mary was probably closer to Amy Tan's skin color than their own. Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 9/8/2021 11:18:00 AM Skin colour is just frosting on the cake, and it is the cake that provides the substance . . . .Thank you for reading and commenting! Aloha! Rico

Marilyn Francis Date: 5/17/2021 8:41:00 AM MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN....RED YELLOW BLACK OR WHITE THEY ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT. AMEN Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 5/17/2021 11:30:00 AM I do not think one can make anyone "love", but learning to respect one another should start in the cradle! Thank you for reading and commenting! Aloha! Rico

Barbara Lasky Date: 1/12/2021 8:31:00 AM i am brand new to this site. thanks for commenting on my poem. I like your poem . barbara Login to Reply

Nicola Davidson Date: 10/25/2020 12:44:00 PM We feel your pain Rico....we don't have a Donald, but we do have a Boris....great poem by the way! Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 10/26/2020 11:21:00 AM Who is Bojo's hair stylist, Blo Dryer? Aloha! Rico

Juanita Smalls Date: 7/6/2020 9:08:00 PM Yes! Excellent write Rico. Your last two lines puts everything in the nutshell. Thank you for sharing this. Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 7/8/2020 1:11:00 PM Too bad those two lines haven't made any difference to our leadership! Thank you for reading and commenting! Aloha! Rico

Nancy Kaufman Date: 2/16/2020 10:21:00 AM I really enjoyed this one Rico..praying that this country won't have to endure 4 more years of his highness.. Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 2/18/2020 12:20:00 PM You should read my, "The White Elephant" - my only published verse. The only change is Trump supporters are now considered a cult devoid of all sense of reason! Aloha! Rico

P.S. Awtry Date: 2/19/2019 7:58:00 PM That is just awful! Did someone actually say such a thing? Did the President and Vice President say that? Login to Reply

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 10/29/2018 1:11:00 PM Hi Rico, I really enjoyed this poem and yes Eve is the mother of all! Coming together of every colour, creed or nation is the way forward, something our friend Trump could or never can embrace for he has never cared! Yasou, Jennifer Login to Reply

Gary Bateman Date: 2/2/2018 3:40:00 PM Hello Rico, I sincerely enjoyed reading your poem here!! For sure you've touched on something quite painful and hurtful that should not ever be tolerated by anyone in a country born and conceived on democratic principles like the United States. The "Very Stable Genius" Trump, Pence, and those who buy-in to their propaganda of intolerance and division do not represent the "Better Angels of America's Nature." (I wrote a couple of poems on Trump you should read!!) Superb Write!! Best Always, Gary Login to Reply

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 1/31/2018 2:44:00 PM Hello Rico,people should learn to live together no matter the colour of their skin. That is how i see this poem. Have a nice day my friend. Login to Reply

Patricia Leduc Date: 1/23/2018 2:49:00 PM It is really sad that this is still going on. Like black lives matter, All lives matter. We are the aliens in this country.. Enjoyed this so much. Login to Reply

John Fleming Date: 1/21/2018 3:08:00 AM A highly commendable sentiment well expressed, Rico...none higher in fact. An excellent piece of rhetorical poetry. My best regards! :) john Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 1/21/2018 3:06:00 PM Mahalo nui loa, but I have a long row to hoe to catch up with you! Aloha! Rico

Mick Talbot Date: 1/18/2018 4:55:00 PM Brilliant, but you're only halfway there. You, or in fact no one has seen a man the colour of this page, white. Pink to the darkest brown, all shades of red, covers all the human race. Much love to you my fellow human being Rico, Mick Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 1/21/2018 3:07:00 PM I suppose we no longer see any really white people because they could not find each other in the snow. Mahalo nui loa! Rico