Barbara Peckham Poet Free verse

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Written in 2019.

Tumbleweeds

Lies, like tumbleweeds, 
Blow, rootless, across
A mindless landscape.
Detached from reality,
One rolls into another,
Collecting, growing
Into a formidable
Tangle of deceptions.
Far and wide they travel,
Dispersing along their way
Their dormant seeds --
Rumors and half-truths,
Alternative “facts” --
And they tumble on, 
But the deed is done.
The seeds that fall on
Fallow land
Will take root there
And flourish,
Spreading and growing
Until their “truths” 
Become “facts”, 
And they crowd out Truth,
Left behind in the dust.

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Ilene Bauer July 24, 2021 at 12:40 PM brilliantly written, barbara! you have nailed this subject perfectly...

Rico Leffanta July 24, 2021 at 12:00 PM "Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds could be the GOP theme song for the next election" .... well done! Barbara Peckham July 24, 2021 at 12:12 PM Agreed. Certainly does apply. Thanks for reading and commenting.

John Lawless July 24, 2021 at 6:05 AM magnificent metaphor...a tumbleweed of lies.....great job Barbara Barbara Peckham July 24, 2021 at 7:02 AM I like your comment. Thanks you for reading and commenting on my work. I really appreciate it.

L Milton Hankins July 23, 2021 at 1:19 PM This is an exceptionally fine poem, Barbara. You have described the dangers with a perfect simile, and it was a pleasurable read. Thanks for sharing it. Barbara Peckham July 23, 2021 at 8:01 PM Thanks so much. I don't write a lot of political poetry, but once in a while I just have to do it!