Political June Poems

June nineteenth one hundred and fifty years ago

Juneteenth hint: three hundred
and sixty six days
after eighteen sixty four.

Major General Gordon Granger
led the Union Soldiers to Galveston,...

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In America June 14th equals flag day
and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday.

"...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to...

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I never heard or read that Texas slaves
were captive still, by masters so depraved,

till June nineteenth of eighteen sixty-five,
when news of freedom reached those still...

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Awoke, rises from death,
   A long journey embarks again;
Broke, loosen from faith,
   Swiftly strike, no more bargain....

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Now, more akin to the Wild West!
Good folks, are you up to the test?


Letting anarchists taking over cities?
The mayor and police chief supporting
them, really a...

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(alternately titled: Whew...
so glad I chose absentee/ mail-in ballot),
and agitate (poetically)
November presidential election
brings requisite equality.

Unforeseen (unprecedented)
stiff competition with protesters
crowdsourced within major
Pennsylvania metropolitan areas
necessitating president

to confront...

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Donald Trump approves Acid Rain
To nourish our farmland again
Public health gets the boot
As Dick Cheney yells, "Shoot!"
You know how Trump hates John McCain!...

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Glittering, glimmering and shimmering
Clusters of our flickering flame 
Do grieve and weep for the withered
Dreams meant to be outlived-

Do dazzle the sights of million
Witnesses of...

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Referenda! Referendum!
The big ban will make it boom!
Hopefully on June 23rd,
Listen to what I have just heard
Calls of: that is it! That’s it!
It is time...

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(special thanks to a friend who shared this tribute to Solomon Mahlangu)



Solomon Mahlangu: My Blood will Nourish the Tree that will Bear the Fruits of...

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Alone in the night gazing at the beauty
of a celestial masterpiece yet untouched by the cover of cloud,
an unrelenting silence is interrupted by the insistent...

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