Trump may feel Prez should come in XL size,
Which, democrats dismiss as downright lies.
Unlike queen Cleo’s nose,
To size no such gain goes,
A MAGAlomaniac logic defies.
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Happenings |28.09.2024|USA, humour, political
Poet’s note: Trump is six foot three inches (190 cm). Republicans feel this is a clear advantage. For, in comparison, Kamala Harris looks petit. Abraham Lincoln was 194 cm, and Lyndon Johnson 192 cm. Funny, American elections refuse to show they are from a mature democracy.
Categories:
lyndon johnson, humor, political, usa,
Form: Limerick
We made fun of how she pronounced her words
And laughed when the press called her 'Lady Bird'
But Mrs. Lyndon Johnson was a gracious First Lady, who gave ecology a push
When she exhorted us, southern style, to "Plant a tree, a shrub, or a bush."
Categories:
lyndon johnson, environment, leadership, tree, woman,
Form: Clerihew
The longer I live the greater Martin Luther King looks
compared with those who have tried to carry on his work.
The man had integrity, guts, ideas and class.
It was heartbreaking in the Sixties to be young and
filled with hope for change in America, only to see
JFK, MLK and RFK murdered in the same decade.
Young people of all kinds had hope back then even if
we saw little change. We thought it was time for a quiet
revolution of ideas in America. That never happened.
My hope is Mike Pence doesn’t succeed Donald Trump
the way Lyndon Johnson succeeded Jack Kennedy. We must
find a peaceful way to get through these next four years.
Donal Mahoney
Categories:
lyndon johnson, political, race, racism,
Form: Blank verse
Lincoln elected to Congress in 1846
Kennedy elected to Congress in 1946
Lincoln elected President in 1860
Kennedy elected President in 1960
Lincoln's secretary named Kennedy
Kennedy's Secretary named Lincoln
Both concerned with Civil Rights
Both lost children in White House
Both shot on a Friday in the Head
Lincoln shot at the theater named Ford
Kennedy shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by Ford
Lincoln shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse
Kennedy shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater
Both assassinated by Southerners
Both assassins were known by their three names
Both names are composed of fifteen letters
John Wilkes Booth born in 1839
Lee Harvey Oswald born in 1939
Booth and Oswald assassinated before their trials
Both succeeded by Southerners named Johnson
Andrew Johnson born in 1808
Lyndon Johnson born in 1908
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe
"History Repeats and also Manipulates Itself" - Hence Proved
Categories:
lyndon johnson, history, mystery, political,
Form: Free verse