Short Ronald Reagan Poems

Busy underground 
food courts overcrowded lines 
visit to DC...

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President Ronald Reagan
Actor extraordinary, charismatic personality
Lover of family and horses
Alzheimer's victim...

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Donald Trump's been eating like a vegan
He's taking his cues from Ronald Reagan
   Who said ketchup's a veggie
   And while that's kind of edgy
Trump wants all the votes of the collegians
'...

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Ronald Reagan in his prime
Was a foodie, way ahead of his time
   Though others thought it 'kvetch-able'
   He daringly labeled ketchup, on meat, a vegetable!


             January 23, 2019 
Entry in "Educate Me with Humor - Leader" Poetry Contest
          Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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jesus and elvis in a halo
 of black and green light.

 a pink madonna next to 
betty crocker.

 with ronald reagan standing
 stately in his best suite.

 all hanging along the walls 
of tattoo parlors and chinese
 dive bars across america.

now it is our heritage as patriots
 to protect these last of the
 wandering bisons....

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First Black American Secretary of State, COLIN POWELL, (1937-2021)
Served in the G. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter administrations,
He said, “Success is the result of hard work…and learning from failure,”
His hobby was restoring old cars; hardly knew the meaning of vacations. 

written January 20, 2022
especially for "A Celebrity Epitaph" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Michelle Faulkner...

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