The Cursory Nefarious Network (CNN) - A Trump Presidency Poem

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. - AJ Liebling

World stage
curtains open

and enter,
the Puppeteers

lavishly coiffed,
a pageant show.

Teleprompters on
the script begins,

"Live!"

The arms and legs jump,
heads bob to and fro --

as we watch these
modern day Pinocchios

The crowd knows only
what they wish to portray,

"Believe!.. Believe!"

We are a puppetland,
     if we too listen
and move to their command.


By Mary E. Lohan 

Trump Inauguration Jan 20, 2017 - A Trump Presidency Poem

"When you open your heart to Patriotism, there is no room for prejudice."
- President Donald J. Trump

We have come
the under-estimated, forgotten,
      awakened,
to bear witness before Lincoln

a nation rebirthing

under a pyrotechnic display
on this, our most hallowed
national ground,

where walked our
fore fathers --
the tempo builds

amid fanfare
trumpeting a new day
of Patriotism,

standing shoulder
to shoulder
one country, all citizens,
shall rise.

Rise of the Detractors - Trump Presidency Feb 2017 - Poem

About those who propagate Fake News

We are used
to the definition
of Patriot

one who protects the ship
at all costs
even if the cost is life

but now,
there are insurgents
amongst us

detractors
belittlers
back-biters

those who look like us
dress like us,
but are not like us

who'd rather
fill the boat with water
or gauge the boat with holes

claiming to inform

because of them, by and large,
we are divided amongst ourselves

friend against friend
kin against kin
more vulnerable to the foe.

By Mary E. Lohan

Two Weeks into 2017- A Trump Presidency Poem

New business reins

two weeks,

four executive orders
build the wall,
close the borders,

remove Obama-care -- 

take it all back.

We, the People, 
shall reign,

We who have been forgotten
... forgotten no more.


- By Mary E. Lohan

Note: About President Donald J. Trump