In the “God I Wish This Was True” Category -Inaugural Poem for Donald J. Trump

Earlier today, the British newspaper The Independent published a copy of a poem that "pays tribute to his Scottish ancestry and attacks Barack Obama" (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-inauguration-poem-barack-obama-tyrant-scottish-heritage-a7530506.html). And then it went from there. "The President-elect's mother, Mary Anne Macleod, is a Scot and grew up on the Hebridean island of Lewis. The poem, which was not commissioned by … Continue reading In the “God I Wish This Was True” Category -Inaugural Poem for Donald J. Trump

Poetry List For My Daughter – List #1

McK, Here’s another one of those posts that I hope you may read when you are older. Hopefully, I will still be around, but if not, then here’s another way for us to acquaint ourselves with each other. Poems. My favorite ones. And why they speak to me, not as a nerdy English teacher, but … Continue reading Poetry List For My Daughter – List #1