Good People Must Speak UP

by HarryT

It’s time for all good people to speak up
To censor this arrogant, bombastic president
Constitutional laws he demands to circumvent
It’s time for Congress to empty his executive cup

His decisions without counsel are too abrupt
His narcissism breeds a chaotic firmament
It’s time for all good people to speak up
To censor this arrogant, bombastic president

He is nothing but an aggrandizing screw-up
Our country is crashing into a chaotic bent
Bragging is so shameful at every rally event
He has fired every patriotic, truthful grown-up
It's time for all good people to speak up

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Rondel Poetry writing prompt entry

Writing Prompt
Rondel

A French form consisting of 13 lines: two quatrains and a quintet, rhyming as follows: ABba abAB abbaA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats.

Example:
A Rondel for Margarita

On the carousel, on a summer's day,
As the rest of the fairground goes gliding by,
We coast together, now low, now high,
But how quickly the moment slips away.

She laughs at the music, elfin and fey,
She laughs for joy at the sapphire sky,
On the carousel, on a summer's day,
As the rest of the fairground goes gliding by.

How sweet her delight in simple play,
Someday, without me, she'll take to the sky,
Brave little fledgling, ready to fly.
We must hold these moments while we may
On the carousel, on a summer's day.

Copyright © 2004 Gail Kavanagh

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