painting by James Hollis. Available on etsy
Radical Rabbits
Radical rabbits jump the stump
and conservatives with one big jump,
but they’ve been known to butt and bump
such right wing radicals as Trump.
This right wing radical, slightly crazy,
seems to leave some voters hazy
and spin their judgement upsy-daisy,
making their thinking super lazy.
Radicals aren’t all on the left.
Extreme’s the warp but not the weft.
One loose of tongue and good at theft
might leave our country most bereft.
If conservative’s your bent,
when you hear him spew and vent,
would you wish him to be sent
to D.C. as your president?
Radical’s found on either side––
right and left of where you bide.
Please cast your vote for a bonafide
choice that is not suicide!
Radical rabbits may be slightly
more to the left than you deem rightly.
Still their motives shine out brightly
and they are not as unsightly!!!
Yes, you guessed it. The prompt today was “Radical.” The electricity went out as I was writing this so I hurried to get it posted. Wish I’d had a bit more time for rewriting and perhaps I’ll do so later, especially for that last line which only scans if you read it as intended––with the stress on “they, not, as and sight!” Hope to find a better solution when the lights come back!!!
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Loved it all. Nice reference to weaving – warp and weft. Clever poetry dealing with a not so clever political situation,
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Thanks, princess!!!
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What a wascally wabbit …? Is he, weally a wadical wabbit?
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weputabwy!!!
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It sounds like music when YOU say it! I may need to reblog this!
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Well done, Judy! perhaps the rabbit should have an orange head.
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Well, not the rabbit as he is the one leaping far left, but the guy leaning far right? Would be appropriate.
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It’s heroic that you can pull a little humour out of this upcoming event – but when there is madness all about, what can you do but laugh like a lunatic?
A bit rushed? It doesn’t look it.
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Bravo Judy. John Updike would have offered you public kudos for your style, panache and of course creativity with this one. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the day. 🙂
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Ah, perfect! Thank you, Judy…..getting scarier by the day…..
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As an impartial observer, I get the impression this time around Americans are trying to choose which candidate they detest or distrust the least. Or has voting always been that way?
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