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Comment from PoemsOfDD
Bill, this is a good entry for the Ethics and Integrity contest. Trump is a hot topic of discontent since coming to power. You have highlighted a few issues in this well rhymed acrostic poem. The very last line - Is that what we want in a Prez? - question marked. The word 'Integrity' ends with the 'Y' so the question you have posed may be a questionable add on although an important point. Either way a great piece which should do well. I think so anyway :-) ~DD
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
Bill, this is a good entry for the Ethics and Integrity contest. Trump is a hot topic of discontent since coming to power. You have highlighted a few issues in this well rhymed acrostic poem. The very last line - Is that what we want in a Prez? - question marked. The word 'Integrity' ends with the 'Y' so the question you have posed may be a questionable add on although an important point. Either way a great piece which should do well. I think so anyway :-) ~DD
Comment Written 01-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
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Thanks, DD, for the nice review. Since the contest wasn't for acrostic specifically, I wasn't concerned about that aspect. The title, though, does say the acrostic word and the final line. I would have noted that, but actually felt it was not a problem. You are the second reviewer to comment on it.
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Fair point Bill. I see that now. Best of luck :-) ~DD
Comment from tfawcus
I'm not really able to comment on the politics here, though the way the world press paints President Trump certainly emphasises the kind of points you are making. I appreciated the addition of rhyming couplets to your acrostic and the way you have chosen to highlight the first words of each line.
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
I'm not really able to comment on the politics here, though the way the world press paints President Trump certainly emphasises the kind of points you are making. I appreciated the addition of rhyming couplets to your acrostic and the way you have chosen to highlight the first words of each line.
Comment Written 01-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
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Thanks, Tony
Comment from nbonner
I liked the message here and I personally am scared for the U.S. and what it will become. The poem flowed well, I liked. Thank you for sharing and good luck in the contest
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
I liked the message here and I personally am scared for the U.S. and what it will become. The poem flowed well, I liked. Thank you for sharing and good luck in the contest
Comment Written 01-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
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Thanks, n.
Comment from nomi338
Awesome job, your acrostic poem says way more than may at first be apparent. I like the way you speak. Even as you speak, his tenuous hold on the office of president is slipping rapidly.
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2017
Awesome job, your acrostic poem says way more than may at first be apparent. I like the way you speak. Even as you speak, his tenuous hold on the office of president is slipping rapidly.
Comment Written 21-Aug-2017
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2017
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Thanks, nomi. If we survive, let's get rid of this guy.
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I'm in.
Comment from Mrs Happy Poet
Yes my friend acrostic poem are hard to get just right but to have them rhyme to is an added bonus you have done really well good luck in the contest regards Jill
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
Yes my friend acrostic poem are hard to get just right but to have them rhyme to is an added bonus you have done really well good luck in the contest regards Jill
Comment Written 20-Aug-2017
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
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Thanks, Mrs P
Comment from Ulla
Hi, Bill, this is a great Acrostic, and you made it rhyme as well. Wow. Yeah, how he could be voted in is beyond me. I just don't get it, and he goes from one gaffe to the other.I fear that one day he'll cause serious harm to us all. Good luck in the contest. All the best. Ulla:))
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
Hi, Bill, this is a great Acrostic, and you made it rhyme as well. Wow. Yeah, how he could be voted in is beyond me. I just don't get it, and he goes from one gaffe to the other.I fear that one day he'll cause serious harm to us all. Good luck in the contest. All the best. Ulla:))
Comment Written 20-Aug-2017
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
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Thanks, Ulla. Maybe it's just the fake news making him look bad. Yeah, right.
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Of course, what else could it be?
Comment from Margaret Snowdon
An acrostic - not the easiest of styles -AND you kept rhyme - most impressive.
I often wonder how Trump ever got the Presidency in the first place - we have a Labour leader here who is just as scheming and does nothing more than bad mouth the Prime Minister and make false promises to people to get their vote.
I cringe at the thought of him becoming the nexdt Prime Minister.
Well penned, Bill - good luck with the contest.
Margaret
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
An acrostic - not the easiest of styles -AND you kept rhyme - most impressive.
I often wonder how Trump ever got the Presidency in the first place - we have a Labour leader here who is just as scheming and does nothing more than bad mouth the Prime Minister and make false promises to people to get their vote.
I cringe at the thought of him becoming the nexdt Prime Minister.
Well penned, Bill - good luck with the contest.
Margaret
Comment Written 20-Aug-2017
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
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The sad realization that powerful people in government can keep a fruit loop like Trump in the White House makes me ponder the future of the free world.
Comment from smileycloud
a very good form Acrostic
the flow is good and the rhyme scheme is fine
I like the story it tells
I am in Australia and we get news here but do not know or feel or live through that which the Americans do
so I cannot comment on the content except to say
it sounds pretty much the way it is
good entry
have a smiley day
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
a very good form Acrostic
the flow is good and the rhyme scheme is fine
I like the story it tells
I am in Australia and we get news here but do not know or feel or live through that which the Americans do
so I cannot comment on the content except to say
it sounds pretty much the way it is
good entry
have a smiley day
Comment Written 20-Aug-2017
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
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Thanks, Smileycloud
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
Excellent acrostic. We, who live on the outside looking in, do wonder how he got there. Will he stay? But, we do have a similar problem going on in the UK, in that ALL our politicians don't have a clue what they're supposed to be doing. Good luck in the contest, Bill. :) Sandra xx
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
Excellent acrostic. We, who live on the outside looking in, do wonder how he got there. Will he stay? But, we do have a similar problem going on in the UK, in that ALL our politicians don't have a clue what they're supposed to be doing. Good luck in the contest, Bill. :) Sandra xx
Comment Written 20-Aug-2017
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
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Thank you, Sandra, for the kind review. Hope get through this soon. Bill
Comment from pome lover
integrity the Left has not
it seems to me that they forgot
It was Obama stirred the pot
of racial hatred tommyrot.
It doesn't matter what Trump does
The left dislikes him. That's because
they just can't stand it that they lost,
So they create this holocaust.
Our President is a patriot
which the LAST one sure was not.
He has accomplished more to date
than wimpy Barry did in eight.
He fights for vets and and actives, too
He fights for liberals like you.
For eight long years we watched the man
turn our once proud and sacred land
to one divided, weak and bland;
apologizing to our foes
and drawing red lines with his toes
that others crossed time and again
'cause Pres'dent O was not a man.
I could go on with facts - a lot,
But I will not.
pome lover
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
integrity the Left has not
it seems to me that they forgot
It was Obama stirred the pot
of racial hatred tommyrot.
It doesn't matter what Trump does
The left dislikes him. That's because
they just can't stand it that they lost,
So they create this holocaust.
Our President is a patriot
which the LAST one sure was not.
He has accomplished more to date
than wimpy Barry did in eight.
He fights for vets and and actives, too
He fights for liberals like you.
For eight long years we watched the man
turn our once proud and sacred land
to one divided, weak and bland;
apologizing to our foes
and drawing red lines with his toes
that others crossed time and again
'cause Pres'dent O was not a man.
I could go on with facts - a lot,
But I will not.
pome lover
Comment Written 20-Aug-2017
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2017
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Thanks.