It is with pleasure that I accept Charles Michael Smith's invitation to publish one of my poems, a haiku for the Obamas , on his blog. Velma Jean Reeb.
Amabo, but Firmly
Rising before dawn,
Barack the lad sat with Mom
reviewing lessons.
"Obama" reversed,
means, in Latin, "I will love,"
but he's tough--no dove!
He wasted no time:
Columbia in '79--
Harvard by '83.
Then as President
Elect, he heard his daughters
laugh with glee to hear
Dad's long-awaited:
"Sasha and Malia...you
have earned the puppy..."
And so, First Dog Bo
has come home to the White House:
Amamus te, Bo!
c2009 Velma Jean Reeb
Velma Jean Reeb is an alumna of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Classics, at Columbia University. She is a proud Upper West Side/Morningside Heights progressive Democrat.
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