Inside The Trump White House

I recently finished reading Bob Woodward's Fear: Trump in the White House (Simon & Schuster). I had a hard time putting it down. Woodward's reporting highlighted the turmoil in the White House since Trump's occupancy: the backstabbing and backbiting among members of his administration; Trump's profanity-laced rants; Trump's flip-flopping on issues; the seemingly endless personnel changes, etc. The reader's impression would be that the Trump administration is something out of a movie written and directed by Mel Brooks.

A Haiku for the Obamas

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.