{"id":7040719,"date":"2026-08-17T12:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/january-24-25-2026-occasional-poems-mine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:09:20","slug":"january-24-25-2026-occasional-poems-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7040719","title":{"rendered":"January 24-25, 2026: Occasional Poems: Mine!"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

[65 years
\nago Tuesday<\/a>, John F. Kennedy was inaugurated
\nas President<\/a>. One of the most famous parts of that January 1961 event was Robert
\nFrost\u2019s powerful poem<\/a>, so this week I\u2019ve AmericanStudied that text
\nand other occasional poetry from American history. Leading up to a first for
\nthis blog, a piece of my own creative writing!]<\/p>\n

I could go on and on, and perhaps a free-verse epic would be
\nrequired to really do justice to where we are in late January 2026. But that
\nwould be neither a challenge for me nor something y\u2019all would likely want to
\nread, so I decided on a sonnet (<\/span>Shakespearean,
\nnatch<\/span><\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

I try to
\navoid language that\u2019s rash;<\/span><\/p>\n

AmericanStudies
\ndemands our nuance.<\/span><\/p>\n

But honesty
\nis ripe for a renaissance,<\/span><\/p>\n

And I gotta
\nsay things have gotten pretty fash.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t
\nbelieve me\u2014believe your honest eyes:<\/span><\/p>\n

Our troops
\nin Caracas, Minneapolis, even freaking Nuuk?<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019d be
\nenough to make our Founding Framers puke,<\/span><\/p>\n

And all because
\nhe didn\u2019t get a Nobel Prize.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course
\nthat\u2019s just the tip of the melting ice:<\/span><\/p>\n

This nation
\nI love is overrun with ignorance and hate;<\/span><\/p>\n

Folks are
\nlooking for artificial intelligences to date;<\/span><\/p>\n

And like
\neggs, sanity comes at an increasingly steep price.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

I know this
\nsonnet\u2019s supposed to end with a turn,<\/span><\/p>\n

But
\nhard-won hope\u2019s something we\u2019re gonna have to earn. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Next series starts Monday,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben<\/span><\/p>\n

PS. What do you think? Occasional poetry you\u2019d share, including
\nyour own?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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