I’m very proud of selfieSelfie that I tookOn my trip to USAScroll down and have a look Don MatthewsDecember 2022
Tag Archives: America
The US is out of Control
The US is out of controlUnable to locate it’s soulDigging itself in a deepening holeThe country is out of control How did it get to into this state?Did it start at a year on a date?It was once a great nation with proud stars and stripesNow out of control (no debate) Don MatthewsNovember 2022
US Celebration. Call Me Old-Fashioned
Call me old-fashioned Disgusted I am how Americanised Australia has become Halloween rubbish from the profit-drivennation crossing our borders It started with complete misuse of the English language creeping in and Valentine’s Day in the 70’s Surprised and concerned parents allow childrento walk the streets and knock from door to door for Halloween My dadContinue reading “US Celebration. Call Me Old-Fashioned”
Poet Don Reporting on the Mickey Mouse Club and Annette Funicello
Poet Don writes his reports with quill and ink. He’s old school Do you remember TVThe Mickey Mouse ClubAnnette FunicelloRub-a-dub-a-dub? Don MatthewsNovember 2022
Hanging by a Thread
United States democracyIs hanging by a threadFounding fathers shaking heads Turning in graves (dead) Don MatthewsNovember 2022
USA is Falling. Apart
USA is fallingApart. Cause? Donald TCan it get back on it’s feet?We hope, we wait and see Don MatthewsNovember 2022
Gun-Mad America Drowns in Blood
Memorial Day Weekend 28-30 May Philidelphia – 15 dead Chicago – 6 dead Maryland – 4 dead Oklahoma – 1 dead New York – 2 dead Tampa, Memphis, Fresno, Atlanta – more dead Oklahoma – three days later 5 dead When will someone do something and end the carnage?
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Machine
Write something incorporating the word ‘machine’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO MACHINE I am a machineClunk clunk clunkI’m falling apartLosing my funk America seems to be losing it’s funk also Fan…… DM
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Cuddle
Write something incorporating the word ‘cuddle’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO CUDDLE Cuddle rhymes with BuddleA surname in USVery rare they tell me(And all have an address) Good to know…… You know any Buddles Fan? ……. Considering the Buddle rarity you would be very privileged ifContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Cuddle”
From the FCS Book of Little -Known Facts – US 2021 Gun Fatalities
According to the Gun Violence Archive more than 44,000 people have been killed by guns in the US in 2021, including 1,517 minors Latest incidence Dec 30 A shocking incident has just been reported in the United States as a man in Ohio shot dead his own 16-year-old daughter after mistaking her for an intruder,Continue reading “From the FCS Book of Little -Known Facts – US 2021 Gun Fatalities”
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 