The Elephant In The Room Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

The Elephant In The Room

Rating: 3.5

The US was possessed
by a ghost for four years,
the ghost of
a climate change denier,

whose administration
stops funding
the UN Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees,

and author many other fallacies,

but the elephant in the room
is his white supremacism
that challenges
the soul of the nation.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Trump is a climate change denier who has promised to increase fossil fuel production and withdraw the US from the Paris climate deal, among other worrying pledges. On June 1,2017, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would cease all participation in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation, contending that the agreement would 'undermine' the U.S. economy, and put the U.S. 'at a permanent disadvantage'. In September 2018, Trump made an abrupt announcement that his administration would no longer fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) .
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Evelyn Judy Buehler 10 November 2024

Donald Trump's reelection makes me glad that no person can serve more than two terms. I just hope that he doesn't do too much damage during his final term. Your nicely written poem speaks for many.

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All readers are invited to read my poem "Far Right Is Not Right"…. Just because the "Far Right" manages to rally more like-I'll-minded people around, it does not become right.

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Itohan Stephanie # 15 November 2024

Very realistic, good one!

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Climate change is human-induced and the United States is the biggest contributor to the malady, whether trump accepts it or not. It is also a fact that the progress that the US has achieved through the centuries is at the expense of other countries

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Avoidance of capital is deliberate. Does he deserve a name?

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Denis Mair 11 November 2024

The list of his wrongheaded doings goes on and on. Worst of all, he has catalyzed the coalescence of a huge mass of supporters who share his divisive ways and his contempt for the media.

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Please see my poem "Far Right is Not Right".

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Poet Evelyn Judy Buehler writes on 10 November 2024 "Donald Trump's reelection makes me glad that no person can serve more than two terms. I just hope that he doesn't do too much damage during his final term. Your nicely written poem speaks for many" and she is absolutely right.

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Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

PUTHENCHIRA, KERALA, INDIA
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