A Modicum of Solace: One Woman's Political Despair

By Sue Robin

I have voted in every election since turning twenty-one. There were winners and losers in those fifty years, but until Number 45 was elected in November of 2016, I have never felt the despair and anguish for my country that washed over me. The pain roiled in my heart and then demanded to be let out. In the years since 45’s election many po

• Language: English
• Publisher: Palmetto Publishing Group
• Release date: Feb 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781641117678

Sue Robin

Sue Robin is a poet who lives in the hills of Los Angeles watching the hawks soar and the world spin round. She retired from a long, satisfying career as a Marriage Family Therapist in 2012. Retirement has allowed more time to write and murmur with her friends. The love for her family is a constant thrum in the background of all she does.

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A Bit of Ugliness

To read the news on a daily basis makes us all like Sisyphus

We no sooner hear good cheer when an onslaught of world ills assaults us

Murder, rape, drugs, wars in distant lands and the congressional ones

Archbishops who protect pedophiles instead of children

Wonder what the world would be like if all that was printed was good news?

Would that spawn more good news?

Gifted child sings arias at 10 years of age!

Doctor reports that Mrs. Smith is cancer free!

Neighbors join to clear trash and plant trees!

Good Samaritan rescues family from burning home!

The ultimate newspaper would contain 90% good news

A crossword puzzle, comics, and buried deep inside a bit of ugliness

One needs the bleak to appreciate the blessings

02/08/2013

In the Name of God and Allah

We read

We watch

We feel

Each death, each lost limb

The explosions

The hate

Murders and bombs

Countries torn apart

Cities decimated

Families bereft

Little ones, aged ones

Covered in blood

All in the name of God and Allah

02/09/2013

Left, Right and Center

Left, right and center

The greatest country in the world has slipped

We are still first in something

The number of incarcerated citizens

What is wrong with this picture?

Liberals blame conservatives and

They return the favor

No longer are there conversations, or consensus

No longer is there real news for the masses

Murders and car chases, celebs and sports fill the airwaves

People watch reality tv rather than be real in their own lives

American movies have become remakes of remakes

Politicians look to save their jobs, not the country

And I cry

02/10/2013

Who Let the Dogs Out?

"W

e the people." Our Constitution starts with those words, laying forth a path to protect our rights and create a more perfect union. With Mr. Trump to guide this union we have proven to the world that we have lost our way. With each tweet I weep, and the world weeps with