Scaremongering

There are people everywhere who can’t resist the chance

To talk about impending doom a great deal in advance;

There may be little evidence that it will come to pass,

Their loudly stated arguments being nothing but a farce.

But rumours of disaster often quickly gain long legs,

Even if their basis rests on nothing more than pegs;

And so they grow and very quickly  turn to actual facts,

With people adding details which they feel the story lacks,

Often causing panic for the people who don’t know

‘Twas nothing but scaremongers who had made the story grow.

Double Standards

Donald Trump is here to stay,

And certainly won’t go away

Until his current term is up,

So with him all will have to sup

If living in a world that’s real

And with the US want to deal.

Many countries now are lead

By leaders some would like seen dead;

But though they might be hated much,

They’re leaders, recognised as such.

It’s true that most of them are small,

And count for little, if at all;

The US on the other hand

Is a large and powerful land;

But what he’s done so far is just

What many others thought they must,

Because they could; and no-one dared

Within those states, to show they cared.

It’s fairly easy to detect

The reason many now expect

America will never be

Like other nations all can see.

The demos in the US show

What many there have come to know

And which cannot be easily missed

That double standards there exist.

The Future

It’s really difficult to know

Which way all the world will go.

Things are changing very fast,

The status quo will hardly last

For more than just a few years hence,

And change will likely be immense.

Downtowns, economically,

Are something that we well may see;

New wars may quite soon appear,

Disasters may bring massive fear.

Governments may fall or rise,

Lands may loosen ancient ties;

Whatever some might now proclaim

The world will not just stay the same.

A New Type of President

There’s something wrong in politics when it is a surprise

That Donald Trump, campaigning, spoke the truth instead of lies.

Many thought the statements he proclaimed so very loud

Were just a form of rhetoric, and aimed to please the crowd.

They didn’t think he meant them, but as politician do,

Was chasing after votes from those who held that point of view.

For many politicians promise things they know that they

Will certainly forget once they have passed election day.

But now it seems in Mr. Trump they’ve got a person who

Hasn’t changed his promises for ones completely new,

But seems to be intending as his presidency proceeds

To turn his former promises from simply words to deeds.

Against Censorship

People shouldn’t try to ban all views with which they disagree,

For among the educated, everyone should be quite free

To proclaim their own opinions, backed by evidence of course,

Of they may face loud derision for the views that they endorse.

Often there are variations in what people think is true,

And there is a constant movement as new facts come into view;

Things that yesterday were sacred, might today be out-of-date,

As new theories reach the forefront, which some people well might hate.

Or it may be that some people want to silence those who hold

Views which have a firm foundation, going back to days of old.

For they think they are old-fashioned, based on ignorance and fear,

And today are quite offensive – that to them seems crystal clear.

But that some may be offended isn’t reason to refuse

To allow those other people to express their thought-out views.

If they feel they are in error, and their statements have no base,

They should just prepare an answer and then calmly put their case.

But they should not try to censor any reasoned arguments

Even if the drawn conclusions don’t to them make any sense.

Doris

Another storm is on its way,

And should arrive here any day;

This time it’s Doris who will be

Roaring in across the sea.

Gale-force winds and driving rain

Will assail us once again.

But though such storms one must expect,

I wonder when we’ll get one next.

Aron's Grandmother's Complaint

Aron’s a sweetie – of that there’s no doubt,

But still he’s quite often the reason I shout;

“Please stop that” or “Aron, please put that away.”

“Why can’t you just quietly sit there and play.”

“Don’t touch that” and “Please will you leave that alone,”

“Please don’t dial numbers on my mobile phone.”

“Don’t be so noisy, or we will soon find,

We’re driving the neighbour quite out of her mind.”

“Eat your dinner all up, and not just the sweet,

You’ll never grow big, if you don’t learn to eat.”

“Stop banging”, “Stop shouting”, “Stop running amok,”

“You must go to bed, it’s now past ten o’clock.”

He may be a sweetie, but oh, he’s hard work,

And sometimes I feel that I might go berserk,

If he doesn’t stop being such a typical two,

Constantly trying out something that’s new.