Author: Sabba Rabba

‘Twas the eve of elections when all through the land
All the pundits were telling just where the race stands
I in my PJs, my wife in her smock
Were glued to the TV to see what’s in stock
When all of the sudden there came a loud shout
On TV, when Kamala Harris came out
And there by my widening eyes she appeared
With a message of hope, not a message of fear
She asked for my vote and for your vote bar none
She pledged to be President for everyone
She closed with her now famous cheer-leading line
That it’s time now to fight, and, when we fight, WE WIN!

11/4/2024

Five days of voting still remain
Each side is desperate there to gain
The votes of those with unmade minds
Who’s out in front; who’s left behind?

The polls don’t help. They say they’re tied
Besides, they’re wrong most of the time
The turnout’s been beyond belief
Each Party feeling some relief

So where does that leave you and me?
We’ve voted early, now we’re free
To knock on doors; to write, to call
The extra mile, to give it all

Now where I rush no angels tread
Prediction’s pouring from my head
Harris will win with votes to spare
Election true, both clean and fair

10/31/2024

The down-to wire has been reached
All voting ends in just two weeks
The polls are nearly meaningless
Predictions now worth even less

So if you truly are concerned
From past elections I have learned
The thing to do, and I take note,
Is do much more than simply vote

Devote some days, these next two weeks
To taking action, loud it speaks
KamalaHarris.com is where to start
Choose VOLUNTEER to do your part

Democracy is on the line
It’s do or die, now is the time
The time to act on your convictions
Since Harris must win this election

10/21/2024

You know toward people, I’m not one that hates
I may hate what they do and what they cause
Nor do I call them evil; but of late
I’ve come to learn that evil is as evil does

A half a dozen years I’ve witnessed Trump
His unconcern for those who hear the lies
He spoke as President and on the stump
The lies that caused some acolytes to die

But as he’s grown more feeble, body, brain
His lies have turned more vicious, more pronounced
Exacerbating misery from hurricanes
By denigrating FEMA’s strong response

Deliberately, he’s sown misinformation
Where imminent disaster people faced
Thus, causing wrong decisions, true damnation
With life and death in balance, left to fate

Trump’s willingness to disregard his lies’ effects
‘Though they endanger millions’ lives as well
They’ll gain him in November, he expects –
To label him as evil, I’m compelled

9/9/2024

The candidate VPs squared off tonight
And cordial were their gestures and their words
‘Twas Vance and Walz debating, seen and heard
Which could decide the race so very tight

Tim Walz was nervous, accurate, sincere
He told it like it was, his answers clear
J.D. was smooth, a good debater, he
His answers sounded good but full fact free

The audience that counts is really small
It’s those who undecided, still remain
Who view debaters, both, with mild disdain
And always want more facts to make their call

That’s what this late debate was all about
But will it make a difference, that I doubt

10/1/2024

Challenge

A challenge for your
Politics being the theme
Write me your haiku

Syllables each line
Are five then seven then five
It really is fun

9/22/2024

Hiakulitics

Vote for Kamala
Ready to be President
Save democracy

Trump’s unfit to stand
Behind the President’s seal
Not ever again

MAGA’s looking back
But Kamala looks ahead
The future’s with her

Now’s the time to fight
For everything we hold dear
When we fight, WE WIN!

9/22/2024

Trounced, Trump was by Kamala, no doubt
She chewed him up then blithely spit him out
Debates, when won are good, be that as may
There still so much to do these final days

We know most voters little know the news
On adds and here-say many base their views
They have no context so to judge the facts
No basis whereupon to guide their acts

‘Though truths were told by Kamala last night
They flew with wings o’er heads and out of sight
So here’s the challenge, what we all must do
Relate to friends and family what’s true

It’s time to not be shy; time risk to take
Our way of life, democracy’s at stake
And I’m not overstating what will be
If Trump wins, we will have autocracy

But even when Trump loses he will gain –
Trump’s MAGA followers will all remain
To threaten those who turned against their man
Re-powering Trump’s dominance again

9/11/2024

(Last of the series)

In discoursing ‘round our future
What our future has in store
I’ll endeavor to synopsize
Why it’s worth our fighting for
It’s no casual remonstration
Should Trump take reigns of our nation
Constitution devastation
Gone our Freedoms, gone our Rights
Time we take our stand and fight

8/20/2024