Strange Phenomena

 

 

In less than an hour

And fifteen minutes later

Can you tell me how long it took

To arrive at the baker?

 

Since yesterday

It has been three whole days

That he borrowed the money

And promised to pay.

 

Three years ago

She was forty-four,

Tell me how come three years later

She is no more?

 

Nothing is as long

And nothing is as short,

What in tarnation could this be

That nothing can distort?

 

 

If trump is short for trumpet

And trumpets make a blast,

What sound would President Trump make

Given such a difficult task?

 

Strange is the answer

That all of us should get

But stranger still, I do declare,

None has gotten it yet.

 

That’s a little riddle

That will remain unsolved

And even if you discover the answer,

I will not be involved.

 

I have not long awakened

But I am still asleep

And I consider this phenomenon

To be profoundly deep.

 

 

That is why at present

I am composing this poem,

I am awake in a very deep sleep;

I trust you see my problem.

 

It’s when I am at my best

That at such times I write,

Do not judge me, I most humbly ask,

For my phenomenal insight.

 

Now that this is out of the way

Please let me continue,

As strange as these little quips may seem,

Not one of them is my view.

 

 

A man was blocking the way

Whereupon another exclaimed,

“If you stay right there for ever

I’ll have to change my lane.”

 

I was wondering for a while,

If he actually waited that long

But after waiting for an indefinite time,

I decided to go around.

 

Whenever forever comes

He may still be there

But I will not know, I can I attest,

For I will not be here.

 

 

 

 

One more before I go,

So, let me give it some thought,

In the meantime, put the poem down

And take a little walk.

 

Please let me know

The moment that you get back,

I’ll have that thought waiting just for you

That even now is a fact.

 

I definitely thought

You would fall for this

And the mere fact you’ve read this far

Shows I did not miss.

 

So, have a good day

If it is the daytime

But if on the other hand it is night,

‘Tis better to decline. 

 

Strange phenomena indeed!

Did you see what I mean?

If you did you can drop me a line

Or send a silent scream.

 

Stewart Russell © March 27, 2025

 

The Other Side

 

 

Always another side:

Can we agree on this?

Else there’s something fundamental

We have missed.

 

Two sides to a story;

At the very least

And of course, there is the truth

That can never cease.

 

In the prequel to this:

“Panic Setting In”,

I presented the Democrat’s side

In the midst of the din.

 

A tumult it was

As the Democrats reflected

On what was a colossal loss

They least expected.

 

The end of the world-

Democrats’ world at least,

For the mesmerizing Beauty

Was taken by the Beast.

 

 

 

In the Democrat’s view

But not Republicans;

No, this was a time for rejoicing

For all Trump fans.

 

Not the end of the world

But a beginning

And in the days and years ahead

They will be singing.

 

Illegal immigrants!

The border will be closed,

No longer will they come across

Unopposed.

 

And those now there

Will be deported

Of course, unless they can show

“Document supported”.

 

The wars will end:

At least Russia and Ukraine

And this action will be achieved

In Donald Trump’s name.

 

The economy will be fixed

As it was in twenty-sixteen,

After all, unlike the intervening years,

Trump is on the scene.

 

 

 

America will be great,

Greater than ever before

And all because Trump run things

The country will soar.

 

Soar like the eagle

High up in the air

Such that America’s enemies

Will tremble with fear.

 

None would dare oppose

Or contradict

And Trump will be supported

By poor and rich.

 

For power is right

And the right to enforce

All that is great for America

Of course!

 

Thus, the other side

Of the same coin, indeed,

And when the narrative unfolds,

Same channel same feed!

 

They know their own

And are known by them

And when in bed together

It’s not a problem.

 

The pawns will quarrel

And become concerned

Knowing as collateral damage

They will get burn. 

 

But the proverbial cat

Will land on its feet

Once President Donald Trump

Has the White House seat.

 

As in “Panic Setting In”

Let me again state

What has been my position

Long before here of late.

 

I am neither Republican

Nor Democrat

But just one trying to decipher

Between opinion and fact.

 

Stewart Russell © November 14, 2024

 

Panic Setting In

 

 

It’s the best of times

And the worst of times,

Garbage put Trump over the top

And the loser whines.

 

Panic is setting in

For they expect the worst

Since with Trump on the throne

It’s like a curse.

 

He is anti-Blacks

And anti-Asians too,

Anti-Latinos, and anti-Mexicans

Is a popular view.

 

Rise, Ku Klux Klan!

It’s your time to shine,

With Donald Trump at the helm

It is your time.

 

The illegal must go

The Whites are saying

For the “Great Again America”

We are building.

 

This is quite in sync

With Trump’s sentiment:

To make America Great Again

His sole intent.

 

A glance at history

Tells us when this was

For when America was great

Blacks were judged.

 

 

Judged to be slaves

Or at most cotton pickers,

No better than despised snakes

That on their belly slither.

 

Second class citizens

With freedom curtailed,

And when agitating for rights

They mostly failed.

 

Panic is setting in,

Here comes the curse

And the Democrat supporters

Think he is the worst.

 

A one-man rule:

Alias Donald Trump!

Garbage voters put him in

So, USA is a dump.

 

The end of the World

Is around the bend;

Donald Trump and his minions

Will be the end.

 

With a rod of iron

The Whites will rule

And America will be great again

And all will be cool.

 

 

True for Republicans

But not for Democrats,

The end of the World is coming

Now that Trump is back.

 

The end of elections:

That is for sure,

With Donald Trump as President

No need for more.

 

America will become

The Trump Towers again

Though from the White House

Donald Trump will reign.

 

Please be advised

That this is just a view,

It is categorically not mine!

How about you?

 

I don’t know enough

Re one side or the next,

And consequently, I am ignorant

Of the real context.

 

But what I do know

There seems to be panic

And there are many who believe

Americans are sick.

 

Stewart Russell © November 14, 2024

 

Presidents and Precedents

 

 

Presidents and precedents

Sound pretty close, don’t they?

In concept too, I must admit

They are similar in some ways.

 

In America, for example

Take the last two Presidents

Obama and Trump are who I mean

Both were precedents.

 

Setting precedents and becoming Presidents

As in Presidents Trump and Obama

May at times be well and good

But is never without its drama.

 

 

Obama, as far as we can tell

Was the first black President,

Trump was a first too as it happened:

Not one but two impeachments.

 

That Trump was the worst President

Is the opinion of many,

And who can compare with President Trump?

For some, there isn’t any.

 

As President he set a precedent

To make America great again,

For many that was wonderful news

But for others it meant more pain.

 

Obama on the other hand

Established Obama care,

For many this was seen as a precedent

In putting so many on welfare.

 

 

Trump was determined to wipe it out

Along with the Obama name

But he ended up hurting himself

As President with a one-term fame.

 

So Presidents do set precedents

Sometimes to their own demise,

Trump apparently was one of these

Though not so in some people’s eyes.

 

For many he was not a puppet

To be manipulated by the informal powers,

To many he was no politician

But the man who owns Trump Towers.

 

Maybe therein was his mistake,

Trying to make America his enterprise

Since it appears in many corners

For this he was sorely despised.

 

 

Precedents can be good or bad

And so too can be Presidents,

This is borne out in the public polls

Depending on the people’s bent.

 

Trump will go down as the underdog

That won at tremendous odds

But was ousted after just one term

Making the claims that he was robbed.

 

He claimed the election was stolen

And allegedly incited a riot

In the hallowed chambers of Capitol Hill

Disturbing its peace and quiet.

 

Whether he was robbed or not

I certainly would not know

But I do know he set a precedent

By not going when he should go.

 

Somebody once said

The voice of the people is the voice of God,

While I do not necessarily agree

The vote is still the people’s call.

 

 

A precedent may set a President apart

And that may be for good or ill

But whether he goes or whether he stays

Is the people’s choice still.

 

Presidents and precedents

Sound alike, don’t they?

But please don’t mistake one for the other

They are different in some ways.

 

Stewart Russell © February 20, 2021

 

God Has the Final Say

It will take more than a President
Or a presidential change
To sort out a country
That is terribly deranged.

America is distraught
For a lack of knowledge
And suffering in the pangs
Of religious sacrilege.

It will take far more
Than getting rid of Donald Trump,
Compared to America’s Mount Stinkeroo
He was a mere hump.

 

Trump did not have the answers
And neither does Biden,
Moral and spiritual decay
Is at the heart of its problem.

 

One Nation under God?
That is farcical and hypocritical!
In God we trust
Was another time and another people.

A humongous religious movement
But such will not help
And in the fires of these times
Religion will only melt.

A departure from the God of the Bible
Is the principal cause,
The devil, like a great albatross
Holds America in his claws.

A departure from God’s building block
Which is the nuclear family
Is the recipe for national disaster
And spiritual disunity.

It’s a bedding down
With the adversary of the human soul
And no amount of political rhetoric
Will make America whole.

 

Settling for less
Than the biblical blueprint
Is worse than a sovereign country
Now basically paying rent.

I make no apologies
If this sounds like a funeral dirge
But what is coming to America
Is worse than any COVID SURGE!

Return America
From the morass you have become,
Turn away from your sodomy
And seek out God’s Son.

His blood is still efficacious
And potent to save
And to pluck you out of the claws
Of the devil, your knave.

 

One nation under God
Is the best place to be
But it will take more than an emblem
To attain to that possibility.

Righteousness exalts a nation
But sin is a reproach
And I dare say, America,
On the forbidden, you have encroached.

Turn from your sodomy
And your transgender ways,
There is hope for the penitent
It matters not how far he has strayed.

Transformation not transgender
Changes a life from within
And it is still an established fact
That Jesus saves from sin.

Here is a word for every country
Whether big or small,
No nation can succeed
Outside of God’s divine call.

Call all this garbage
Or gibberish if you may,
But I tell you that in all matters
God has the final say.

Stewart Russell (c) January 2021

Seeing and Feeling

What we see and what we feel

Is similar to news and views,

It is what we make of what we see:

In other words, our reviews.

We live in a postmodern time

In which we dare not trust our senses

And when we see what we actually see

That could create some offenses.

Several people looking at the same thing

Will see something different

And depending on their orientation

Different things will be apparent.

What is it we are seeing?

Is it President Trump or his policies?

Is it his tweets or is it his sweets?

What is it we really see?

What you see is what you get

Once used to be the refrain,

Now believe it and you have it,

This sounds kind of insane.

Feelings have climbed the charts

What we feel has outpaced what we see,

This is even so in the church

Which adds to the mystery.

 

Televangelists and others

Are appealing to what people feel,

It’s like, don’t you worry about what you see

Just listen to our appeal.

They are part of the mystery

Why seeing is not always believing,

Hence, it’s better to trust in feelings

And let that be the key to receiving.

It is like walking into your miracle

Like we heard some time ago,

Do not go by what you see

Step out and let your feelings show.

It is all over the world

World leaders are leading by appeal,

Trust not your senses, particularly seeing,

And begin to learn how to feel.

It’s really about feeling, yes it is,

It is time that you jump on board,

You would feel so much better if you try

And get a little more than seeing affords.

If you see what I am doing

And you are satisfied with that,

You might be misled by what you see

Feelings might be your real fact.

Stewart Russell © November 2019

Nothing to Tell Us How Near

When the end is, I do not know

Though some seem to know the time,

Times predicted have passed and gone

But that doesn’t change their mind.

Still bent on predicting the time

They just continue to adjust the date

And use the news in today’s tabloids

To vindicate themselves here of late.

With eyes set on the Middle East

They determine that Israel is the key,

Therefore, whatever Israel does is critical

And they are convinced this is no maybe.

Oblivious to what Jesus had said

They continue to unashamedly predict,

“No man knows the day or the hour”

But in these times, that no longer fits.

Jesus was referring to way back then

That was just before his departure,

But with the signs around us everywhere

We have a much clearer picture.

Knowledge is definitely on the increase

And people are moving to and fro,

President Trump is a modern day Cyrus

These are signs the Bible shows.

There is increasing wickedness

Abominations are definitely on the rise,

And the Antichrist is probably here

But for the moment he’s in disguise.

Nature is certainly acting up

And there are phenomena in the heavens

And we were told to keep looking up

When these things begin to happen.

Israel that is likened to the fig tree,

Attained its nationhood in 1948

And this event had been used

To calculate a very probable date.

 

This generation shall not pass said Jesus

In reference to this fig tree event

And since a generation is forty years

1988 became their extent.

And when that did not come to pass

To a generation was added more years,

From forty to sixty to one hundred

And all like now, Christ has not appeared.

Other dates go much further back

When will people begin to learn?

“No man knows the day or the hour”

And that is what Jesus affirmed.

 Jesus said, “the day or the hour”

But we can know the season or year,

If we align Bible prophecy with today’s events

We can tell the year he will appear.

Our view was shaped in light of the Word

But now, that is rearranged,

With the advent of CNN, Fox News and others

There has been a needed change.

When you are studying Bible prophecy

Ensure that to one of the above you are tuned,

The international news and the daily tabloids

Confirm that Jesus is coming soon.

Another case of the cart before the horse

As we continue to get the order wrong,

God’s word first, all others follow

But I guess we have become headstrong.

I am not making light of Christ’s return

I would be a fool to do such,

But these failing prophecies and their prophets

Are really becoming too much.

It is critical, yes, to be ready

And in view of that, to be prepared,

And while the coming of the Lord is inevitable

There is nothing to tell us how near.

Stewart Russell © October 2019