American Sonnet for Future Archives

Found Poem After Donald Trump’s 2025 Inaugural Address

SYDNEY GREINER

Every child dreams of their future, a gift.

Vicious, violent; great nation holds hostage

one family, then several families.

Raging sanctuary. Nation-prison.

Invoke the Alien Enemies Act.

His destiny. The golden age begins

angry, violent; split atom, defeat pride,

weaponize justice. Take a life, a child.

Teach all our children to be ashamed of

confidence. Repel love. He wants to be

peacemaker, unifier, saved by God.

Stars, stripes, and tyranny on Mars. (Applause).

Us pioneers, we build and extract life.

In a beautiful field, a bullet ripped.