Poem on the Spot

d ellis phelps, a blogger,

invited me to jot

some jaunty little verses,

a poem on the spot.

The subject of the poem

should be what I am doing

at right this very minute;

a practice worth pursuing.

I turned to my computer

and I began to write

a poem on the topic.

I tried to keep it light.

But here’s what I’d been doing,

yes, here is my conclusion …

I was learning from a podcast

called “Manifest Delusion.”

It isn’t very jaunty,

in fact, it’s quite severe –

the story of an empire

that trashed our hemisphere.

If anyone has interest,

just Google it for free;

it’s on a site called Substack

the link’s below, you see:

https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/todays-the-day-manifest-delusion

Inspired by a prompt posted by d ellis phelps at:

https://formidablewoman.org/2025/06/20/poem-on-the-spot/

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