President Trump Inauguration

President Donald John Trump is sworn into office...again

His motto: "Make America great again." 

Congratulations, President Trump! 

God Bless America, and God Bless you and yours. 

Photo of President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

painting of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by William Rock, Chinese calligraphy by Huang Xiang

The significant "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is another illustration of iconic realism. From behind bars, King wrote this eloquent epistle, begun in the margins of discarded newspapers, then from a borrowed legal notepad. In this piece, he elaborately describes his educated and passionate belief in freedom of speech. Written in April, 1963, he had no access to a computer, nor spellcheck, yet his hand-written expression is clear, coherent, concise, and cohesive, utilizing classical rhetoric to elucidate for his audience the possibilities that could evolve from cultural reform.

Unfortunately, I can no longer post the entire document so that you can view the excellent rhetorical analysis of this letter, so I will only show you the first page below. It was downloaded from the following source: https://faculty.millikin.edu/~moconner/writing/king1a.html 

America's Common Truth

America's Common Truth

The future of America

is in the hands

of those who

love liberty
 live in truth
seek justice

amid hope

in a future
determined
by 

responsibility
knowledge
inspiration 

 common sense

and most importantly,

God's Will.

© Jeanne I. Lakatos

You can hear my reading of this poem by clicking HERE.

Could

Once upon a time, through the group activity, Poetry Jam, Chris of the Enchanted Oak asked us to partake in a little ekphrasis by means of writing a poem inspired by the classic photograph below. I wrote the entry, entitled "Could."

 photo from Flicker common photos

Could

I could be gone to pursue my dreams,

grow in knowledge and creative thought

to share my ideas with those who care.

That man over there could be quite nice

with smiles, teasing, and sexy lust;

our foreplay could lead to ecstatic love.

He could be thinking of me and I of him.

We both could be subject to fetters of love

that bind our hearts, never to release.

However... now I see; His brilliance shines within

our life's journey, and our hearts forever linger

in this Blessing of Tranquility.

© Jeanne I. Lakatos

Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump, the 47th President of the United States

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Donald J. Trump has now collected the number of votes to be officially elected by the Electoral College as the 
47th President of the United States. 

It's time to .....

Make America great again!

1872: Victoria Woodhull, the FIRST female candidate for the United States presidency

Sorry Kamala fans....you're LATE!

The Revolutionary Rhetoric of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan)

My collection of books written by Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan)

From page 17 of my book: 

Revolutionary philosophy of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries provides momentum for the transformation of consciousness, circuitous pathways of innovation and circularity within societal parameters, creating awareness of cultural change, often through literary articulation. During the long eighteenth century, Sydney Owenson constructs her national tales by configuring lexical combinations of Irish, English and European colloquialisms, drawing upon the historical and philosophical perceptions of René Descartes, John Locke, and Immanuel Kant to transform her romantic tales into narratives of political inquiry. She incorporates the German philosophical influences of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Georg Wilhelm Friedriech Hegel, and Arthur Schopenhauer, initiating innovation in forms of cultural awareness. 

As her writing matures, her nineteenth century contemporary scientific approach to human dignity resonates with Auguste Comte’s philosophy, revealing her personal experience with societal expectations. Her voice maintains a necessary fortitude in terms of her feminine perspective, placing Irish ideology into the center of English culture at the onset of the Ascendancy, while she illustrates foresight in challenging the political stance of the United Kingdom in the early decades of the nineteenth century.