Shadow and Light Poetry

Daily Poem Donald Trump's Lethologica

Daily Poem Donald Trump's Lethologica

Poor Donald Trump
Showing clear signs
Of incipient dementia
Or Alzheimer’s like his father had.

The signs are everywhere
Particularly he has developed
Lethologica
An inability to recall words.

As he does his rambling speeches
His weave as he calls it
Word salads
as his critics call it.

He stumbles to recall the right words
Often confusing names and places
Or inventing new words
When he can’t recall
The real word.

Yet despite these obvious sign
Donald Trump is not mentally fit
To be President,

One of the most challenging jobs
In the whole world.

The election is a dead heat
And he could become
President 47.

Craft a poem using the concept of Lethologica.


Lethologica is the temporary inability to retrieve a specific word. It’s also called “tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.”
Although you may not have the exact word available, you may come up with an amusing alternative.



Your poem should be at least eight (8) lines.

You may NOT use the following examples:
Restaurant menu – food syllabus; Clothes dryer – tumble oven; Soup – wet salad; (Restaurant) Reservation – food appointment
Random objects: thingamabob, thingamajig, gizmo, whatchamacallit, widget

You may NOT use the following words or any of their variants:
Tongue