Victory

by Stuart McFarlane / June 21st, 2026

‘We told you we would,
we told you we could.
Victory tastes good;
now the war is is won’.

‘Such an awesome sight.
No nation can fight
American might.
Your dreams are undone.’

So Trump deals in lies,
facts he will revise;
truth he will despise.
No prints on the gun.

He will plead, implore;
how he, furthermore,
stopped another war.
The yarn will be spun.

Our sun brightly burn,
our world safely turn.
No need for concern.
Until the next one.

Stuart McFarlane has spent many years, both abroad and in the UK, teaching English. In the UK this mainly involved teaching Esol to refugees and asylum seekers. He is now semi-retired and so can devote more time to writing poetry. He has had poems published in local magazines and online publications such as 'Borderless Journal', based in Malaysia and 'Culture Matters' and 'The Recusant', based in the UK. Read other articles by Stuart.

This article was posted on Sunday, June 21st, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.