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RCL 09-17-2017 10:17 PM

A Preposterous POTUS
 
A Preposterous POTUS

After E. A. Robinson, “Aaron Stark”

A large material man, his outlook stark,
Well-tailored, loud and coarse in every pose,
This artful dealer with a dealer’s nose
Has eyes devouring dollars like a shark.
Through well-capped teeth he snidely makes his mark,
Spews racist hatred at arena shows
And feeds his base crude lines that trigger blows,
A fevered furor driving each remark.

Elated that his mobs give him renown,
As alt-fact failures let the US down,
This empty vessel with his fawning staffs,
Egged on by raucous, feckless right-wing cheers,
Sees that his antics cause the country tears,
So days he has his way the POTUS laughs.


https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aaron-stark/

Edmund Conti 09-17-2017 10:43 PM

Nicely done. Are you sending it to the NY Times Trump contest?

John Isbell 09-17-2017 11:48 PM

What Edmund said.

Jim Moonan 09-18-2017 08:58 AM

Nicely done. There has been an avalanche of Trumpoetry... (I wonder if he has ever written a poem, Trump? I wonder whether he has a favorite one, Trump? I wonder if he possesses even one slim volume of poetry, Trump?)

Here are two poems Barack Obama wrote while in college:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us...s.html?mcubz=1

RCL 09-18-2017 11:58 AM

Gentlemen, thanks for the encouraging words! I will join the contest.

I heard that DT memorized “Little Miss Muffet” (loves those muffs), but poetry isn’t otherwise part of his reading, which mostly includes (according to an ex-wife) his bedside volume of Adolph’s speeches.

As for Obama’s poems, well, I’ve seen much worse: my own early stabs at free verse.

Andrew Szilvasy 09-23-2017 03:24 PM

2 Attachment(s)
Super cool!

Only because we don't have a thread, I figured I'd share in this thread what I've sent in (though one is a PDF that exceeds the maximum allowed size). They're visual poems blacked out from Trump's Art of the Deal. I feel like nothing quite defines him like secrecy and erasure, so it the project that they're drawn from has kept me busy and made a lot of sense. They look a little crooked here, but not in the documents I sent.

Jim Moonan 09-23-2017 06:19 PM

"They're visual poems blacked out from Trump's Art of the Deal. I feel like nothing quite defines him like secrecy and erasure"


Very nice concept Andrew. It's all there hiding somewhere in The Art of The Deal. I'm sure of it.

Jayne Osborn 09-23-2017 06:42 PM

Andrew,

Sorry, but it's nearly 1am here in the UK, and past my bedtime; those thumbnails are really messing with my head! :eek:
(Any chance of you posting something more coherent for us to see??)

Jayne

Andrew Szilvasy 09-23-2017 07:39 PM

Hi Jayne,

They should become large when you click on them. They do for me. If not, let me know.

Ann Drysdale 09-24-2017 02:50 AM

They biggen up yugely for me, too.

Jayne Osborn 09-24-2017 10:17 AM

Hi Andrew,

The thumbnails do become large when I click on them...but I'm probably just being a dumb blonde; I don't 'get' what they're trying to tell me, so I've missed the point, sorry. :o

Jayne

Andrew Szilvasy 09-24-2017 10:48 AM

Oh, I see.

The first one (On Christ) is meant to be Trump's perspective on religion. The second one (On History) the same. They're internal monologues. They probably make more sense in the series, but oh well. :)

Gail White 09-29-2017 07:53 PM

I propose introducing into the language the adjective trumpreposterous.

Edmund Conti 09-30-2017 08:30 AM

Gail, now you are just being prestrumptuous.

RCL 10-03-2017 11:21 PM

Gail and Ed, let's hope those trumpolean words make into the OED!

RCL 10-18-2017 04:46 PM

Even Stupider, Bigly!
 
POTUS, this is Stupid Stuff

“POTUS this is stupid stuff:
You spout your nonsense, always rough,
And don’t know very much, it’s clear,
When you tweet mocking with a sneer.
That you are such a slimy rake,
Makes my stomach and head ache.
Barack Obama, whom you dread,
Just shakes in wonder his wise head;
The rest of us are nervous now
Because you lie and pitch Jim Crow.
With some good luck my little rhymes
Will chronicle your White House crimes.”


From and after AE Houseman LXII

http://www.bartleby.com/123/62.html

non trumpos mentis
rhymes with
non compos mentis

John Isbell 10-19-2017 10:58 AM

Now the roving gambler he was very bored,
Trying to create a next world war...

RCL 10-19-2017 06:00 PM

Ha! A song lyric tailgater from “Highway 61”

John Isbell 10-19-2017 06:20 PM

Yes, it seemed apt. Unfortunately!


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