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#100Days100Poems Day 40

It seems a lifetime ago that we discussed how even the nation’s most important cultural institutions are in the struggle against the cacophony of crazy from Trumpet and his minions. The Museum of Modern Art installed several works to add voice to the chorus of those of us protesting and fighting. With each plaque accompanying the pieces you read

“This work is by an artist from a nation whose citizens are being denied entry into the United States, according to a presidential executive order issued on January 27, 2017. This is one of several such artworks from the Museum’s collection installed throughout the fifth-floor galleries to affirm the ideals of welcome and freedom as vital to this Museum, as they are to the United States.”

Inspired by this, today’s poem joins the other ekphrastic pieces responding to some of the works in the MoMA’s collection. The poem, untitled at the moment, simply bears the name of the artist and painting. Photos of the piece are the author’s own.

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The Mosque 1964
Ibrahim El-Salahi, Sudanese, born 1930
Oil on canvas

somewhere just off-canvas

        or so it seems

                the muezzin begins the adhan

        and it calls out from the minaret

        stretching far beyond frame

                and gallery, far

        beyond wall and window

and from the west

        a figurey shadow looms

                menaces in manic paranoia

        the mosque suddenly marked & monitored

                        no longer sanctuary

to the east, a figure

        masked,

                perhaps Munchian in style, no

        El-Salahian

                        perhaps he the muezzin

                is it a look of dread

                        eyes wide mouth agape

                is it a look of reverence

                        the call pouring from outspoken lips

                is it a look of caution

                        a warning warbled of the wicked

                wizard of

                                the west

the shadow rising from

        & the call continues

        and the mask reveals nothing

                as if frozen in oil on canvas

        & the call continues

        through soundless swirls and silhouettes

& the call continues

        the muezzin is muzzled/is the muezzin muzzled

the perilous penumbra poised in the west

        poisonous in its prevarications

        dangerous in its discharge of belligerent jingoism

the western aggression

        threatening bans & walls & wars & blitzes

another call starts

is it to line up for prayers

        or deportation

        or encampment

                        for petitions

        or capitulation

        or opposition

somewhere just off-canvas

another call starts

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salahi-close-left
salahi-close-right
salahi-full

 

© David Siller – Text and Images – 2017

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#100Days100Poems Day 39 #PhotoHaiku

Another #PhotoHaiku in light of recent travel ban “developments.”

© David Siller – 2017

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#100Days100Poems Day 38

Colin Mochrie tweeted a brilliant anagram of the name of our begrudged rump-in-chief the other day. There was inspiration. And percolation. And writing. It might not quite be a poem, but it’s today’s protest piece.

The Reality TV President

with apologies and thanks to Colin Mochrie

ANNOUNCING!
BBCAmerica and Faux News are proud to present a new, unscripted television series following the trials, tribulations, and traumas of a fish out of water, a New York Elite in a working class watering hole, a corrupt con man trying to outcon the controlling charlatans in an already corrupt game of grift.

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Season 1 Episode titles include:

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Lord Dampnut

…and the Russian non-Involvement

…and the Bright Orange Effigy

…and the Second-Term Conundrum

…and the Ghost of Nixon and Emails Past

…and the Popular Vote and What it Means to Lose It

…and the Finer Points of Swamp Maintenance

…and the Alt-Right Way to build a Reich

…and the Nuclear Football Password

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Lord Dampnut

…and the Finely-Tuned Chaos Machine

…and the Gardner on the Golf Course

…and the Hollywood Walk of Fame Pentagram

…and the Itch that Grabs You by The Pussy

…and the Extra Security Inefficacy

…and the Snowflake Twitter Account

…and the Difference between Fake News & Alternative Facts

…and the Loyalty Trumpet that Plays Our Song

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Lord Dampnut

…and the deer in the headlights, horse of a different color, dog that don’t hunt, wrong monkey at the wrong circus, fish without a bicycle, shark-jumping, jail-baiting no good very bad presidency.

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Premiering in January 2017; hoping for cancellation by March 2017.

 

 

© David Siller – 2017

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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#100Days100Poems Day 37 #TantrumTanka

For this return to #TantrumTanka, these found poems, with none to a little editing in some places, are compiled from direct quotes from Trumpet’s disastrous news conference from 16 February. The complete transcript of that clown show can be found here.

 

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“They’ll take this news con
ference–I’m actually
having a very
good time, ok? They’ll take this
news conference–don’t forget”

 

“That’s how I won. I
won with news conferences
and probably speeches.
I certainly didn’t win…
But I’m having a good time.”

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BONUS HAIKU

“I’m really not a
bad person, by the way. I
do get good ratings.”

 

© David Siller – 2017

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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#100Days100Poems Day 36 #TantrumTanka

For this return to #TantrumTanka, these found poems, with none to a little editing in some places, are compiled from direct quotes from Trumpet’s disastrous news conference from 16 February. The complete transcript of that clown show can be found here.

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“They will say ‘Donald
Trump rants & raves at the press.’
I’m not ranting &
raving. I’m just telling you.”
“I’m not ranting & raving.”

 

“You’re dishonest peo-
ple. But–but I’m not ranting
& raving. I love
this. I’m having a good time
doing it. I’m not… raving.”

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© David Siller – 2017

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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#100Days100Poems Day 35 #TantrumTanka

For this return to #TantrumTanka, these found poems, with none to a little editing in some places, are compiled from direct quotes from Trumpet’s disastrous news conference from 16 February. The complete transcript of that clown show can be found here.

“It’s all fake news.” “The
nice thing is” “I see it” “It’s
out there for the world”
“and let me tell you, it
was given out like so much”

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“Well the leaks are real.
You’re the one that wrote about
them.” “I mean the leaks.”
“The leaks are absolutely
real.” “Much of the news is fake.”

© David Siller – 2017

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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#100Days100Poems Day 34 The Return of #TrumptyDumpty

Today marks the return of our favorite nightmaresery rhyme character #TrumptyDumpty.

 

Trumpty Dumpty wanted to build a
           Y U G E wall.
Trumpty Dumpty wasn't successful
           at all.
No American, not one citizen,
Thought Trumpty Dumpty would make
           America Great Again.

 

© Anjanette Siller – 2017

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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#100Days100Poems Day 33

For today, a political cartoon, appropriately sketched on the back of a receipt. We’re all already paying the price, it seems.

 

receipt-cartoon

 

 

© Hector Colón – 2017

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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#100Days100Poems Day 32

Under the Trumpet regime the arts are already under attack. Rest assured the artists, and those who support them, will fight back. Never go in against a poet when poetry is on the line. (You think I could get Wallace Shawn to record that for me?)

Today’s piece is most assuredly a first draft, but here it is:

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The Petty Thief-in-Chief

 

And there, on a 6th Ave train headed uptown
stood nine sumptuous ladies
impeccable robes & inspired accoutrements
buzzing, their subway car
oblivious
the cutpurse did,
snipping handbag strings & messenger bag straps,
snatching from clutches & pinching from pouches:
and Urania’s compass comes up nipped
Melpomene’s & Thalia’s masks mooched into the mass in mass transit
Terpsichore’s pointe shoes pilfered
Polyhymnia’s veil vanished in a flash
score sheets & melodies swiped from Euterpa
tablets & notepads, pens & pencils nicked from Calliope, picked from Erato
and Clio’s news scrolls & history books seized and suppressed–


all for the greed of a few pennies.

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© David Siller– 2017

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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#100Days100Poems Day 31 #PhotoHaiku

Trumpet made headlines again for a rally that is, at best, really optimistic, but probably closer to delusional. Here’s another #PhotoHaiku

 

2020-bad-visionyo-mando-not-run

 

© David Siller – 2017

 

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For the first 100 days of the Trumpet administration, this blog will feature a new poem of protest, by my own hand and by others. They will be polished gems, or rough cut drafts of rage, or in process pieces searching for peace. They may be haiku or tanka, limericks or lyrics, verses free or fettered. If you would like to submit to this endeavor, please send an email, with poem saved as a word document (.docx) to waxyandpoetic AT gmail DOT com. All rights remain with the author.

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