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#100Days100Poems Day 63 #TantrumTanka

Today’s #TantrumTanka is a found poem, using the [con] man’s own words from a just-released interview with Time magazine. I read the whole transcript, and it’s amazing I could find two sentences together that made some sort of sense, despite their delusional claims.

 

“I guess I can’t be
doing so badly because
I’m president and
you’re not.” “I’m president and
you’re not.” — [“Doing so badly”!]

 

 

© 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 62 #TantrumTanka

A #TantrumTanka for today

 

Toxic coal in streams.
Helping people lose health care.
No arts. No science.
Ignore the facts and truth. That’s
Making America Great.

 

 

© 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 58 #TantrumTanka

Fear not! The poem might not have appeared on time, but you just imagine how great a double dose will feel! #SmallHandsPoetry

 

The Joy of Having an Attentive Microwave

The thing about wild
accusations is that you
don’t have to have proof.
All you need’s a twit, a tweet,
and some loyal Gullibles.

 

© 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 57 #TantrumTanka

This could very well count as #SmallHandsPoetry, too, but #TantrumTanka really nails it. And this one is indeed titled.

 

When You Bamboozle Your Way Into Elected Office And All Your Friends Are Really Really Rich

I don’t wanna pay
for meals. I don’t wanna pay
For arts. Or science.
I just wanna pay for war
& tax cuts. War & tax cuts.

 

 

© 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 49 #TantrumTanka

Some days I can’t keep up with the stupid coming out of this mis-administration. Or better yet, there’s so much fodder for protest, I often find my mind racing in a million different directions, too overwhelmed by the inanity to focus.

 

So you wanna spend
more money on wars, like, say
54 billion?
It’s a pity you’ve always
dodged ’em, never fought in one.

 


© 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 43 #TantrumTanka

Sometimes I think it’s more fun to write a #TantrumTanka than it is to find one among the inanities popular in the discourse of our so-called trumpet-in-chief.

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What good is a trump
card when the game is something
else? What good is a
trump presidency when it’s
all already falling down?

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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 42 #TantrumTanka

So technically we should probably call this a #HeadlineTanka, for tantrum it is not. And I really wanted to start a whole #HeadlineHaiku, but haiku it is not. Regardless, it’s a found poem, nicked from headlines in today’s NY Times.

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“Presidents Tests A
Fresh Tactic: Toning It Down
A Softer Touch But
Not a Pivot On Positions
Unity is Elusive”

20170302_134022

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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 41 #TantrumTanka

This #TantrumTanka isn’t found, but boy it sure sounds like him.

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Ranting & raving
about not doing any
ranting & raving
is really neither. And that’s
complicated. Well, who knew?!

© 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.

VISUAL ARTISTS ! Do you have something visually poetic that you’d like to submit? GO FOR IT!

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