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ananda

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26. From Esther Leclerc ...
Sun May 20, 2018, 06:48 PM
May 2018

First stanza -- 45

Dreck writes itself,
caring not, says 'What the heck'
to all this rot - - that is, the thought
that words can mean an awful
lot or that they arise from a
Place that can't be sought.

Second stanza -- Melania

Now, Drivel differs in that it suffers
emotional leaks plus annoying squeaks,
stealing furtive peeks at others' works
for 'inspiration' (see plagiarization) ,
failing (silly jerk) to capture
the rapture of original quirk.

e. e. cummings gratuitous May 2018 #1
Lewis Carrol... The Jabberwocky. revmclaren May 2018 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Snotcicles May 2018 #68
"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves" A HERETIC I AM May 2018 #86
Just as an aside.... LisaM May 2018 #135
Round the decay sir pball May 2018 #3
Ozymandias, part 1. guillaumeb May 2018 #34
Absolutely. There's a whole beautiful poem already written about this bastard. Dave Starsky May 2018 #98
From Percy SoCalDem May 2018 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 May 2018 #17
Perfect malaise May 2018 #18
That's the one I thought of catrose May 2018 #79
There are words to describe you but I find this most applicable. cornball 24 May 2018 #5
Some men make passes trof May 2018 #6
+ 10 salin May 2018 #8
Recommended. guillaumeb May 2018 #35
+1. Music for the soul right there dalton99a May 2018 #49
Dear Mr. Trump, Fuck Off USALiberal May 2018 #7
Christopher Smart: Jubilate Agno ProudLib72 May 2018 #9
Fucking America is essential Because it feels so damn good Honesty, less so Kaleva May 2018 #10
Alternatively, Eliot: The Hollow Men ProudLib72 May 2018 #11
+++11111 zentrum May 2018 #173
There was an old man in D.C. / Whose dementia was frightening to see... Hekate May 2018 #12
And the rest? guillaumeb May 2018 #36
Was actually hoping someone else would oblige. My first thought was actually from TS Eliot... Hekate May 2018 #40
I see outrage, loud voices, and a wave coming. guillaumeb May 2018 #42
Maybe I can contribute... 3catwoman3 May 2018 #151
Line 5: That dreadful old man from DC Hekate May 2018 #156
I tried to come up with something... 3catwoman3 May 2018 #160
For most it was clear BlancheSplanchnik May 2018 #178
All of you are choosing most excellent verses. Hekate May 2018 #13
''Idiot wind, Blowing every time you move your mouth ... '' Donkees May 2018 #14
I've got nothin', but I found a great site where people tweeted Vinca May 2018 #15
Thanks for that link red dog 1 May 2018 #22
From Paradise Lost NotASurfer May 2018 #16
Pretty much the entirety of King Lear Nevernose May 2018 #19
Hark Hark the dogs do bark tavernier May 2018 #20
Excellent. zentrum May 2018 #174
There once was a man from Trump Tower boston bean May 2018 #21
There once was a pervert from Queens red dog 1 May 2018 #24
I wrote a limerick about him The Blue Flower May 2018 #23
I like it! red dog 1 May 2018 #27
I wrote a limerick about him back in November, 2016 - right after he stole the presidency red dog 1 May 2018 #29
"What a piece of work is man!"... SidDithers May 2018 #25
From Esther Leclerc ... ananda May 2018 #26
"I got old & shit in my pants" Fozzledick May 2018 #28
The Cremation of our Liberty Botany May 2018 #30
Creation of Sam McGeejust great kiri May 2018 #73
+ 1000 red dog 1 May 2018 #95
Feel Free to spread it all you want Botany May 2018 #96
I will be sure to credit Robert Service red dog 1 May 2018 #103
Now Donald Trump and his big fat rump, was born in the borough of Queens red dog 1 May 2018 #131
". . .and miles to go before [this asshole is gone and] I [can] sleep." n/t Stargleamer May 2018 #31
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things: struggle4progress May 2018 #32
I like your signature line red dog 1 May 2018 #41
Vote for Gracie! struggle4progress May 2018 #47
Gracie Allen said about being born.. Permanut May 2018 #65
Ogden Nash DeminPennswoods May 2018 #33
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in" oberliner May 2018 #37
Apropos because it was yet another of his many projections. flibbitygiblets May 2018 #83
Exactly oberliner May 2018 #87
Things fall apart, the center cannot hold. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #38
Reminds me of Shitler's hair red dog 1 May 2018 #43
The best lack all conviction while the worst/ are full of passionate intensity. tclambert May 2018 #112
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Stonepounder May 2018 #167
Such literate people Hekate May 2018 #39
The best lack all conviction and the worst are full of meadowlander May 2018 #44
Yes, this one from W.B. Yeats yonder May 2018 #54
This Leighbythesea May 2018 #64
Yes, that's the one I always think of. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #113
Yep, the question of the last two lines has been answered... malthaussen May 2018 #123
Yes! Thank you. I've been trying to remember who wrote this! n/t pnwmom May 2018 #138
"There is no joy in Dumbfuckistan, Mighty Donnie has struck out". oasis May 2018 #45
hhgttg LSFL May 2018 #46
Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz? oberliner May 2018 #48
indeed! LSFL May 2018 #50
Here's the whole poem oberliner May 2018 #51
"Like jowling meated liverslime" yonder May 2018 #57
nice! tyvm! LSFL May 2018 #61
guaranteed to make one wish for the sweet death of near vacuum of outer space. -n/t lapfog_1 May 2018 #152
Glad there are so many Hitchhiker's Guide fans around here! oberliner May 2018 #166
"Epitaph on a Tyrant," by W. H. Auden, 1939 VOX May 2018 #52
The poets know. Hekate May 2018 #157
With apologies to W. Shakespeare Glorfindel May 2018 #53
"You sad, pathetic man, see where you've brought us to, Aristus May 2018 #55
Perfect. In_The_Wind May 2018 #58
Hi, I-T-W! Aristus May 2018 #60
Right back atcha, Aristus In_The_Wind May 2018 #62
When ill seed has been sown, so an ill crop will spring from it. (Njal's Saga, c.114) airmid May 2018 #56
"Life...is a tale told by an idiot, lunatica May 2018 #59
But I think the most likely reason of all mainstreetonce May 2018 #63
limerick NellieStarbuck May 2018 #66
Welcome to DU! red dog 1 May 2018 #91
Roses are red, violets are blue; and fuck you. Garrett78 May 2018 #67
This message was self-deleted by its author Plucketeer May 2018 #69
This message was self-deleted by its author Plucketeer May 2018 #71
Sir Walter Scott stevenleser May 2018 #70
Excellent! red dog 1 May 2018 #89
Thou shall not lie LakeArenal May 2018 #72
Does it say anything about coveting your own daughter? tclambert May 2018 #115
Ugh! Where has all the smiting gone? LakeArenal May 2018 #117
"Roses are red.. LudwigPastorius May 2018 #74
Mind if I complete that? red dog 1 May 2018 #92
Do music lyrics count? LiberalLovinLug May 2018 #75
the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe JustAnotherGen May 2018 #76
And there in the woods ploppy May 2018 #77
"The centre will not hold!" nt Atticus May 2018 #78
Our first president chopped down a cherry tree Soxfan58 May 2018 #80
How do I screw thee? lpbk2713 May 2018 #81
When you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs....then you will be c-rational May 2018 #82
Shakespeare: "Thou sodden-witted lord! Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows." malchickiwick May 2018 #84
+ 1000 red dog 1 May 2018 #93
Auden, maybe? Straw Man May 2018 #85
Here's a song instead: If I had the wings of an eagle. . . DinahMoeHum May 2018 #88
LOL red dog 1 May 2018 #99
Here Are a Couple Leith May 2018 #90
Oh, what a tangled head of weave, this man we elected to deceive. lame54 May 2018 #94
Here I sit broken hearted geardaddy May 2018 #97
His complexion is perfect gallows... Demsrule86 May 2018 #100
There once was a lad would could pucker........... Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2018 #101
Humpty Dumpty Freethinker65 May 2018 #102
Oh Celia Celia Celia GaryCnf May 2018 #104
I sing of olaf glad and big TallMike May 2018 #105
An immediate reaction to our current commander-in-chief, in hopes it will all be over soon kskiska May 2018 #106
The Mask of Evil marlakay May 2018 #107
Can I post a song lyric instead? muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #108
Ozymandias By Percy Bysshe Shelley vlyons May 2018 #109
Another good one. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #116
"I am determined to be a villain..." First Speaker May 2018 #110
mene mene tekel vlyons May 2018 #111
Kahlil Gibran green917 May 2018 #114
Red BlueTexasMan May 2018 #118
Richard III SleeplessinSoCal May 2018 #119
oh ok rtracey May 2018 #120
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile. mia May 2018 #121
Robert Burns, "A parcel of rogues" Fortinbras Armstrong May 2018 #122
Everything Shakespeare wrote was pure poetry. Nitram May 2018 #124
How about a whole poem? Auden's "Epitaph on a Tyrant" QC May 2018 #125
This one will be appropriate when Trump dies (I also want to use it at Cheney's death) Fortinbras Armstrong May 2018 #126
"Have you seen the bigger piggies In their starched white shirts..." FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #127
something wicked this way comes. Kurt V. May 2018 #128
Good one! red dog 1 May 2018 #133
"O what a tangled web we tweet, when we lie in every tweet, each and every day of the week!" usaf-vet May 2018 #129
Ahem... gay texan May 2018 #130
----- Onyrleft May 2018 #132
Joseph Heller, "Catch-22" Lady_Chat May 2018 #134
Auden BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #136
The Peace of Wild Things - Wendell Berry Nay May 2018 #137
Speaking of hope for better times: Jefferson on the "Reign of Witches" Lady_Chat May 2018 #140
I think this was after the passage of the Alien and Sedition Act... Hekate May 2018 #159
This Hekate May 2018 #158
Great thread! I love DUers! lunatica May 2018 #139
Shakespeare would have lambasted Trump Generic Other May 2018 #141
I'd rather not dignify him... malthaussen May 2018 #142
Trump and Putin sitting in a tree Uncle Joe May 2018 #143
You're welcome red dog 1 May 2018 #176
"Don't let it bring you down; it's only castles burning." Chemisse May 2018 #144
DUMP IS A TRAITOROUS DOUCHE BAG. AZ8theist May 2018 #145
Nevermore sorcrow May 2018 #146
out out damn spot samnsara May 2018 #147
This message was self-deleted by its author Texin May 2018 #148
"To live outside the law, you must be honest." Bob Dylan ancianita May 2018 #149
My Contribution ... kooth May 2018 #150
The Stalin Epigram by Osip Mandelstam janterry May 2018 #153
Here I sit Broken Hearted.... jpak May 2018 #154
Verse 3 from Robert Burns "A Man's A Man" DownFromTheMountain May 2018 #155
Fuck You Rump. That is all. Kirk Lover May 2018 #161
Hey hi - why don't you lie? ooky May 2018 #162
A collaboration from Hekate and 3cat - 3catwoman3 May 2018 #163
I'm not a poetry person, but I know show tunes MurrayDelph May 2018 #164
My own, a haiku icymist May 2018 #165
O hideous little bat, the size of snot Marthe48 May 2018 #168
Sir Walter Scott demigoddess May 2018 #169
Me tazkcmo May 2018 #170
The Walrus and the Carpenter - Lewis Carroll Bozvotros May 2018 #171
The Second Coming - Yeats AnnieBW May 2018 #172
From Willie The Shake The Wizard May 2018 #175
The Bard has much to say about the likes of Trump Hekate May 2018 #179
From "The Race" by Owen Pallenberg red dog 1 May 2018 #177
"We are the greatest city, the greatest nation: nothing like us ever was." alfredo May 2018 #180
Roses are red, violets are blue, Trump is orange and soon impeached too! NCLefty Sep 2019 #181
Yes we do! red dog 1 Sep 2019 #182
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