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In reply to the discussion: Post a line of poetry that is appropriate for our current Commander-in-Chief [View all]TallMike
(161 posts)105. I sing of olaf glad and big
whose warmest heart recoiled at war
a conscientious object-or
been my fave since I was but a wee lad.
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Post a line of poetry that is appropriate for our current Commander-in-Chief [View all]
red dog 1
May 2018
OP
Absolutely. There's a whole beautiful poem already written about this bastard.
Dave Starsky
May 2018
#98
Was actually hoping someone else would oblige. My first thought was actually from TS Eliot...
Hekate
May 2018
#40
I wrote a limerick about him back in November, 2016 - right after he stole the presidency
red dog 1
May 2018
#29
". . .and miles to go before [this asshole is gone and] I [can] sleep." n/t
Stargleamer
May 2018
#31
The best lack all conviction while the worst/ are full of passionate intensity.
tclambert
May 2018
#112
guaranteed to make one wish for the sweet death of near vacuum of outer space. -n/t
lapfog_1
May 2018
#152
When ill seed has been sown, so an ill crop will spring from it. (Njal's Saga, c.114)
airmid
May 2018
#56
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
An immediate reaction to our current commander-in-chief, in hopes it will all be over soon
kskiska
May 2018
#106
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
"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