Bard of the Deal: The Poetry of Donald Trump
By (Author) Hart Seely
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperPaperbacks
25th January 2016
United States
General
Non Fiction
Politics and government
Humour
Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction
811.6
224
Width 135mm, Height 203mm, Spine 13mm
172g
From award-winning reporter and author of Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld comes this collection of poems mined from the interviews, speeches, and tweets of Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
The Vicious Ones
I was attacked viciously
By those women,
Of course, it's very hard for them
To attack me on looks,
Because I'm so good looking.
But I was attacked very viciously
By those women.
--August 9, 2015, NBCs Meet the Press
Straight from the mouth of the Donald himself, this treasury of spoken poetrynot a word is changedhas been culled from nearly 30 years of interviews, speeches, tweets, and ramblings fromPresident-elect and billionaire Donald Trump. Since the 1980s, Trump has built his verses like his casinos, using only the highest quality words and phrases, regardless of cost. Hes run a real estate empire, achieved a net worth of ten billion dollars, scripted best-sellers, and starred in the top-rated TV show The Apprentice. Like a colossus, he bestrides the cultural world as if it were the bottle-strewn boardwalk of Atlantic City.
But until now, Trumps poetrydelivered spontaneously in moments of enduring clarityhas gone unnoticed, (making it the only aspect of Trump to be that way.) On a regular basis, The Donald speaks, tweets and hollers his versesalways without the needless restrictions of political correctness and grammar... because among world class poets, there dont be no grammar, there only be truth... big time!
Whether youre a Trump debunker or admirer, The Bard of the Deal will delight, shock, and entertain you. So prepare to be Trumped by the ten billion dollar poetry of the ten billion dollar bard. This is the art of the poem.
Hart Seely is an award-winning reporter and humorist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, National Lampoon, and Slate, and on National Public Radio. In addition to editing Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld and O Holy Cow!; The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto, Hart has authored and coauthored several other books including, most recently, his memoir The Juju Rules: Or, How to Win Ballgames from Your Couch. He lives in Syracuse, New York.