Laurinda Lind | Presidential Headlines Scrambled 14 Ways, with Partial News Reports | Poets Resist

Laurinda Lind lives in New York’s North Country. Some poetry publications/ acceptances are in Another Chicago Magazine, Blue Earth Review, Blueline, Comstock Review, Constellations, Great Lakes Review, Main Street Rag, Paterson Literary Review, and Ship of Fools; also anthologies Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan (New Rivers Press) and AFTERMATH: Explorations of Loss and Grief (Radix Media).

Also by Laurinda Lind: Two Poems Symptoms Downfall

Poets Resist
Edited by Asante Keron Hamid
November 26, 2018

Laurinda Lind

Presidential Headlines Scrambled 14 Ways, with Partial News Reports

Anagrams of “President Trump” Strident Pumper until he tried the same power handshake with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had practiced for it and successfully resisted Reprint Stumped the administration’s refusal to advertise Obamacare enrollment deadlines has Need Primp Strut but many commentators saw this as overdressing for a visit to the disaster in Puerto Rico Rim Putt Spender taking even more frequent golf vacations than former president George W. Rented Pimp Rust observer who came up with a creative way to describe the formerly orange hairdo Erred Pimp Stunt confided on the tape made in the limo, “I moved on her like a bitch” Mrs. Erupted Print war of words between wives #1 and #3 Treed Pimp Turns denied allegations of sex with underage Deter Primp Nuts but a strong wind defeated the carefully-coifed couple Deter, Snip Trump aide, referring to a secret Congressional backup plan Reprinted Stump learn that her speech was plagiarized from a previous speech delivered by Michelle Temped Strip Run third wife had also posed in the nude in photos still findable via Google Print Termed Pus continually attacking mainstream media outlets as fake news Tit Rump Spender at his lavish wedding reportedly explained to Howard Stern, “Pussy is expensive.”

This poem’s “headlines” use the words “President Trump” in anagram form, with made-up excerpts from factually-based news stories.