诗人特朗普
Donald Trump的身份有很多:Trump the President, Trump the CEO, Trump the TV Mogul, Trump the Family Man。他自己可能都不知道,他还是位诗人,Trump the Poet。
在墨尔本机场的书店,发现一本奇书:The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump, 我心想Trump还是个文艺青年?
看了介绍后才知道这书不是他写的,是“别有用心”的人把他说的话东拼西凑成一首诗。书的封面上此地无银三百两式地写着:strictly Unauthorized
作者Rob Sear在Editor's Notes的开头说:
It is a little known alternative fact that the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, has long been a remarkable poet. This book aims to redress this oversight on the part of the literary world, and showcase his finest and most revealing words in a previously unseen form. Whether discoursing on politics, walls, gender issues or his own excellent genes, Trump's poems are nothing if not beautifu. Terrific, in fact. Amazing. And they reveal a sensitive and shyly artistic side to Trump that may prompt a reappraisal of the man even among his critics.
读到这里,我想:确定这不是高端黑吗?!东拼西凑替Trump写诗,然后还夸它是“nothing if not beautiful” "Terrific" "Amazing"
I predicted Apple’s stock fall
I will build a great, great wall
I build buildings that are are 94 storeys tall
My hands aren’t — are they small?
我曾说苹果要倒
我要把那墙修高
我盖过94层的楼
我的手,也不小
和习大大的“聊天记录”加上推文也成了诗:
China is going to complete 59 new theme parks by 2020
We've just fired 59 missiles
Fireworks!
中国要修建59座公园
美国发射过59枚导弹
烟火一样美丽!
《经济学人》曾讨论过Trump的语言风格,尽管很多人嘲笑他的英文,但是我们不得不承认他的语言风格是他取得成功的重要因素。Trump的语言特点是简单易懂,善用反复,作者根据这个特点帮他拼了首“My two favorite words":
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
You're hereby terminated.
通过反复的修辞手法把读者带进一场交响乐,在到达高潮(crescendo)的时候,突然停下来: You're hereby teminated. 隽永、耐人,余音绕梁
作者还把Trump比作当代的松尾芭蕉(a modern day of Basho),俳句(haiku)像导弹一样精准直指内心(all hit their targets like laser-guided Paveway missles)。例如这首写奥巴马的:
Is not who you think
The worst ever president
Founder of ISIS
俳句的特点是由17字音以5-7-5的方式组合,作者真是费心了。再看一首写普京的:
Is a strong leader
Said "Trump is a genius"
Highly respected
我最喜欢的是最后一首You have to be everything,读完还有些感动呢。你也来感受一下:
你觉得怎么样呢?
要不要也写一首和Trump“尬诗”?
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