Fukiu serves as Poet Laureate for the Trump Administration. We present "Inaugural Haiku." The true Poet Laureate of the USA is Tracy K. Smith. Donald Trump (who acts as US President) chose to not include a poem in his inaugural ceremony.
Smith won the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 work Life On Mars. Critics note that her writing virtually transports you to another dimension, then returns you to basecamp with a new perspective. An alternate Fukiuniverse, if you will... An excerpt: Perhaps the great error is believing we’re alone, That the others have come and gone — a momentary blip -- When all along, space might be choc-full of traffic, Bursting at the seams with energy we neither feel Nor see, flush against us, living, dying, deciding... The poet was California raised but has Alabama roots. Her university affiliations include Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and other top-tier institutions. Learn more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_K._Smith.
Dear reader, what do you value? What is truly overrated? And what is underrated?
The following fukiu haiku cartoons respond to Donald Trump's assertion that Meryl Streep is "overrated." - Department of Fukiu |
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