Trumps explains his growing incoherence as a rhetorical “weave.” German poet Heine provides a response in “The Weavers.”
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Heine’s Weavers vs. Trump’s Weave
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Silko and Trump on Weaving
In response to Trump’s defense that his rambling is verbal weaving, I look at applicable weaving imagery in Silko’s novel “Ceremony.”
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Poet Hart Crane on Forgetting
Crane’s poem “Forgetfulness” captures the ambiguity of this mental state.
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My Father Moved through Dooms of War
My father’s recollections of the D Day beaches influenced his poetry.
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