Pieces of Intelligence
The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2010
128 pages
978-0-7432-5869-2 (ISBN)
Description
Donald Rumsfeld is not just a two-time Secretary of Defence, former CEO, former White House Chief of Staff, and the most outspoken and forceful civilian military leader in recent American history. He is also, intentionally or not, a poet. At last, the ubiquitous and at times unintelligible U.S. Secretary of Defence has been deciphered by humorist Hart Seely, who found that the rambling raconteur is best understood when set in verse. Seely uncovers zen poems and lyrics, haikus and sonnets and has plucked the golden apples from 'D.H.' Rumsfeld's tree to present over 100 hilarious gems drawn from Rummy's public statements. Whether you love him or hate him, they're irresistible.
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know we don't know.
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know we don't know.
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Compiled and Edited by Hart Seely
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 War is Peace
- II Three Haiku
- III East is East and West is West, but in Private Conversations, They're Really Behind Us.
- IV A Rose is a Rose, Unless the President Says Otherwise
- V Nine Poems on the Media
- VI Because I Could Not Stop for Death, He Kindly Stopped for Saddam: Free Verse
- VII Songs of Myself
