Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Saturday, April 18, 2020

END the LOCKDOWN Tanka

Thirty-Third Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary written in response to CBC News: Trump tweets support for 'responsible' protesters

END the LOCKDOWN ...
protesters choke the streets
with their cars 
blocking ambulances 
from reaching the hospital

PoemHunter, April 18 2020

Note: This tanka could be read a sequel to the seventeenth entry, April Fools' Day, written in response to the March 29 tweet, "President Trump is a ratings hit." posted by CovidiotInChief, Donald Trump

We're doing great ...
goose-stepping Covidiots
OutTrump one another