Kamala Harris giving a speechPoems Based on Kamala Harris Speeches, by Jeff Kemper The Society November 15, 2023 Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . Assorted Sonic Salads (i.e., Kamalisms) being the first installment of a repository of wisdom from the Vice President of the United States of America. Edited by Jeff Kemper . Space! Exciting insight cited from a speech at the Vandenburg Space Force Base in Vandenburg, CA on 18 April 2022 Space is exciting For all our flighting Imaginations it spurs. And big questions it confers. Space! It affects us all, And it connects us all! . Work Together! from Paris on 12 November 2021 Today we must, indeed, together, Work together, this we must, To see just where we are and just Where we will soon be headed, whether Here or there, and beat the dust To where we’re going, and our vision, Yes, our view of where we should be, But to see with great precision, See it as a moment, could we, Yes, together, face the stress? These challenges we must address! . Culture the definitely definitive definition of culture; orated at the 2023 Essence Festival of Culture, June 2023 So, culture is reflection—am I right?— Of this, our moment, and of our own time. And present culture is the way we might Express our feeling of the moment. I’m So very sure that we should always find The times to then express our feeling—how We feel about the moment. Bear in mind It’s a reflection of that joy that—wow!— Comes in the morning. [chuckle, chuckle, chuck] We have to find how to express the way We feel about the moment, not get stuck, But having language and connection, say, To how the folks experience life’s brew. This is the way I think about it, too. . . Jeff Kemper has been a biology teacher, biblical studies instructor, editor, and painting contractor. He lives in York County, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Trending now: 31 Responses Roy Eugene Peterson November 15, 2023 And to think she is next in line to become president! The non sequiturs and discombobulated speech patterns certainly are “much ado about nothing.” The profundity of idiots is profound and yet unfounded! LOL. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 And “LOL” is the perfect analysis of Lady Kamala. Reply James Sale November 15, 2023 Quite, quite brilliant: I love it. You capture the inanity, the moronic vacancy with aplomb, precision and wit: heck, you should be doing the Poet’s Inaugural Address next time round – that would be some real fun! Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Thanks, James. I just paraphrased the master! Reply Joseph S. Salemi November 15, 2023 Harris is the epitome of brain-dead, emotion-driven liberalism. The fact that she can’t stop laughing indicates some kind or neuro-cerebral disorder. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Ya think! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Reply ABB November 15, 2023 Thank you for making (or discovering, rather) this important contribution to the English language. May the Kamalism be remembered and imitated for centuries wherever buffoons are inspiring literary anti-wisdom. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 I think half of American citizens (and many more who will not admit it in public) have jointly discovered this startling phenomenon. The entire English-speaking world ought to be practicing this new art form. I’m doing my part to memorialize it. Reply Cynthia Erlandson November 15, 2023 We are the hollow women, “headpiece filled with straw”! Jeff, I was laughing out loud at the creative way you reproduce (yet poetrically!) the emptiness — her abuse of words to say nothing! Reply Jeff Kemper December 21, 2023 Thank you, Cynthia. Sorry for the late response. The hollow women, plural? An apt quote, indeed! I’m wondering, whom else might you include in Kamala’s elite company? Reply Margaret Coats November 15, 2023 A marvelous concept, Jeff. It is difficult to depict a combination of ignorance and thoughtlessness, but you have managed it here, reproducing the ordinary flow of ideas in this speaker’s now well-known style. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Thank you, Margaret. I slaved for hours on end to get these right. That was a lie, since there was very little to get right. I have gathered a collection of 30 Kamalisms to work on in my spare time when I feel like not thinking, of which I’ve completed about eight. And there is more than a year to collect more, and, God forbid, possibly four years worth beyond that! Reply Norma Pain November 15, 2023 Kamala Harris certainly has a lot of words to say about nothing in particular and laughs her way through it all. She is just peachy. Thank you for these poems Jeff. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 You’re welcome, Norma. “Peachy,” huh? I think that would be a wonderful way to actively appreciate her, instead of being caught up in embarrassment, disgust, anger, and mockery. Perhaps, after her political carreer is over, she’ll give us more to chew on, say, on CNN or another wacko media outlet. The possibil;ities are endless and peachy. Reply Cheryl Corey November 15, 2023 Love how you went from chuckle to chuck. Reply C.B. Anderson November 15, 2023 It’s the sound that a chicken makes, Cheryl, though it’s usually rendered: cluckle cluckle cluck. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 I think in that Kamalism that is where she actually did laugh. Reply C.B. Anderson November 15, 2023 I hope, Jeff, that wrapping your mind around the words of such an inane person didn’t cause you any lasting brain damage. These poems were not parodies — they were just too damn true to life to be that. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 You’re correct, C.B.; they are poetic paraphrases. As to the extent of brain damage I have incurred, I’m old enough that people will attribute it to aging. And besides, they were fun to write, so that is worth the brain damage. Reply Susan Jarvis Bryant November 15, 2023 Jeff, I love these… you have managed to create engaging poems from downright drivel and make this reader laugh while admiring your humor and creative talent – a unique feat! Very well done indeed! Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Thank you, Susan. I plan to extend my collection. It’s great fun. Reply Joshua C. Frank November 16, 2023 It’s really difficult to make fun of nonsense well, without sounding as if you’re the nonsense-spouting speaker. Well done. Without the title, I would have thought you were making fun of a lot of the free verse I’ve seen. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Thanks, Joshua. Actually I’ve been thinking about parodying free verse but have no idea how to do it. Most free verse I’ve read parodies itself. Reply Joshua C. Frank November 17, 2023 Here are a few examples: https://classicalpoets.org/2020/03/23/if-a-contemporary-free-verse-poet-wrote-a-sonnet-a-poem-and-brief-essay/ https://classicalpoets.org/2023/03/21/how-to-write-contemporary-poetry-and-brush-up-your-shakespeare-by-brian-yapko/ https://classicalpoets.org/2021/04/14/how-to-write-a-formal-poem-that-doesnt-seem-like-one-and-other-poetry-by-c-b-anderson/ Geoffrey Smagacz November 16, 2023 The only thing I like about Harris is her laugh. Despite its being oddly inappropriate, it’s hearty and infectious. She makes me laugh. Reply Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Yes, she’s quite engaging with her laugh. The Biden-Harris duo is one of the funniest comedic acts I’ve seen. Reply Mia November 20, 2023 I congratulate you in being able to write good poems from word salad! I have been tinkering with two poems on the same subject, and although rather good at word salads myself, the poetry lets me down. Perhaps a challenge on word salad poems may be in order, what do you think? Reply Jeff Kemper November 23, 2023 Thank you, Mia. That’s a good idea. Reply Sally Cook November 25, 2023 Jeff, I have always been a devotee of skunks, but recently realized I had no idea what their speech patterns were, let alone the basics of their language. Put a friend on it, a good researcher – and he came up with a recording of a short skunk speech. It goes like this: Four snuffles followed by an “arf” You have helped me immensely in my poetic endeavors. Can’t thank you enough, ha ha. Reply Jeff Kemper December 21, 2023 Glad I could be of some help! He, he, he, he, he! You wouldn’t be making some kind of comparison, would you? Reply Flodis July 24, 2024 Yoda from Start Wars would be proud. Mastering it yet, she does not do. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. 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Roy Eugene Peterson November 15, 2023 And to think she is next in line to become president! The non sequiturs and discombobulated speech patterns certainly are “much ado about nothing.” The profundity of idiots is profound and yet unfounded! LOL. Reply
James Sale November 15, 2023 Quite, quite brilliant: I love it. You capture the inanity, the moronic vacancy with aplomb, precision and wit: heck, you should be doing the Poet’s Inaugural Address next time round – that would be some real fun! Reply
Joseph S. Salemi November 15, 2023 Harris is the epitome of brain-dead, emotion-driven liberalism. The fact that she can’t stop laughing indicates some kind or neuro-cerebral disorder. Reply
ABB November 15, 2023 Thank you for making (or discovering, rather) this important contribution to the English language. May the Kamalism be remembered and imitated for centuries wherever buffoons are inspiring literary anti-wisdom. Reply
Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 I think half of American citizens (and many more who will not admit it in public) have jointly discovered this startling phenomenon. The entire English-speaking world ought to be practicing this new art form. I’m doing my part to memorialize it. Reply
Cynthia Erlandson November 15, 2023 We are the hollow women, “headpiece filled with straw”! Jeff, I was laughing out loud at the creative way you reproduce (yet poetrically!) the emptiness — her abuse of words to say nothing! Reply
Jeff Kemper December 21, 2023 Thank you, Cynthia. Sorry for the late response. The hollow women, plural? An apt quote, indeed! I’m wondering, whom else might you include in Kamala’s elite company? Reply
Margaret Coats November 15, 2023 A marvelous concept, Jeff. It is difficult to depict a combination of ignorance and thoughtlessness, but you have managed it here, reproducing the ordinary flow of ideas in this speaker’s now well-known style. Reply
Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Thank you, Margaret. I slaved for hours on end to get these right. That was a lie, since there was very little to get right. I have gathered a collection of 30 Kamalisms to work on in my spare time when I feel like not thinking, of which I’ve completed about eight. And there is more than a year to collect more, and, God forbid, possibly four years worth beyond that! Reply
Norma Pain November 15, 2023 Kamala Harris certainly has a lot of words to say about nothing in particular and laughs her way through it all. She is just peachy. Thank you for these poems Jeff. Reply
Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 You’re welcome, Norma. “Peachy,” huh? I think that would be a wonderful way to actively appreciate her, instead of being caught up in embarrassment, disgust, anger, and mockery. Perhaps, after her political carreer is over, she’ll give us more to chew on, say, on CNN or another wacko media outlet. The possibil;ities are endless and peachy. Reply
C.B. Anderson November 15, 2023 It’s the sound that a chicken makes, Cheryl, though it’s usually rendered: cluckle cluckle cluck. Reply
C.B. Anderson November 15, 2023 I hope, Jeff, that wrapping your mind around the words of such an inane person didn’t cause you any lasting brain damage. These poems were not parodies — they were just too damn true to life to be that. Reply
Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 You’re correct, C.B.; they are poetic paraphrases. As to the extent of brain damage I have incurred, I’m old enough that people will attribute it to aging. And besides, they were fun to write, so that is worth the brain damage. Reply
Susan Jarvis Bryant November 15, 2023 Jeff, I love these… you have managed to create engaging poems from downright drivel and make this reader laugh while admiring your humor and creative talent – a unique feat! Very well done indeed! Reply
Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Thank you, Susan. I plan to extend my collection. It’s great fun. Reply
Joshua C. Frank November 16, 2023 It’s really difficult to make fun of nonsense well, without sounding as if you’re the nonsense-spouting speaker. Well done. Without the title, I would have thought you were making fun of a lot of the free verse I’ve seen. Reply
Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Thanks, Joshua. Actually I’ve been thinking about parodying free verse but have no idea how to do it. Most free verse I’ve read parodies itself. Reply
Joshua C. Frank November 17, 2023 Here are a few examples: https://classicalpoets.org/2020/03/23/if-a-contemporary-free-verse-poet-wrote-a-sonnet-a-poem-and-brief-essay/ https://classicalpoets.org/2023/03/21/how-to-write-contemporary-poetry-and-brush-up-your-shakespeare-by-brian-yapko/ https://classicalpoets.org/2021/04/14/how-to-write-a-formal-poem-that-doesnt-seem-like-one-and-other-poetry-by-c-b-anderson/
Geoffrey Smagacz November 16, 2023 The only thing I like about Harris is her laugh. Despite its being oddly inappropriate, it’s hearty and infectious. She makes me laugh. Reply
Jeff Kemper November 17, 2023 Yes, she’s quite engaging with her laugh. The Biden-Harris duo is one of the funniest comedic acts I’ve seen. Reply
Mia November 20, 2023 I congratulate you in being able to write good poems from word salad! I have been tinkering with two poems on the same subject, and although rather good at word salads myself, the poetry lets me down. Perhaps a challenge on word salad poems may be in order, what do you think? Reply
Sally Cook November 25, 2023 Jeff, I have always been a devotee of skunks, but recently realized I had no idea what their speech patterns were, let alone the basics of their language. Put a friend on it, a good researcher – and he came up with a recording of a short skunk speech. It goes like this: Four snuffles followed by an “arf” You have helped me immensely in my poetic endeavors. Can’t thank you enough, ha ha. Reply
Jeff Kemper December 21, 2023 Glad I could be of some help! He, he, he, he, he! You wouldn’t be making some kind of comparison, would you? Reply