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@BruceHolsinger, well-regarded historian and author of a couple of excellent mysteries starring John Gower, enlivened the day by inventing the...

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #1 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:50:31 -0500

That's what I get for sending everyone off to look at Twitter.

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Posted August 31, 2015 10:50 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #2 from Elliott Mason

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:00:42 -0500

I can wait for the Storify "good bits version". Because there's totally going to be one.

Like the one for #JunkOff twitter tag, where biologists were sharing photos of animal penises. (probably NSFW. Also hilarious)

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Posted August 31, 2015 11:00 PM by Elliott Mason

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #3 from Steve Halter

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:39:09 -0500

Wow. Whoa.Wow. Whoa.
Conditioner croaked Candidates cooked
Trump Trump Trump Trump

Rally and revel Really Rich am I
Mexican mafia border Guards Grumble
Trump Trump Trump Trump

Chinese Communists Capitalize our Capital
Taxes Taxes Tariffs Tariffs
Trump Trump Trump Trump

Rinse Repeat Repeat Rinse
Scary Scary Something Silly
Trump Trump Trump Trump

Eight Billion Bucks Listings are Listed
Evanka Evanka
Trump Trump Trump Trump

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Posted August 31, 2015 11:39 PM by Steve Halter

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #4 from Mary Frances

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:47:53 -0500

Twitter? What Twitter? I read "a couple of excellent mysteries starring John Gower" and headed straight to Amazon!

Then I went to Twitter.

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Posted August 31, 2015 11:47 PM by Mary Frances

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #5 from Avram

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:40:06 -0500

I guess Kevin and I were ahead of the curve.

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Posted September 1, 2015 1:40 AM by Avram

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #6 from Dave Luckett

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 03:30:13 -0500

Ill-met ink-slanderers, twisters of tongue-deeds,
Makers of murder on well-spoken words!
Came I with cause to the allthing of thane-folk
Spoke with assurance, though giving grim greeting,
Simple I said it, but scribes mote it madness,
Twisting and torturing sooth that I said.

This: That we witter while outlaws outrage us;
Criminals creep from the Romanish realm,
Sons of the south, sent by stealth, spring upon us,
Carrying crime as corrupting contagion,
Reiving and rapine, all brought as their bane.
Flung from their families, for reason of foulness.
Cast out by kindred, they break through our borders.

Bare are our boundaries, fenceless, unfortified,
Flooded our frontiers, our sentinels sleep.
Few of the foreign are worthy of welcome,
Most only merit removal and wrath.
Their chieftains are clever, concealing their cunning,
Hatred and handclasps they offer as one.
Such neighbors give need to the noblest of nations
For driving of direst and boldest of bargains;
My weird is to weave them. And weave them I will.

Borders I’ll build that will balk any breaker,
No less than lawful let in, by my leave.
Fortified frontiers, with watch wide-waking,
Warders and walls, just like a jail.

Fools in their folly speak words out of weakness,
Skaldir that slander me, lays that do libel,
Fell are my foemen, yet poor is their profit,
And lawsuits are laid for the breaking of bond.

So I have spoken, words wrought of wisdom,
Saying them so is the granting of greatness.
In all the nation, none shall negate them:
All of the aesir esteem my endeavor.

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Posted September 1, 2015 3:30 AM by Dave Luckett

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #7 from oldster

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:06:40 -0500

Dave, that is splendid, and far, far better than he deserves.

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Posted September 1, 2015 7:06 AM by oldster

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #8 from David Harmon

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:57:47 -0500

Dave Luckett #6: Indeed, impressive, and unnerving in that his position actually makes sense in genre... Indeed, many of our modern troubles come from leaders who think like tribal chieftans.

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Posted September 1, 2015 7:57 AM by David Harmon

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #9 from dotless ı

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 09:33:49 -0500

Dave Luckett@6: That's lovely; and, as David Harmon says, unnerving.

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Posted September 1, 2015 9:33 AM by dotless ı

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #10 from Steve Wright

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 09:37:24 -0500

:: bows in awe at Dave Luckett's skaldic skills ::

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Posted September 1, 2015 9:37 AM by Steve Wright

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #11 from Buddha Buck

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 09:43:02 -0500

Dave @6: I thought that was good, until I read it aloud to my partner. Then I thought it was great. Bravo!

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Posted September 1, 2015 9:43 AM by Buddha Buck

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #12 from Tony Zbaraschuk

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:17:46 -0500

Also bows in awe...

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Posted September 1, 2015 11:17 AM by Tony Zbaraschuk

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #13 from Sandy B.

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:54:42 -0500

*claps*

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Posted September 1, 2015 11:54 AM by Sandy B.

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #14 from Priscilla King

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:58:27 -0500

Lauding Luckett, bright-witted bard!

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Posted September 1, 2015 12:58 PM by Priscilla King

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #15 from lorax

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:49:01 -0500

I sincerely hope that someone has alerted the #BeowulfTrump followers to the existence of Dave Luckett's astonishing contribution. I'm in awe.

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Posted September 1, 2015 1:49 PM by lorax

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #16 from pericat

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:56:26 -0500

Luckett Loremaster, Weaver of wonders!

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Posted September 1, 2015 1:56 PM by pericat

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #17 from David MB

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:57:38 -0500

lorax at #15: One Susannah Davis has done so.

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Posted September 1, 2015 2:57 PM by David MB

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #18 from Steve C.

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:57:01 -0500

Does this make Megyn Kelly Grendel?

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Posted September 1, 2015 4:57 PM by Steve C.

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #19 from Dave Luckett

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 22:26:33 -0500

I am embarrassed. It was done in haste, and there's bits I would fix up. I'm glad it was enjoyed. What else is it for?

Thank you all. Made my week.

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Posted September 1, 2015 10:26 PM by Dave Luckett

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #20 from Dave Luckett

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 22:29:51 -0500

And Megyn Kelly as Grendel is an interesting idea...

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Posted September 1, 2015 10:29 PM by Dave Luckett

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #21 from beth meacham

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 09:30:20 -0500

my god, Dave, that's amazing.

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Posted September 2, 2015 9:30 AM by beth meacham

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #22 from Edmund Schweppe

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:18:24 -0500

Dave Luckett @6: That's awesome!

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Posted September 2, 2015 11:18 AM by Edmund Schweppe

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #23 from Fragano Ledgister

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:16:56 -0500

Dave Luckett #6:

Well may we say, of Trump the Clueless,
He was not worthy of such a scop.

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Posted September 2, 2015 6:16 PM by Fragano Ledgister

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #24 from Greg M.

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:13:42 -0500

Dave Luckett: PUBLICATION-WORTHY. Fantastic sneaky use of "witter." I'd say send it to the New Yorker, but they have no taste (having rejected at least 5 submissions.) But man, you should send that SOMEWHERE that pays.

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Posted September 2, 2015 7:13 PM by Greg M.

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #25 from Dave Luckett

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:04:09 -0500

Greg M @ 24:

Thank you. It's free verse, though.

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Posted September 2, 2015 9:04 PM by Dave Luckett

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #26 from Dave Luckett

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:07:49 -0500

Fragano, thank you. Your opinion of verse means a great deal.

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Posted September 2, 2015 9:07 PM by Dave Luckett

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #27 from Lori Coulson

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:25:28 -0500

*raises arms, bows in Dave Luckett's general direction*

"We are not worthy..."

That's the best laugh I've had all day!

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Posted September 2, 2015 9:25 PM by Lori Coulson

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #28 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:57:16 -0500

Thank you, thank you, Dave Luckett.

This thread has been a joy and consolation in what might otherwise have been a very depressing week.

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Posted September 7, 2015 6:57 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #29 from Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:59:20 -0500

Dave, that was outstanding. Very sorry I didn't notice it earlier!

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Posted September 7, 2015 6:59 PM by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #30 from Caldeiras Gaia

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 05:38:08 -0500

Great god, Dave, that's most impressive.

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Posted June 9, 2018 5:38 AM by Caldeiras Gaia

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #31 from SunflowerP sees probable spam

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:45:00 -0500

#30 is a first-time (by VAB) poster with a suspiciously commercial link in their username.

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Posted June 9, 2018 11:45 PM by SunflowerP sees probable spam

#BeowulfTrump -- comment #32 from Carrie S.

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:34:57 -0500

OTOH it's also a relevant comment, including correct name, about a previous item that is indeed most impressive. Might be a driveby but I think it gets the benefit of the doubt.

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Posted June 10, 2018 2:34 PM by Carrie S.