--- title: Australia's Clive Palmer: Mining Magnate, Politican... Poet? description: The Australian mining billionaire and former politician has gone viral for his stream of poetry on Twitter canonical: https://time.com/4701827/australia-cilve-palmer-poetry-twitter/ author: Kevin Lui article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-15T04:37:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:55.017Z og:title: Australian Trump Is Tweeting Original Poetry and the Internet Is Baffled og:description: Clive Palmer has delighted and baffled the Internet with his verses on food and life og:url: https://time.com/4701827/australia-cilve-palmer-poetry-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7128c4e6ed60d0f4/6988be69656a3f1bb5bcf275/gettyimages-528020648.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Canberra Reacts To The 2016 Federal Budget Release og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Australian Trump Is Tweeting Original Poetry and the Internet Is Baffled twitter:description: Clive Palmer has delighted and baffled the Internet with his verses on food and life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7128c4e6ed60d0f4/6988be69656a3f1bb5bcf275/gettyimages-528020648.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Australia's Donald Trump Is Tweeting Original Poetry and the Internet Is Baffled > Sponsored content. 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Stefan Postles—Getty Images by [Kevin Lui](https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Mar 15, 2017 4:37 AM UTC The U.S. isn’t the only country that has seen an outspoken billionaire with a prolific Twitter account enter politics in recent years. Australia’s Clive Palmer, a mining magnate turned politician known for [planning](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Titanic-II-a-ship-of-peace/) to replicate the _Titanic_ in 2013, [calling the](http://time.com/3142282/china-chinese-government-bastards-clive-palmer-australia/) Chinese government “bastards,” and wanting to open a [dinosaur-themed park,](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/01/australian-mogul-wants-to-open-giant-dinosaur-park-in-australia/) is back in the spotlight for a series of poetic tweets. Palmer, who left politics in 2016 after serving for three years, has delighted and baffled the Internet with his verses that focus mainly on food, but at times offer up a life lesson or two. > [](https://twitter.com/CliveFPalmer/status/839621932450369536) > [](https://twitter.com/CliveFPalmer/status/833551162519347200) > [](https://twitter.com/CliveFPalmer/status/838839877043040256) > [](https://twitter.com/CliveFPalmer/status/838340596502683648) > [](https://twitter.com/CliveFPalmer/status/839431363023380481) Palmer [told Fairfax Media](http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/you-think-clive-palmers-tim-tam-tweets-are-strange-he-says-its-poetry-20170307-gus8ci.html) that his musings on food were due to a recent diet. “When you’re on a diet you think about food a lot, and poetry sort of comes from within you,” he said. Although, he can’t explain his approach to the rest of his lines. “Poetry doesn’t really have a meaning,” he said. As expected, the Aussie Internet has been having a field day. > [](https://twitter.com/ali%5F%5Flouise%5F%5F/status/838840316731928576) > [](https://twitter.com/t%5Fmiddo/status/838576445186162688) > [](https://twitter.com/macleanbrendan/status/833554450258079744) Palmer, who has been likened to Donald Trump for his “Make Australia Great Again” [tweet](https://twitter.com/CliveFPalmer/status/825183102964166656) and [comments](https://twitter.com/CliveFPalmer/status/826726054844731392) on the media, has had his poetry [read aloud](https://www.facebook.com/Nebulor/videos/1246708708739640/?fallback=1) by Australian YouTube comedian Lewis Spears. 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