Category Archives: Politics



Sooner or Later

When I was young,
I wondered:
“What’s the point? We’re gonna die.”
School, marriage, kids, sweat, Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Politics, Religion

Compromised Virtue

What, when two folks can’t agree, must they do?
Easy! Negotiate a compromise.
Each party gives up a bit—thus they woo
Settlement—solomonically wise. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics

Politics

Face it, “occasional” poems suck—the Queen’s
Birthday, the Prince’s new-born child, triumph
At the Battle of This or That—pralines,
Candied words, trivial verse, crud-lumps— Continue reading →

Posted in Local Color, Politics, Today's News

Whassup? Haiku

Administration Change

Inauguration:
My whole life, I never saw
So gross a tsimmis. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Several Short Poems, War

Haiku: Economic Politics

Grave business, blue-black!
Cut slack, print money, thrust back—
Way to skin a cat!

Rod Blagojevich
Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Politics, Several Short Poems

American Election—2008

Nothing so abrades the soul, overheats
The fragile texture of our blooded flesh,
As an election. For two years, the bleats
Of candidates provoke, obscure, enmesh— Continue reading →

Posted in Politics