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Send us your best poetry about the neverending presidential race

Now that the teams of Al Gore and George W. Bush have shifted the focus of the presidential race from the recounts to the courts, tell us what you think—write a haiku or limerick!

Readers’ Poetry:

All of the lies that I’m crafting Overshadow the laws that I’m drafting. But in 2001 When my two terms are done I’ll be free to go whitewater rafting.- Keith Gilman Unjust denouement! O.J. is to innocent as Bush to victor.- Bob UlrichLititz, PA Dangling bits of chad. Who did you vote for? Bush? Gore? Perhaps Buchanan- Scott and Roberta Freese Tallahassee, FL Guessing the intent. Laws made before are now bent. Calling in attorneys, Making Al look wormy. Gore is stale and spent! The campaigns have begun you will find But how can we make a choice of this kind The possibility’s endless One’s feckless, one’s friendless The words “rock” and “hard place” come to mind Gore walk like a man Crying time is done. You lose Talk the talk go home chad inspection week hanging, pregnant, swinging door shotgun wedding looms Butterfly ballots Voters’ wishes fly away Into Jeb Trashcans Seeking surplus to spend His tax cut Bush tries to defend. I’m getting quite bent At that top one percent They’ll get all the cash in the end. It’s Dubya’s turn at the bat. His supporters are scared he’ll fall flat. His grammar is criminal He can’t say subliminal He’d be better off as prez of his frat. We complain about Our choices in the voting Cherish the freedom politicians lie shaking hands and stabbing backs I refuse to vote

Poetry Definitions

hai·ku (hI’ kOO) Noun. plural: haiku. a Japanese poem or verse form, consisting of 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, often about nature or a season. [1895-1900; lim·er·ick (lim’ur•ik), noun a kind of humorous poem in which lines one, two and five rhyme, and lines three and four form a rhymed couplet. [1895-1900; Limerick, Ireland]

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Inspiration From Our Editors:

  • Classic Love Poems on the Web Love is only a click away The Favorite Poem Project Why are Americans mad for poetry? Poets Laureate of the United States Robert Penn Warren to Robert Pinsky Poets Laureate of England Edmund Spenser to Andrew Motion Handwriting, by Michael Ondaatje Selected Early Poems, by Charles Simic The Mercy: Poems, by Philip Levine

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TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

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Current Events This Week: January 2023

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The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

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  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales