‘My Poetical Slip Is Showing’ (2015)

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We can all be just like T.S. Eliot!

It’s grey and wet and dreary again today–waddaya say to some poetry? Note I did not say “pottery.” We’re very careful about language around here!

My Poetical Slip is Showing

Political poetry has a long tradition in America, but you’d never know it from the grey and wet and dreary politics we have today.

Please, readers, feel free to share some of your own efforts at political poetry. The art needs updating.

A Bit of Political Poetry

This inspired piece of poetry came to me as I was riding my bike today. I am waiting to hear from the Nobel Prize Committee.

Our country would surely be cleaner

Without Mr. Anthony Weiner.

But secrets of State

Have wound up on his plate–

Poor Hillary! He’s gonna bean her!