Deadline Poet

Calvin Trillin

I think I'd rather not belong

At this point to the Falun Gong.

The exercises don't look easy,

And doing them might make me queasy

Calvin Trillin

Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate (Healthcare Policy)

The single-payer system, it was said,
Has faults that go beyond the fact it's Red:
If any faceless bureaucrat decreed
That surgery the doctor says you need

Calvin Trillin

The Wreck of the Primary Campaign (Presidential Election 2000, Parties, Politics)

(A Republican Sea Chantey)

Calvin Trillin

On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell (Politics)

If Webster Hubbell
Is out of trouble,
The end for Starr
Cannot be far.
We hope these guys
Live peaceful lives
With little fuss--

Calvin Trillin

Advise and Consent (Politics)

So Holbrooke says he's sorry, though for what is not quite clear.
And Helms now says that Dick will get the post.
An envoy must do many deeds to forge a bright career.

Calvin Trillin

The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates (Presidential Election 2000, Conservatives and the American Right, Politics)

Completely confident, they know that--fair
And square, on issues--they'll defeat George Bush.
But still, where is that famous picture where

Calvin Trillin

Progress in the Kosovo Talks (George W. Bush, Regions and Countries)

Could settlement and peace both come before
Young Bush finds a position on the war?

Calvin Trillin

Wall Street Analysts Do a Cautious Reassessment of Technology Offerings (Business)

Perhaps one shouldn't simply glom
On any stock that ends ".com"--
Except it's hard to tell just which
Of them will make you filthy rich.

Calvin Trillin