Calvin Trillin

Verse Columnist

Calvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

McCain McCain

So now comes forward John McCain,
A high-tech version of Gawain
When with his steed, a Navy plane.
He says he's forming his campaign

Jan 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division

In every century, it seems,
The Constitution's put to test.
Important questions must be asked,
And ours is, "Did he touch her breast?"

Dec 24, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Breakthrough in Biology Breakthrough in Biology

They now know how
To clone a cow.
The corollary
Is pretty scary.

Dec 17, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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