A lippy leprechaun Obama
Stole the show in Honolulu's Scout-O-Rama
Demonstrating a change
From the home on the range
'Til alas sidestepped out by Hot Mama

Haiku break:


Should Americans
Reject politicians who're
Disagreeable?

Sorry to take an impolite turn, but no offense is meant. Just trying to come up with clever word play.

There once was a man named Bob Dole
He 's up there in age, the poor soul
ED ended sex
He lost his Flomax
The poor soul can't come and can't go


Edited for sake of improvement.

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No offense taken, jitterB. Hope the haiku held up. Back to politico-limericking:

The GOP Econo-Plan
Is perplexing to the common man
If rewarding Wall Street
For bankruptcies is neat
Shouldn't mom-&-pop shops get a hand?

Years ago a long-lost-&-forgotten girlfriend's five-year-old sister taught me lyrics to the following dandy doggerel about a handyman named Emmert, which after memorizing for 25 years I realize written down looks like a limerick:

When Emmert put the paper on the wall
He put the parlor paper in the hall
He papered up the stairs
He papered all the chairs
He papered all the windows great & small

Don't know enough about haiku to critique one way or the other. Keep 'em coming though. And limericks, too. Here one kinda lame,

There once was a guy name of Biden
Some thought that he went into hidin'
But you can just wait
Till the VP debate
It might be pretty excitin'

There once was a gal from Wasilla
Not Boston, Chicago or Philla
If the one John selected
Is actually elected
Just drown me in cold sassparilla

That last one left me speechless, JitterBug! Superior meter & variety.

Thanks, Jethro. You ain't no slacker. Keep 'em comin'.

T'was a man named Barack from Chicago
Whose knowledge was not very much cargo
How many states the US has?
The reporter would ask
He said 55 counting Fargo.

Ooow. WW found a crease and ran for a first down! Give theman credit. Good one WW (except for that cargo thingy. What's up with that?)

Here's one dedicated to WW:

Oh how could he play this cruel trick?
A little town mayor John did pick
And bad news comes faster
From the Alaska disaster
Turns out she's George Bush in lipstick!

How about a political sonnet......?

Last night Americans saw two men
Circling and jabbing as if they knew not
The country wants them to shake hands and then
Roll up their sleeves and fix our national rot
When our economy is considered shot
Red China sits back and enjoys the show
Verily you never know what you have got
Until you lose it and feel the woe
Maybe America long ago
Young and resilient could just bounce back
Without having to coordinate so
Effectively between a John and Barack
Perhaps Franklin knew what he was saying
If not united separately we shall hang

THE WINNER AND REIGNING CHAMPION, JETHRO BODINE!! Dude, you're way over my head. First haiku and now a sonnet!?! You been listening to Garrison Keillor? Or you a lit professor at State? Serious props to Jethro! Thanks. That was good.

Let's hear it for Jethro Bodine
He's read, but he's never been seen
I thought Granny and Jed
Were just in my head
And Jethro was just on old screens

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Here's the challenge. I'm going to post an unfinished limerick below. Each of you add your own last line according to political preference. We might get some different opinions, ya think? Give it your best punch line. Here goes:


There once was a VP debate
That kept a few voters up late
Silver-tongued Joe
Went toe to toe . . .