[Vision2020] The Rime of the Ancient Candidate

[lfalen]

I missed the citation. I thought we had a budding poet in our midst. Coldrige's "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" is one of my favorites
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:10:24 -0700
To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Rime of the Ancient Candidate

> Roger -
> 
> I have a hard enough time getting water to boil.
> 
> This poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Candidate", was written by Calvin 
> Trillin (just like my posting cited).  He writes poems for The Nation 
> magazine.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> > Tom
> > Not bad. If you actually wrote that you should change professions.
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
> > Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:46:32 -0700
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] The Rime of the Ancient Candidate
> > 
> > > "The Rime of the Ancient Candidate"
> > > By Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet
> > > 
> > > You'd know at once that I am not
> > > Some liberal elitist.
> > > I'm just a beer and burger guy
> > > Who finds a cookout neatest.
> > > 
> > > Unlike Barack, I wouldn't eat
> > > Arugula instead.
> > > So what if I'm a little long
> > > On spots to lay my head.
> > > 
> > > Houses, houses everywhere,
> > > Not one of them a shack -
> > > So many it's not strange I have
> > > Some trouble keeping track.
> > > 
> > > Houses, houses everywhere -
> > > Abodes in the amount
> > > No short-term memory's involved
> > > In failing to keep count.
> > > 
> > > To folks who fear they'll lose a home
> > > As mortgage markets swerve,
> > > I have some practical advice:
> > > Keep six more in reserve.
> > > 
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > > 
> > > Tom Hansen
> > > Moscow, Idaho
> > >  
> > > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The 
> college 
> > > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> > > 
> > > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> > > 
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> 
> "Jesus was a community organizer and Poncius Pilate was a governor."
> 
> - Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8, 2008)
> 
> ----
> 
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> 
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> 
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