Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — Which, if any, will still be remembered by the 21st Century? —
2. — You like my poems? So pay for them —
3. — ‘Twas a Christmas Poem Whodunit —
4. — Salute to John Lennon —
5. — Eminent poets sometimes write poems to please children. Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) succeeded, with poems that are short, funny, well-rhymed and respectful of the reader’s intelligence —
6. — Webster U. to launch publishing unit —

I wasn’t aware that the US is having a “Toy Transformer Robots” crisis.

Well the President has officially established a dictatorship. Good one. At least someone in Congress is speaking out. The speech is about the Protect America Act but also shows how Bush has further consolidated his Executive powers. You can watch the videos part 1 and part 2 on youtube. Here is the ACLU on the Protect America Act and a WSJ article about Senator Whitehouse’s speech.

My Senator, Bob Corker, voted yes on the Protect America Act and my other Senator Lamar Alexander, did not vote at all.

My Representative, Marsha Blackburn, also voted yes on the Protect America Act.