Edku: November 2000

Move backwards to October 2000.

1.
Al swipes Jeb's orange
George pilfers Bill's little rock
Ralph steals Al's pals' hearts

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

2.
The Earth dies screaming!
"Globalization for All"?
What are they dreaming?

--David A. Hinzie, david_ah@telus.net

3.
We don't have "more time"
Tundra's melting; the death loop--
Methane, the Warming.

--David A. Hinzie, david_ah@telus.net

4.
So, the time has come
Yet, some are still, umm, contraire
To Global Warming

--David A. Hinzie, david_ah@telus.net

5.
Cold ocean bottom;
The nuclear reactors lay.
Please, don't eat the fish!

--David A. Hinzie, david_ah@telus.net

6.
Hole in the North ice
Not since fifty million years.
"Water"--the Planet.

--David A. Hinzie, david_ah@telus.net

7.
we relive the fight
an active death in forests
the fight that gives life

--lot schumacher, l_o_t_s@hotmail.com

8.
President Clinton
Yes means no and no means yes
Then what do I do

--maurice rivard sr, snowman_cape@yahoo.com

9.
Butterfly ballot
Not whom I wanted to win
Holes did not line up

--Dawn A. Chuley, pdchuley@digital.net

10.
Her vote discounted
She sits on an old park bench
Hearing her voice fade

--Dawn A. Chuley, pdchuley@digital.net

11.
Inside the locked door,
a nation's future crouches.
Florida's the key.

--Barbara Clark

12.
Who's orange is it?
Al and George both grab for it
Jeb hides behind bush

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

13.
An orange blossom
George smiles as butterfly lands
Whoosh! Al swings his net

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

14.
Voters punch out Gore
Canvassers looking for light
Countless hanging on

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

15.
Partisan shrillness
My state is a battleground
Sunshine no longer

--Dawn A. Chuley, pdchuley@digital.net

16.
Rhetoric inflames
Once the earth has been scorched
Can there be healing?

--Dawn A. Chuley, pdchuley@digital.net

17.
Don't eat the chads folks
Just leave them on the floor folks
Bush wants to sweep there

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

18.
Sec O' State Harris
Soon to be Ambassador.
May we suggest Chad?

--John St. Croix, jstcroix@capecod.net

19.
Orange dissected
Now matter how you slice it
It's hard to swallow

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

20.
Ballot buying failed
Candidate cries constantly
Poor me poor poor me

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

21.
Honor, dignity
Celebrating freedom now
Waving flags proudly

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

22.
Mad puppet dancing
Chasing opportunity
Causing division

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

23.
Proclaimed senator
Declares war on republic
While wearing pantsuit

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

24.
Speaks while the public
Successfully finds remote
To mandate switch switch

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

25.
Sunshine state deluged
Reporters running rampant
Distorting the truth

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

26.
People supporting
The truly needy the sly
And politicians

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

27.
Second amendment
Watch dogs of freedom, target
Annihilation

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

28.
Love unbound set free
Government on His shoulders
No fear forever

--Fran Vincent, franandjoe@fuse.net

29.
Dems are "protesters,"
GOP, "operatives."
Media bias.

--Pat Cummings, drpat@aht.com

30.
Count all blue beans, don't
count white ones! Your party says
which are the right ones.

--Pat Cummings, drpat@aht.com

31.
Hot air from The Hague
Big Oil fans flames of discord
Greens break out in sweat

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

32.
Kevorkian smiles
Mailbox crammed with job offers
He must learn Dutch, though

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

33.
Starlink corn, mad cows
Portugal and France decline
Fritos and Big Macs

--Pat Cummings, drpat@aht.com


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