In an Age of Dwarf Hollyhocks

Polemic political poetry. Read individually the poems are both funny and thought-provoking. Read collectively they provide a devastating critique of our present political ills. On Tony Blair: "But do not call him faithless, for of Faith he had an ample store/ He believed what he believed without ever needing more/ Than his private inner truth, which endured, undaunted and intact,/Even in the face of reason or any contrary fact." On Tony and Gordon: "There's a difference in Tone/I'm not quite sure yet exactly what it is/ But there's something sneaky in that smile of his/ When we're alone/ There's a difference in Tone