I’ve written a couple of posts & poems on my political humor blog that readers of this blog might find interesting.
The first is about New Yorker Magazine’s Barack Obama cover controversy. My poem about the challenges of creating satire begins:
A Humorist’s Lament
Madeleine Begun KaneA humorist like me sure knows
How tough it is to write, compose,
And sketch satiric toons and prose
And poems. It’s not without its woes.For instance, Barry Blitt’s lampoon,
New Yorker’s well-intentioned toon, …
The other is about a federal judge who lambasted plaintiff’s lawyer via judicial limerick.
