Poetry. "I call this collection NEWS OF THE DAY to indicate two things. First, some of these pieces were written for specific events; momentary poetic statements of the events of the day. 'The Social, ' written as a comment on the legacy of the left in the early days of Clinton's presidency, was one of these pieces, as was '28 Years' written after an invitation by Terry Hertzler to read at a Veteran's Day poetry reading. Second, some pieces were written with specific events in mind like 'Voice, ' written as a statement about Reagan's dirty war in Nicaragua. Certainly the piece written on...