Alice in Wonderland–public domain image

Since we’ve now officially entered the silly season of presidential politics, with the Iowa caucuses and this weekend the New Hampshire debates and the first state primary coming up on Tuesday, two apt quotes seem in order, things to keep in mind while we listen to all those promises.

“You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose.”
–Mario Cuomo

“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.”
– Alice in Wonderland

West Virginia Writers Annual Writing Contest started this week, for poets, writers of stage plays, nonfiction, children’s picture books and full-length books for youths and more. Cash prizes. Find the competition descriptions, appropriate entry forms and guidelines at this link.

Holly Cross, president of the West Virginia Poetry Society, blogs over at WV Poets and Poetry. She recently reminded poets to check out the New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition, from Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY, at this link.

Now, if some of us would try some post-game haiku…. For instance,

Coach Stew a keeper –
thanks players, holds up trophy,
credits great fans too

At Fiesta Bowl
Mountaineers bring home the gold –
Wa, Wahoo! Wahoo!

Just click here or hit the comment link below, and compose away!

Click here for fun poems from some Mountaineer fans on the blog westbygodvirginia.net — a “Fiesta Bowl Preview (in Haiku)” … a couple of examples:

Coach Stew knows the plays –
Watch out, watch out Oklahoma,
Pat White is in there!

and

Rich in Ann Arbor
Pitt loss lives in infamy
Mounties persevere