Calvin Trillin

Verse Columnist

Calvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

Surprise for Arizona Senators

Surprise for Arizona Senators Surprise for Arizona Senators

Though they hired the firm Cyber Ninjas Just to show that Trump votes did surmount Those of Biden, it found the reverse. But who knew that a ninja can count?…

Oct 3, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

College student gets a Covid vaccine

Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates

Republicans say don’t comply When government tries to deny The freedom you’ve got To not take the shot, No matter how many folks die.

Sep 21, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Performances At The Ice House Comedy Club

Animal Dewormer as Covid Preventative Animal Dewormer as Covid Preventative

Joe Maga heard the anti-vaxxers say Dewormer, not the vaccine, kills those germs. Joe Maga died of Covid. Joe is gone. His body, though, remains quite free of worms.

Sep 7, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Transformation of Afghanistan

The Transformation of Afghanistan The Transformation of Afghanistan

Fanatics terrorized the Afghan people. For twenty years we fought there in a war. So what’s it going to be like when we’ve finished? Well, pretty much just like it was before.

Aug 24, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

College student gets a Covid vaccine

Unintended Consequences Unintended Consequences

Republicans object to masks While going about their daily tasks. To rule that folks must vaccinate, They say, makes this a Nazi state. The surges now are all located Among those pr…

Aug 10, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Milley Earns His Stars

Milley Earns His Stars Milley Earns His Stars

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff prepared to thwart any coup attempt by Trump.—As reported by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker in I Alone Can Fix It A presidential coup! Di…

Jul 27, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight

Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight

So Kim Jong Un is looking rather svelte. He’s lost at least four notches on his belt. Has illness or a diet made him trim? Have shortages of food reached even Kim? Not yet. But if…

Jul 13, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

January 6 Reckoning

January 6 Reckoning January 6 Reckoning

The veep who’d been slavishly loyal, Mike Pence, Accomplished his duty despite the mob, hence He’s now called a traitor; the hatred’s intense. In cults deviation…

Jun 29, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6 Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6

The speakership would be for Kevin His version of a place in heaven. He seems to think to reach that level A pact’s required with the Devil.

Jun 15, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Obeisance

Obeisance Obeisance

To Mar-a-Lago lapdogs wend To kiss Trump’s ring, lament his trials. They’re piling high upon his lap. The yelping can be heard for miles.

Jun 1, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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