Oct 24th, 2004 · Sight Rhymes in Five Letters October 24, 2004 · NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Doug Denning from Manhattan, Kansas. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KHCC-KHCD in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Oct 11th, 2004 · Our political poets, Calvin Trillin and James Bowman, offer their take on Friday night's town hall-style presidential debate. Trillin is the author of Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme. Bowman is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington.
Oct 6th, 2004 · Our resident political poets, Calvin Trillin and James Bowman, offer their take on last night's vice presidential debate. Trillin is the author of Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme. Bowman is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington.
Sep 20th, 2004 · Humorist Brian McConnachie presents what we might hear if confirming nominees for poet laureate was as rigorous as accepting a new CIA chief. The senators grill the nominee with tests of his rhyming abilities.
Aug 8th, 2004 · Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Sherry Heffner from San Antonio, Texas. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KSPX in San Antonio.