(New to) Great Regulars: "I'm supposed to turn

the poem in on Monday morning, and on Sunday night I usually set the shower head to iambic pentameter," [Calvin] Trillin said.

But it's not that easy, Trillin insisted. He's written a poem almost every week since 1990 and has published several books of poetry, most recently "A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme" (Random House, $12.95, 116 pages).

from Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: Trillin fights back, with poetry

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