WORLD'S 1ST LOOK AT PRESIDENT BUSH'S UPCOMING BOOK OF POETRY

WORLD'S 1ST LOOK AT PRESIDENT BUSH'S UPCOMING BOOK OF POETRY!

By MARK MILLER

NEW YORK -- Some of the world's greatest published poets include T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost. Early next year, an equally famous name, although not for poetry, will join their ranks as a published poet -- President George W. Bush!



Nancy Berg, Editor-in- Chief of Inspirational Publications, the publisher of Bush's volume of verse, has provided Weekly World News with an advance look at three of the book's verses.

The poems reveal a sensitive, literate side of the Commander-in- Chief not usually shown to the public.

The first of the three poems is titled Ode to Karl Rove:

Rove, Rove, row your boat Forcefully through choppy Washington seas,
Oh, and thanks for taking so much time
To help my friends the Saudis.

One fascinating part of the book deals with how Bush makes major political decisions, as in It's Tough Being the Most Powerful Man Who Ever Lived:

Dick and Don and Condi Rice And sometimes a throw of dice.
Having so much help at hand certainly is nice.
Mom and Dad and mostly God,
If I ever had to think things out myself it would certainly feel odd.

Touchingly, an entire section of the book is devoted to love poems written to the First Lady, such as Each Night With Laura:

When our busy day is done and the D.C. sun has set,
We close the bedroom door and turn on Tammy Wynette.
We love to share such private things, a snuggle and a kiss.
Oh, and also Larry King whose show I never like to miss.

George W. Bush -- Poet-in-Chief will be published in two versions -- a regular edition, and a deluxe edition which will feature a recording of Bush reading the poems.

"The recording is amazing," stated Berg. "He's reading the poems to Afghanistan's President Karzai and Iraq's Prime Minister Jaafari. You can really feel the energy in the room."