The Canadian Renaissance
By Quentin Albatross

Within the first month of being re-elected, Prime Minister Harper has responded to those who have criticized his cuts to the arts. The leader of Canada's new old government has sent us a selection of his own Haiku poetry to demonstrate that he does truly have a passion for the arts. He was adamant that we publish them post haste, threatening to cut our funding if we failed to oblige. And so without further ado we present the poetry of Canada's new old Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.


I shake my son's hand:
Old enough for life in jail
Is too old for hugs


Liberals passing
Purge the senate and be free
Birth of true freedom


I lowered taxes
Rise Nietzschean Superman
Bask in my haven


Heroic: the sheer
Coldness of my demeanour
Fights global warming


Harper was so pleased with the fruits of his labour that he also requested his Haiku poetry to be posted regularly in his very own sidebar. "Harper's Haiku" can now be found on the left-hand side of the site. You won't want to miss it.