Quite often people say to me, “Jonah, take human bites.”

Almost as often they say, You know, NRO could use a lot more Haikus and Occidental poetry as well.

Meanwhile, other people — mostly suits occupying the “nutcracker suite” at NRHQ — say that we need to make readers aware of the upcoming Atlanta fundraiser or we’ll have to start breaking our anti-malaria pills in half to make them last.

So I had this great idea. Let’s have readers send haikus, poems, limmericks, and other forms of verse about what they might find at the Atlanta fundraiser, what they like about NR/O, whatever. Obviously, since this is a transparent promotional ploy, submissions containing references to Atlanta and which paint said fundraiser in a positive light will be better-received (read: will be the only ones considered). Also, as Rich Lowry tells me almost every week, “Nobody wants to read a bad epic poem.”

The best ones will be posted in The Corner on occassion. Be as imaginative as possible and make sure you make it clear whether you want your name mentioned or not. Send submissions to [email protected].