My poet-mate Mike Hopkins has been incrementally posting a sequence of fantastic haiku-style poems on his blog ‘mistakenforarealpoet’ under the title ‘The President’s Mirror.’ I love them! What do you think?

(I suggest you start on this page  and scroll down so you can begin at day 1 to read them in order. But why should you listen to me?)

Great suite of poems Mike – and thanks for reminding us all once more that we can deal with serious subject-matter while having a laugh.

I should also mention that Mike Hopkins (as ‘mistakenforarealpoet’) is one of poets who can be found under “links” in the banner above.

I’ve also added Kathryn Hummel and Joshua Ip recently. Please check out their fine work.

STOP PRESS! As if to reinforce Mike’s talent, only today he’s been notified that his beautiful poem My father’s blood will be published in Award Winning Australian Writing 2007