Pierce Stith Ketchum 

Urbana, IL, USA

Pierce Stith Ketchum is the grandson of Richard Bird Ketchum, Dean, School of Mines and Engineering at the University of Utah (biography in Who Was Who in America, Volume IV), and Pierce is the son of mathematician Pierce Waddell Ketchum. Pierce Stith Ketchum graduated from the University of Illinois with a major in political science and minors in economics and history. As a poet, he has been published in over 20 anthologies including Our World's Favorite Poems, Outstanding Poets of 1994, Best Poems of 1995, and Best Poems of 1996. He is also knowledgeable about birds and a genealogy hobbyist.

I Accuse

I don't charge Mr. Clinton
with "Treason, Bribery,
or other high Crimes
and Misdemeanors."
No treason.  No bribery.
No other felonies.
No misdemeanors.
His shoes
I accuse
of treason with the White House kitchen china,
of attempting to bribe socks,
of adultery with the President's finger ring,
and of misdemeanors on the rocks.
Penalty if convicted:
When in the state of Hawaii,
Mr. Clinton shall remove his shoes
when walking on sand
or other land.