[Newspoetry] A homoliteral

[John Newmark]

The below poem is a 'homoliteral'

Definition of homoliteral:  A form of writing where each word shares at
least one letter in common with the words prior and following.

(While I don't think it's technically required, you may notice the poem
below works circularly in that the last word shares a letter in common with
the first word.  This is true whether or not you include the title.)

There is also a form, as one might guess, called the "heteroliteral" where
each word shares no letters in common with the words prior and following.

article where I found these forms
http://www.wordways.com/lipogram.htm

--John 

Thoughts Concerning the Federal Death Penalty

Two executions -- two weeks,
After forty years reprieve.
Perhaps a chance happening?
Coincidence? Well -- maybe.

The Federal death penalty
Was reinstated twelve years ago
And appeals can take awhile.
There¹s been only one clemency

Within those twelve.
Still, these aren¹t the two
Sole criminals awaiting execution.

There are several more
Who¹s appeals are running down
And unlikely will receive
Mercy from our ŒResident.

Travelling through the courts
More cases appear headed
Towards the Five-Four Tribunal.

Perhaps the least reported:
Puerto Rico doesn¹t want its citizens
Subject to the Federal Guillotine
Since they don¹t get to vote.

Perhaps their best hope
Lies in choosing statehood
And assisting in electing
The ŒResident¹s replacement.