Bloomberg The Poet? Mayor Pens Poem

If you thought Mike Bloomberg's talents stopped at business, politics, and golf, apparently you'd be wrong.

The mayor flexed his poetry muscles in honor of "Poem in Your Pocket Day" and "The Envelope Project." Inspired by the first line of Emily Dickinson's "'Hope' is the thing with feathers, Bloomberg could be the city's next Walt Whitman!

Or not. See for yourself:

"Hope" NYC

By Mike Bloomberg

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That makes our City soar
It will take us to the future
As it's carried us before

Hope is the thing with feathers
That travels all our streets
It sings in every language
It sometimes even tweets

And though we may not see it
It perches everywhere
In new shops and small businesses
In every schoolroom chair

It could be our famous pigeon
Or fabled red-tailed hawk
Hope is the thing with feathers
That flies throughout New YAWK

Comments

[Darcman]

10:37 AM on 05/04/2010

I really don't like this guy! Term limits were designed to protect us from people just like Bloomberg!

[cannante]

07:39 AM on 05/04/2010

specially with the insipid writing he is proud to display.

i thought he was a new yorker

its like i am reading one of my society mothers californiawarmandfuzzy screeds

this is like aaron diamond borrowing clintons stupid campaign slogans

[cannante]

07:35 AM on 05/04/2010

yea: it would surprise me if he were giving of the widow's mite

[bluguy8]

08:14 AM on 05/01/2010

Crook - thief -etc.

[erincnyc]

12:42 PM on 04/30/2010

I would like to start a poll. What has Bloomberg done for you?

[erincnyc]

12:40 PM on 04/30/2010

The idea of him being mayor was that he would improve the lot of all folks. Guess what? He just wants you to pay more for cigarettes and ingest less salt!

[erincnyc]

12:38 PM on 04/30/2010

In the time he has been Mayor of NYC, Bloomberg has somehow more than doubled his ridiculous net worth. How is that possible in the midst of the "Great Recession?" While holding a full-time job?

[erincnyc]

12:34 PM on 04/30/2010

In the midst of the city cutting police officers and firefighters, I'm glad our $27 billionaire mayor appointed a panel, 2/3rds of which was comprised of his daughters, to determine where his donations should go this year.

[erincnyc]

12:48 PM on 04/30/2010

Gosh, I don't know, Mr. Mayor. But you abrogated the city's term limits law and decided that you should continue to be Mayor, or at least a candidate for such office, because you were uniquely qualified to take the reigns of the city while it is in the throes of the Great Recession.

[bzb]

01:24 AM on 04/30/2010

While hiding the rest of his money in offshore tax free accounts.

[NYC07]

09:06 PM on 04/29/2010

OK HP who's going to clean up the vomit ?????

[UpstateNY]

07:57 PM on 04/29/2010

It's pretty bad. As they say - "Don't quit your day job, Mr. Mayor".

[Big Mother]

05:45 PM on 04/29/2010

Kudos to Mike for trying, but while reading that, I couldn't help but think I was reading the drunken scribblings of the Travelocity gnome.

[McCorbin100107]

05:28 PM on 04/29/2010

Mayor, philanthropist...poet

You forgot opportunist, eg0maniac, demag0gue, and shill.

[LonosCurse]

05:55 PM on 04/29/2010

Ditto

[Jonathan Gallo]

05:59 PM on 04/29/2010

Bloomy is neither a demagogue or a chill. Was he a shill supporting gun control?

[nana4g]

04:52 PM on 04/29/2010

correction: I do NOT like it.

[nana4g]

04:52 PM on 04/29/2010

I really do like this new comment layout. It is uncomfortable, inhibiting, and distracting.