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The article presents a number of satirical haikus, in which a number of well-known British individuals attempt to sum up the career of prime minister Tony Blair. The poems were written in advance of Blair's widely expected resignation at some point in 2007. Among the authors of the poems are Andrew Billen, Tom Paulin and Sebastian Horsley.

In this article the author discusses a number of matters pertaining to books and literature current in Great Britain in May 2007. He notes that the personal library of former prime minister Edward Heath was being sold by a London bookseller. The author also comments on the publication of the book "Euro-Haiku: A bi-lingual anthology," "Paper Houses," a memoir by Michèle Roberts and a letter about the writer Ronald Firbank from poet John Ashbery.

Focuses on the use of haiku, a Japanese three-part poem of 17-syllables, in primary class in Great Britain. Reasons for celebrating the haiku as a verse form to be explored in the primary classroom; Background of haiku; Difficulty in creating haikus.