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Calvin Trillin's Poem: DNC Highs and Lows

Writer Calvin Trillin has contributed one poem each day this week, based on events occurring at the Democratic National Convention. In his last poem of the week, he reviews the high points and low points of the affair from the perspective of a native Bostonian delegate. Calvin Trillin's most recent book is Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme.

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