The rules: 5 lines, syllable counts in each line go 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. Harder than haikus, but there's a knack to be had.
Mythos
Quickly invoked,
Logos, coopted for
Political expedience:
Bathos
•••
"Hawkish,
strongly focused,"
is what they say of Bush.
"Petulant," I say, "and only
Mawkish."