Poems of a political nature Richard P Wisnesky – It is quite simple to understand why so many people don’t bother to vote – politicians need to give them a reason to be interested, that they can be trusted with their vote! Is Mixed-Member Proportional government really working on our behalf? The following poems reflect on our world and the legacy being created by political leadership or the lack thereof. Robin Sutton – I well remember the experience, when studying undergraduate economics, of reading and re-reading economic tracts and feeling completely muddled by the words. In this volume I have chosen to make comment in the form of free verse, a somewhat liberating idea that allows me to capture what I think is the essence of what they have to say in a very few words in the hope that the commentary is clear. I hope that my lines carry within them the heart for people that seems to be missing from those economists’ theories.