Who's the Better Poet?

I supposed that's the kind of judgment we have to leave up to the people who compile literature texts, which is a good thing. Because for me, it's hard to choose between Donald Rumsfeld and Sarah Palin Take a look and see which one you'd pick.

Here's a poem from Palin:

"Small Mayors"

You know,
Small mayors,
Mayors of small towns—
Quote, unquote—
They're on the front lines.

And here's one from Rumsfeld:

"The Unknown"

As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.

You can find more of Palin's work here and more of Rumsfeld's here if you need a better sample before making your selection.