What the hell is this garbage?

Stuff I wrote as a political columnist                My poetry...              
                          at the Missouri Miner                                                                               

  I've got the world on a string                                                                                   
  Sitting on a rainbow                                                                                                 
  Got the string around my finger...                                                                            

   Jars of Clay Controversy                              The Albatross                      
  The Higher Education Act                             Fishnets                              
   Florida Adoption Act                                    The Long Goodbye            
   Patriot Act                                                                                               
   The Battle of Medical Marijuana                                                              
 Pledge of Allegiance Optional?