LAURA BUSH SPEAKS AT NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL, 2003-10-03 (photo)

First lady Laura Bush speaks at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC, October 3, 2003. President George W. Bush has immortalized one of the key moments of his presidency in a love poem to his wife, the first lady revealed on Friday. Laura Bush told a gathering at the U.S. Library of Congress marking a weekend celebration of books in the nation's capital that her husband had written the poem while she was away in Russia this week and had presented it to her on her return on Thursday. "Dear Laura," the poem began, "Roses are red, violets are blue, oh my lump in the bed, I miss you. "The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier, next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier." REUTERS/Mannie Garcia PP03100050 WMNN MG/ME