I’m feeling very inspired by the blog The Haiku Diaries, http://thehaikudiaries.wordpress.com/, which I found through Sophie Dembling’s blog (http://sophiadembling.com/home.htm, if you want to know, and you should). A few syllables, a simple sentiment — how appropriate for the difficult times we’re living in.
As George W. Bush’s extended term in the White House draws to a merciful close, I’d like to dedicate the following, deeply felt haikus to him:
Your squinty eyes
Your ziplocked mind
Will linger with us
Just like your war.
Soldiers died, soldiers maimed
Children slaughtered
How fitting you gave up golf!
Dollar’s worthless.
Market sucks. Houses foreclosed.
Oh, please. Outsource yourself.
(Copyright 2008 by Ruth Pennebaker)
A haiku in English is usually written as three lines, consisting of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables.
Hmm. Maybe…
Your squinty eyes, ziplocked mind
Will always linger with us.
Just like your damn war.
Soldiers slain and maimed,
Children slaughtered. How fitting
That you gave up golf!
Dollar is worthless.
Market sucks. Houses foreclosed.
Please. Outsource yourself.
And here are a few for you.
Use homo terror
To distract the folks at home
While killing our troops.
You war criminal!
You should be tried and sentenced
For your needless war!
Lie, lie and lie more;
Don’t forget to smirk while our
Economy shrinks.
Benefit your buds!
Cut taxes for the rich while
The middle class sinks.
If a hanging chad
Was good, then maybe hanging
Pres. Bush is better.
Bigger than your ears
Is your destructive ego.
Bring our troops home now!
I’m so happy that
you’re enjoying the Haiku
Diaries! Haiku well!
Wow — somebody who knows a lot more about haikus than I do — and is even more hostile toward a certain president.
Look out President
Bush; the haikuers are out
in force. Such power.
(thanks for looking at http://www.thehaikudiaries.wordpress.com — we’re flattered).