12.07.2006 5:26 pm
Haiku Day returns! Comment on current events — in verse
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ameren outage.
Mercifully, I am spared.
We’re cold and weary.
Yes, it’s that time again. After a long, hard week of grim Iraq news, bitter cold, power outages and Senate confirmation hearings — it’s time to lighten things up with another round of Current Events Haiku.
How’s it work? Match your current events comments to the meter of haiku — three lines, five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. This will be our fourth dive into metered commentary since the debut of Haiku Day on May 5. Our second round was June 15. And our last was nearly two months ago, on Oct. 12.
Much has happened since our last Haiku Day: The World Series, the election, the storm. Pick your poison and use your pen.
Kurt is the director of social media for the Post-Dispatch, where he has worked since August 2002. He's been a journalist since 1982, covering municipal government, courts, education and two hurricanes as a reporter before becoming an editor. 
Amaren UE
Did not pass the test last week
In ‘ole Saint Louie
Republicans beware
The progressives are now aware
That you do not care
Wayward President
His failed policies fixed by
Iraq Study Group?
or…
Lightless, Silent, Cold
Stood houses by the thousands
Thank you, Ameren!
or…
The bright flashbulbs pop
Revealing things revolting
Put some pants on, Spears!
or…
Ignignokt and Err
Can come and party with us
At the new Moon base
Iraq study group
nine eleven commision
one more to ignore
Commision report
disregard as partisan
blame the media
Culture of life
thousands dead in the mid east
hypocrites gone wild
Christmas time is here
terror warnings, fear mongering
thanks Fox, keep us safe
Gary Rainwater
delusional emperor
my fury heats me
I miss October!
Watching the Cards win it all
Felt like old times past…
And I know it’s not Haiku, but I thought of words that fill this blog everyday, so here goes…
War, Death, Suffering, Pain, Innocence, Wrong, Right, Left, Right, Liberal, Conservative, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Fanatic, Bi-Partisan, Kool-Aid, Commission, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Fascist, Hatred, Mutilation, Nuclear, Destruction, Enemy, Brother, Fear, Cancer, Kill, Contain, Remain, Sustain, End, Over, Finished,
Nothingness…
Happy Holidays
Weather cold inside
Ameren won’t cut the trees
Time to buy solar!
Moon! light NASA’s night
Extend the earthly boundries
War hinders so much
Year 2006
How to judge it, or it us
Looking back with pride?
Cardinals are champs
Rams are chumps, stink up the Dome
Baseball rules this town
Cubs stink, I love it
They always have, always will
Immutable truth
Mellencamp song blares
Chevy ads ad nauseum
Someone shut him up
Brett Hull is retired
The Blues retired years ago
They just don’t know it
Dame Nature’s anger
Ice, snow, sleet and bitter winds
Think we have control?
Ameren UE
Is our Mets equivalent
Can you say “pond scum?”
George W Bush
Hard to fathom such a fool
Running the U.S.
Iraq a damned mess
Thanks, George, another war lost
How many more dead?
Prop 2 barely passed
Missouri maybe can join
Civilization
Claire in, Talent gone
Dems elected to clean up
GOP’s mistakes
So many suffer
Our world in troubled chaos
Do we really care?
Al Gore warns us all
Global warming is no joke
Anybody hear?
Lindsay and Britney
Please keep your underwear on
Get over yourselves
Tom Cruise marries Holmes
But it’s hard to imagine
People out there care
Libs and cons trade barbs
Did not, did too, eat my shorts
Can’t we get along?
HD, Ipods rule
Our lives technology’s pawn
Who needs all these toys?
Sara, Dez and more
You make my day much brighter
Keep on keeping on
Kurt sets up this blog
Bloggers rant, rave, and sling mud
Does Kurt regret it?
I wish you all joy
Warmth, love, and great happiness
Next year and beyond.
We fight each other
As we fight all of the world
And god she smiles on
I see Slim has had his caffeine for the week…