11.01.2007 5:48 pm
Hey, everybody! It’s Haiku Friday!!!!
I know what you’re thinking. I’ve got a whole extra hour to kill this weekend, with nothing to do.
Never fear. We’re giving you another chance to exercise your poetic license and distill a recent news story into haiku. You know the rules — three lines, with 5 syllables, then 7, then 5 more. Read them aloud to make sure you aren’t disqualified.
And please, no wagering.
Here are some examples to prime your poetic pump:
Who can keep things straight?
Springing forward, falling back.
Clocks blink: “12:00! 12:00! 12:00!”
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Candidates abound.
One year ’til Election Day.
Can’t we just vote now?
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Continuous flow?
Highway 40 sure could use
Traffic news like that.
Bush keeps telling lies
Ambassadors won’t go now
How many more dead?
Elvis is still dead
Wright City figures it out
Does anyone care?
Clinton or Barack?
Neither candidate can win
Things will stay hopeless
Larry Craig is hosed
On the pot? He’s gone to pot
Flushed his future down
Cards have new G.M.
Lamping and DeWitt smiling
I still don’t trust them
Water running out
Tennessee town has dried up
I wish we could help
Bush waving his sword
Now Iran the newest foe
Sound familiar?
Home loans in panic
Shyster lenders’ jig is up
Why are we so dumb?
Mozeliak rules,
Cardinals begin anew
Cards will reign supreme!!
A chill is in the air
Multi-colored leaves are falling
Time to kill some deer
Bush Bush spank his tush
Cheney too dey bad voodoo
Karma is mocking
We bake God’s green earth,
Will leaves ever fall again?
At long last, they have.
Response Repeaters
Post at times all day and night
Need to get a life!