10.09.2008 5:46 pm
Haiku Friday: It’s time for your presidential poetry
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I’m sorry, but the news has been too grim this week. We have had local crimes and national scandals, the Dow keeps setting new records for how low and how fast it can drop. So, frankly, I’m not in the mood on this late Thursday and Friday to stomach a serious Talk of the Day.
So, my friends, if I can’t count on you to chip in here, I’m going to be very, very disappointed!
We haven’t had a Haiku Friday for months. Let’s do it now.
The topic: The presidential campaign.
Remember the rules: Nothing dirty, and stick to the five-seven-five syllable meter.
Here’s my entry.
To some, a hero
Palin’s presence; but some say
Their campaign is fey
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. 
McCain and Palin
Or is it Palin/McCain?
Desperate are they
How low can it go?
The Market, The Campaign, either one
The country loses
Barak or McCain?
Just twenty-six days to go
Bush’s time is short
Troubled times abound
who can find prosperity
we must choose wisely
Russians on the shore.
Shoo. Shoo. Shoot. Bang goes the gun–
Caribou Barbie.
Old Man McCain droops.
One more stop on campaign trail–
“My fellow prisoners…”
Not Muslim but Krishna.
Hari Obama Hari
Obama Rama.
Sarah scatterguns–
ignores questions in debate.
Joe Biden his time.
Sarah to Jury:
“This report Clears Me!” “Say’s Who?!”
“Me, Myself and I”
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Sarah/John so say!
John a maverick?
Nine out of ten votes say No.
More of the Mc-Same.
Barack and Ayers
The two met and palled around
Character Matters
Liberals say “mine!”
Conservatives say “work hard!”
Liberals say “NO!”
Barack Obama
socialism be his bain
freedom is what counts
come in from the rain
it pours on your head, your face
structures lies in vain
two hundred fifty
the years we have ruled this land
we care for ourselves
don’t count on this man
socialism is his plan
he runs quite the sham
Free Market, Right Style:
Private Profit/Public Risk.
Rich Socialism.
Sick of politics
Just one party with two names
Stop lying to us
Two sides, Right and Left.
We gave Bush and Bill eight each.
Which side helped, which hurt?
Twenty-four seven
The commercials never stop
Soon it will all end
B.O. stinks a lot
His associates and friends
Are quite radical
B.O. stinks a lot
Jeremiah Wright, mentor
Racist pastor, pal
B.O. stinks a lot
Tony Rezko friend of his
Crook and neighbor too
B.O. stinks a lot
Terrorist Ayers his cohort
Ally, coworker
B.O. stinks a lot
Dorhn also his pal for years
In home dinners too
B.O. stinks a lot
Raila Odinga, Kenyan
Violent cousin
B.O. stinks a lot
Louis Farrakhan his pal
They marched as one
B.O. stinks a lot
Michael Phleger raging priest
Unholy alliance, yes
B.O. stinks a lot
Frank Marshall Davis his friend
Communist party
B.O. stinks a lot
Taught by radical writer
Saul Alinsky too
B.O. stinks a lot
This is list of some known friends
What about unknowns?
Here we go again,
bomb,bomb, bomb,bomb, bomb Iran…
It is time for peace.
Phoniness abounds
winks and sound bites lack substance
John and Sarah fade
old man and mean girl
spouting fear and rhetoric
clinging to darkness
Barack Obama
Who is this man who runs now?
Do we really know?
He says pretty words
He makes pretty promises
Can he deliver?
Speaking well is nice
We all know he can do that
What else can he do?
He wants to bring change
Socialism is his plan
Change like that is bad
Barack Obama
Go please go, please go away
Simply that, just go
Barack and Acorn
Yet another connection
How blind can you be?
So tired of it all
Debates, mud slings–all rehash
Let’s vote already!
Right wing hate rising.
No rumor to vile to spread.
Country Last, Polls first.
Glenn Beck’s Shrink: Great entry. Very poetic. Almost a Lawrence Ferlinghetti approach!
Last post by Ryan
nowhere near being haiku
stick to the subject
Lucid intervals
Directed me to correct
my kind compliments
To answer the loon
I remember the challenge
It must go like this:
Poetic the “shrink”!
Ferlinghetti would covet
Vers libre faber!
Barrack Obama
Hangs out with terrorist friends
Kennedy’s puppet
Stock market slides down.
Republicans seen weeping –
Buy no election.
Prisoner of war
Roves on the maverick field.
Wasilla cheerleader–
Artic sun goes down
The dark winter snows begin–
Sedona sunset.
Bush-based Hooverville.
“All we have to fear is fear–”
Out of darkness — light.
Multicolored leaves
coat the Potomac shoreline.
Chads hang on the trees.
Blogs wax poetic
Even slander sounds so fine
haiku fridays cleanse
stuck between Barack
and a hard place (G.O.P.)
election day blues.
To John McCain:
Let not thy will roar,
Thy power is a whisper
and heard nevermore.
There once was an old man named John.
For the White House he wanted to run.
He lost track of Osama,
And couldn’t beat Obama,
Now John’s days of capaigning are done.
(Limericks are more fun)
An anti-choice veep
Who opposes free rape kits?
Thanks, John, but no thanks.
Palin knows nothing
About the Constitution.
Puppets don’t have to.
Would Palin court picks
Destroy the Constitution?
You betcha! Wink, wink.
Do we want a murderer of un-born babies?
Do we want a man who honors life?
Do we want a man who will connect with the really bad guys?
Do we want a man who along with the smartest,more experienced to get the job DONE !!!
Put them in a sack
Shake them up and toss them out
Can’t tell the difference
Politics, Hot Air
They make lots of promises
All disappoint us.
Debates/theatrics
Try to manipulate us
No real explaining
Who to vote for now?
The lesser of two evils
I think that’s McCain.
distortion, lies, fame
American destruction
who’s to blame? McCain
We believe Barry
Recites “Allah is supreme”
But “Jesus” he means.
Emails Odinga
Barrack Africa forwards
Shariah us t’wards.