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10.09.2008 5:46 pm

Haiku Friday: It’s time for your presidential poetry

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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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

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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

— hs
7:03 pm October 9th, 2008

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

— jfmoyn
8:26 pm October 9th, 2008

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.

— Teresa
10:45 pm October 9th, 2008

Sarah to Jury:
“This report Clears Me!” “Say’s Who?!”
“Me, Myself and I”

— Anonaman
7:55 am October 10th, 2008

Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Sarah/John so say!

— Ryan On The Euphonium
8:00 am October 10th, 2008

John a maverick?
Nine out of ten votes say No.
More of the Mc-Same.

— Anonaman
8:07 am October 10th, 2008

Barack and Ayers
The two met and palled around
Character Matters

— Logicprevails
8:20 am October 10th, 2008

Liberals say “mine!”
Conservatives say “work hard!”
Liberals say “NO!”

— Logicprevails
8:22 am October 10th, 2008

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

— hel
8:25 am October 10th, 2008

Free Market, Right Style:
Private Profit/Public Risk.
Rich Socialism.

— Anonaman
8:39 am October 10th, 2008

Sick of politics
Just one party with two names
Stop lying to us

— ben
8:40 am October 10th, 2008

Two sides, Right and Left.
We gave Bush and Bill eight each.
Which side helped, which hurt?

— Results based vote
8:56 am October 10th, 2008

Twenty-four seven
The commercials never stop
Soon it will all end

— Amanda St. Amand
9:08 am October 10th, 2008

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?

— We Lose
10:05 am October 10th, 2008

Here we go again,
bomb,bomb, bomb,bomb, bomb Iran…
It is time for peace.

— Milli
10:25 am October 10th, 2008

Phoniness abounds
winks and sound bites lack substance
John and Sarah fade

— Palin Secessionist
10:52 am October 10th, 2008

old man and mean girl
spouting fear and rhetoric
clinging to darkness

— glenn becks' shrink
10:59 am October 10th, 2008

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

— We Lose
11:00 am October 10th, 2008

Barack and Acorn
Yet another connection
How blind can you be?

— Logicprevails
11:52 am October 10th, 2008

So tired of it all
Debates, mud slings–all rehash
Let’s vote already!

— LB
11:58 am October 10th, 2008

Right wing hate rising.
No rumor to vile to spread.
Country Last, Polls first.

— Reach across the isle - with a knife
12:07 pm October 10th, 2008

Glenn Beck’s Shrink: Great entry. Very poetic. Almost a Lawrence Ferlinghetti approach!

— Ryan On The Euphonium
12:18 pm October 10th, 2008

Last post by Ryan
nowhere near being haiku
stick to the subject

— Amazedbythelunacy
3:47 pm October 10th, 2008

Lucid intervals
Directed me to correct
my kind compliments

— Ryan On The Euphonium
4:00 pm October 10th, 2008

To answer the loon
I remember the challenge
It must go like this:

Poetic the “shrink”!
Ferlinghetti would covet
Vers libre faber!

— Ryan On The Euphonium
4:21 pm October 10th, 2008

Barrack Obama
Hangs out with terrorist friends
Kennedy’s puppet

— Swan
4:22 pm October 10th, 2008

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.

— Teresa
9:44 pm October 10th, 2008

Blogs wax poetic
Even slander sounds so fine
haiku fridays cleanse

— jfmoyn
12:47 am October 11th, 2008

stuck between Barack
and a hard place (G.O.P.)
election day blues.

— tborg
1:44 am October 11th, 2008

To John McCain:

Let not thy will roar,
Thy power is a whisper
and heard nevermore.

— mlgb
8:06 am October 11th, 2008

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)

— mlgb
2:19 pm October 11th, 2008

An anti-choice veep
Who opposes free rape kits?
Thanks, John, but no thanks.

— Mad Kane
3:17 am October 12th, 2008

Palin knows nothing
About the Constitution.
Puppets don’t have to.

— Mad Kane
3:24 am October 12th, 2008

Would Palin court picks
Destroy the Constitution?
You betcha! Wink, wink.

— Mad Kane
3:26 am October 12th, 2008

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 !!!

— calcool
5:22 pm October 12th, 2008

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.

— Sandy
5:37 pm October 12th, 2008

distortion, lies, fame
American destruction
who’s to blame? McCain

— Heather
6:57 pm October 13th, 2008

We believe Barry
Recites “Allah is supreme”
But “Jesus” he means.

Emails Odinga
Barrack Africa forwards
Shariah us t’wards.

— bb
5:47 pm October 15th, 2008