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. 
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!