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Mon 4 Nov, 2002 11:30 am
SealPoet has graciously permitted me to modify an original idea of his (Limericks of Protest) but to put it into the haiku format.
Here's how it works:
Haikus are Japanese poetry, and traditionally they are about nature. However, in Haikus of Protest, your haikus should be about the news, politics, current events, opinions, etc. Haikus are written in a syllable format, in that you have to count the number of syllables in each of the three lines. The standard is 5-7-5 (five syllables in the first line; seven in the second and five more in the third or last line). Haikus aren't meant to rhyme.
Romney, O'Brien
Massachusetts governor?
No difference there?
It is now Monday
Soon Americans will vote
I hope it goes well
Lonely candidate!
The old polling machines
Are tolling for thee.
OK, I missed the syllables, but I liked the idea.
Florida has a
new voting system but the
same old choices, yes?
Nasty, biting words
Accusations everywhere
Does anyone care?
ah-so
Daddy has a Harbor Seal
In many ways like you
But it can't count the syllables
So it won't write haiku.
The night is over
A new day is dawning fast
Coulter's hateful smile
Plutocrats turned on
We understand that rape is
Inevitable
Our limbs so heavy
As we walk through smoking fields
Past corpses of dreams
Republicans can
claim victory in both House
and Senate. What now?
Habeas corpus?
Only applies to muslims
when convenient?
Turkey Day is nigh
Do you prefer breast or thigh?
I hope there's gravy
Wolf, Redwood, Tall Grass
Sea, Whale, Lake, Trout, Stream, Eagle
Oil, Chain Saw, Smog, End.
jespah -
Muggers truckers and thieves!
jespah wrote:Turkey Day is nigh
Do you prefer breast or thigh?
I hope there's gravy
Nice plump breasts, oh my,
A lucky fellow am I!
(He said with a thigh)
protesting is hard
when one can not swear and cuss
maybe it's just me.....
Election time is
near and the electoral
college is even
He sweats in patience
He's got two more days to go
There's no way to know
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