Write a haiku about this week

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I'll give it a shot:

two million people
swarming the gates of power
without one arrest

[NMDemDist2]

1. i'll give it a shot

Obama Nation
sweeping the planet with Hope
Let the change begin

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2. nice imagery

although the haiku format is supposed to be:

5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

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3. edited

:P

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7. inspiring

[BeatleBoot]

4. 5-7-5 then...I'll give it a shot...

Watched a Judge Screw Up

It was really frickin' cold

Republicans suck



Or wait, on edit, here's a good one....



Bush Sucks Bush Sucks Bush

Sucks Bush Sucks Bush Sucks Bush Sucks

Bush Sucks Bush Sucks Sucks

[napoleon_in_rags]

5. ...

I dreamed about love
except when I woke up it
wasn't just a dream.

***

Sitting in a crowd
the theater is all full
I can't see the screen

(I saw it in y towns movie theater, standing room only)

***

America is
Just an opportunity
we have to take it.

(I kinda like that!)

[tularetom]

6. My effort

dick in a wheelchair
chief justice fucks up the oath
Obama: "I won!"

[liberalmuse]

8. My first haiku.

Fresh face in power,
Barack HUSSEIN Obama.
Suck on it, Freepers!

[nolabear]

9. Here are my offerings

In the midst of it
The reasons why it matters
Sasha, Malia



Brilliant news week ends.
Just one headline left to see:
"Limbaugh's Head Explodes"


What is this wonder?
Oh! I remember it now!
It's untroubled sleep.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Here ya go

a new day began
the tired nation hopes for change
we will move forward

you see before us
the man takes up our burden
the world takes notice

[trackfan]

11. okay...

It was a good day,
even though the poetry
reading rather sucked.

There were some iambs,
but it scanned better as prose,
all things considered.

[tomreedtoon]

12. You won't like this one...

No celebration
By rich guys can bring back the
Dead in New Orleans.

[nolabear]

13. I actually like it quite a lot

Though I have to admit I don't exactly understand it.

[Rowdyboy]

14. I've read every offering so far and you original post is by far the best....

Good show....

two million people
swarming the gates of power
without one arrest

Not bad my friend :thumbsup:

[MadBadger]

15. This describes my inauguration perfectly

Missed First day of class.
It is all Obama's fault
Some things never change.

[DiehardLiberal]

16. It's been over 40 years since I wrote a haiku in school, but here goes...

Raging against George Bush,
Collapsed at Obama's feet
At last, I can breathe...

[Peace Patriot]

17. It's more than 5-7-5. The three lines are not meant to be just one long prose line,

that reveals a fully developed thought, that flows from line to line. It is more a matter of putting two well-observed, captivating images together--unrelated images, or contrasting images--and aiming for a third, resolving image, or commentary image, or even a yet more puzzling image, for line 3. The goal is not to TELL the reader something (an abstract message), but rather to draw the reader into the images, to create his/her own connections. For instance:

Michelle's wind-blown hair.
I can't watch the bomb footage.
Amber waves of grain.

(This haiku references a particular photo of Michelle's hair blowing in the wind, as Michelle and Barack walked down steps to the inaugural platform, my personal, emotional reaction to the news footage from Palestine, and a phrase from "America, the Beautiful" about the loveliness of our own land, the fertility of the earth, and our once-fabled prosperity. Draw your own conclusion: some beauty in this week, for sure, and a bit of wild Nature (wind-blown hair), but portents of trouble, and an agonizing effort to come back to beauty, to think of ourselves and our land as beautiful, when we are paying for the bombs, and supporting the bombing, and now face hardship--perhaps great hardship--because of all the bombs we make and peddle around the world, because of our failures as citizens. It is not a great haiku. But it illustrates sort of what a haiku is supposed to do: Explode with meaning!)

Washington DC.
Two million folks--no crime!
They wheel Cheney out.

(Maybe a little too messagey. Try again...)

Washington DC.
Night sky at home blazing stars.
I burn sage. No cat!

(Damned if I know what it means. Haikus are sometimes very enigmatic. But it's provocative, don't you think? What happened to my cat? What does that have to do with Washington DC? And where am I, to be blessed with a clear, star-studded night sky? Two macrocosms. One microcosm: cleansing; absence, loss.)

(One more try...)

Steve Jobs sick--oh no!
Obama sworn in two times!
Alabama '65.

(Nope, I'm not going to even try to explain it!)

[LiberalPersona]

18. ..

A new age began
Ending the rule of evil
Thank you Obama

[PBS Poll-435]

19. Yesterday

Kirsten Gillibrand
Smart, Young, Capable Woman
An Excellent Choice

[PBS Poll-435]

20. Another

Purity Patrol:
Please Give It A Fucking Rest
Your "Concern" Is Fake

[AngryAmish]

21. Here goes:

Barack gives us life
We need his love forever
Help us puny things

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

22. Okay:

millions of my best friends
packed like sardines together
freezing our ass off

[Spirochete]

23. OK

Our new president
Is changing things already
Life will get better

[intaglio]

24. I'll try

Icy wind and sun

Justice slips before the crowd

Eagle flies again

[gardenista]

25. here's mine

gleaming sunshine day
showing light on dark places
this will set us free