Haiku

With the encouragement of my niece Susanna Speier I wrote this group of haiku's - about 1 a day - starting a month before the 2008 presidential election.

If anyone is interested in doing illustration for them please contact me: Don at GoodFolksToMow.com
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Governor Palin Haiku's - copyr Don Bassman, 2008

#001
Against your allure,
in normal circumstances,
I have no defense.

#002
tipped canoe got tiled
old zachary was filled more
and what about abe?

#003
Metamorphasize
if the mantle of power
ever covers you

#004
Wonderful Haiku
the rough words conveniently
take a proper form

#005
echolailiaech
olailiaecholailia
What was that you said?

#006
one for me and you
one for my associates
one for the devil

#007
Nixons right-hand heirs -
environment pollution
taints what it touches

#008
Opportunity
wafts through our nations spirit
like a garden rose

#009
come down Buck-a-roo
leaves of grass lay all around
many years have passed

#a
just like an old hen
I lay one egg every day
Bok Bok cluck old hen

#010
Marx stirred on the news
the continental divide
had split asunder

#011
The train to nowhere
sped past the station on time
her blue lights flashing

#b
the stag was wounded
blood trickled from his nostril
onto the white snow

#c
the dealer was sharp
the deck was stacked against me
the dice were loaded

#d
Can I have a loan?
Your personal profile sucks.
Sorry too risky.

#e
many leagues we traveled
our sleek ship followed the breeze
the wrong direction

#016
monopolist wire
connects through vital lifelines
back to the king's house

#017
The magic forest
could not be found so I wept
in the gloomy shade

#018
John is my hero
Barack my lamp joe my sage
Sarah is my muse

#019
Foreign policy
without decency is like
Justice without teeth

#020
my fascination
exceeds my appalation
for reasons unknown

#021
What brilliant flower
will manufacture the seeds
of its destruction?

#022
The M4 chattered
Mother and daughter perished
in each others arms

#023
Wall Street gave 3 cheers
The defender was brought low
Let the good times roll

#024
The wild-eyed stallion
bucked and plunged maddened with fear
by the riders spurs

#025 (revised)
Nobody could see
the force of chain reaction
would unleash a bomb

#026 (revised)
my feeder is frail
my cows dine at the table
a circle of peace

#027 (revised)
Gently the boat tossed
The Orca reconsidered
" - not now - bad PR">

#028
It's Finality.
The whistle blows but no cheers
- must be a tie game.

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Special Guest Haiku, by Jack Kerouac

Hitch hiked a thousand
miles and brought
You wine
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#029 (nov 4, 2008)
8 grey years gone by
its a stumble, not a fall
in the words of abe

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recommended websites:
Susanna Speier

other websites by Don:
Cockerham Island Farm
K6 Math and Spelling drills
Landscape Specialists