Edku: August 1999

Move backwards to July 1999.

1.
Thunderheads rising,
dark, turbulent, massive, strong,
pure indifference.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

2.
Cow strolls into bar,
orders milk. Bartender smiles.
Drunk asks for OJ.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

3.
Twenty million words,
his life told in his diary,
triumphs, regrets, pain.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

4.
Lawnmower broken;
grass knows it, seeks record height,
suburban jungle.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

5.
Hey listen lady.
So how come youse don't live hea'?
Yea! Yea! Y'er listnin'.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

6.
New Talk magazine.
What will people think of Bill.
Hillary listens.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

7.
Umpires want to quit.
There's no way you can stop 'em.
Stupid umpire tricks.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

8.
Terrible silence
stalking him through dark, green woods;
he forgot his name.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

9.
Not depressed? Either
not paying attention or
part of the problem.

--Daphna Gregg, daphnag@mindspring.com

10.
Antidepressants
can't stop my ears from hearing
the world's a mess: News!

--Daphna Gregg, daphnag@mindspring.com

11.
Newt took him a wife.
Then Newt took him a girl friend.
And then Newt took off.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

12.
Starless night, no moon,
no light, no sound, no reason,
but I slept soundly.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

13.
Dozing tomatoes
neither snore nor toss and turn.
Whatever is, is.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

14.
Larry Ellison
Better sailor than software
Second-rate Bill Gates

--aspecht@unl.edu

15.
Frigid Orrin Hatch
Ted Kennedy and Bill C.
Make his cold blood boil

--aspecht@unl.edu

16.
Senator sweeties
Chuck Hagel and Bob Kerrey
Two peas in a pol

--aspecht@unl.edu

17.
Market mania
Our tulip economy
Is crash on the way?

--aspecht@unl.edu


Go on to September 1999.
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John Cho, jync@mit.edu