Edku: January 2000

Move backwards to December 1999.

1.
After much alarm,
Y2K tomato scare
hardly hill of beans.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

2.
For syllable count,
toes work as well as fingers,
closer to your soul.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

3.
Ev'ry tomato
has three syllables for sure.
Don't know what that means.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

4.
Why Y2K fears?
Gullible tomatoes mad,
feel they have been had.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

5.
Rutabagas and
tomatoes...Odd obsession!
Mildly disturbing.

--PawPrintMs@aol.com

6.
The shut London Eye
to watch its own reflection
leans over the Thames.

--Emily C. Wines, grrremlyn@aol.com

7.
Found Y2K EDKU glitches.
Frequent syllable-counting errors.
Confused by extra fingers.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

8.
Rutabagas and
tomatoes------Odd Obsession?
Lettuce leaf it beet.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

9.
Weary fingers type
words as short as possible
come long winter nights.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

10.
Undulating hips
Swayingly beckon to me--
Oh, what an ocean!

--Rita L. Baumann, Homestead, Florida

11.
Red, black, yellow, white--
Seemingly living on Earth
Together as one.

--Rita L. Baumann, Homestead, Florida

12.
Sadness and healing
often show up entwined in
one perfect heartbreak.

--PawPrintMs@aol.com

13.
Hope springs eternal.
Disappointments come and go.
Death waits patiently.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

14.
President cheated
so, of course, elect his wife
as his punishment.

--Andrew Lamphole, haikuking@quentincrisp.com

15.
I'm the haiku king
My skills earn me loads of yen
And all due respect

--Andrew Lamphole, haikuking@quentincrisp.com

16.
New New Hampshire poll.
Bradley, McCain pull ahead.
Forbes up there behind.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

17.
Morning ice-scraping
Makes me feel like a grown-up,
I kinda like it...

--PawPrintMs@aol.com

18.
Experience hones,
fine edges on skill, yet lies
in talent's shadow.

--Mark Edworthy, Kenilworth, UK

19.
Everyone claims win.
Winner seldom wins again.
Iowa caucus.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

20.
Gore a lot like a
Nixon with muscles, without
All the Nixon warmth.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

21.
Hatch finishes last.
Powerful Microsoft foe.
Break up Orrin Hatch.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

22.
White hurricane came
Many inches of snow here
I am glad--I teach!

--Virginia Moore, vmoore@fc.fcps.k12.va.us

23.
T.V warnings and
Scared magazine articles...
Scream global warming!

--Serena Scalf, sassluv2sing@cs.com

24.
If Elián stole
In from Haiti, we would scream
ELIÁN GO HOME!

--P.D. Aragon, Stoneur@pacbell.net


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John Cho, jync@mit.edu