Edku: March 1999

Move backwards to February 1999.

1.
Scientists baffled.
Raw tomato cures cancer;
research grants dry up.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

2.
Richest tomato
donates all to poorest third;
humanity saved.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

3.
Tomatoes on strike;
demand fewer pesticides
and tastier soil.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

4.
White House tomato
in President's photo ops;
Republicans sneer.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

5.
Nothing to haiku.
Just add tomato and stuff.
Sheesh! Tomatoku!

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

6.
Top tomatoku
hot with vegetarians;
author retires rich.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

7.
Presidential race:
tomato, rutabaga
ready to rumble.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

8.
Economic war;
starts with bananas, widens;
idiots in charge.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

9.
Idiots advance.
What catastrophe is this?
Organization.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

10.
Beg for campaign bucks,
sixty-six thousand a day,
firstborn, soul for sale.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

11.
March 8 a cold day.
Joe DiMaggio is dead.
One more legend gone.

--Alicia Hendrix, ahendrix@mail.sikeston.k12.mo.us.edu

12.
Tomato leads off.
Rutabaga flails about.
Slicing and dicing!

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

13.
Tomato is red.
Rutabaga is boiling.
Overpowering!

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

15.
Some plants bewildered.
What stirred up these vegetables?
Vegetative state.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

16.
Vegetative state
Presidential primary.
Rutabaga wins!

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

17.
Tomatoes bright red
with promise; my heart's hope gone;
life-plan slashed in half.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

18.
Serbs rush embassy
Everybody blames Clinton
Russia's hands are tied

--Bob Schmertz, schmertz@wam.umd.edu

19.
Serbs kill Kosovars
NATO tries to kill some Serbs
Serbs kill even more

--Bob Schmertz, schmertz@wam.umd.edu

20.
Ev'rybody thinks
We should mind our own bizness
Ev'ryone but us

--Bob Schmertz, schmertz@wam.umd.edu


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