Edku: November 2001

Move backwards to October 2001.

1.
Life. We ignore bombs
Ignoring, we ignore bombs
Ignoring, Ignor-

--daniel walinsky

2.
Times have changed here you
Know. Be careful of the mail
Or else you are screwed.

--daniel walinsky

3.
With experts galore
and anonymous sources
the press is our guide.

--Lee Malone

4.
U.S. makes offer
"We'll dust off your rugs for you!"
Carpet bombing starts

--John Cho

5.
Afghan children starve
While Osama hides in cave
How hungry is he?

--Annie Clark

6.
Beamer said "Let's Roll"
No time to be partisan
We should be so brave

--Annie Clark

7.
UN report says
Plundered Earth slides toward abyss
America yawns

--Jimbo

8.
Ad seizes browser
Several words come to mind
"Yahoo!" is not one

--Jimbo

9.
Junkie gets packet
Trembling hand probes white powder
Cocaine or anthrax?

--John Cho

10.
Rookie of the Year
Golden Glove and MVP
Ichiro cleans up

--Lee Malone

11.
Security bill?
More like an excuse for a
police state for US.

--larry bohn

12.
It is outrageous
Three-fifty for some coffee
Yet Starbucks survives

--Alex the Red

13.
Suburban children
High stakes poker twice a week
With parents' money

--Alex the Red

14.
Turkey, venison
Corn, lobster, duck, cranberry
Pumpkin, beans, small pox

--John Cho

15.
"Chiquita" bankrupt.
"Yes, We Have No Bananas!"
Is their jingle now.

--Chuck Knowles

16.
People are thirsting
They have been for many years
Waiter, two more beers

--June Smith

17.
SUVs with flags
A "patriotic" display
OPEC is drooling

--John Cho

18.
"Enduring Freedom"
Military tribunals
Oxymoronic

--John Cho

19.
There goes the sun now
Our guitars gently weeping
Something is missing

--John Cho


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