The Rude Pundit - Haiku Time, Motherfuckers

[meegbear]

The Rude Pundit ends each year with the delicate restraint of haiku, the little 5/7/5 syllable poems that we were forced to write in high school and usually ended up being about farts.

And he opens it up for rude readers 'round the world to send in haiku about the dozen months past, putting the best up for all to enjoy.

Send your creations, along with how you want your name to be listed, to "rudepundit(at)yahoo.com" and vent, briefly.

End of the Year Haiku 2009
Like a night out alone at a titty bar, what began with hope ended with sticky sadness and an overwhelming sense of failure. And what better way to express it than with a haiku or two.

Inauguration
Chilled glee on the Mall,
One more chance for redemption;
America froze

As If You Didn't Know
Did it surprise you?
Republicans are assholes
Clenched like babies' fists.

The Loss
Barack Obama
Needed Ted Kennedy like
A fish needs the sea

New Justice
A strong Latina
Will kick your ass even if
you're named "Scalia."

The Cult
Glenn Beck's dervish whirl
Mesmerized maniac minds
To scream at phantoms

Bailout
Wall Street execs said,
"Thanks for the cash of the poor.
Now suck our bonus"

Circuses Without Bread
No job, no health care,
We click the TV to see
Who thinks they can dance.

More later, including rude reader submissions. Send yours to "rudepundit(at)yahoo.com" and the bestest ones will be posted today and tomorrow.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

[AspenRose]

1. Niiiiice

K&R

[Soylent Brice]

2. K&R

[Buzz Clik]

3. Excellent!

Reformation of the Unrepentant
The Senate and House
Did fail to pass real reform
Let's blame Obama.

[meegbear]

4. Email it to him ...

he'll be posting more Friday.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

5. sudden inspiration

2000 spawned sociopaths
Theocrats take over America
What short memories.

wait, tidied it up a bit..

Decade of sociopaths
The "godly" blame Democrats
What short memories.

[WeDidIt]

6. In the strictest sense of the word, none of those are Haiku

Haiku is about nature.

[orion007]

7. Isn't "End of The Year" written by TLBamab??? nt