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Inauguration Day Haikus


Haiku time again!
Politi-ku — my new hybrid
Form and content merge

Haiku 101

Links to earlier Politikus on this blog

Her whiskers sensed winds of change.Embir’s Pre-Inauguration Day Politiku
(Guest post from barack-haiku.com)

Lincoln’s Iron Horse
Ease through winter burgs and fields
Roll to victory

s000z’s Inauguration Day Politiku
Kee-hap is purring
Her whiskers feel the wind blow
Inaugurate change

Jennie Livingston’s* Inauguration Day Politiku
Wind chill in the teens
Huddled masses waiting for
Some new source of heat

Daniel Nester’s Inauguration Day Politiku
“Set aside childish
things”—does that mean Maureen Dowd
is out of a job?

Don Bassman’s Inauguration Day Politiku
In a single day
the hand of the president
overruled the king

Tanya Elder’s* Inauguration Day Politiku
See of people living, breathing, being, at last free of tyranny.

Pete Orvetti’s* Inauguration Day Politikus
I swear solemnly
Word order doesn’t mean much
When you are The One

Hope, change, Yes We Can
Port-A-Potties everywhere
Change-Fest on the Mall

Nope, we didn’t go
Someday my sons will be mad
Crowds and change scare me

Yo Yo Oba-Ma
And the Queen of Soul
Wish I had her hat

J. Holtham’s* Inauguration Day Politiku
early
dark then light
cold cold cold
crowds crowds crowds
long lines
LONG LINES
sea of people
history

Adam Sadowsky’s Inauguration Day Politiku
Forces stacked against
And yet character prevails
Winter blows in CHANGE

Jason Rosenbaum’s Inauguration Day Politiku
Barack Obama
President of the U.S.
Con Law Prof makes good!

Donald Lee’s Inauguration Day Politiku
Occasional Poem
Dulls This Historic Moment
Did She Facebook O?

Ken Urban’s* Inauguration Day Politiku
happy happy day
obama michelle joe jill
still more work ahead

s000z’s Post-Inauguration Day Politiku
Guantanomo closed
dignity reclaims its pen
humanity triumphs

* Was in Washington, D.C. for the event.

Winds of Change

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