A Sign From the God of Posts
In the entry below, I note that the NHC discussion correction looked like Haiku. My brain being what it is, I then thought “What fun ~ a Hurricane Haiku Hullabaloo!” Googling proper haiku format to set ground rules, I immediately came across this informative page containing THIS timely, hurricane related GEM:
kono dote-ni(5) noboru-bekarazu(7) keishichou(5) :
“Do Not Climb This Levee – The Police Department”
Seems the auguries
are clear for poetry here.
Have a whack at it.
(This site can also be handy.)
Littrachure | Mr. Bingley | 
September 20, 2005 2:15 pm
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Not Wind nor Locusts
A curse on the failed Levees
It’s always those Jooos…
The storm is brewing
New Orleans is sinking, man
I don’t want to swim
Boards up ‘n boards down.
Bangla-cola Boogie by
beat up Bojangles.
Tried to write haiku
but I am not Japanese
And I can’t count
( So? Take off your shoes.
That will give you digits to
mark syllables off. )
Russell Honore’
Can get those buses going
Ray Nagin stands by.
Katrina is here
The Governor cries a lot
When cameras roll
The Senator’s tears
Are matched by her Gov.’s wailing;
Hill and Rice won’t cry
The buses: here now
The press has only hindsight
(Caused by Heads Up Ass)
Said to the young fool
“Son, you are Stuck On Stupid”
Which he soon confirmed.
Big Muddy rolls on;
Past governors and gators,
Mayors and meunière.
hey, i count like 30 syllables in that last word alone!
The wind always blows
All hurricanes really blow
My haiku does blow
Haiku always blows
But so does all poetry
Why do we do this?
Sheila will go red
When she reads Ken’s poetry
Emily would too