Haiku of the Day: The UN
Exciting news for people who will turn up to celebrate the opening of an envelope. The 60th anniversary of the implementation of the UN charter is today. So, like
Miss Congeneality, today's haiku is all about World Peace.
World peace, where art thou?
Is that you under my couch?
Nope. It's Osama.For those who are interested, Australias longest serving (former) Foreign Affairs leader
Gareth Evans had a good article in The Age. Evans is also now the president of an interesting little epystemic community known as
the International Crisis Group. They spew some interesting stuff as well!
Haiku of the Day: Eurovision, 50 years on
WE think its uber-trashy. Funnily enough, Eurovision came out of the end of World War 2 as a means to reunify Europe through "culture". And now, its the
celebration of its 50 year anniversary, featuring such huge acts as Bucks Fizz (pictured). Let's hear it for bad dancing, average pop arrangements and colourful costumes with big busts!
The glamour, the glitz
And still not a decent song
Oh how I love it!
Haiku of the Day: Pavarotti
The big, rolly polly man of opera, Luciano Pavarotti has decided to follow in the hallowed footsteps of John Farnham in doing a
goodbye tour around Australia.
Let's hear it for more obese characters in opera!
Big Pavarotti
Big chest, bigvoice, beaming smile
How we'll miss his 'big-ness'.
Haiku of the Day: Bird Flu
It seems the world is in the grip of
bird flu panic. Some coughing and spluttering little birdies are causing more fear in Europe than...dare I say it...terrists!
Cough! Cough! Splutter! Sniff!
Here come the birds, get a whiff
Uh oh! We're all dead...
Haiku of the Day: Rubbish Disposal
It would appear that the humble Bulgarians of Sofia are in the midst of a
trash crisis, as their landfill issues continue unresolved. Let's hear if for the humble garbo!
Rubbish fills the streets
What a mess, but its not mine
I'll just block my nose
Haiku of the Day: Shoes
In commemoration of a new musical about
former Philipines President, Imelda Marcos, of which shoes was a particularly large obsession of hers, today's haiku topic is about shoes.
Encased in leather
My feet, so comfy and dry
Why aren't these in red?
Haiku of the Day: Firewood
Just been outside, soaking up the pre-summer sun and chopping some wood. Yes, we won't need it on the fire until next autumn, but the stuff needs to get under shelter and dry out.
Tree, why did you die?
Now you're my heat, winter warmth
The ants have to move
Haiku of the Day: Telemarketers
Ring ring, stop calling
No I don't want your product
I don't care, goodbye!The Australian government is about to introduce
tough new laws on phone sales, including thousands of dollars worth of fines, to telemarketing pests.
Let The Words Flow Like A River...
The humble haiku. Simple, elegant, crafted, artistic, fun and probably a little bit silly. "Poetry for Dummies" perhaps? Given its historical roots, probably not. I throughly recommend reading through the
Wikipedia archive on this humble mastery of words so you too can enjoy that feeling of linking syllables. (The link is also available on the links bar to your right).
For those who are too lazy, here's Haiku in a nutshell:
1. Use of three lines written in five-seven-five English syllables;
2. Use of three (or fewer) lines of no more than 17 syllables in total;
3. Use of the "one deep breath" rule: the reader should be able to read the haiku aloud without taking a second breath.
And the coup d'etat bit? It rhymed. Oh, and politics is interesting. So feel free to write about politics, and maybe pen a haiku for your thoughts of the day. There will no doubt be daily topics for you to contribute to as well, so get those fingers limbered up....
