58 thoughts on “JerryN Memorial Haiku Thread.”

  8. A major drawback
    with writing limericks is
    they require real work.
    So much easier
    to count syllables than to
    come up with good rhymes.

  11. In the post-debate spinning, John Kerry
    Found the Bush team’s attacks rather scary.
    “The Cheneys are ticked,
    I wish I had picked
    Some other example than Mary.”

  12. Devolving the thread into politics
    By indulging in off-topic limericks
    Is remarkably crass
    Hey! Let’s kick his ass!
    And string him up high on a crucifix
    😉
    *runs fast*

  14. There was a young man from ObWings
    Who said the most outrageous things
    “Would I vote for John Kerry?”
    Then to be quite contrary
    Said “Bush: a true king among kings.”

  17. A spelling error
    In the host’s name must be a
    380 tonne faux pas
    Slant rhyme is allowed
    Then the final line above
    Requires elision

  18. Sorry to be hi-faluting, but in honor of the electioneering season
    The night has almost left
    but in a puddle
    remains a sliver of the moon
    Buson
    mijikai yo ya
    asase ni nokoru
    tsuki ippen

  21. haiku can imbue
    any seventeen syllables
    with false gravity
    bonus haiku:
    no politics please
    five minutes without b******t
    my headache is gone
    double bonus haiku:
    paleolithic
    septuagenarian
    fundamentalists

  23. The Bush family’s matriarch mother
    Said “Boys, take good care of each other!”
    But if Jeb doesn’t push
    Dubya’s out on his tush
    What a feeble excuse for a brother!

  24. For a long time I avoided dejection;
    the only real threat was ejection
    because each night on Fox
    twenty five hirsute Red Sox
    helped me forget this ^&^%@^$ election.

  25. Katherine, I’m having a hard time with the scansion of that last line — how many syllables in “^&^%@^$”?

  26. The Yanks were as charming and zany
    as Paul Wolfowitz or Dick Cheney
    but they got the job done,
    led three games to none;
    Bostonians suffered insanely.

  28. Two syllables. (f**cking was what I had in mind.)
    But Rivera walked Amish porn star
    Jebediah Obadiah Millar.
    Then Dave Roberts stole,
    Bill Mueller found a hole,
    and Big Papi hit the ball far.

  29. In game five it was Ortiz again,
    at the end of 14 in the Fens.
    Game six had bloody socks,
    failed karate chops,
    and six umpires making amends.

  33. ObWings just needs a few days
    ‘Til the end of th’electoral phase
    If there is no more Bush
    To the center we’ll push
    And say ‘ciao’ to divisive malaise.

  34. howdy hilzoy: Pima County (southern Arizona) will vote decisively for Kerry but doubtful it will suffice to offset the voting in the republican Disneyland of Maricopa County (Phoenix). In the bigger picture, Kerry wins handily (regardless of Florida’s shenanigans). I predict Ohio, Penn., Wisconsin & Minnesota all go blue. Final tally:
    282 blue, 256 red. Just a hack’s prediction.

  38. Whoa. If I just did that, I’m quitting, too. Let me know, Moe. If my interactive skills have become that f***ed up, it’s time to go.

  40. Whoa. Can’t say I didn’t see it coming. So long, Moe, and thanks for all the fish, er, threads. You’ll be missed.

  41. So long mon amis
    thou polite centrist blogger
    too much so it seems
    There once was a man named Crionna
    whose name didn’t rhyme with a thing
    he tried to be polite
    but ended up in some fights
    and contributed to Moe’s tiring.
    Sorry Moe. Best wishes on your pending nuptials.

  42. Therefore to thee this night
    I will no requiem raise
    But waft thee on thy flight
    With a paean of old days
    – Edgar Allen Poe (from memory, so I might be a word or two off)
    I too am deeply sorry to see you go, Moe. May your other endeavours provide you with the fun and joy to which you are deserving.

  49. I don’t think I’ve ever posted here before but I feel I must delurk to say Thanks Moe. I’ve enjoyed reading your thoughts very much for the past year or so and I wish you every joy in days to come

  52. Concluding the same
    though I have cried wolf before.
    Sorry for harsh words.
    We’ll always have
    iambic pentameter.
    Vaya con dios.

  53. Since i’m genetically incapable of rhyming, i’ll wish you bon voyage with a line from the Doors:
    Mr. MoJo rising . . .
    thanks for letting me play in the sandbox, and best of luck with your pending marriage.
    Francis

  55. Forlorn, Moe is gone
    and has a bellyfull.
    Still hungry?
    Recipes?
    P.S. I wish you the very best in life and love.

  56. The blog will be the poorer without your being a part of it, Moe. While you hold a number of opinion I don’t share, I can respect how you came to believe as you do, and the integrity of your beliefs.
    May your married life bring you and your fiancee nothing but joy.

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