OK, this is officially a call for anti-Bush Haikus. I offer, as an example, Julie Garren's inspirational stab at it, as seen on her blog, Lack of Style:
Bush is retarded So vote for Kerry this fall Or I’ll kick your ass
Please submit yours in the comment section!
UPDATE: My boss liked the idea so much that we've launched an international call for submissions over on her site, AnitaRoddick.com. If you submit yours there, you might just get it published in a future book.
I have a number of haikus for you. To what address do I send them?
Ronald
Posted by: | Wednesday, May 05, 2004 at 08:49 PM
I have a number of haikus for you. To what address do I send them?
Ronald
Posted by: Ronald | Wednesday, May 05, 2004 at 08:50 PM
Dubya, I free you
From my heart, my mind, my soul,
Let others be you jailer.
Steve
Brussels
Posted by: Steve O'Neal | Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 06:18 AM
Dubya in D.C.
500K can't be wrong
Remnants of the sham.
Posted by: Da 'Ferd | Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 08:25 AM
Too many people
Lives of the rich are worth more
They need more tax cuts
Speak against the war
You must hate America
I'll call John Ashcroft
Corporations rule
Sucking a dirty oil teet
Long Live Amoco
Proping dictators
He may be an SOB
He's our SOB
Democracy can't afford
The truth anymore
Let's build an Empire
Posted by: Victor Solano | Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 10:56 AM
witless, bored, confused
must prove myself a leader
make the soldiers march
Posted by: Ryan Pierce | Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 02:10 PM
War that never was
Leader that could never be
Nightmare that must end
Posted by: Elizabeth | Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 03:23 PM
disenfranchised youth
this democracy is yours
rock the fucking vote
Posted by: linnea | Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 07:24 PM
Howling deep into night
How could my "friends"
Think this Fool worthy?
Teeth bared now I wait
When will my country wake up
Or is it exit time?
Posted by: Bruce | Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 05:47 PM
With apologies to Edgar Allan Poe
THE VULTURE
Once upon a midnight dreary, eyes long focused,
Sore and bleary, on images of endless war,
While I pondered, nearly weeping,
Suddenly there came a sweeping
As of someone snidely peeking,
Peeking through my bedroom door.
"It's John Ashcroft," I surmised,
"This again and nothing more."
Then with many a strut and flutter
In stepped not Ashcroft but heinous vulture
Not the least attention paid he,
Not a care he gave to help me,
But with vast right wing extended
Shadows deep my hopes then ended
For a country free and prosperous
Rid of Bush and VP Chenious,
Full of tolerance and peace,
Air now clean and future glorious.
Quoth the vulture, "NEVERMORE.'
But the vulture, never quitting,
Still is sitting, still is sitting
Right wing dark across the landscape
Within its eyes a gleam of pitting
Man against man with no escaping.
Quoth the voters, "NEVERMORE."
Posted by: Karen Kurle | Saturday, May 15, 2004 at 10:24 AM
Does that furrowed brow
Hold any real trace of thought?
This manchild must go.
Posted by: eliot van buskirk | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 04:48 PM
Neocons howl for war
Scream bloodlust for oil and power
End up with neither.
Posted by: Bob Morris | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 10:56 PM
not really a haiku, but a local band recorded a song about george bush.
its called "George = Stupid Fuck"
(right click, save as...)
http://onlinerock.com/musicians/rhexp//i_can_t_believe_it_s_the_ramsus_holmen_experience_-_george___stupid_fuck.mp3
Posted by: M.R.E.S. | Friday, June 04, 2004 at 11:03 AM
if that doesnt work
http://groups.msn.com/icantbelieveitstheramsusholmenexperience/downloadholmenation.msnw
Posted by: M.R.E.S. | Friday, June 04, 2004 at 11:05 AM
Where have you been all my life? A book of Bush-bashing haikus is already out there -- the perfect gift for the progressive in your household. It's called, appropriately enough, "Love Song for W -- An Appreciation in Haiku." The ISBN is 0595311911, and the book is available at amazon.com, powells.com, and other online booksellers. Or you can send me $9.99 through paypal and I'll send you a copy tomorrow -- shipping costs included.
And I still love The Body Shop.....
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0595311911
Posted by: DAVID SIMONS | Monday, June 14, 2004 at 05:44 PM
I am uninformed
I can't form an opinion
Please do it for me.
I need a scapegoat
To blame my failed life upon
Too much work to think..
No one talks to me.
What can I do to "fit in"?
I know! Bash Dubya!
My internet "friends"
They tell me what to "believe"
So I don't have to.
I don't understand
The things that they talk about.
But, they must be true.
It all must be true.
Read it on the Internet.
Proof it is the truth.
I gotta go now,
"Saved By The Bell" is on next.
More Mac and Cheese, Mom!
Posted by: kayaktony | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 02:35 PM
GW Cherry Picked his facts
For an insane war he chose
Time for him to pay
Posted by: Craig Betteridge | Thursday, July 01, 2004 at 05:50 PM
DAVID SIMONS, freak!
Thinks he knows of what he speaks.
Poor, David Simons.
Posted by: Snomis Divad | Friday, July 02, 2004 at 01:46 AM
Names below, not top.
Gave false tag, I could not stop.
Error is amiss.
Away from blame, he.
kayaktony, is his name.
David Simons, Sorry. :-(
KayakTony, fly.
Down a right wing stream, and die!
On rocks and Bushes.
The world is better.
Tony's gone to the place of
Studdering Pres. Ron.
Truth, is clear and good.
No such thing as evil, dude.
Just bad behavior.
Posted by: Snomis Divad - Not! | Friday, July 02, 2004 at 02:05 AM
This one is not mine, but it's truly an American tragedy.
Sniffle! Sniffle! Snort!
Why is George's nose running?
White line fever. Sad.
Posted by: CopyCat | Friday, July 02, 2004 at 02:28 AM
Georgie talks to God.
So do I, and I asked Him,
And He said, "George who?"
Posted by: Emma Keller | Friday, July 02, 2004 at 12:45 PM
Some call you elite
My daddy sucks saudi cock
That makes you my base
Posted by: Tracy WIlliams | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at 05:07 AM
Some call you elite
My daddy sucks saudi cock
That makes you my base
I have lost my mind
no child left behind has failed
I need nose candy.
Edwards is a tool
Truely sad state of affairs
Let's all move to Prague
Posted by: Tracy WIlliams | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at 05:11 AM
"Studdering Pres. Ron"
That is BRILLIANT haiku.
The way you spelled "stuttering" incorrectly was a nice touch. And your cropping of "President Reagan" to "Pres. Ron" to make it fit the haiku pattern was a stroke of brilliance. Regardless of the fact that no human being has ever uttered the words "Pres. Ron"...that didn't stop you from basically making up the nickname. Simply brilliant.
But what really defines you is your use of a rhyming scheme in haiku. Rhyming haiku is something that has remained largely untouched in the past, probably because rhyming is not a part of haiku. But did you let that stop you? No way!
And the way you initially incorrectly cited the author of my haiku...that, my friend, was poetic perfection. You are a haiku ARTIST!
"Studdering Pres. Ron." Brilliant....
Posted by: kayaktony | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at 07:11 PM
You read "My Pet Goat"
While the towers were burning
You're no leader, George
Posted by: kwolfe | Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 05:11 PM