Friday, 27 July 2018

Republiku

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. The word comes from haiku no ku meaning comic verse. The English haiku is usually three lines about a brief observation. For fun I call these verses Republiku - the first part refers to the Republic (nation or politics) and the last syllable refers to a poetic form.



NY Times report
facts don’t matter
anymore

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Truth is truth
but we are 
above that


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Americans held hostage
by their president
and money

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American veterans
salute president
for protecting them

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A poet wrote
when the world doesn’t make sense
rewrite from scratch


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