Election Day haiku

Posted by Dave Bonta on November 4, 2008 (last modified at 9:42 am, 7/5/09)

I went in the booth
to be alone with you lot,
my fellow citizens.

Feel free to leave your own Election Day haiku (or American sentence) in the comments.

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18 Responses to Election Day haiku

  1. Rachel Barenblat says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    Grey foggy morning.
    I cast my historic vote!
    Now the bright sun shines.

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  2. dale says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    I will love your bright and laughing eyes even if you vote for McCain.

    (I did an American sentence instead. Seemed appropriate.)

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  3. essenceoftao says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish..

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  4. Pica says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    My absentee vote
    cast days ago, before the rain
    And now, the sunshine

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  5. Jean says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    Your election day,
    mine too in this shrinking world:
    our hopes together.

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  6. beth says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    My foreign vote floats off
    in a bottle but today
    I’m what feels adrift

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  7. Dave says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    (dale – Yes. I’ve edited the post to make it clear that American sentences are also welcome.)

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  8. Hg says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Choose another one
    Make him better than the last
    We’re holding our breath

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  9. Brenda says:
    November 4, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    If Barack don’t win
    We’ll welcome him in Kanuk
    To be our PM!

    (Translation: Let me tell you, if you don’t vote Barack Obama for President we’ll be happy to have him as our Prime Minister up here in Canada.)

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  10. Dave says:
    November 4, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    A growing reek:
    some farmer has expressed his views
    with a manure spreader.

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  11. Lady P says:
    November 4, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    London boy, thirteen,
    Sets his clock for five am.
    “It’s history”, says he.

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  12. deb says:
    November 4, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Bits from voters swirl –
    wagers on democracy.
    Hope trumps past rebukes.

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  13. handdrummer says:
    November 4, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Grey skies lower
    On a day full of Hope,
    Barack Hussein Obama

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  14. marja-leena says:
    November 4, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    On tenterhooks,
    Hope and fear for O,
    Even here in Canada

    (as Brenda said, we’ll take him if you don’t)

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  15. Lucy says:
    November 5, 2008 at 1:35 am

    I stumbled awake
    5.30, turned on, broke fast
    on euphoria.

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  16. Joan says:
    November 5, 2008 at 1:41 am

    Yes, I’m thrilled to death, but I am always plagued by irony. Here are a couple of attempts at Haiku.

    We call upon
    Descendent of our oppressed
    To save us from ourselves

    Finally a chance
    For fair share of the pie
    It is already eaten

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  17. MB says:
    November 5, 2008 at 9:54 am

    this morning the light
    seeped through grey clouds, felt its way
    over the landscape

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  18. Dave says:
    November 5, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Thanks, all. Some real gems here!

    Reply

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