Haiku Challenge: History, Politics, and Life in 17 Syllables

This last week or so has been filled with a number of historical and political events. The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr's "I have a dream" speech. Marches across the nation that served as a memory of the suffragists who fought for women's rights to vote and a reminder of how far we still have to go. New kitten drama continues. And Twitter is continuing to serve as a surprising outlet for all of these things.

Here are the haiku's from this last week.

08/20

Haiku - like new thought -

Breathe softly and disappear

without impression.

08/22

Would the solid clank

of a press imprint my words

more firmly than keys?

08/22

One hell of a night.

Pain wracks my head like lightening.

Fucking allergies.

08/24

Alone among friends,

The writer in me panics.

Paper is kinder.

08/26

Nineteenth amendment

Gave women the right to vote.

We should use it now.

08/27

Exhausted, throat-sore

I make my way through darkness

To the ones who wait.

08/27

Mad Men: Where women

are not allowed to play and

nice guys finish last.

08/28

M.L.K. Jr

once had a dream that spoke

to all. Still we dream.

08/30

Life falls short of dreams.

Everything sounds much better

when it's on paper.