A Haiku is a small poem with oriental metric that appeared in the XVI century and is very popular mainly in Japan. Usually it has 3 lines and 17 syllables distributed in 5, 7 and 5. It's almost like a photo of some specific moment of nature. More than inspiration, it's need meditation, effort and perception to compose a real Haiku.

A Haikucinich is a funny, true poem about the Boy Mayor of Cleveland.   

With the exception of the last two Haikuciniches, all of these were submitted by Matt from Cleveland. Thanks Matt!

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Our own Boy Blunder
Debt, taxes, despair, and crime
Cleveland fades away

Never for profit
Always for trust and fairness
Flip flop quid pro quo

He flies Air Force One
President O twists my arm
Nancy, I vote Yes
 

 Small man, once quite proud
Serving the people's interests
Now sells out his soul

Boy Blunder beware
Our dear Mistake on the Lake
Was his own Default

In Cleveland we Trust 
His reign ever in turmoil 
Let George pay the bill

Recall the Mayor 
One who did so much damage 
In so little time

Imagine our town 
Shining City on the Bluff 
Gone in one big Puff 

He said so proudly 
Rebuild the neighborhoods now 
Big Banks had a cow 

Denny too many 
Much more we really can't take 
Throw him in the lake

We watched in Wonder 
One so young, a pretender 
Our own Boy Blunder 

Dennis the Menace 
Put one over on Cleveland
And still elected

The Haiku of Hegemony
by Dennis Kucinich

Plotting gains. False promise low rates,
Political contributions place.
Regulatory controls erase.
Energy supplies manipulate.
Shortages create.
Blackouts.
Taxpayers bled.
Ratepayers dead.
Windfall profitgate.
Earnings misstate.
Stock inflate.
Enron investigate.
Bail-outs by state.
System remains.

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