Reagan: Good F--king Riddance Twenty Years Later

Today  marks the twentieth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death.

Four days after he died, I wrote this poem: 

Sarcastic Haiku 22: A Close Call

The White House approves
of showing coffins with flags
in time for Reagan.

What I Wrote Almost Twenty Years Ago and How It’s Going Now

Sarcastic Haiku 20: Fetus Rights Prediction

Trial of Century:
Fetus takes stand against Mom.
No right hand to raise.

American Haiku: Marjorie's Primary Color

When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku. An American Haiku doesn't care about tradition, formality or history. it takes as long as it wants to make its point because America. You can read others I've written since by clicking here and scrolling down. 

American Haiku: Marjorie's Primary Color

White supremacists 

need to stop being replaced.

I mean targeted! (P.S. I'll still win!)

A Haiku To Mark the Impeachment Vote

Previous American Haiku here.

American Haiku: The Pelosi Letter

Five-seven-five no!
Grave! Malicious! Slanderous!
These are words! These are words!

Is My American Haiku Becoming Real?

Here's a poem I wrote in 2003.


Sarcastic Haiku 3: American Haiku

Fuck five-seven-five!
Americans make the rules.
U-S-A! U-S-A!


Here's a Trump tweet in 2019.

I got nothing but this...

American Haiku ∞

Five-seven-five fuck!

Life is imitating joke!

What to do? What to do?

Sarcastic Haiku

From no Obama
to near-obliteration.
Are we great again?

American Haiku 2019

When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku. You can read my first ones here, the new ones here and here, and my new one below. 

American Haiku: State of the Union

Five-seven-five nope.
Ninety minutes just enough. 
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

New American Haiku

When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku. You can read it here or here. Here's a new one.

American Haiku: Donald Trump Rally

No five-seven-five.
I'll be way more efficient.
Make America Great Again. Make America Great Again.

Some Poetry To Mark Today's Inauguration

Years ago, I started my Sarcastic Haiku series. When Bush declared war on Iraq, I created my American Haiku version (kind of a series within a series).

New New New!!!

Not counting this towards my NaPoWriMo list, but it's nice to write a new onathese!


Sarcastic Haiku 80: Rereading Watchmen

Utopian world
where Nixon is still the worst
president ever.

Sarcastic Haiku: Election/Post Election

You know about my Sarcastic Haiku (if not, you can click here for a quick intro). I hadn't written too many in the last year or so due to the unfunny nature of the political world. I guess the hope theme of the past election was catchy, since I at least had the impetus to write these.


Sarcastic Haiku 76: McCain's Silent Majority

"Look? A stuffed monkey
with Obama's name on it!
Get it? Get it? Get...?"


Sarcastic Haiku, 77: American Haiku Presents: Election Day 2008

Five-sev-five galore!
U.S. votes for war or war!
Give us more! Give us more!


Sarcastic Haiku 78: Day After Election

Surburban riots!
Garbage cans set on fire
night before trash day.


Sarcastic Haiku 79: His Father's Footsteps

No Bush term's complete
without having someone named
Hussein left in charge.

Happy Anniversary, GW

To mark the fifth anniversary of our declared "victory" in Iraq...

Sarcastic Haiku 75: Mission Accomplished, Five Years Later

GW tries
to teach us all that winning
isn’t anything.

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty Three, Poem Twenty Three

"Sarcastic Haiku" reject. This one more work-related than political.


National Conference Call

Today's call topic:
Long distance relationships,
do they really work?

Sarcastic Haiku Is Back

Beats Working.

Sarcastic Haiku 73: Belichick's Defense

Poor Bill Belichick.
Guilty of acting under
the Patriot Act.

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Two, Poem Twenty

Sarcastic Haiku 72: Pope Ends Limbo

Mercy to children
or merely the church's way
of dropping daycare?

NaPoWriMo, Day Twelve, Poem Eleven

Sarcastic Haiku 71: Reason for Fewer Sarcastic Haiku

Slowly realizing
that an insane president
might not be funny.

NaPoWriMo, Day One, Poem One

Sarcastic Haiku 70: Deadline Poem Forever

Sarcastic Haiku
National Poetry Month.
I'm fucking awesome.

I Smell Haiku In The Air

Do an "American Haiku" Search on this site to get you caught up.

Sarcastic Haiku 67: American Haiku Presents: GW to North Korea

Our five-seven-five
to North Korea is clear:
Please do not kill us.

Two Cents

Sarcastic Haiku 66: Adult Columbine

Colorado asks:
how to protect kids when there’s
no kids to arrest?

Nothing Like A U.S. Hype Machine...

to get the Haiku mojo working again.

Sarcastic Haiku 65: American Haiku Presents: Remembering Nine Eleven

Five-Seven-Five shhh.
The U.S. has learned enough.
Never again. Never again.