Monday, March 5, 2012

Haiku #5

The haikus for last week, on Occupy Edmonton. @DwiTrevor

Grass trampled down flat
Sign staked down in three places
Marker, and dry paint

In an empty park
Tim Horton's across the street
A corner campground

Come for the protest
Keep getting asked for money
Free food brings homeless

One tarp hides kitchen;
Another is lost-and-found;
A third, medical.

News anchors are here
They ask to speak with someone
A queue quickly forms.

She said, "get a job."
But since most of us had one,
A difficult task.

Sonnet #5

On Occupy Edmonton. @DwiTrevor

Desire to change world in positive ways
Was taken by protestors to extreme:
They built up an enthusiastic team.
But seeing the actual play-by-plays,
The project burst apart in a huge blaze.
The expiration of this grand pipedream
Was presaged by a strange, leaderless scheme,
And knowledge that we were hippy cliches.

Many just wanted to talk on the news,
As they threw out any who tried to lead.
These rebels claimed they'd non-partisan views,
But to have no stance is not what we need.
I think everyone who picks up on clues,
In a month no longer carried the creed.