Thomas Nord was a journalist with far too much time on his hands and was looking for an idea for a web
zine. For some reason, an idea came to him: presidential
haiku. So he posted a lame haiku about
George Washington:
Our first president
Your soul tempered in battle
No one else could serve
And it was all uphill from there. The site started getting more and more hits, people started sending in their own haiku, and it started getting mainstream media coverage. Check it out for yourself at http://haiku575.blogspot.com/. In the meantime, here are some samples.
George W. Bush
Inherits the throne
Thanks to Supreme
providence
And some dude named
Chad
William McKinley
Listen, McKinley
Beware a trip to
New York
Better stay in bed
George Washington
The nation's father
I say to my children now
"Can't you just behave?"
Abraham Lincoln
Stand on principle
But never sit with your back
Exposed to the door
Ronald Reagan
Genial actor
He delivered
platitudes
From
TelePrompters
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Polio or not
I am gonna plant my foot
Square on
Hitler's ass
Herbert Hoover
Civil engineer
A chicken in every pot
Depressing results
John F. Kennedy
Top down, Kennedy.
No chance of rain in
Dallas.
Goodbye,
Camelot.
Gerald Ford
Poor Gerald R. Ford
You fell from a
tarmacced plane
Fodder for wisecracks