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February 21, 2003

The Bard's Breath: Saddam Haiku

by Joe Katzman at February 21, 2003 6:05 AM

"The Bard's Breath" is a daily weekday feature that brings you art, quotes and verse related to our times. We all need a bit more than just news to make it through what's coming next: Spirit. Perspective. Faith. Reminders of humanity, and horror, and the shape of true victory.

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The Wall Street Journal's poetry contest gave us a series of haikus imagining Saddam's death. The first is from John Gooderham even follows the rule of mentioning a season:

Underground Saddam
Thermobaric bombs away
Springtime love and peace

Groovy! Brian Donnelly, meanwhile, submits this haiku inspired by Simon & Garfunkel:

Saddam sings, "I am
Iraq, I am an island."
Soon: Sounds of Silence.

Guess they've all come, to look for America. Finally, Yoav Griver envisions the aftermath:

All Saddam's portraits
Consigned to dustbins at last
God Bless the U.S.

Yoav, this is the Internet age. They'll go as cut-rate souveneirs on eBay.

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