Editorial Haiku Home Page

Five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. Who would ever conceive of turning this elegant, painfully terse poetic form into a reflection of American current events? Well, John Cho would, and he seems to have a great fondness for word play, having also created the Spam Haiku Page, devoted to no-one's favorite luncheon meat. The more serious of his web works, the Editorial Haiku Home Page is a collection of brief, yet often brilliant poetry written by Cho and others. These poems act as distilled essences of op-ed page commentary, far more insightful than anything the USA Today would print. For example: Nicole was beaten? No, you've got it all backwards. I was the victim. This wasn't penned by O.J., it's the work of one Sandra Powell, featured in February 1996's haiku collection. For the shortest editorials you'll ever see, this page is the place to go. (TLB)

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