Haiku Book Reviews, Pretensious and Unhelpful, Arrogant blogging
by tdaxp ~ January 28th, 2007
Recently, I had the rare fortune of having a haiku poem in my honor, written by no less a poet than a a Chicagoist. It reads:
tdaxp
learned and dense yet cryptic
perfect for haiku
In honor of such an gift, below are short reviews of books I read during the recent break (in haiku form!). Enjoy!
“Kingdom of Make Believe,” by Dean Barrett.
New York publisher
Visits Thai sister-in-law
The deaths have begun
“Getting it Right,” by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Bill Buckley, Ayn Rand
The John Birch Society
Only one survives
“The Emperor’s New Clothes,” by Joseph L. Graves read the tdaxp review)
Just call them racists.
Maybe that will shut them up
P.C. balderdash
“The Scientist in the Crib,” by Gopnik, Meltzoff, & Kuhl (read the tdaxp review)
“Evolutionary Developmental Psychology,” by Bjorklund & Pellegrini (read the tdaxp review)
The genes make the man
Adaptations for his life
And for his children
“My Secret,” by Frank Warren(read the tdaxp review)
From the angst ridden
Tales of human lives and lies
Through USPS
The New York Times uses top 1% of income, not wealth. From the legend:...
January 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Growing up, we had
Birch stuff in our house, and we
got NR, of course.
January 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am
I did not realize
Oswald targeted Birchers
Kind of strange, ain't it?
January 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am
It was a strange time –
Oswald was a leftist — we'll
never have the facts.