Haiku News
Jim Poyser
Jim Poyser's weekly column, Haiku News, has appeared in NUVO for almost ten years. These news and culture haiku have also been published in the Bloomington Voice, the Illinois Times and the Chicago Reader. A feature he wrote about his adventures in writing news haiku received a statewide journalism award. He teaches haiku workshops in area schools.
Haiku news 5-7-08
May 6, 2008
Jim's poems this week cover China, Obama's pastor, and working class whites.
Haiku news 4-30-08
Apr 29, 2008
Jim's haiku this week cover abstinence only programs as well as US consumers' dark mood.
Haiku news 4-23-08
Apr 22, 2008
Two of Jim's poems are about the Pope! Pope poems!
Haiku News 4-16-08
Apr 15, 2008
Jim returns to haiku form w/ poems this week on the Olympic torch and Puffed Rice.
Haiku News 3-26-08
Mar 25, 2008
Jim's poems address Tibet, Beijing, Spitzer and extraterrestrial farts.
Haiku News 3-19-08
Mar 19, 2008
As you can imagine...a couple of Eliot Spitzer haiku...
Haiku News 3-12-08
Mar 11, 2008
Teaser haiku: Boeing's loss of Air/Force tank deal makes McCain a/sitting duck scapegoat
Haiku News 3-5-08
Mar 4, 2008
Jim poem's cover the growing incarceration rate in the US, along w/ Mukasey's decision to NOT probe Miers and Bolton because it just sounds so disgusting ...
Haiku News 2-27-08
Feb 26, 2008
Jim's haiku are presidential-campaign oriented, w/ McCain, Clinton and Obama -- oh, and Nader -- poems. No extra charge for that.
Haiku News 2-20-08
Feb 19, 2008
Cheney, Bush, Hillary and Mitt Rom-knee-jerk are just a few of the subjects covered in Poyser's haiku this week.
Haiku News 2-13-08
Feb 12, 2008
Jim's haiku range over topics such as Heath Ledger's death, Roger Clemens' doping storm, and Shaq's trade to the Suns.
Haiku news 2-6-08
Feb 5, 2008
Jim's haiku this week cover FEMA, logging in Alaska and Haitians forced to eat dirt.
Haiku news 1-30-08
Jan 29, 2008
Jim's poems include haiku on Heath Ledger and Paul Wolfowitz.
Haiku News 1-23-08
Jan 22, 2008
Jim's poems cover Gaza, polar bears and a new tree species in Madagascar.
Haiku news 1-16-08
Jan 15, 2008
Jim's poems this week discuss how Hillary met the cry-teria and how Roger Clemens is seeking clemens-cy. You know, puns like that.
Haiku news 1-09-08
Jan 8, 2008
Jim's haiku cover subjects from Musharraf to Britney.
Jan 2, 2008
Jim's haiku this week cover walruses, ancient mammoths and Musharraf.
12-26-07
Dec 26, 2007
This week, Jim's haiku are memorial poems for some who passed away in 2007.
Haiku news 12-19-07
Dec 19, 2007
Jim's poems include haiku on genetic experiments on mice and cats.
Haiku News 12-12-07
Dec 12, 2007
Jim's poems include haiku about the destroyed CIA tapes and soaring birth rate among teens.
Haiku 12-5-07
Dec 4, 2007
Jim's odes this week include Cheney's heart and Evel Kneivel's death.
Haiku News 11-29-07
Nov 27, 2007
Jim's haiku include poems about the housing market crash and Scott McClellan's recent accusations.
Nov 21, 2007
Jim's haiku this week include poems about global warming and Barry Bonds.
Sarkozy and Mickey Rourke
Nov 13, 2007
Jim's haiku this week covers energy drinks, privacy issues and Mickey Rourke's DUI.
Haiku news 11-7-07
Nov 6, 2007
Jim's haiku this week include poems about Dennis Kucinich, E. coli and striking writers.
Haiku news 10-31-07
Oct 31, 2007
Jim's haiku include verses on China launching a probe to the moon and trade of Antoine Walker to the Timberwolves.
October 24th, 2007
Oct 24, 2007
Haiku News explores Iran, trouble at Oral Roberts University, and those dorky Democrats.
October 17th, 2007
Oct 17, 2007
This week, Poyser's haiku include verses for Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and catalogchoice.org
October 10th, 2007
Oct 10, 2007
This week on Haiku News, Jim Poyser spins poems about Bush, Senator Craig, Isiah Thomas and Princess Di.
October 4th, 2007
Oct 3, 2007
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September 26th, 2007
Sep 26, 2007
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September 19th, 2007
Sep 19, 2007
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September 12th, 2007
Sep 12, 2007
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September 5th, 2007
Sep 5, 2007
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August 29th, 2007
Aug 29, 2007
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August 22nd, 2007
Aug 22, 2007
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August 14th 2007
Aug 15, 2007
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8/8/07
Aug 8, 2007
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August 1st, 2007
Aug 1, 2007
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July 25th, 2007
Jul 25, 2007
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July 18th, 2007
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July 11th, 2007
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July 5th, 2007
Jul 5, 2007
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Year in Half Review Part 2
Jun 28, 2007
Haiku news for the half year in review
Year in Half Review
Jun 21, 2007
The year in half review
June 13th, 2007
Jun 13, 2007
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June 6th, 2007
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May 30th, 2007
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May 16th, 2007
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May 9th, 2007
May 9, 2007
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May 2nd, 2007
May 2, 2007
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April 25th, 2007
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April 18th, 2007
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April 11th, 2007
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April 4th, 2007
Apr 4, 2007
For the week preceeding April 4th
March 21th 2007
Mar 22, 2007
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March 7th 2007
Mar 7, 2007
News for the week of March 7th-14th 2007
