National Assembly
An expanse of cleavage
Crowned by botox
Ambassadors
Burnooses in the rain
How ridiculous
Sarel Cilliers
Recited by Mattera
Boers applaud uneasily
Awaiting the chief
The opposition
Sits leaderless
Amidst the poetry
A cacophony of crassness
From the media benches
Heckles for Helen
But a standing ovation
For the Judiciary
All rise for Madiba
Chanting and ululating
False alarm
Lindiwe looks gorgeous
Has she had work done?
Who cares!
My companion
Speaks of unrequited love
While Mbongis gather
Are the first wives present?
Said scathingly
She’s just jealous
Kgalema enters
Been there, done that
Where’s my tee shirt?
Madiba sits demurely
He needs no spotlight
Graça is resplendent
Msholozi is gracious
Tribute to past leaders
Is T’boz listening?
Recession?
We will procure locally!
China chuckles
Chortles at Zuma’s taal
Really Marthinus?
Let’s hear your isiZulu
Message to pupils
Complete High School!
(No sign of Julius)
No paedophilia for principals?
Expect CCMA claims
Over loss of benefits
Border patrols
To guard the Limpopo
Hope they can swim
“Support Zimbabwe
“Until free and fair elections”
(A Freudian slip)
The assembly rises
Journalists remain seated
Cynical rude bastards
Kanthan was in Parliament for Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address. He remains optimistic.
Pedantry alert: what you have written is not a haiku, but a senryu.
“Written in the present tense, a haiku focuses on nature, frequently includes or suggests a season word (kigo), and relates a moment of discovery/surprise (the “aha!” moment) with each line offering a distinct image. Also, within the haiku, a pivotal point (a pause) shifts to another image, thereby dividing the poem into two parts. The pivot occurs at the end of the first or second line.
In the past, humor and most particularly, human nature, were excluded from haiku, reserved specifically for senryu.”
It’s not a bad senryu, though.
Very nice Kanathan! Thanks.
Loved it!
Michael: Thanks for that explanation. The truth is that I’ve never written anything even vaguely poetry-like before, so this is new ground. I don’t expect it to become a habit. (-:
LOL! Great stuff Kanthan!
Michael Liermann a Mshe moment for you! Dont plagarise…… include the source…. in this instance
http://members.tripod.com/~Startag/HkSenDiff.html
Glory!
The assembly rises
Journalists remain seated
Cynical rude bastards
hyow do you know if you’re a pirate? you just ARRRRRRRRRRR
lol…………Just the thing I needed to make me chuckle in the midst of this bleak winter……
Brilliant!