“Peanuts won’t sprout
in that patch of dirt.”
The old man smiles.
Ken Wagner on Haiku Habits
For Barack Obama. Today was my birthday, and I got a new president.
Peanuts Sprout | Inauguration haiku poem example | 012009
Filed under Senryu Poems About Human Nature
Happy birthday! A fun poem.
the peanut man,
the oil man and his dad,
the man from hope,
and all present, smile
and say, “Best wishes.”
Thanks, Dave and Adriaan. It was a good day all around. It would be interesting to know what those luminaries were really thinking.
I wrote this one a bit ago after learning about the troubles that multi-national corporations had growing peanuts in Africa. The local knowledge on soil conditions had been lost or ignored.
Somehow, it felt right for the Obama’s inauguration. Poetic license, perhaps.
peanuts won’t sprout
In that patch of dirt
The young Obama smiles
That’s what I liked about this poem. Eerily
apropos for this moment which dispatches
so many “can’t happen’s” at a single event.
So simple, so much.
Looking for more time to peruse your site.
MacJax
Thanks, Jack. I think your version works a bit better for the event, no?
peanut will sprout
anywhere
it only needs a will
Indeed, “it only needs a will”. Good soil helps, however. And a bit of luck. We are improbable, after all – http://haikuhabits.com/snowflakes-fall-snow-haiku-poem-example-010209/.