Racine Post Haiku

RUSD math

2010-05-12T21:51:00.001-07:00

Schools falling apart,
Lousy graduation rates,
New central office?

Stupid, stupid, stupid

2010-05-02T07:13:00.001-07:00

The fountain's open!
Let the fun begin!
Yea! Yea! ... What the hell?

I'm from the government...

2010-04-27T14:08:00.001-07:00

The Capitol's closed,
Lawmakers have all gone home.
We're safe for a while.

Earth Day

2010-04-21T22:13:00.001-07:00

The river rushes
In nature it freely flows
Creating beauty.
--Achintya Krishnan

Who needs Al Gore?

2010-04-19T22:14:00.000-07:00

Earth Day is coming.
With bad air, earthquakes and more.
Are we listening?

You had your chance

2010-04-06T21:18:00.000-07:00

Throw all the bums out!
We say this, year after year,
But we don't do it.

Order in the court!

2010-03-30T21:39:00.000-07:00

If Justice is blind,
Then why are they taking sides
Before elections?

Listen here, Mother Nature!

2010-03-22T21:41:00.000-07:00

OK, it's Spring now!
I'm gonna open my eyes
I want green, not white!

Who writes this stuff?

2010-03-15T21:39:00.000-07:00

The plot twists on Lost
Are dull compared to those on
Racine's Tousis Show

Bad rap for Boston Store

2010-03-03T19:13:00.001-08:00

Of all Becker's crimes,
The one that sent him to jail--
No lie -- Was shopping?

Simanek's choice

2010-03-02T21:30:00.001-08:00

There's no middle ground:
Harsh sentence or probation?
(And then retire!)

No low bidder?

2010-02-24T08:23:00.001-08:00

Call me a cynic.
Mayor's plan for local jobs:
Recipe for fraud.

Who's in charge here?

2010-02-19T21:41:00.000-08:00

'The check's in the mail.'
We've heard this excuse before,
But not from the city!

Take two pills and ...

2010-02-13T20:53:00.000-08:00

Something's going 'round
At All Saints. The remedy:
Doctor, heal thyself!

Ah, Winter!

2010-02-09T12:52:00.001-08:00

Snow is beautiful
when I look through the window
in my heated room.

--Chris Flynn

Cans + glass = Money

2010-01-27T20:10:00.001-08:00

The bins are coming,
So hold those recyclables
Until they arrive.

History repeats

2010-01-17T18:57:00.001-08:00

From Boston's party
To little girls with their dolls,
Tea regains its punch

End of a dream

2010-01-10T18:38:00.000-08:00

We so looked forward
To Packers vs. Favre ... but
It's too cold to cry.

Time for a change?

2010-01-06T09:00:00.000-08:00

With all your bitchin'
About local government--
Why didn't you run?

We got out alive!

2010-01-01T16:42:00.000-08:00

It's a new decade!
Hard to believe we survived
The lousy 'OOs.

Practically a heat wave

2009-12-28T18:38:00.000-08:00

Is it cold enough,
Miserable enough for
The Polar Bear plunge?

Simanek's choice

2009-12-23T18:40:00.000-08:00

Will he, or won't he
Give hard time for threatening
A fictional girl?

Join the haiku club

2009-12-20T18:39:00.000-08:00

Your turn to write one;
It's just 5, 7 and 5
And final kicker

How good must I be?

2009-12-01T20:51:00.000-08:00

Best gifts this season
Are coming from City Hall:
Free rent and free land!

The American Way

2009-11-24T15:10:00.000-08:00

Turkey and fixins'
Stuff us all, except for those
Who can't afford 'em.

Unanswered question

2009-11-13T18:43:00.000-08:00

By the time Racine
OK's Tousis gas station,
Will cars still use gas?

A long time coming

2009-11-06T18:44:00.000-08:00

Christmas comes early.
This year there's no lump of coal
For Sixth Street's merchants

Two mysteries solved?

2009-10-26T21:39:00.000-07:00

Missing 10-year plan...
Oh, where could it be? Maybe
It's with Osama?

'Could do better'

2009-10-22T18:09:00.001-07:00

Our schools' report card,
Once again, is terrible.
So, who will sign it?

Phew, all around

2009-10-20T20:34:00.001-07:00

Tax rate a shocker
In Dickert's city budget?
Just rookie mistake

Suicide by budget

2009-10-19T20:33:00.000-07:00

If his ten-year-plan
Includes raising the tax rate,
Then Dickert is toast.

What do they know?

2009-10-18T12:28:00.001-07:00

HALO in the news:
All who vote on its funding
Have a place to sleep

Uh, whatever...

2009-10-01T20:48:00.001-07:00

The year's best party!
There's nothing more exciting
Than a new sidewalk?

We know what we like!

2009-09-22T20:49:00.000-07:00

Korean beer store?
No way! But welcome our new
Mechanical bull!

Hidden message?

2009-09-03T22:23:00.000-07:00

'Kids, please stay in school,'
Obama says. 'Or grow up
a conservative.'

Hard to debate when...

2009-08-25T21:19:00.000-07:00

At Ryan's sessions
Everyone brings opinions;
Not much listening

Selective hearing

2009-08-21T21:22:00.000-07:00

Two Americas?
Ryan listening sessions
Already show three

Oh, those clowns

2009-08-15T20:05:00.000-07:00

How rare! 'The circus'
doesn't refer to actions
of politicians

Positively amazing

2009-08-08T20:08:00.000-07:00

Who would've thunk it:
So many turn negative
About positives.

Haikus are easy

2009-07-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense,
Refrigerator

--Rolf Nelson

How dare he?

2009-07-09T20:39:00.003-07:00

No trial, but guilty!

Court of public opinion

Has ruled on Becker

How dare he?

2009-07-09T20:39:00.001-07:00

Friedel's big score

2009-07-08T12:28:00.000-07:00

A six-year contract!
Who does council think he is...
Yankees' next Babe Ruth?

KRMaybe?

2009-06-29T21:11:00.000-07:00

Don't shout 'All Aboard'
Until you really mean it,
Doyle tells us, again.

There he goes again!

2009-06-25T21:13:00.000-07:00

Four jobs in one year!
Can anyone remember
What to call Friedel?

Bonk!

2009-06-22T08:03:00.000-07:00

I am curious
culinary art techniques?
sharing food for thought

--Peg Rousar-Thompson

Electronics shock

2009-06-18T21:28:00.000-07:00

When Best Buy moves in
To Circuit City's old store
Will it ease the pain?

OPA!

2009-06-15T21:29:00.000-07:00

My annual fix:
Greek dancing, music and food.
More honeypuffs, please.

Knew it all along!

2009-06-01T21:17:00.001-07:00

Adirondack chairs
Give Downtown a Hamptons look.
We're sitting pretty!

Tripartite Haiku dedicated to BONK!

2009-05-27T14:57:00.000-07:00

6th Street construction
Cannot stop the sparkle of
Another BONK! night

Light mariachi
Adds atmospheric mood to
Prodigious talents

Demske and Specht do
An incredible service
To Downtown Racine

-- Sarah Corso

Little shoes to fill

2009-05-20T15:10:00.000-07:00

'Mayor John Dickert'
Has a nice ring to it, now.
Will it in ten years?

The day before doomsday

2009-05-14T20:47:00.000-07:00

No smoking today.
Will they ban Pepsi, cake next?
It's a big leap, folks!

YWCA

2009-05-12T05:57:00.001-07:00

Director laid-off,

Nine-months pregnant in new home:

Empowers Women?

Drip, drip, drip

2009-05-10T20:55:00.001-07:00

A tax exemption
For Wright's buildings. If only
The roofs didn't leak!

There was one here...

2009-05-08T20:55:00.000-07:00

Fewer parking spots
Downtown in the summertime?
Make room for buses!

The more things change

2009-05-05T22:13:00.001-07:00

A new mayor wakes
To a sunrise revealing
The same old problems

Taxation chimera

2009-05-03T13:33:00.001-07:00

Tax on rental cars?
Who'd have thunk it would pay for
KRM? No one

I'm baaaack!

2009-04-30T21:13:00.001-07:00

Fourteen years as gov,
But Tommy still wants to hear
'We've missed you so much'

WKCE-EEEEEE!

2009-04-28T21:22:00.000-07:00

Every year, the same:
Bad numbers, old excuses.
Will it ever change?

All you need to run

2009-04-24T21:37:00.000-07:00

Say the magic words:
'My years of experience,'
Vs. 'Ten-year plan'

Reverse priority

2009-04-20T21:36:00.000-07:00

Not making this up:
Judge says Becker's GPS
Protects him from us.

Protest equation

2009-04-19T14:35:00.000-07:00

Passionate speakers,
Attentive audience...but
Are any minds changed?

Now, the gloves are off

2009-04-16T21:27:00.001-07:00

Jody's woman's touch
Makes a mayoral race that's
Ready to rumble!

Or 15 rounds...

2009-04-14T17:47:00.001-07:00

Mayoral forum
Not really what Racine needs;
How 'bout a debate?

911 CYA

2009-04-10T09:10:00.001-07:00

Baby dies in cell
Mom's jailers show no remorse
Somebody must act.

If their lips are moving...

2009-04-08T07:15:00.000-07:00

Plache on the spot:
Does she keep her promise, or
Get back in the game?

Candidate mailings

2009-04-06T20:10:00.000-07:00

One candidate's plea
Mailed five times to one address
Donations to burn

Hard to pick just one?

2009-04-06T18:54:00.000-07:00

Eleven. Count 'em!
Something for everyone in
Our mayoral field

LGBT spells progress

2009-04-04T18:52:00.000-07:00

Racine gains a new,
And color-blind, self-image
Of diversity

Geographically challenged

2009-04-02T18:39:00.000-07:00

Asking Paul Ryan
For a 'map' out of this mess
Ignores who brung us

Campaign conundrum

2009-03-31T20:13:00.001-07:00

Big piles of money
To win a city office
Few of us would want

Mother Nature's tricks

2009-03-27T20:43:00.001-07:00

This weekend's snowstorm
Is making us nostalgic
For global warming

Your time is up!

2009-03-24T19:44:00.000-07:00

Do sound-byte forums
Help us choose the candidate
With staying power?

Where Angels tread

2009-03-22T09:06:00.000-07:00

It woulda been great,
But put away headlines with
'Twofer,' 'dynasty'

GO REBELS, ANGELS!!

2009-03-21T09:06:00.000-07:00

Two chances at State!
Racine hoop stars already
Making us all proud

Pennies on the dollar

2009-03-17T21:23:00.000-07:00

All this angst about
AIG's bonus millions
Obscures the real haul

Ballot etiquette

2009-03-16T20:52:00.001-07:00

So, Kim's vote was wrong:
Voiding someone else's vote
Sounds like Florida!

Where'd I put that?

2009-03-15T14:57:00.001-07:00

$300 million
Vanishes, but the wealthy
Don't seem to notice.

Election harvest

2009-03-12T11:29:00.001-07:00

Our crowded ballot
Promises one sure outcome:
Too many lawn signs!

A real plea deal

2009-03-09T11:30:00.000-07:00

Now, Madoff gets his.
But when will the rest of us
Get back what is ours?

Campaign season

2009-03-07T13:54:00.001-08:00

Eat, drink, be merry!
Candidates wine and dine us,
Then the tables turn.

Foot in mouth, forever

2009-03-01T20:18:00.000-08:00

Can you take it back
In this archived, wired age?
Not a chance, Jody

Hey, sign my petition?

2009-02-24T20:15:00.000-08:00

Is there anyone
Left in Racine who hasn't
Filed for mayor yet?

The Harding exception

2009-02-21T20:13:00.000-08:00

Blogs help candidates
Get their message to voters.
Sometimes that can help.

Who's on first...

2009-02-17T21:01:00.000-08:00

Is this government
Or just the city's version
Of musical chairs?

City Hall fantasy

2009-02-12T21:00:00.001-08:00

A new library
Heads our stimulus wish list?
Don't make book on it!

Let's ask the Chief

2009-02-10T20:58:00.000-08:00

Police impound lot
Gets the cash and draws the thieves.
So, where are the cops?

Splendid Saturday

2009-02-06T15:56:00.001-08:00

So much going on:
Art, music, theatre, cookies!
This is MY Racine

Perfect pitch

2009-02-04T19:07:00.000-08:00

When Council listens
It's a sure sign we're nearing
Election season

No contest

2009-02-02T21:34:00.000-08:00

Tough choice for Council:
Stick with their own (wrong) vote, or
Move the election!

West Racine office pool

2009-01-29T20:00:00.001-08:00

Four years, one plan,

But all the neighbors say no.

What will Council do?

Good neighbors

2009-01-29T19:55:00.000-08:00

A park, or The Pig!
Just keep the low-income out
Where NIMBY's in charge

Pick me, pick me!

2009-01-23T21:15:00.001-08:00

Sunset for Becker
Gives every alderman hope
For his own sunrise

Washed away

2009-01-21T21:16:00.000-08:00

Becker's legacy:
Art district, Downtown's rebirth
Who will remember?

A Day to Remember

2009-01-19T21:20:00.001-08:00

As we told our kids
Of JFK, they'll tell theirs
Where they were today.

Blogger Blogarrhea

2009-01-18T21:34:00.000-08:00

Looking around at
So many angry people,
Let's hope they find peace.

Dont forget the 'D'

2009-01-17T16:10:00.000-08:00

Voices of virtue?

County GOP is smug:

"Thank God, he's not ours."

The Next Generation

2009-01-17T07:13:00.001-08:00

Council at Warp Speed!
Starfleet picks Becker's bones clean
No waiting for Spock

The Parent Trap

2009-01-15T22:24:00.000-08:00

A father must think:
How'd I feel if some guy trolled

For my young daughter?

Why is this?

2009-01-15T08:29:00.001-08:00

Presumption of guilt
Is everyone's first instinct
When mayors go bad.