Review Haiku – Innocent Saturday
Posted on February 6, 2012
The cost of knowledge
Unable to tell of doom
Unwilling to flee
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Review Haiku – The Artist
Posted on February 5, 2012
The king of silents
Dethroned by his stubborn pride
Gets another chance
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Review Haiku – Attack the Block
Posted on February 3, 2012
South London teen thugs
Find and kill an alien
It’s mates come hunting
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Review Haiku – Guilty of Romance
Posted on February 2, 2012
Obsequious wife
Tired of just making tea
Has sex for money
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Review Haiku – Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician
Posted on February 1, 2012
Peaceful protestors
Security services
Hosni Mubarak
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Review Haiku – Zulu
Posted on January 30, 2012
Small mission outpost
Guarded by a few soldiers
Holds off the Zulus
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Review Haiku – Kamikaze Girls
Posted on January 22, 2012
Living for cheap frills
Japanese Lolita Girl
Knows about courage
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There’s a great quote in the film, which inspired the haiku above: “Humans are cowards in the face of happiness. You need courage to hold onto happiness.”
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Review Haiku – The Final Countdown
Posted on January 20, 2012
Unusual storm
Sends the Nimitz back in time
To the eve of war
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Review Haiku – Jade Warrior
Posted on January 13, 2012
A Chinese relic
Carried to far off Finland
A legend reborn
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Review Haiku – Precious
Posted on January 11, 2012
Precious is precious
Her mother calls her stupid
Precious proves her wrong
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