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 – Bodyguards and Assassins
Posted on January 24, 2012
Waning dynasty
Tries to stop revolution
Ideas don’t die
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Review Haiku – Cleopatra
Posted on January 14, 2012
Toying with feelings
She gives Rome a would-be heir
But the Daddy died
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Review Haiku – Into the Storm
Posted on June 25, 2011
Churchill’s best speeches
Dramatized in a war film
Diluting their strength
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Review Haiku – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Posted on May 9, 2011
Hospital to jail
Salander’s story comes out
Bad guys arrested
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Review Haiku – 1984
Posted on April 2, 2011
It’s Orwell’s warning
That Big Brother is watching
Double plus ungood
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Review Haiku – Metropolis
Posted on March 18, 2011
Like Fritz’s story
A robot causes problems
People pushed too far
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Review Haiku – Batman Returns
Posted on February 4, 2011
Stately Wayne Manor
Curious cats are welcome
Flightless birds are not
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Review Haiku – Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Posted on January 26, 2011
After Poxyclypse
Max wanders in the desert
Gets a shitty job
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Review Haiku – The Deal
Posted on December 4, 2010
Two young ministers
Sharing a tiny office
New Labour prelude
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