Post a "GOOD BYE, RUMMY" Haiku, here...

[Crankie Avalon]

Ignoramus? Sure.
Tight sphincter of arrogance
staying the course? No.

[Fierce]

1. A fat pulsing boil

on the ass of the nation's
defense -- pop! You're gone.

[Maine-i-acs]

2. Cold dealer of death;

We are pleased to see you go!
That took much too long.

[TheBaldyMan]

3. Cranky, blind and dumb

the blood coats your wrinkled hands
Lose much sleep over that?

[Karenca]

4. Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld thought
Before the indictments start
Bush Paraguay Ranch

[Plaid Adder]

5. Mine is called: Karma

We went to the polls
with the army we had, not
one you wished to have.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[berni_mccoy]

8. beautiful

[spuddonna]

15. Excellent! n/t

[Chimichurri]

23. awesome

[StaggerLee]

34. wow

:applause:

[BlueEyedSon]

36. I (heart) B A

[Dead_Parrot]

98. Here ya go

In dawn's early light,
The heat was too much to stand:
Snowflakes turned to dust

[Hugin]

121. Beautiful Plaid!

I'm not very good at poetry.

Could you please write one about "Rummy thrown under a bus"?

:thumbsup:

[Bunny]

6. In the north and south,

In the east and in the west,
Just go away Don.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

60. You nailed it. Maybe I can make one with "Tikrit and Baghdad"

included!

:hi: MKJ

[Patsy Stone]

7. Haiku!

Known knowns and unknowns
One thing I know today is
You're a known unknown.

[Gregorian]

27. Haha! Yay!

Love it.

[peace13]

40. Good one! n/t

[slybacon9]

71. Best! Winner.... nt

[Javaman]

9. For the troops...

Rumsfeld has resigned
Peace will take hold now he's gone
Families happy once again.

[11 Bravo]

10. War criminal? Yeah.

The Hague is waiting for you.
Firing squad or noose?

[PleadTheFirst]

11. Murderous madman

Now a Neo-Con scapegoat
History judges.

[keepthemhonest]

55. you got that right

thanks for sharing

[Ganja Ninja]

12. Here's one for his future.

Goodness me land sakes
Henny Penny the sky is falling
I’m too ill for trial

[Justyce]

33. LOLOL!

[spuddonna]

Rummy the Albatross

Warlord with no plan,
Your shock and awe came today -
Neo sacrifice.

[conscious evolution]

13. na na nah nah

na na nah nah
hey heeyyyy goodbye

[quiet.american]

14. Bye.

We can't end this "war"
with SecDefense we have
Bye, bye, Don Rumsfeld.

[kiki]

16. Please don't let the door

Hit you on your lying ass
Warmongering scum

[Gold Metal Flake]

17. ....

Sunset of life
The killer is in repose
It's time to strike.

[MorningGlow]

18. A "fond" farewell

Armed Forces news spoke.
Undead, back to your coffin.
Rummy, just relax.

[omega minimo]

19. .

skull with eyeglasses
sits alone answering its
own unasked questions

[spuddonna]

21. WOW!

That's AWESOME!!!

:applause:

[omega minimo]

25. thanks-- and plaid adder rocks it up there

:toast:

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. BEST ONE by FAR

Love them all, but goddamn, homey. That's brilliant.

[omega minimo]

116. Hey AM, check out Tom Meyer

:hi: :hug:

[Gregorian]

29. OMG, that's almost like mine!

Too weird.

[omega minimo]

30. hugs to you and AM

:grouphug:

[omega minimo]

31. dupe

:grouphug:

[spuddonna]

32. You are both struck by the same muse!

Nice work to both of you!! :)

[StaggerLee]

37. bravo!

:applause:

[Crankie Avalon]

47. That's a GREAT one--totally truthful and so vivid! n/t

[omega minimo]

86. Vivid!

:blush: high praise :toast:

[Bluebear]

70. .

.

[Klukie]

96. Fabulous!

My favorite.

[spuddonna]

20. These are all so great! Good job, everyone! :) n/t

[dogday]

22. Did I get fired?

I did, but I won't admit....
Defeat, like Iraq....

[grizmaster]

24. Donald Rumsfeld- gone

Two thousand eight hundred and
thirty nine dead- shame


http://icasualties.org/oif/

[Gregorian]

26. I am Rumsfeld!...

Chin and glasses gleam.
Answering my own questions.
Democracy, yuck.

[StaggerLee]

39. w00t!

:applause:

[sweetheart]

35. repuke loss

[YOY]

38. At night he sleeps well

If there is an after life...
Sizzlin' like bacon

[StaggerLee]

41. Hip Hip

HOoray!!

:applause:

[mikeytherat]

42. "Goodness, gracious me!"

Goodness, gracious me,
I'm getting henny-penny!
That shithead fired me!

mikey_the_rat

[klook]

43. There are known unknowns

There are known unknowns
And things we know we don't know
This I know: You suck

[Buzz Clik]

44. He went to war...

he went to war with
an army he did not have
now he's going home

[demobabe]

45. Many soldiers die...

Many soldiers die
East, West, North, South of Bahgdad
Time, Don, to go home

[Buzz Clik]

46. photo ops

can you picture me
shaking the hand on Saddam?
picture me jobless

[chill_wind]

48. Am I fired? You bet!

Did I screw up? Yes!
Really bad? Absolutely.
Am I fired? You bet.

[liberal N proud]

49. Good riddance - Go rot in hell

[rpgamerd00d]

50. PNAC

The Project for the
New American Century
Got its ass beaten.

[Dulcinea]

51. Here's mine.

Goodbye, Don Rumsfeld.

Your war did not turn out well.

Heavens to Betsy!

[Ignis]

52. Bye, Rummers.

Evil incarnate:
you shook your claw at people;
we voted you out.

[dweller]

53. inspired by big Ed Schultz

resignation in
one hand, subpoena in other
mission accomplished

dp

[jimshoes]

54. OK

We know where they are
Those elusive weapons there
I have time to look.

[stepnw1f]

56. Rummy Rummy

You big weird-ass dummy,
you wasted all that life,
and stole all our money!

[Jacobin]

57. 650,000 Dead Iraqis Are Pleased To Announce They WON'T

Meet You in Hell.

[VelmaD]

58. There are the known knowns

And there are the known unknowns
And unknown unknowns

Sorry...that's still my favorite Rummy stream of consciousness moment. :)

[radfringe]

59. heeheehee

Oh, Rummy is late.
The flowers are arriving.
Want a piece of cake?

[dbt]

61. (Humming a SCALE)

You fucking Reptile,
No more blood-drinking for YOU!
Take Cheney along.

:wow:
dbt
Remember New Orleans

[demwing]

62. One Down

Rummy and Cheney
"They will stay, must stay the course!"
One down, one to go

[dalaigh lllama]

63. Blue skies

Leaves turn red briefly
Then fall, faded and forlorn
Under the blue sky.

[meegbear]

64. ...

Start of my Haiku
Donald Rumsfeld stepping down
End of my Haiku

[swimboy]

125. Hehehe!

:rofl:

[polemic_realism]

65. mine...

doing your hand jive now?
long hallway, a heavy door
crawl back to your hole.

[madmusic]

66. Hubris

For the people slept.
Greed, power and propaganda.
The nightmare, hubris.

[Buzz Clik]

67. Haiku picture caption

"saddam! Is it me?
or has this been a bad week?"
"Don't get me started"

(kudos to negativenihil: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2642916 )

[hippiechick]

68. I don't know from haiku but ...

KISS MY ASS, RUMMY YOU WARPROFITEERING CRIMINAL BASTARD MOTHERFUCKER!!!


I feel better. :)

[npincus]

69. mine:

you know thatI know
that you don't know what you know
that's why you're fired

[Bluebear]

72. Only one known known/We are the REAL deciders/Adios, you ghoul.

.

[begin_within]

73. OK...

There are the known knowns.
There are unknown unknowns.
You never did know.

[RobertSeattle]

74. Hundred Million Bucks

My Portfolio it is
Retire Now I Must

[KansDem]

75. "Bye, bye, Rummy, bye."

Bye, bye, Rummy, bye.
You are one, sick, f**ked-up guy,
Oh,...Hussein says, "hi!"

[otherlander]

82. Hah! Great!

We get to say goodbye to two of Reagan's friends in one week! :rofl:

[bunny planet]

76. Heavens to Betsy

My stars
Do you know the way to Paraguay?
Bye!

[Chiyo-chichi]

77. So long

go away, Rummy
to the east, west and to the
north and south of here

[RedStateShame]

78. Sometimes you go with

The Defense Secretary
you want. It's not you.

[Lancer]

79. Nixon-era ghost

So sadly resurrected
To fill up caskets

[Lurking Dem]

80. .

Rummy's out the door.
Like the job he was given
His pants never fit.

[otherlander]

81. Downfall

Falling from DC
He was right, only a low-
level bad apple

[orleans]

83. fuck you rummy. that's all. n/t

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

84. Hubris McDoofus

Big bloated ego
A legend in his own mind
Buh bye knucklehead!

[omega minimo]

85. Love yours "Ignoramus? SUUUUuuuuurrrrRe" --These are all great

Thanks for starting this :hi:

[omega minimo]

87. sandflea

stuck in a hot ditch
left behind with no armor
rummy digs for scrap

[roguevalley]

88. Rumsfeld, bumsmelled.

Know nothing, do nothing, psycho.
Rummy, a dipshit's dipshit.

As you can see, I don't know squat about haikus. :)

[omega minimo]

91. fun challenge haiku sequence

count syllables.

first line = 5
second line = 7
third line = 5


:hi:

[roguevalley]

104. thank you, omega minimo. hugs back at ya.

[omega minimo]

107. all right rogue valley/ what gem have you distilled, now/ that you know the trick?

;)

Traditional haiku (AFAIK) are related to Nature. Keeping that in mind helps gel the image............. A word picture. :hi:

[eridani]

118. Right. What folks are doing here is--

--more properly known as senryu.

[Buzz Clik]

127. True, but few people have heard of senryu...

http://members.tripod.com/~Startag/HkSenDiff.html

Senryu? Haiku?
The point of this wicked game
Is to pound Rumsfeld

[eridani]

132. One more kick

As Arlo Guthrie once said. "I've been singing this song for 20 minutes. I could keep on singing it for another 20 minute. I ain't proud. Or tired."

[kilaana]

89. Good riddance, Rumsfeld

do you give a shit
about all those you have killed?
i didn't think so

[Rob H.]

90. My attempts

Face a grinning skull
Hands soaked in others' blood
Hell won't be enough

Rumsfeld, callous fool
Denies enormous mistakes
Soulless criminal

Incompetent rube
Finally thrown overboard
Fire Condi, too!

Rummy's jettisoned
Off into the known unknown
Would that Bush were, too

[marions ghost]

124. I second that -- Condi next

Farewell Rummy
Hope the door hits ya & take Condi with ya
Oh yeah sayonara baby

[HughBeaumont]

92. Hip deep in child skulls

Oilfest Destiny is Dead
Paranoid Old Fuck

[Lyric]

93. My Haikus

Fallen one shaking;
reporters lunge near like
hungry starving hounds

In the desert heat
soldiers dying needlessly
crafted his defeat

This is only fate;
breaking of the genesis
bred of oil and hate

[redwitch]

94. Freedom untidy?

shameless purveyer of death
We have cleaned the House

[rocktivity]

95. "Think I'm nuts?" by George Bush

Must divert my shame
from the press and Pelosi
But how? Bye-bye, Don.


rocknation

[Jack Rabbit]

97. !!

Rumsfeld packs his personal belongings.
The janitor takes out trash.

[HamdenRice]

99. Satan, Rumsfeld

Satan, army's head

Chews human flesh, drinks mens' blood

Sated, resigns, fired.

[Generic Other]

100. What did he say?

"I believe what I said.
I don't know what I said, but
I know what I think I said."

[TexasLady]

101. give a shot here

Rummy's tummy hurts
In one day Dems have scared you
Do you need some Tums?

[KamaAina]

102. "Not Too Sweet"

You got aspartame
approved as a food. And you're
artificial, too!

[skip fox]

103. Dear Rummy

Rummy, so good you're
gone. You've made my day. But what
took you so damned long?

[JackORoses]

105. What will the Emperor do now that...

His Rove Brain is Dead
His Cheney heart palpitates
His Rumsfeld balls are cut

[Lefty-Taylor]

106. mine:

Ozymandius.
Iraqi sands swallow the
once high and mighty.

[Taxloss]

108. There are known unknowns

And there are known unemployeds
You are the latter.

[uncertainty1999]

109. old friendships die hard...

old friendships die hard
no more handshakes with Saddam
bush stays rumsfeld goes

[Zhade]

110. Killer of many

ending lives with deadly lies,
may karma claim you

[Sparkly]

111. Mine.

Gosh and golly gee,
Things are going splendidly!
Why did they fire me?

[MrMickeysMom]

112. Here's to the old bastard, and my Haiku...

Neocon? You bet!

You go to Hell with the what?

B L O O D a l l o v e r Y O U

[SPKrazy]

113. Rummy

Rumsfield dark warlord,
Your King for sure is in check
now we wait your fate

[aaronbees]

114. .... I love haiku ...

Murderous Rummy,
The mouth of mass destruction:
Fuckin' outa here!

[Ilsa]

115. Here's mine: "Rumsferatu"

Rumsferatu sucked
Life's blood of precious soldiers.
He still wants more blood.

Dems got the word out.
We drove a stake through his heart.
Rest well, weary troops.

[Buzz Clik]

117. From my dear friend, Distinguished Professor Maximus

The Professor is on business in France (well, okay, she moved there and set up a business with her husband), but at my prompting, she gave me these:

Rimless glasses perch
upon Rummy’s turned-up beak
and bird-brain beneath.


“Stuff happens,” you said,
as ages of art were lost.
Then you lost young lives.

[eridani]

119. You lying shitstain

cheerleader for mass murder--
you got off easy

A real known unknown
Rummy didn't stay the course
Let's waterboard him!

Swinging from a rope
Saddam and his buddy Don.
We can dream, can't we?

[Crankie Avalon]

120. Will of the people

melts away rigid, frozen
rictus of evil

[Buzz Clik]

122. nasty.

Perfect

[goodboy]

123. .

Rummy, you are shit.
Fascism runs in your blood.
Won't you please fuck off?

[Tommymac]

126. So long rummy - wish you sweet nightmares.

Tears soak bitter graves
he left across the desert.
A cattail breaks soil.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

128. Still more flowers gone.

When will they ever learn, when
will they ever learn?

[omega minimo]

129. .

.....
.......
.....

[SPKrazy]

130. Good bye Donald Dunce

your self centered plans and greed
will not matter now

[Cleita]

131. One down.

Three more to go.
Who will go down last?

Eh, not exactly Haiku but my best effort.

[Catshrink]

133. Apologies to Lesley Gore:

We celebrate cuz
Now it's Rummy's turn to cry
Rummy's turn to cry.

[EstimatedProphet]

134. "Butcher of Baghdad"

Does he wear a cheesy moustache,
or wire-rimmed glasses?

[GliderGuider]

135. I took a selection of my favourites, and found they told a little story:

skull with eyeglasses
sits alone answering its
own unasked questions

Did I screw up? Yes!
Really bad? Absolutely.
Am I fired? You bet.

he went to war with
an army he did not have
now he's going home

resignation in
one hand, subpoena in other
mission accomplished.

"saddam! Is it me?
or has this been a bad week?"
"Don't get me started"

[Clarkie1]

136. arrogant jackass

who slurred lousy poetry
now the mic is gone