Archive for the ‘Haiku’ Category
NYTimes: Readers submit “economic downturn” poetry
Monday, March 9th, 2009
First NPR’s Studio360 did it with haiku (featuring input from Bankruptcy Bill). Now the NY Times has an article with reader-submitted poetry about the economic downturn.
Bankruptcy Haiku #11 – Courtroom Anxiety
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009Anxiously I rise
To represent my client
In Judge Beatty’s court
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Bankruptcy Bill Haiku on NPR’s Studio360
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Listen to one of Bankruptcy Bill’s haiku read on the “Haiku-ing It To The Man” feature on NPR’s Studio360. (Starts with about 1:31 left in the feature.)
Here’s the story lead from the Studio360 website:
Haiku-ing It to the Man
A few weeks ago we asked listeners to submit original haiku inspired by the state of the economy. Dozens poured in: our own unscientific proof that the financial crisis is a boon for creativity. Here are some of our favorites. (http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2009/02/13)
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Bankruptcy Haiku #10 – NCBJ
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009For your enjoyment
The NCBJ presents
The Doobie Brothers?
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Financial Poetry – Heaven-Sent Leaf – by Katy Lederer
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
It appears that Bankruptcy Bill’s haiku is not the only source of poetry drawing inspiration from the state of the economy.
NPR’s Studio 360 has a story this weekend about Katy Lederer, a poet who spent several years working for a hedge fund and now has a book of poetry titled Heaven-Sent Leaf on the topic of modern money-making. You can learn more about her by following her blog at http://heavensentleaf.blogspot.com/.
Bankruptcy Haiku #9 – Claims and balloting
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Patiently you sat
Absorbing the details of
Claims and balloting
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Bankruptcy Haiku #8
Friday, January 16th, 2009Yet one thing still irks Lynn. “It’s
Mr. Lopucki.”
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Bankruptcy Haiku #7
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Commencement of case
Served on all creditors but
Surely I missed one
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Bankruptcy Haiku #6
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Quietly I transfer to
The bankruptcy group
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