NYer Haiku: October 30, 2006
New Yorker Haiku
30 October, 2006
The Financial Page: Safe as Houses?
By James Surowiecki
House price index climbs
With inflation, bigger homes,
While your home's worth falls.
The Political Scene: Southern Discomfort
By Peter J. Boyer
James Webb's war record?
Virginians prefer to hear
George Allen's scandals.
Personal History: Snook
By Ian Frazier
It takes obsession,
Countless casts, to catch your own
Holy Grail of fish.
A Reporter at Large: Millions for Millions
By Connie Bruck
For-profit or not-,
Microfinance helps the poor
With just a few bucks.
Profiles: The Show-Woman
By Hilton Als
Write a play a day?
No problem for sharp, bold, black
Suzan-Lori Parks.
Fiction: Republica and Grau
By Daniel Alarcon
It's tough for a boy,
Learning grimy beggar's cons,
To stay unsoiled.
Pop Music: Body Language
By Sasha Frere-Jones
Janet's latest songs,
Even with her bedroom voice,
Might put you to sleep.
A Critic at Large: The Revolutionist
By Keith Gessen
Kind writer Herzen
Showed us the clumsy nature
Of progressives' lives.
The Theatre: Human Shield
By John Lahr
"Rachel Corrie" shows
Hectic, messy mind tackling
The world's injustice.
On Television: Guilty as Sin
By Tad Friend
James Woods plays dirty,
For justice, in snide, clever,
rather schmaltzy "Shark."
The Current Cinema: Battle Fatigue
By David Denby
"Flags" blends irony,
Valor; "Babel" too well made
For trite sob story.