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April 17 is International Haiku Poetry Day and we know what you’re thinking: A) Didn’t we just finish putting up the decorations from last Haiku Poetry Day? and B) Isn’t Haiku Poetry redundant?
The answers are, of course A) Yes. Time is fleeting and B) Yes, since the definition of haiku is a 17-syllable poem beginning and ending with lines of five syllables with a seven-syllable line in between them.
Anyhow, they’re darned fun to write, so we challenged our fellow office dwellers to write haikus describing their favorite Broadway shows. A few brave souls submitted poems. We thank you. As for the rest of you, don’t say we never give you a chance to express yourself. Special thanks to those who wrote about shows coming to Straz in our upcoming Broadway season.
So here are our 17-syllable synopses, with poems by our staff and your resident blogger. Enjoy. Domo arigato.
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Like your vampires with
A touch of sass? These fiends are
Campy and vampy
Vamp gives us a laugh
In mountains, the hunter seeks
Belly aching bat
– Jaxon Bradley
The Wiz
Ease on down the road
Get your tickets for The Wiz
There’s no place like Straz
– Maggie DiPietra
Twister spins her fate,
Silver hope on dancing feet
Home is in her heart.
– Bill Rolon
The Wiz is in town
Come along and ease on down
The yellow brick road
Water for Elephants
“You guys seen my trunk?!”
See Water for Elephants
We’ll stop the bad jokes
Kimberly Akimbo
Six Flags, teenage years
Family with a twisted
Story. Don’t they all?
The Outsiders
This much is certain
Curly and Laurey aren’t part
Of the Greasers’ state
Rising rural feud
Exploring for belonging
High school’s trying times
– Jaxon Bradley
& Juliet
Pop songs galore in
This story of Juliet
Without Romeo
– Tiffani Jordan
It’s “Larger Than Life”
So let’s hear you people “Roar”
“Baby, One More Time”
Hell’s Kitchen
This girl is on fire
So bright, she can burn your eyes
She’s not backin’ down
– Nicole Stickler
She made it through hell!
Well, the kitchen. She’s got an
Empire State of Mind
Stereophonic
The band’s members fight
Then they sleep with each other
Or so Rumours say
The Notebook
“What good are notebooks?”
Asked David Byrne. “Oh, you’ll see,”
Said Nicholas Sparks.
Hadestown
Sing of red flowers
Blue hymn of doubt vs. love
Then sing it again
– Cory Kennedy Barrow
Les Misérables
A man on the run,
redemption through mercy’s touch,
chains break in the heart.
– Mary Dillon
Girl longing for boy
He is oblivious, see?
She still loves him so
– Nicole Stickler
Once
When by chance you meet
One who awakens your soul
They will live in you.
– Dionne Christian
The Lion King
The lion is King
Morning shadows touch the pride
Rule begins anew.
– Dominick Furlano
The Music Man
A town full of dreams,
A conman’s heart starts to change,
Music fills the streets.
– Paul Bilyeu
The Sound of Music
Climb every mountain?
The mansion stairs were a haul.
To flee Nazis? YES!!
– Kim MacCormack
