It’s been way too long
since Grist’s last haiku contest.
We’re here to fix that.
Last time, we emerged
with Grist’s official haiku.
Here it is for you:
A frog in water
doesn’t feel it boil in time.
Dude, we are that frog.
A fine haiku! Sure,
some may impugn its science.
We love its koan-
like flash of insight.
It served us well for years. But
its work here is done.
This Earth Day, Grist plans
To christen a new poem.
Will you help us out?
The earth’s future could
hang on the syllables of
your five-seven-five.
Send us your haiku!
Email them to us right here.
Or just tweet them out.
(The hashtag “#gristku”
Will insure that we see them.)
Here’s inspiration
in a video
from haiku master Dylan
Tweney. Now go write!
Who knows? Your words, too,
might end up immortalized
On a Grist T-shirt.
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