Global Warming Case Haiku
A couple of months ago I agreed to post a haiku on Mass. v. EPA on the blog of the Columbia Chapter of the American Constitution Society, when the case was decided. Here's what I've come up with:
The Earth gets hotter.
Massachusetts can complain.
EPA comply.
posted by Michael C. Dorf @ 12:09 AM
8 Comments:
At 8:25 AM,
Adam P. said…
I give it a 9 out of 10.
At 5:56 AM,
Jamison Colburn said…
I like it more than my post--but, counting the acronym, I think it's 17 syllables . . . [?]
At 12:03 PM,
Carl said…
I like it more than my post--but, counting the acronym, I think it's 17 syllables . . . [?]
I'm pretty sure 17 is right. Five - seven - five is the proper format.
At 12:28 PM,
PG said…
It beats Balkin's haikus, considering that it does reference the natural world.
At 2:50 PM,
Jamison Colburn said…
Carl (and Mike)--I stand educated! I was under the erroneous (see, e.g., haikuhut.com) assumption that it was 11. Now there's no question Mike's post was both more pithy and more orthodox! :)
At 12:18 AM,
Michael C. Dorf said…
These are kind comments.
Naturally I'm grateful.
Still, I'm no poet.
At 4:03 PM,
Yafang said…
That was a pretty poetic response :)
Now if only Supreme Court opinions were written in haiku...they'd be shorter and probably not any less open to interpretation...
At 2:21 PM,
MeMeTiK said…
Deep Blue seas rise up
The icebergs are melting fast
Want to buy a boat?
:P
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