It's National Poetry Month - but let's face it - verse isn't for everybody. That's why we're celebrating the occasion with a low-stakes challenge that every NHPR junkie can enjoy: the Public Radio Haiku! Whether you're a Nobel laureate or a poetry novice, writing haiku about your favorite host or program is fun, easy, and like pledging your support to NHPR (see what I did there?) it only takes a minute or two.
Submit your three-line poem in the comments below, on our Facebook page, or on Twitter - and give it the tag #radiohaiku. Just make sure you've got the right number of syllables (5,7,5) as we'll be counting on our knuckles to personally ensure that every submission qualifies.
@wordofmouth @nprfreshair #radiohaiku
— Taylor Quimby (@TaylorQuimby1) April 14, 2014
A break from the noise
Like a spring walk at midday
A breath of Fresh Air
@wordofmouth @soundcheck @newsounds @WNYC #radiohaiku
— Maureen McMurray (@Moe_McMurray) April 14, 2014
Public radio haiku:
Is that an oboe
Or a piano in flames?
John Schaefer's New Sounds
Out of place accent
— Taylor Quimby (@TaylorQuimby1) April 11, 2014
Cuts through insterstate traffic
Beardsley in Paris @wordofmouth @POETSorg @ElBeardsley #radiohaiku
Public Radio haiku@petersagal @waitwait #radiohaiku
— Second Greatest Show On Earth (@secondgreatest) April 11, 2014
Wait wait, don't tell me;
Carl Kasell, retiring!?
Say it ain't so, Pete
If you wanna get
— Third Coast International Audio Festival (@ThirdCoastFest) April 11, 2014
to know Gwen Macsai, here's a
hint: swap recipes.#radiohaiku
I never realized
— Taylor Quimby (@TaylorQuimby1) April 11, 2014
How much I was listening
all things considered @Moe_McMurray @wordofmouth @npratc @POETSorg #radiohaiku
Public radio haiku:
— Second Greatest Show On Earth (@secondgreatest) April 11, 2014
Breath bated. I hear
Ira Glass. Man of my dreams
Never stop talking#radiohaiku @PRIthislife @POETSorg
@wordofmouth @PRIthislife @POETSorg @JadAbumrad @Radiolab
— Maureen McMurray (@Moe_McMurray) April 11, 2014
Radio warlocks
Jad Abumrad, Bob Krulwich
Can see in your brains#radiohaiku
