Ides of March

‘Beware!’ Caesar was
told. Like teens in horror films
he didn’t listen.

In like a lion, out like a lamb

What’s that mean? That spring’s
a dominatrix, whipping
March ’til it submits?

Obama’s turban

Headgear gone wild I
tip my hat to idiots
who have flipped their lids.

Tina Fey’s new black

Reclaiming the word,
she grabs the bitch by the horns
and makes us all proud.

Negative campaigning

With all this trash talk
even the winner comes out
smelling like garbage.

Last lines

for jem who says, “it’s your last lines that get me everytime.

I’d like to think of
myself as the O. Henry
of the haiku form.

Bad choice for the Oscars

Could Cameron Diaz
maybe have done her hair? That
ponytail  so wrong.

Gary Busey on the red carpet

Anyone who makes
Ryan Seacrest sweat deserves
a special Oscar.

Leap year day

Secretive. Works for
the CIA. Won’t say where
it’s been for four years.

February 29

Like the extra hour
when we fall ahead, this one
day a trick in time.