Commencement-Related Haiku

The original,
 with responses:

too much commencement
nervous breakdown imminent
please call 911

From EO:

watching brokaw’s bags
hauling carpet and boxes
call for me too please!

From MM:

commencement nearing
a little too much drama
for a limousine

counting down the days
soon turns to counting hours
and after? ah! sleep!

Miscellaneous

twice the fun this year
graduation exercise
three times the headache

i can’t imagine
what it’s like for brave elaine
logistic nightmare

pomp and circumstance
academic regalia
...must work all weekend

creativity
thrives under anxiety
the spark is not quenched

[written at approximately 4am on Saturday
(pre-commencement)]

close my eyes, but then
a sigh of resignation
insomnia wins

[written at approximately 7am on Monday
(post-commencement)]

i can sleep again
commencement has passed
oh, hallelujah!

schools across the land
heave a great, collective sigh
june becomes july

Write your own haiku

if you’d care to write
your own commencement haiku

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri Oct 6 2006:

Trustees’ garment rack
why dress in robes so gaudy?
Pomp & Circumstance

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