17 November 1998 - Iraq haiku
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The killing frost fell,
but spring always comes again
for Saddam Hussein.
clue:
English speakers don’t often realize that the Japanese haiku
tradition has a strong comic streak. How else can you compare
a dictator to a garden and extract the full irony!
give me a clue so sweet and true
copyright 1998, 2024 Jay J.P. Scott
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