Haiku Very Much
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Margie Gustafson’s haiku. Passion, insight and wit: Kitten thrusts a paw Through the wire bars of her cage Outside, robins sing ************************** The new tender shoots Shadowed by big brother tree Sapling rivalry ************************** Girls in prom dresses Wearing their boyfriends’ jackets… I order a drink ************************** Johnny Depp and I Walking hand in hand over sand Until I wake up ************************** Watched movie Gandhi Neither loved nor hated it Passive resistance ************************** I’d give you the moon But Jackie Gleason lives there Happy Valentine’s ************************** Labor Day weekend Children playing on the swings No more room for me
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About the Book
If brevity is the soul of wit, the haiku of Margie Gustafson is all soul and a yard wide.
From love:
That’s why I’m married
His big strong arm guiding me
Across the dark ice
to theatrical criticism:
Saw "Richard the Third"
Oh, my kingdom for a hearse
They murdered the play.
to wry self-assessment:
If I walk to gym
And then walk back again
I don't need to join
Margie's poetry brims with insight, passion and humor.
About the Author
MARGIE GUSTAFSON is an award-winning writer/actress whose sketch about warbling orphans, David Mamet’s Annie, was a top ten finalist in the Goodman Theatre’s Mamet Write-Alike competition. This led to Margie’s being commissioned to write comedy sketches for Movin’ Right Along, a musical comedy revue produced by Soapbox Theatre Company. She was co-host of the radio show Ann Marie in the City. At the dawn of the Iraq War, Margie proudly co-wrote & staged the Batavia, Illinois production of Lysistrata for the worldwide anti-war demonstration, The Lysistrata Project. Stage roles include Twelfth Night (Maria), Chicago (Moonshine Maggie), Tartuffe (Dorine), Bobby Gould in Hell (Interrogator’s Assistant), You Can’t Take It With You (Essie), Charley’s Aunt (Ela), The House of Blue Leaves (Little Nun) and Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Helen). Margie lives in Lombard, Illinois with her husband Craig, their English Bulldog, Sgt. Bilko and two cats, Buster Kitten and Harpo.