New Haiku Master On The Block

The sudden upsurge of Dr Michael Burg

In case you’ve been living under a rock this last week, you may have missed the fact that Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg) has been shaking up the poetry world lately with his groundbreaking haikus.

For example, you might have missed how he enlightened thousands of uptight commuters with this little number below, called “Driving Fun”:

“Tailgate you mofo There’s another lane, asshat Windshield fluid sprayer on”

I was patting myself on my own back with my Ten Dark Red Haikus before I discovered this little cautionary ditty, called “Who’s To Blame?”

“Face down, slick sidewalk Neighbor left the sprinklers on Who can I sue, huh?!”

If that haiku didn’t wake you up by putting the fear of God in you, then check your pulse.

When Burg was still relatively new at this game, he ventured with an innocent, conservative 5–7–5 haiku, as shown below:

“Butt butt butt butt butt butt butt butt butt butt butt butt — butt butt butt butt head”

I thought, not bad, but he has a ways to go to catch up to my level. This prompted me to to write the following haiku in response to this new upstart, called This Haiku Is Bad:

This haiku is bad This haiku is very bad — Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.

I thought to myself, that will put the rookie in his place, and even started to feel guilty that maybe I was a bit harsh. So imagine my surprise when a week later Burg whips out his brush to create “Starbucks”

“In line behind you “Half caf, decaf with whip, um ……………………………” My head explodes”

This made me spill my coffee and take notice. Let this be a warning to all of you haiku masters to never rest on your laurels, as there is a new force in town.

To be continued…

Master Zeno

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