The Perfect Country & Western Haiku - Remington Riders

[ What's a haiku? A form of Japanese poetry consisting of 17 syllables in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. ]

Credits:
Jan Lewis: vocals, piano
Robert Berry: dobro, bass, drums, engineering

Lyrics:
Verse1:
She slips out at night,
and slips off her wedding ring.
She knows what she wants.

Verse 2:
She goes to a man
Who tells her she's beautiful,
Cause her husband don't.

Chorus:
While her husband sleeps,
He doesn't know that she cheats
...on him, like she does.

verse 3:
She slips out at night,
And slips off her wedding ring.
She's home before dawn.
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Ya gotta watch the video to see the last -- and the perfect -- country and western haiku.

(c) Jan Lewis 2011

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[TimMcMullen]

Great job, Jan. I don't know how I missed this when it first went up. You know, you're in good company: Jack Kerouac recorded a ten-minute collection of pieces called American Haiku; and the great Richard Wright, who wrote Native Son and Black Boy, also wrote over 4000 Haiku's. I will soon be posting my farewell to my Creative Writing class—I am officially retired from 40 years of teaching. It will include my poem, which may be the shortest ever written:

"Japanese Sneeze"

Haiku!

©Tim McMullen

[bulbheadmyass]

@TimMcMullen Hey, Tim, thanks much. Haha. I love your shortest poem ever written. And speaking of Jack Kerouac haikus, I think he was the writer of my favorite haiku:

Haikus can be fun,

But sometime they don't make sense.

Refrigerator.

Wow, you are retiring? Very bad for your students, who had to be the luckiest in the world to have you as teacher, but I'm sure you'll enjoy your retirement.

[lorriemallard]

Jan, you are too freaking cool. That is fantastic, girl!

[bulbheadmyass]

@lorriemallard Thanks so much, Lorrie, that's music to my ears.

[pickinpedaler]

Good as the song is... I want yer Sho-Bud shirt ;)

[bulbheadmyass]

@pickinpedaler Haha. I know what you mean, pedaler, it is a pretty cool shirt.

[CodyWalkerJr]

Do you mind if I do a cover of this song?? Its me Cody "shittiest Bar in Town" guy

[lowemk]

Enjoyed it very much. Followed the Steve Goodman way to write a song - have fun or it will not turn out correct. Thanks again.

[NAIAD49]

Very David Allan Coe, Jan.........without all the bad lingo.

Greetings from the United Kingdom(your British cousins).

Keep it Country.

[TimMcMullen]

Great job, Jan. I don't know how I missed this when it first went up. You know, you are in good company: Jack Kerouac recorded a ten-minute collection of pieces called American Haiku; and the great Richard Wright, who wrote Native Son and Black Boy, also wrote over 4000 Haiku's. I will soon be posting my farewell to my Creative Writing class—I am officially retired from 40 years of teaching. It will include my poem, which may be the shortest ever written:

"Japanese Sneeze"

Haiku!

©Tim McMullen

[INUIT3333]

Good girl!

Thank You

[Lynnsays73]

Steve Goodman would have loved this......Very good Jan.

[MrJohnboyburns]

ha ha ha I love it!

[NCSpacey]

I swear, I am going to do this with my students this year