Since I-85 in went up in flames, commuting in Atlanta has been even more miserable than usual. As we wait for the highway to reopen, the Spinning Our Wheels blog thought it would be fun to invite readers to vent their commuting frustrations in verse – haiku, to be specific.
A haiku is a Japanese poem generally consisting of three unrhymed lines. The first line has five syllables, the second has seven and the third has five. Readers responded by submitting 56 haikus. Below are five that caught our attention. You can read more haikus Wednesday on the Spinning Our Wheels blog Wednesday.
Oh Cheshire Bridge Road
New planets are born and die
In line to turn left
Kay Spencer, Brookhaven
Want into my lane?
If your tag isn't Georgia
Please smile and wave, y’all
Kevin Matthews, Atlanta
MARTA, they mocked you,
But now they can’t get enough.
Fickle folks, they are.
Josh Warthman, Fayetteville
Time, cars crawl with ants
Chasm ahead swallows my hours
DJ prates; time crawls
Michel Phillips, Carrollton
Go. Brake. Brake. Go. Brake.
Drive to work is now a creep.
Just like my last ex.
Lynn Lamousin, Atlanta
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