Askew Haiku Set

Global warming fires
consume Oregon's landscape,
green leaves underfoot

the fifties are back
as Romney and Ryan vie
tooth-skin for office

Mexican field hands
take time from the pear harvest
to vote "change and hope"

I've survived tests
of poverty, derangement,
creation and dope

brave "Latin" lions
guard Assange from sneaking, fierce
Anglican blood hounds

cold-blooded Breivik
works the stair-stepper in a
plush Norse reform house

on Syrian sands
war's timeless game is played with
pieces oozing puss

storm Isaac falls on
the tent cities of Haiti
like French traditions