In honor of the legislative session’s 115th day, I humbly offer this legislative haiku:
What price leadership?
Endless waves of strident words
Hurry up and wait.
Betsy Z. Russell covers Idaho news from The Spokesman-Review's bureau in Boise.
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palousian on May 06 at 8:00 a.m.
Haiku is much more your style!
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ThomG on May 06 at 8:37 a.m.
Big thumbs up Betsy! Hang in there.
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Gary Graham on May 06 at 9:36 a.m.
Let's see…you blog, you write for print, you take photos, you help our radio team. Now Haiku? You really need to add more skills to your repetoire.
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Sisyphus on May 06 at 10:27 a.m.
Stone walls getting high
legacy out of balance
imminent fall
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JFanselow on May 06 at 10:53 a.m.
One party holds cards
power lust throttles progress
Idaho suffers
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fortboise on May 06 at 12:36 p.m.
Spring turns to summer
Crayfish skitters under rock
It all flows downhill
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JFanselow on May 06 at 12:39 p.m.
Lovely, fortboise, but if we're still here in June …
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