2007 Year In Review

Songs in Haiku ends the year with a total of 373 posts (not counting this one!). Not too shabby considering the blog was started in July! Here's a look back at our favorite haiku for 2007:

Dianne's Picks:
One Tin Soldier (by Earl)
Little Red Corvette (by Patrick)
Hey Joe (by Dianne)

Earl's Picks:
Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves (by Dianne)
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (by Patrick)
Lola (by Earl)

Patrick's Picks:
All I Wanna Do... (by Dianne)
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (by Earl)
Rocket Man (by Patrick)

Legal Tender

Prices have shot up,
so I fixed up the basement
to print my own cash.

Whammy! (1983)
B-52's

Words of Love

You need more these days.
Girls are sophisticated.
Send her somewhere new.

The Mamas & The Papas (1966)
The Mamas & The Papas

Jeremy

He showed us in class
because no one understood
the depth of his pain.

Ten (1991)
Pearl Jam

Bubbly

From her toes to nose,
she gets wonderful feelings
in bed with her man.

Coco (2007)
Colbie Caillat

China Grove

You'll find no cowboys—
just a sword-wielding sheriff—
in this Texas town.

The Captain and Me (1973)
The Doobie Brothers

Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

Just give me a chance
at a better life than this.
Unemployment sucks.

Pieces of Eight (1978)
Styx

Wonderful Christmastime

Hear the children's choir.
Party with spirit that comes
only once a year.

Wonderful Christmastime (single - 1979)
Paul McCartney

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart
as a Christmas present but
you re-gifted it.

Last Christmas (single - 1984)
Wham!

Silent Night

On a silent night
all is calm and all is bright.
A Saviour is born.

The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Andy Williams

Snow Miser / Heat Miser

Weather controlling
brothers brag about their skill.
They think they're too much!

The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
Dick Shawn & George S. Irving

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Youth walks in on Mom
and Santa in moment of
infidelity.

A Very Special Christmas (1987)
John Cougar Mellencamp

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Crimson-snouted deer
overcomes insulting peers
to lead Santa's team.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(single - 1949)
Gene Autry

Merry Christmas, Darling

Alone Christmas eve,
gal wants her guy there to share
the holiday cheer.

Merry Christmas, Darling (single - 1970)
The Carpenters