Haiku Pop

A while back, I asked my friends on Facebook to create haiku from popular music. The concept was reinterpreting lyrics into a new art form. Ford Forkum and Justin Bog came up with great poems.

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by Ben Ditmars

metaphorically
it’s easy to die for you
without peace of mind

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“Ride” by Twenty One Pilots

by Justin Bog

No one should go to
Scarborough Fair, unless you
Need thyme for beef stew.

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“Scarborough Fair,” Simon & Garfunkel

by Ford Forkum

I look at you all
See the love there that’s sleeping
While the auto-tune kills

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“While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” The Beatles

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