I’ve always told you that the President of European Council is an inspiring and inspired man. Monday’s struggle of EU and IMF to seek a solution Greek debt apparently deeply touched a sensitive cord of Rompouy’s soul, gave wings to his fantasy and urged him to do something creative: put down some words, full of melancholy. He twitted the few sentence poem through his Twitter account in English and Flemish/Dutch:
Maybe Herman van Rompuy expressed in a poem form the failure of leaders to reach an agreement on EU budget…
Nevertheless, inspiring Van Rompoy inspired me to send him a reply.
@keepTalkingGR “a haiku here/an ikebana there/ lonely sits the omnipotent on his throne/sips green tea/wishing he was a real king”
@euHvR
So far I have not received any reply, a positive or negative comment to my Greek version of haiku… Most likely, the devoted haiku write in Brussels considered my verse as not matching the Haiku criteria.
Looking up for poetry EURatO
Haiku ( 俳句 )is a very short form of Japanese poetry of which Herman Van Rompuy is fond of, according to his own statements.
PS delighted 🙂
There once was a President called Herman
who was a weird little runt
he wrote Haiku to seem intelligent
when all he really wanted
was to be a proper little German
see? I told you the man is an inspiration to all of us! a real EU leader 🙂
He inspired me to other writings as well, not really fit for publication…
An attempt at humour, here goes ..
Autumn end november/the night has fallen/The fair tranches can’t be seen/Even more lonely
Dunno, but perhaps that would fit Mr. Samaras’ stream of consciousness?
we should declare van rompuy as THE inspiration
In cold November
A blow has fallen
It will be softer next year
still we’re dying now
Autumn bleakness falls
Vultures picking Greek bones clean
During each long night
Nobody is alone in bordellos called parliaments.
The dishrag guy pipes poems
grew a personality
since days of the sink
The sun sets within
as despair and gloom rise up
empty fridges wait
…and unwashed dishes in the sink
LOL. I’m sure good old Herman wouldn’t have a clue what to do with the dishes. Maybe he could write another Haiku about them?
yes, the Dishu-Washu- Haiku
According to Nigel Farage or whatever his name is, he might. I beleive this Herman Von Rumpuy dude is the one he insulted with some very expensive insults including saying he was a dishrag basically, and a dishrag should know what to do with the dishes. I didn’t see Herman vigorously refuting this claim. He just shook his head a little.
Ok I am wrong, the British guy said damp rag. The British accent is a little elusive sometimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bypLwI5AQvY
This is great, Good on Herman, Europeans unite in Haiku..
The Autumn of your gloom
Will be followed by our Spring
Of reckoning.
They just keep coming. This one from Ireland (again)
In bleak November
Van Rampuy left poetry
Haikus exposed him
we have enough troubles here as we are waiting for another shity budget
we do not need herman trying to’ cheer’ us up
Why wait for your budget? Ask the Bundestag. they are probably discussing it already, like they did in the last 2 years, remember? Just waiting for it to be rubberstamped by Merkel, Schauble & Co.
For those not aware of the situation, for the last 2 years, the Irish People had to learn their budget faith (ie tax rises, cuts, etc.) through it being discussed in the Bundestag, while the Irish government denied the very existence of what the Germans were discussing. Just so that you know who really runs the show in Europe, everywhere…
last year they ‘leaked’ a lot of the shite before the budget
i suspect you are right about the troica we will be told all the bad news on the day
the tactics are to keep everybody in the dark this year to avoid street protests and trouble for them while they sit down to their christmas meals