Haiku by Andrew

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Haiku by Andrew: February 3, 2026

At Tuesday Funk, we cohosts also get in on the act a little. Erin does a highly specific toast, and I read topical haiku — haiku ripped from the headlines, from my life and yours. These are the four I read at last night's show. Frozen slush and ice

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Topical Haiku for November 2019

Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff shared three haiku at the 133rd edition of Tuesday Funk on Nov. 5. Snow on Halloween hides pageantry and horror under heavy coats. Snow melts on pavement leaving leaf-lined paths under bowed tree branches. Twitter just announced it's banning -- no, not Nazis.

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Haiku for August 2019

Cohost Andrew Huff read just three topical haiku at our 130th show, but they were enough to capture the month behind us. The alligator explores its strange new waters: Humboldt Park lagoon. Thirty to fifty feral hogs, bloodthirsty for my small kids at play. Toni Morrison, for revealing untold truths,

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Some Angry Haiku for July 2019

Current events couldn't help but make their way into cohost Andrew Huff's topical haiku at the July 2, 2019 show. Once liberators, now a nation that constructs concentration camps. Proud Americans forget the reason we fought: freedom from tyranny. Independence Day fails to live up to

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Topical Haiku for June 2019

Cohost Andrew Huff read a quartet of his trademark topical haiku at our show on June 4, 2019. Hair always looks worst the week before a haircut -- and best the day of. If Trump's trade tariffs don't destroy Midwest farmers, maybe the floods will. New

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Topical Haiku for April 2019

The runoff election was weighing on cohost Andrew Huff ahead of our April show, which happened to fall on election night. Mayor Preckwinkle after today's election. Or Mayor Lightfoot. Either one will be Chicago's first black woman to become mayor. The question remains: will she be

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March 2019 Haiku

The 125th episode of Tuesday Funk happened to fall on Mardi Gras, and cohost Andrew Huff took that as inspiration for a couple of his topical haiku for the month. Mardi Gras today! Laissez les bon temps rouller! Lent starts tomorrow. What would you give up? Me, a 40-day diet.

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Fresh, Cold Haiku

Recent extreme weather was on cohost Andrew Huff's mind as he wrote his haiku for our February 5, 2019 show. Thank you for coming despite both an ice storm and State of the Union. Do cold toilet seats sting less if your butt is already cold? Seventy degrees

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Haiku for a Cold December

Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff read a few of his patented topical haiku at our December show. Trump is "Tariff Man," erasing stock market gains super-villain style. Winter has arrived on ragged wings: cold, spiteful, fall warmth forgotten. Holidays approach, critics' best-of-the-year lists dropping like snowflakes. Time

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Andrew's Haiku for November 2018

As fall entered its more wintry season, and as the tallies began to roll in on election night, Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff shared these topical haiku. If you did not vote, you do not get to complain. You are self-silenced. Anger and despair take equal space in my mind

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Headache Haiku

Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff had a headache that was going on two days when we got together on Oct. 2, and it made its presence known in his topical haiku. What is there to do when your head aches for two days and your brain is fuzz? It'

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Haiku for September, 2018

August's hot, sultry weather weighed heavily on cohost Andrew Huff's mind (and body) at the 120th episode of Tuesday Funk. Right place at right time for a free beer to make the whiskey taste sweeter. Languid summer night. So hot the cat will not chase a

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A Haiku Tribute

Cohost Andrew Huff's grandmother passed away in May at 97. His haiku at the June show were a remembrance of her. My grandmother died having lived in two countries: Italy and here. She immigrated at 8, speaking no English, to near Taylor Street. No one in her class

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Andrew's Haiku for May 2018

Spring was in the air and on cohost Andrew Huff's mind (among other things) at our May 1 show. Seventy degrees is most welcome in April and late October. Spring in Chicago, and cats wait patiently for windows to open. Bill Cosby was brought to justice after decades

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Andrew's Haiku for April 2018

Cohost Andrew Huff gave us five topical haiku on April 3, 2018. Spring in Chicago. Don't like the weather? Just wait. It will change again. Loyola Ramblers reminded Chicagoans how school spirit looks. When the internet is vital to normal life, who runs the country? Easter, Passover April

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Andrew's Haiku for March

Cohost Andrew Huff read a few haiku at the March episode of Tuesday Funk. Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night will deter our president's tweets. My first phone number: 438-8873. Do you recall yours? It is hard to have Mardi Gras followed closely by Valentine'

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Andrew's Haiku for February

Cohost Andrew Huff read just a couple of haiku at the 113th edition of Tuesday Funk. In February, resolutions take root, or fall in flurries. It's so annoying to be stood up by a friend. Please be courteous. Falcon Heavy flew to space and back, carrying Tesla branded

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Haiku for a New Year

At the 112th episode of Tuesday Funk, cohost Andrew Huff read a couple of his signature topical haiku. Last year I promised no haiku about Donald. Now all bets are off. Polar Plunge canceled due to record-breaking cold. Keep your clothes on, kids. Dry air and knit caps mean styling

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Haiku for October 2017

Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff read a couple of quick haiku at the Andersonville Arts Week edition of the show. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. We are failing Americans. Unexpected stain: Where did this spot come from? Was it last night's meal? Autumn leaves clog drains, turning

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Andrew's Haiku for September, 2017

Cohost Andrew Huff had just a couple haiku for us this month. But they spoke well and succinctly to the topics of the previous couple weeks. Familial dread: Relative's email starts with: Eff Double-You Dee. Labor Day arrived, summer and autumn looked up, hugged, and switched seats. Wildfires

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August 2017's Haiku by Andrew

Cohost Andrew Huff's patented topical haiku reflected the weird summer Chicago's been experiencing and his recent trip to New York. Beautiful weather always makes me suspicious of what is coming. Chicago may be second city to New York, but we have alleys. Dodging mattresses, boxes and

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Warm Haiku for June

At the 106th edition of Tuesday Funk on June 6, covfefe cohost Andrew Huff read a handful of his patented topical haiku. Pea tendrils each out as warmer breezes arrive. Gardens awaken. "Pollen hurts my eyes" doesn't sound very cool, so I call it "tree

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May Haiku by Andrew

Only two haiku this month, due to Andrew's busy schedule at the end of April. Civic engagement: People talking in a gym about libraries. Sometimes, lost in thought, I pause after exhaling and forget to breathe.

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Haiku for April 2017

Cohost Andrew Huff's haiku for the 105th edition of Tuesday Funk covered a wide range of emotions. This land was our land. This house used to be a home. Where did the love go? It's so refreshing for the Cubs to be back with no talk

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Haiku for a Warm February

Cohost Andrew Huff read a handful of haiku at February's Episode #102 of Tuesday Funk. Lakeview at midnight: a vomiting young woman begs her friends to wait. A cat in a crouch, motionless but for its tail, watches a laser. Check out my tattoo! Oh wait, it'