title: Haiku! Gesundheit : An Illustrated Collection Of Ridiculous Haiku Poetry
author:  Ross Venokur 
description: <P>Gr 3-5-Haiku as a form seeks to capture a moment in time. Haiku! Gesundheit would seem to be seeking to capture the moments in which children are their most obnoxious. Using the traditional form, Venokur creates such forgettable images as "Marty picked his nose-/shoved his finger so far up,/it came out his ear" or "Flying over town,/Beth saw a boy she hated/and spit on his head." Each selection is on a double-page spread, accompanied by Scharf's flat, unmemorable cartoons.-Kathleen Whalin, Greenwich Country Day School, CT</P><P>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>
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  Poems of Optimism
  
    
    
  GREATER BRITAIN  
    
  BELGIUM  
    
  KNITTING  
    
  MOBILISATION  
    
  NEUTRAL  
    
  [A BOOK FOR THE KING](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos15541)  
    
  [THE MEN-MADE GODS](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos16185)  
    
  [THE GHOSTS](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos17412)  
    
  [THE POET'S THEME](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos19346)  
    
  [EUROPE](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos21241)  
    
  [AFTER](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos21920)  
    
  [THE PEACE ANGEL](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos22579)  
    
  [PEACE SHOULD NOT COME](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos23601)  
    
  [THE WINDS OF FATE](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos24890)  
    
  [BEAUTY](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos25458)  
    
  [THE INVISIBLE HELPERS](Poems%20of%20Optimism_split_001.html#filepos28924)  
    
  [TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA](Poems%20of%20Opt