Workplace Haiku: new boss
The poems demonstrate the power of ambiguity as well as simplicity
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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
The theme of the “new boss” led to poems of angst as well as hope. This week’s winner is Marion Clarke from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
Jim Kacian, founder of the Haiku Foundation and our judge, chose her poem “because of the perfection of its rendering — nothing wasted, nothing out of scale.”
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swinging round
in his old chair
new boss
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The runner up, by Ernesto Santiago, is a work of ambiguity.
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adapting well
to the new manager
a cable bug
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Theme: miscommunication. Entries: workplace.haiku@ft.com by Feb 4.
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