I find it ironic that you've misspelled "Britney," thereby throwing off your syllable count that you've posted to Word Freaks.

The sorts of things that make headlines... Sigh.

Woman shaved her head.
It is really no big deal.
End of discussion!

... although I do find the archetypal psychology/ symbolism/ imagery of a pin-up girl cutting off all her hair interesting.

Hi Folks...

I re-read this thread...

I just wrote this thing as a quick and silly joke.

I shaved my head once, I have plenty of friends who have done the same - I am not against punk culture or anything, by any means! I used to perform with plenty of folks on the punk rock scene and I would feel really offended if folks thought I was anti-punk or something.

Some of my punk buddies were friends of GreenDay and GreenDay got them into the Warped Tour. They were really cool - young kids, like 15. A couple of them used to go to anti-Ku Klux Klan rallies. They were extremely cool and humble folks.

I performed with a guitarist who also went on the Warped Tour and played with punk bands, etc.

As far as Britney Spears herself is concerned...sure, I think her getting her head shaved is an extremely cool thing! I think it expressed freedom and independence and her willingness to shave her head while her previous hair was part of her image is a bold thing to do.

As to the assumption that I misspelled Britney's name as "Britanny" to gather an extra syllable to create a poem? I have no idea why someone would assume such a thing. Do folks consciously manipulate things in order to create a juvenile piece of comedy for fun?
Who pays enough attention to the process to do such a thing? I certainly don't. I don't assume what other people's motivations are and I hope others would grant me the same consideration.

I used to run Amnesty International Group 309 and through them I gave a talk at a local library about women's rights. I also was a case worker for three different battered women. One of these women was in imminent threat of death from her father (her abuser) and I had to take many risks to protect her life. My cousin was the activist who broke the Glen Ridge Rape case nationally. And I went down to the Newark courthouse to be a presence at the trial one day. So, I am actually a feminist and proud to say it...

As far as haiku goes, I deeply respect the form. Frankly, I think most of what people write and call "haiku" are just poems in a 5 - 7 - 5 form. I think true haiku goes far beyond that. Frankly, I find it extremely difficult to write anything that conforms to the form. Though I have written a bunch of 5 - 7 -5 poems (both serious and comedic) I don't know that I ever have written a true haiku...but I throw in a few of my serious 5-7-5 poems below...

vaulting height moon view
white grey, a soft white light peace
blue canopy sky

sky vast vast high height
tiny black dotted sky flight
wisps, vaulted power

The Red Sharp Shock Orange
Fall Maple Leaves by Hundreds!
All stop stark against sky


Respectfully,


Jon

If you're finding it hard to understand Britney's headspace, check out today's verbotomy at:

www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php

Today's challenge is to invent a word which fits this definition: "A state of reduced mental capacity, caused by an inability to think of anything but an annoying pop song, which seems to be endlessly repeating itself in your mind."

So far some the invented words include Stupiditty, Ineptitune, Melodiocy and Riftthead. Perhaps this is what is afflicting poor Britney...

I've only just seen this bizzarely irrelevant piece of news this morning, on CNN of all stations.
I really like your haikus, but I'm more of a limerick kind of person, so here's my reaction to finding out. :)

A young lass has shaven her head
and a TV therapist said:
"Well, Larry, she's not hairy,
It must be something scary,
I hope she is taking her med."