"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today

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Haikus are three-line poems of 17 syllables, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five again in the third. Though a few western poets have produced fine haiku (Allen Ginsberg immediately comes to mind), virtually all the best poetry in this genre is in Japanese, and its subjects are almost always some aspect of nature.

If you don’t happen to read Japanese, however, and are more interested in investing than nature, the haiku-like verse that follows may amuse you.

Yes, cherry blossoms
will bloom when spring comes again,
but airlines may not.

Don't waste a minute;
bankruptcy laws are changing;
call a lawyer now.

Ask the broker who
put you into Lucent to
commit sepuku.

Insiders got rich;
other investors didn’t;
so what else is new?

I thought the market
could not go any lower;
Was I mistaken?

What about all the
unindicted market crooks
who won’t go to jail?

Globalization
seemed like a good idea; but
so did the Edsel.

Each new market day
allows me to live my life
more and more simply.

I used to believe
knowledgeable analysts;
now I take Zoloft.

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