The Haiku Board
Lauren and I discovered a really cool piece of New Orleans culture today. At the intersection of Pyrtania and Audubon was a Haiku board. We started to just pass it up as we were leaving Owen’s birthday party but I decided to stop and see what it was because it would be the third or fourth time I’ve just driven by and said “Maybe next time I’ll check it out”.
On a sheet of wood strung between two poles with six different colored magic markers, the community can walk, ride, or drive by and write their own Haiku. Well, the intent is for us New Orleanians to write Haiku but as you can see from some of the pictures some of the writing doesn’t follow the Haiku pattern. I even discovered two written advertisements which I won’t post pictures of (because it is for Haiku not advertising your lawn care business).
We were so interested in it that when I saw the gentleman of the house sitting outside I asked him about the Haiku board and he had his wife, Gail (I hope I spelled your name correctly), come outside as she was the brains behind the idea. She was happy to see us participating.
So, next time you are near Audubon and Pyrtania swing by and visit the Haiku board and add a little bit of yourself to it!
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