What happens when you take a song everyone knows and squeeze its lyrics into exactly seventeen syllables?
Haiku Killer is a collection of one hundred tiny poems, each one distilling a familiar track into a three-line clue. Some reveal themselves instantly; others sit quietly on the page until the penny drops and you hear the chorus in your head.
It’s part puzzle, part poetry, and part act of cultural vandalism. Read it alone, pass it around at the dinner table, or use it to test the musical instincts of friends who claim to know their music.
A small book of small poems about big songs: charming, unexpected, and surprisingly addictive.
9.
Chillin' til lunchtime
Still there when the sun goes down
Mesmerised by boats
(1968)
50.
Not bothered by money
Your style or your horoscope
But do pucker up
(1986)
22.
My distinctive gait
Betrays a way with ladies
Can't chat; I'm busy
(1977)
67.
Say it in Spanish:
I keep coming in last place
Do away with me
(1993)
31.
I feigned amusement
Wrapped everything in deceit
Keep your eyes dry, lad
(1979)
89.
Clammy hands, sore limbs
Homemade pasta was dodgy
Jumper in the wash
(2002)