Housing Haiku

By definition, “Housing Haiku” are three-lined poems having five, seven, and five syllables in each line. They are written when one’s heart and mind are aligned in what is called a “housing moment.”

Consider this example:

After the rehab,
The bulldozers are long-gone.
Freshly painted walls!

Take a break from structuring deals and try structuring your own Housing Haiku below. Your work will be added to the LINC Anthology of Housing Haiku and may be read on an upcoming episode of “Notes from the Housing Studio!“

The LINC Anthology of Housing Haiku

The earth is barren.
Many dollars are planted.
Lives sprout from the seeds!
-- Sherry Porrazzo, Eden Housing, Inc

Syndicators cheer.
Tax credits allocated.
Homes for families!
-- Rich Gross, Enterprise Investment, Inc

Dark days ahead,
Great cities living and dead.
Jane Jacobs, adieu.
-- Hunter Johnson, LINC Housing

A home for family
with neighbors standing beside.
Community thrives.
-- Karl Jones, LINC Housing

Cloudless days of bliss.
Moving into our dream home.
Now the fun begins!
-- Joel Berry, Sweet Tea Films

Seven to a room?
Who plans for overcrowding?
Whose vision is this?
-- Pete Major, LINC Housing

Many are needed -
To vote, to lend, and to build
the gift of one home.
-- Nina Dooley, LINC Housing

Two bedrooms, one bath,
seven continents, five oceans.
One house, but two homes.
-- Karl Jones, LINC Housing

This pot of gumbo
has brought us all together,
giving life flavor.
-- Karl Jones, LINC Housing