Monday, March 09, 2026
On Magazines
Wow! So many haiku about magazines. Like this one from Des (I did not know there was a "Dog World"):
What’s a Saluki?
An Azawakh? The answer
was found in Dog World!
An Azawakh? The answer
was found in Dog World!
And Sleepy Walleye, I get it!:
Willing to pay for
The New Yorker subscription
Just to get Roz Chast
The New Yorker subscription
Just to get Roz Chast
I loved this anonymous entry:
Harper’s Bazaar
On my grandmother’s table
Such glamorous clothes!
On my grandmother’s table
Such glamorous clothes!
IPLawGuy had this:
Before I could read
Would study Life Magazine
To understand "life."
Would study Life Magazine
To understand "life."
And this:
Next, Time Magazine
summaries of the week's news
Insightful columns.
summaries of the week's news
Insightful columns.
And this (It's true-- IPLG's mom was a trailblazing editor at US News):
Then Mom got a job
U.S. News and World Report
Serious, sober.
U.S. News and World Report
Serious, sober.
And this:
Teen to young adult,
I read National Lampoon!
Yearbook! Newspaper!
I read National Lampoon!
Yearbook! Newspaper!
And this:
R. Emmet Tyrrell
American Spectator
was once relevant.
American Spectator
was once relevant.
Fred Barnes, Bill Kristol
Weekly Standard, serious
and great book reviews.
Weekly Standard, serious
and great book reviews.
While anonymous remembered this:
Black/white photographs
Glamour girls,presidents,sports—
Life in America.
Glamour girls,presidents,sports—
Life in America.
