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In Lighthearted Turn / Newspaper Takes Crime Reports / And Makes Them Haiku

A shot of the crime haiku, smack in the middle of the popular "Cops and Robbers" section of The Enterprise-Tocsin. Courtesy of Charlie Smith hide caption

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The Two-Way

In Lighthearted Turn / Newspaper Takes Crime Reports / And Makes Them Haiku

Charlie Smith, publisher of The Enterprise-Tocsin, wanted to liven up one of the weekly newspaper's most popular items. So he started counting syllables — then put the finished poems on Twitter.

'I Think That I Shall Never See, A Poem As Lovely As ... One On ATC'
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'I Think That I Shall Never See, A Poem As Lovely As ... One On ATC'

For National Poetry Month, All Things Considered asked listeners to tweet poems of their own — including the rhyme that tops this story. The plot thickened when a high school English class jumped in.

'I Think That I Shall Never See, A Poem As Lovely As ... One On ATC'

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