Somali pirate haiku

Navy Seals killed three out of three pirates who refused to surrender to the U.S. Navy.

“While working through the negotiations process tonight, the on-scene commander from the Bainbridge made the decision that the captain’s life was in immediate danger, and the three pirates were killed,” Gortney said. “The pirate who surrendered earlier today is being treated humanely; his counterparts who continued to fight paid with their lives.”

The three pirates, who were armed with AK-47 rifles, were killed by shooters who were aboard the Bainbridge, Gortney said.

Now that’s how you deal with pirates. Perhaps the rest of the world might begin to start dealing with them the same way, instead of paying ransoms.

In honor of the occasion, I’ve created a couple of haiku for Somali pirates. Add your own haiku in the comments. Or email them to me if you’re not registered, and I’ll post them.

Somali pirates took ship
Would not return it
Navy Seals kicked their asses

Pirates attacked U.S. ship
Ransom demanded
Payment delivered in lead

Your turns.

From Paul B:

Ransom demand on high seas
Brave captain at risk
Pirates now with Davey Jones

Mike S.:

Sunny day upon the sea.
Captain overboard!
Pirates are perforated.

Keep ’em coming.

Update: I reversed the number of syllables. Oops. It’s not 7,5,7, it’s 5,7,5. Now I have to write some new ones.

Reversed syllables
How embarrassing for me
But I can fix this.

Pirates attack ship
Navy Seals to save the day!
Navy: Three for three.

Mike S. again:

Captain held captive.
Sunny day upon the sea.
Perforated thugs.