Jim Robbins's haikus "Progress through Chemistry"[1] and "Out of the Bottle"[2] were inspired by the Gulf Disaster.  They are published here for the first time. ...

1.

[Haiku]

PROGRESS THROUGH CHEMISTRY
By Jim Robbins

Refilling Oceans
With black gold from sea to sea
Bush/Obama Inc.

2.

[Haiku]

OUT OF THE BOTTLE
By Jim Robbins

The Gulf’s bottom hurls
Seas of oil, spewing below
Dark Genie uncorked