I had a surprisingly competitive haiku competition, but as the Highlander said, there can be only one. The winner is Kevin - who now has been comped 6 months access to paid content.
Bull slips on black ice—
Frantic dance of hope and fear
Fortune rolls her dice
For me it captures the fascination of markets, and while a haiku format also manages to rhyme - adding a nice western feature. Good job. Honourable mention to Eric’s effort:
In a haze, it gleams,
Bitcoin's dance, a gambler's dream,
Swaying with each sip.
The full list of entries are below. Entries that were posted to substack included the link to the user - entries emailed to me directly just have initials so they remain anonymous.
In general the sentiment was bullish gold, mixed on crypto, bearish bonds - and whole bunch of other stuff.
Thank you for your efforts - I enjoyed them all.
Money Like Blossom Falls
Then Dissolves like snow in spring
Leaving the old poor
No choice but to grow,
Domestic demand shapes all,
Spirit of Liu Yan.
Rising sun whispers,
Emerging hopes, cautious steps—
Growth on shifting sands.
The bond market moves
While fiscal spend roars higher
Liquidity swells
Gold whispers softly,
In the twilight's amber glow,
Dreams of wealth take flight.
Wise old man sunsets
His empire born of fiat era
Lord Satoshi soars
Bond book rests boring
Interest fills deep cash pond
Watch snail crawl up Fuji
Earth Mars U.A.P.
Knowledge shared un-Moored A.I.
Reboot young eterne
Roots break stone apart,
Labour grows, capital fades,
Prices pierce the sky.
Squirrels gather gold
Gold shines brighter than bonds
Nature's wealth prevails
Michael Saylor Rich,
Value Investor is Poor,
Way of new macro.
All’s governed by time;
Growth is inevitable,
But so is decline.
In the forest,
cicadas pray to mauled bulls,
endless deafening songs
Prices, like rivers
Oscillate in old channels
‘Til banks loose control
A bubble in time
Hot air and Fartcoin rises
A rug pull coming
Enough is enough
Mother hen gathers her chicks
Oh but not you BRICS
All’s governed by time;
Growth is inevitable,
But so is decline.
While bears hibernate
China shops are terrified
Beware the spring thaw
While it may seem short
Eight seconds is all you have
To ride the bull home
Bull slips on black ice—
Frantic dance of hope and fear
Bears watch from the shade
Bull slips on black ice—
Frantic dance of hope and fear
Fortune rolls her dice
A bear on a floe
Struggling in liquidity
"HODLing" for dear life
BK
Look! Number go up
Why analyse, just ton it
Dying words - yolo
JK
with bright sun above.
will the tree grow to the sky?
look! eye of the storm.
CI
dedollarisation is
like a tempest it will arrive
slow then all at once
LG
I see a buck
He looks me in the eyes
Do I shoot or wait
RD
Swift market swallows
Dart through storms of data points
Finding signals clear
JF
CPI printed
Gold glittering, crypto yeets
Safe in my bunker
JL
Shiny metals rise
rocketing for many years
Sitting and waiting
RS
After an eternity
Release comes, a smelly fart
The wind rises
GR
Crystal lake below,
ten thousand whispers promise,
ice cracks underfoot.
EW
Satoshi’s moon shines
It has never felt closer
Yet the earth so far
TK
When moon, diamond hands
Road not taken, old macro
Personal mountains, guiding stars
LP
Fast hands grasp at clouds
Greed ascends, patience left below
Gravity waits, still
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