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Five more ‘shaikus’ by Todd Snider

Steve Earle (above) is one of the musical figures name-checked in Todd Snider’s latest round of “shaikus.” (Photo courtesy of New West Records)

By Daryl Sanders

Today The Snider Files present another quintet of haikus written by Todd Snider. Snider calls them “shaikus” because Amanda Shires showed him how to write them. The following five shaikus all have a musical theme.