Starting a new project – and I need your help!

So, I started writing haiku about random celebrities a while back, just for fun. I included a few of them in my mini book, Haiku For Haters, like the one about Prince declaring the Internet “over.” (Which, by the way, I still find hilarious.)

Mostly these poems are tiny snapshots of a celebrity moment – whether it’s recorded on film, described in a book or article about them, or viewed in a photograph.

Since haiku are traditionally about nature and not people, these are technically senryu. But since no one knows what senryu are, I keep referring to them as haiku.

Anyway, as a result of this rather random exercise, I’ve decided to start a new project. It’s called, quite fittingly, CELEBRITY HAIKU.

I plan to write two celebrity haiku per day, for the next two months, and then publish those 60-some poems in a collection.

I have already written poems about:

Hedy Lamarr
Vincent Price
Charlie Murphy (RIP)
Beverly Cleary (congrats on turning 101!)
Prince
Brad Pitt
Aziz Ansari
Marilyn Monroe
Chairman Mao (although I’m not sure one would technically consider him a celebrity…)

I’m currently brainstorming ideas for the title of this book (the series title will be “Celebrity Haiku”), and debating whether I should choose a theme for which celebrities to include in this volume (i.e. actors, artists, musicians, writers, or just any celebs that strike my fancy?).

I also made a placeholder cover for the book, featuring two (as far as I know) non-celebrities that I plan to swap out when I come up with a better stock photo:

But… I need your help

Right now, what I’m looking for are suggestions. I’ve got my own list of celebrities that seem poem-worthy, but what kinds of celebrities would YOU like to read about?

Feel free to submit your recommendations in the comments. Or you can email them to me, if you have a huge list, via my contact form.

If I use any of the celebrities you’ve mentioned in my book, I’ll send you a free copy of the ebook!

Thanks for your help, and I look forward to reading your recommendations.

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