The Haikus and Other Poems by Bertram Cooper

Mad Men's fictional character Bert Cooper, played by Robert Morse, is supposed to be a big fan of (Ayn Rand and) everything Japanese. (spoilers follow) Matthew Weiner is planning to share with Mad Men's viewers in a later season a collection of haiku and other poems taken from Cooper's notebooks (seems he had the time to fill a few). Here is a sampling (in random order):

1.

Speak not readily

Of Spring and cherry blossoms

In full August

2.

A red sun rising

My soul lies unperturbed

In blackness - grief

3.

Beginning anew

With the son of my brother

And three others

4.

I knew Don Draper.

Don Draper worked for me - Pete,

You're no Don Draper

5.

A Samurai's sword

Should be treated with respect

Even by movers

And here's a couple of limericks in Bert Cooper's collection:

1.

I once took Lee Garner to chatter

He kept asking what is the matter

I knew smoking kills

But it does pay the bills

So I stayed confined to the latter.

2.

I once met an adman named Guy

They said he could make donkeys fly

But he lost a foot

And he took the boot

So poor Lane was spared of Bombay