Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken haiku, by impressionist Jim Meskimen

Jim Meskimen is a talented impressionist, as the videos in his YouTube channel attest. In this clip, he offers his version of Christopher Walken, reciting poetry in the ancient Haiku style of Japan; three lines of five syllables, then seven, then five again. Below, his Morgan Freeman haiku.

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They need to add this guy as a new cast member on Saturday Night Live immediately, so his talents can be wasted.
don_king_kong

His Christopher Walken is terrible!
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  I disagree. This guy is pretty damn good, IMO.
retchdog

pedantry: haiku isn’t just syllables; there are more rules, or at least themes, that go with it.

the correct form for pithy or vulgar observations is the limerick, but i guess rhyming is too hard.
- silkox
  
  What retch said! Also, in English, haiku may break the 5-7-5 “rule”, since it’s possible to say more with less.
- Cornan
  
  If you watch the second video he points out that there’s more to it but he’s just keeping to the syllables per line rule.
BDiamond

This fellow may be a better writer than he is an impressionist. And his impressions are pretty damn good.
Phillip Warren

His Patrick Stewart impression is amazing.
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Rumor has it is this guy is a Scientologist who has tapped into the “clear channels” of the dead celebs via some sort of Thetan trickery or what not..

Just sayin’…
- http://twitter.com/JonnyMiskatonic JohnnyMiskatonic
  
  That must be what allows him to channel Christopher Walken and Morgan Freeman, what with them being dead and all…
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Check out http://www.jimpressions.net!
http://twitter.com/KnightNZ Steve Wells

He reminds me of the Hey Ernest guy, except with talent.
Thad Boyd

AND he was a character designer for Thundercats.

No kidding!
BombBlastLightingWaltz

Making impersonations of … people.
Even of.
Christopher Walken.
It’s like, you know, something that just doesn’t happen… for everyone, you know.
Just cause a lot of …
pauses…
and inappropriate emphasizing is happpening ,
it does not make…
this…
any more real.