NYC Man Uses Haiku to Battle Street Honking—His ‘Honku’ Poems Rallied a Community (MOTH Monday)
Hear a serendipitous tale of blossoming community spirit in this week’s edition of MOTH Monday, a partnership with Good News Network that features inspiring videos from The MOTH, a nonprofit group showcasing the art of storytelling. Aaron Naparstek found a nice old brownstone in Brooklyn with three big windows overlooking the street. There was only one problem—the constant honking—but, his creative, community-minded spirit came up with a perfect solution for himself and his neighbors. When he got so frustrated at Christmas with a man laying on his horn while sitting in front of a red light, he knows he has to channel his anger, instead of pelting the car with eggs—which he tries, but realized there was a major flaw in that plan. (The driver knows were he...
