Sharpe Insights Lagniappe: Celebrating Creativity Line by Line | Sharpe Group
Posted April 8th, 2026

Sharpe Insights Lagniappe: Celebrating Creativity Line by Line

But wait, there’s more! Although we’ve dedicated most of this month’s Insights content to financial literacy, April is also National Poetry Month. (Who else was required to recite The General Prologue from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in high school? Yay iambic pentameter! Yay Middle English! “Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote…”)

In honor of this auspicious month, we’d like to celebrate with a much more recitable haiku written by Sharpe Group Editor Grant Miller:

a giving haiku

total deductions

more than standard deduction?

itemize to save

 

bunch two years of gifts

itemize your deductions

                deduct full value

 

70.5?

have an IRA or two?

                QCD for you?

 

if you own some stock

or perhaps noncash assets

                donate them to us

 

other noncash assets?

fine art, jewels, stamps, patents

                we would love those, too

 

limited cash flow

need payments and deduction

                CGA best bet

 

if you have questions

contact us and we can help

                reach your long-term goals

 

Sharpe Group Senior Editor Grant MillerSharpe editor Grant Miller, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is an award-winning writer who works with our clients to create effective print and digital communications. He is a frequent contributor to the Sharpe Insights newsletter and host of the Sharpe Insights Podcast.

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