Bashō says something unhelpful
Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 81 Days and 78057 Haiku later...
its catch-22
do these pants make me look fat?
no correct answer
Haiku # 35772 May 1, 2006 2:40 pm ET
by Crimson Mind of Phoenix, AZ
Hussein sent email:
"Please write haiku for my class!"
And so I replied:
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Oh, you lazy soul!
You're cheating on your homework!
My laugh for today.
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Teacher, take notice:
Hussein's pulling a fast one.
Don't be taken in!
-
I'm not offended.
I like to write haiku -- but
you might have paid me.
Haiku # 35771 May 1, 2006 7:29 am ET
by MrG (Greg Goebel) of Loveland, CO, USA
a much better link
i like your site mr. g
i love aeroplanes
Haiku # 35770 April 30, 2006 11:41 pm ET
by ash
i want my xanax
and i want some furniture
and advertising

...........................not !
Haiku # 35769 April 30, 2006 11:32 pm ET
by ash
Spamming Bad Haiku?
Polluting our pollution?
All spammers must die!
Haiku # 35768 April 30, 2006 9:09 pm ET
by MrG (Greg Goebel) of Loveland, CO, USA
useless spam removed
Haiku # 35767 April 30, 2006 4:12 pm ET
by bar
useless spam removed
Haiku # 35766 April 30, 2006 4:11 pm ET
by bar
Petit mal seizure
At Studio 54
Coveted dance prize
Haiku # 35765 April 30, 2006 2:48 pm ET
by Lush
"THIS IS NOT A SCAM!"
One born every minute?
Not this kid, weasel.
Haiku # 35764 April 30, 2006 12:51 pm ET
by MrG (Greg Goebel) of Loveland, CO, USA
When the label says:
ACME: THE NAME YOU CAN TRUST
read: BUYER BEWARE
Haiku # 35763 April 30, 2006 12:45 pm ET
by MrG (Greg Goebel) of Loveland, CO, USA
Iran A-bomb work
"Stop it or we will nuke you"
That's irrational
Haiku # 35762 April 30, 2006 12:01 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet of Toronto
Kabul/Washington
Similar vists - great folks
Only shot at twice
Haiku # 35761 April 30, 2006 11:41 am ET
by Anonymous Poet of Toronto
'Beer, Guns and Ammo'
Drive-Thru! E-Z Finance!
That's a good idea?
Haiku # 35760 April 30, 2006 11:26 am ET
by Anonymous Poet of Toronto
U.S., my parents
Alike, not 'dysfunctional'
but 'afunctional'
Haiku # 35759 April 30, 2006 11:15 am ET
by Brady of Toronto
it's hardly nothing
the production of haiku
a great achievement
Haiku # 35758 April 30, 2006 8:19 am ET
by ash
Ineffectual
Diffident and indolent
Achieving nothing
Haiku # 35757 April 29, 2006 10:15 pm ET
by Lush
Summer stars call to
Pilgrims of uncertain faith
Fire falls from the sky
Haiku # 35756 April 29, 2006 6:27 pm ET
by Karen, wife of Claudia
Eating cheeseburgers
Sitting on stacks of money
You know us so well
Haiku # 35755 April 29, 2006 6:20 pm ET
by American of course
Earthwalker3, you
Walk into my soul, and leave
My heart fluttering
Haiku # 35754 April 29, 2006 5:44 pm ET
by Debbie of Ipanema
Black legs scattered
The dictionary falls fast
On the poor spider
Haiku # 35753 April 29, 2006 5:40 pm ET
by Aubergine of Iceland
Wait, how does it go?
World Opinions are like holes
Everyone's got one
Haiku # 35752 April 29, 2006 4:23 pm ET
by Sick of you
potentially huge
my new tv series pitch
"leave it to shiva"
Haiku # 35751 April 29, 2006 5:18 am ET
by ash
I try to post an
innocent one, and it's just
misconstrued. Lost cause...
Haiku # 35750 April 28, 2006 6:29 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
Don't wallow in
bitterness. Unbecomming.
You're too full of bile.
Haiku # 35749 April 28, 2006 6:14 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
If not mistaken,
Aristophanes said it:
"Your head's up your ass."
Haiku # 35748 April 28, 2006 5:11 pm ET
by Lush
Claiming USA's
Universal ignorance
Just reveals your own
Haiku # 35747 April 28, 2006 5:08 pm ET
by WorldOpinionABoor
Checked out of rat race.
La, la, la. Now it's puppies,
rainbows, butterflies.
Haiku # 35746 April 28, 2006 5:02 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
France: some serious
reality denial.
Don't fight it -- make it.
Haiku # 35745 April 28, 2006 3:27 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
pick up broken glass
careful not to cut my hand
woops! where is my thumb?
Haiku # 35744 April 28, 2006 3:19 pm ET
by Crimson Mind of Phoenix, AZ
Hatred, vitriol, ...
My life is too short to waste
on such things. Keep 'em.
Haiku # 35743 April 28, 2006 1:39 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
You feeling "got at"
Welcome to rest of the world
Well that makes a change
-
More and more places
You
Haiku # 35742 April 28, 2006 6:42 am ET
by World opinion
That's not fair at all
I
Haiku # 35741 April 28, 2006 6:31 am ET
by Defender of the US underdog
Over Simplify?
Have to for Americans!
They won
Haiku # 35740 April 28, 2006 6:27 am ET
by World opinion
the big lebowski
party is tomorrow night
should be a good one
Haiku # 35739 April 28, 2006 4:45 am ET
by Janis
Milo and Crimson
Why not start your own web site
All hostile haiku
Haiku # 35738 April 27, 2006 4:39 pm ET
by Tired of the bad attitude
See #25917
Haiku # 35737 April 27, 2006 4:32 pm ET
by Lush/Maestro
We all have our
stereotypes of others.
Must we hear them all?
Haiku # 35736 April 27, 2006 4:31 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
I am aware that
"aircraft" is debatable,
so hold objections.
Haiku # 35735 April 27, 2006 4:30 pm ET
by Lush
Regret: haiku form
limits. It's "bumper sticker"
argumentation.
Haiku # 35734 April 27, 2006 4:30 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
USA AS ORIGIN:
Jazz, punk rock, aircraft,
Abstract expressionism,
Microcomputers
Haiku # 35733 April 27, 2006 4:26 pm ET
by Lush
Hey, world opinion
You are both presumptuous
And cliche riddled
Haiku # 35732 April 27, 2006 4:12 pm ET
by Lush
When I was younger
I thought being an adult
Would be real cool. Wrong!
Haiku # 35731 April 27, 2006 3:32 pm ET
by Crimson Mind of Phoenix, AZ
I know of "us/them":
oversimplification.
So, I must like Bush?!
Haiku # 35730 April 27, 2006 3:25 pm ET
by MyGoodFriend
The scent gently wafts
leaving its mark on the air
and my memory
Haiku # 35729 April 27, 2006 2:26 pm ET
by Kayla Rihani of Chicago, IL USA
Beyond right and wrong
there is a field . . .
I will meet you there
Haiku # 35728 April 27, 2006 12:45 pm ET
by Betty LeBomb
Danger lies inside
those who simplify it down
to us versus them
Haiku # 35727 April 27, 2006 12:40 pm ET
by Betty LeBomb
Jefferson, John Mill
Mai Lai, Abu Ghraib, Franklin
Conflicted or what?
Haiku # 35726 April 27, 2006 11:28 am ET
by Anonymous Poet of Toronto
words can't hide the truth
there's a dent in president
and dumb in freedom
Haiku # 35725 April 27, 2006 10:11 am ET
by ash
Anyway, I have not figured out why
(i) American to (ii) American
Are better buddies than (i) Serb to (ii) Serb
Haiku # 35724 April 27, 2006 6:31 am ET
by Milos Vujasinovic of Belgrade, Serbia
Korea, Vietnam,
Grenada and Panama
And Columbia
-
Afghanistan, Watergate
Allowing US collections
For funding the IRA
-
Iist goes on and on
There isn
Haiku # 35723 April 27, 2006 5:30 am ET
by World opinion