Bashō says something unhelpful
Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 55 Days and 78007 Haiku later...
perched on hollow tree
the owl sees the sniffing rat
as hallmark event
Haiku # 48145 November 16, 2011 9:14 pm ET
by indiana
you can pick your friends
and you can pick your nose, but...
don't pick your friend's nose
Haiku # 48144 November 16, 2011 7:03 am ET
by ash
looks like a stiff breeze
has blown the sand everywhere
so keep your eyes closed
Haiku # 48143 November 15, 2011 8:24 am ET
by indiana
it's fight or flight in
my psyche when put to test
should I run or fight?

Haiku # 48142 November 15, 2011 2:06 am ET
by bs
the real me would just
write as he sees the world, so
others are painful

for me to bare, to
deal with, I feel condemned by
strangers I don't know
Haiku # 48141 November 15, 2011 2:04 am ET
by bs
strong compulsions
to answer people who I
do not really know
Haiku # 48140 November 15, 2011 2:03 am ET
by bs
so whatever it is
is it worth the time I
have to pass the words
Haiku # 48139 November 15, 2011 2:01 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
it's mostly men here
and men tend to compete for
whatever it is
Haiku # 48138 November 15, 2011 2:01 am ET
by bs
the tension i feel
here drives answers but it feels
evil, destroys faith
Haiku # 48137 November 15, 2011 1:59 am ET
by bs
we only have the time
we are allotted in this life
no more, no less
Haiku # 48136 November 15, 2011 1:58 am ET
by bs
the rock will soon turn
into powdery white sand
have you enough time?
Haiku # 48135 November 15, 2011 12:45 am ET
by indiana
when all the words are
put down by the last human
hand, what will they mean?
Haiku # 48134 November 14, 2011 11:21 am ET
by bs
You write a chalenge
You ask us to write Haiku's
here's cause and affect
Haiku # 48133 November 14, 2011 5:28 am ET
by William
seething, writhing, for
the real is more scary than
the insubstantial
Haiku # 48132 November 13, 2011 11:10 pm ET
by bs
counting prisoners
held long in isolation
keeping tab of days
Haiku # 48131 November 13, 2011 10:07 am ET
by indiana
well at least someone
else is writing haikus here
instead of myself
Haiku # 48130 November 13, 2011 9:34 am ET
by bs
the Foreman signals
to release the giant ball
upon his brick wall
Haiku # 48129 November 13, 2011 9:07 am ET
by indiana
stricken slothful and
the day is dead and off, all
amateur poems
Haiku # 48128 November 13, 2011 2:06 am ET
by bs
bring it all back, bring
it back to the front, bring back
that which we have known
Haiku # 48127 November 12, 2011 12:20 pm ET
by bs
Im falling in love
Cute Japanese girl
Nice Tango dancer

Beauty Brains, talent
Consultant phychsiatrist
But just so dam cute.

I must be mad to dance!
Haiku # 48126 November 10, 2011 4:39 am ET
by William
sometime structure is
outweighed by faith but then the
new foundation stands...
Haiku # 48125 November 10, 2011 2:21 am ET
by bs
A Million Pixals
And the dam thing is still slow
fast broadband my Arse
Haiku # 48124 November 8, 2011 6:18 am ET
by William
and the Rapture did
not happen, surprise sur
prise... and thank God not...
Haiku # 48123 November 8, 2011 2:42 am ET
by bs
driving down the road
watching sceneries unfold
crossed a man so old
Haiku # 48122 November 8, 2011 2:27 am ET
by indiana
and to stand on a
milk crate to stomp trash down
to be nobody...
Haiku # 48121 November 8, 2011 2:22 am ET
by bs
caveat hubris...
and several dots later
do I have herpes?
Haiku # 48120 November 8, 2011 2:21 am ET
by bs
and I will be quite
happy to toss the notice
about bad plumbing too...
Haiku # 48119 November 8, 2011 2:19 am ET
by bs
excuse me oh girls and
men of canada, all due
respect, I've a world

to save...sans semantics...
Haiku # 48118 November 8, 2011 2:18 am ET
by bs
and one time long in
the past I'd say drink me but
that time is now done...
Haiku # 48117 November 8, 2011 2:18 am ET
by bs
each day the same old
setting and not one bit, I
see brooms, and dustpans...
Haiku # 48116 November 8, 2011 2:17 am ET
by bs
from being really
open to becoming a
secretive schmuck...
Haiku # 48115 November 8, 2011 2:16 am ET
by bs
and the best pasta
chef in the world and the golf
game in heaven or

sighs...hold on
Haiku # 48114 November 8, 2011 2:14 am ET
by bs
and jamaicans
and duck confit, and film students
that don't know how

to....use.....a...mop
Haiku # 48113 November 8, 2011 2:13 am ET
by bs
now imagine the
lecture on trash showing in
a dumpster, damn it
Haiku # 48112 November 8, 2011 2:11 am ET
by bs
before I came here
I got almost killed by a
volvo semi truck...
Haiku # 48111 November 8, 2011 2:08 am ET
by bs
as for smashing plates...
well for now I do that and
get reprimanded
Haiku # 48110 November 8, 2011 2:08 am ET
by bs
it begins to sound like
the old way of internet
butting heads, no more...
Haiku # 48109 November 8, 2011 2:07 am ET
by bs
anyone knows where?
I can smash glass plates on wall
that would be fun too
Haiku # 48108 November 7, 2011 10:12 pm ET
by indiana
the haiku zealot
in respect to the art form
issues this fatwā
Haiku # 48107 November 7, 2011 9:20 pm ET
by ash
that's always been a
point of mine, when can I just
throw paint at canvas...

do I need permission?


Haiku # 48106 November 7, 2011 1:29 pm ET
by bs
stream of consciousness
it's not just the syllables
there's also syntax
Haiku # 48105 November 7, 2011 5:10 am ET
by ash
some show on the H.
channel about energy
the big bang is still

with us, the cars we
drive, the food we eat, the light
all be energy...

Haiku # 48104 November 6, 2011 10:05 pm ET
by bs
Illuminating
Fundeamental as water
Light is everything...


Haiku # 48103 November 6, 2011 12:39 pm ET
by William
well, perhaps it is
time to cast shadow from raised
middle fingers to

that which needs it to
know perhaps
Haiku # 48102 November 6, 2011 1:54 am ET
by bs
the lights are dimming
casting distorted shadows
from little fingers
Haiku # 48101 November 5, 2011 8:36 pm ET
by indiana
periods of conflict
give time to voice the anxiety
and produce ideas
Haiku # 48100 November 5, 2011 1:41 pm ET
by bs
andy rooney passed
and it's hard to imagine
the world we once had

with the faces that spoke
to us and what replaces
those old faces?
Haiku # 48099 November 5, 2011 1:37 pm ET
by bs
We are in a mess
Armature politicians
That
Haiku # 48098 November 5, 2011 7:56 am ET
by again
We are in a mess
Armature politicians
That
Haiku # 48097 November 5, 2011 7:55 am ET
by William
sit down and share those
memories with one I knew
in grade school, and could

not believe she had
a son, but so long ago
we were the children
Haiku # 48096 November 5, 2011 1:01 am ET
by bs
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