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Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 78 Days and 78054 Haiku later...
I wear a gas mask
This smell pervades the hamper
sweaty, smelly socks
Haiku # 499 July 11, 1998 2:21 am ET
by Laura Marietta,
Ha! I am a God
For I can say what I must
In seventeen syl-
(damn!)
Haiku # 498 July 7, 1998 6:06 pm ET
by Paul Bright of Charleston, USA
if e e cumm-
ings

(wrote (a
h a i k u (it)
mightlook,
s o m e t h i n g
likethis)
Haiku # 497 July 3, 1998 7:38 am ET
by Robin Parkinson of Reading, England
While I wait at the check out stand
Christ appears over Waco again
Next week maybe Elvis
Haiku # 496 June 28, 1998 8:42 pm ET
by Megan Munro of Pasadena, USA
I say fuck tha werld!"
Homicidal gerl am I
Where's yer gun dammit?
Haiku # 495 June 28, 1998 3:13 pm ET
by Sammy Marietta,
Ankle bends wrong way
I fall,sharp pain explodes.Dammit!
On crutches again
Haiku # 494 June 28, 1998 2:59 pm ET
by Laura
Must all poetry
Explore the depths of the heart?
I say "Burma Shave"!
Haiku # 493 June 27, 1998 12:30 pm ET
by Marc K. Myers of Fairview Park, USA
I'm not in the mood
To write horrible Haiku;
I just want to scroll.
Haiku # 482 June 25, 1998 1:30 am ET
by Chad Beehler of Howell, USA
It's been a long time
i have finally returned
hey, you! stop screaming
Haiku # 481 June 20, 1998 11:15 am ET
by Wolfmind
silence unnintentional
technological breakdowns abound
patrols inneffective
situation critical
activate backup mannouvers
Haiku # 480 June 10, 1998 12:29 pm ET
by swan of London, england
what i want to say
make life what you will today
words not fade away
Haiku # 474 June 7, 1998 2:56 pm ET
by matt
Here's a suggestion
this page sucks alot of dick, eh?
i have no life too
Haiku # 473 June 5, 1998 6:50 pm ET
by Craig Volpe of USA
I just don't get it
what is the point of this thing
where are the brakes, huh?
Haiku # 472 June 4, 1998 4:40 pm ET
by Carolynne of Mt. Airy, USoA
uninvited chimes
toll the ending of the day
and the start of night
Haiku # 471 June 4, 1998 4:37 pm ET
by Carolynne of MT. AIRY, USoA
Page loads too slowly
Don't have time to wait for it
Will find other site
Haiku # 470 June 4, 1998 1:25 pm ET
by Tim of Cayucos, USA
the Q train to work
superheated urine stench
slave ship docks at 9
Haiku # 469 June 3, 1998 8:54 pm ET
by pat of new york, usa
The smelly man sits
Odor wafting through the air
Deoderant Please
Haiku # 468 June 2, 1998 11:07 am ET
by Cora of Lunenburg, La La Land
Photo of a man
Weighs heavily on my mind
Though I don't know him
Haiku # 467 May 30, 1998 2:03 am ET
by Anna of Sydney, Australia
your mind is like
virginity once you lose
it your screwed
Haiku # 466 May 28, 1998 11:44 am ET
by Jo Dee of Edmore, U.S.
Was it my blood
I saw a redcat crying when
Violin fallen on her
Haiku # 464 May 20, 1998 2:44 pm ET
by Ali Erdem Ural of Istanbul, Turkey
Poopie do dayly
bringing horror to toilet
I sence a tunder
Haiku # 463 May 18, 1998 12:04 pm ET
by Lusk of ribe, USA
rumbling and running
probably from the bad
food at the deli
Haiku # 462 May 17, 1998 12:44 am ET
by todd akita of brooklyn, yooessayee
Nothing since Monday --
A serious Haiku drought.
Must get word around.
Haiku # 461 May 15, 1998 12:55 pm ET
by Adam of Someplace breezy, America
I once knew a yam
who yelled and yodeled while it
sat doing yoga
Haiku # 460 May 11, 1998 1:27 am ET
by Jerry Mannor of USA
the wisdom of the
valedictorrian was
like that of an ass
Haiku # 459 May 11, 1998 1:22 am ET
by Jerry Mannor of USA
the zany zebra
zapped hisself when he tried
to zip his zipper
Haiku # 458 May 11, 1998 1:21 am ET
by Jerry Mannor of USA
In a classroom sits
twenty little ugly children
taught by senile women
Haiku # 457 May 11, 1998 1:20 am ET
by Jerry Mannor of USA
A teenager sits
wondering of puppydogs
when a bird drops doo!
Haiku # 456 May 11, 1998 1:16 am ET
by Jerry Mannor of USA
A chicken sandwich
Ahhhh the glory of poultry
KFC, my ass!
Haiku # 455 May 8, 1998 2:05 pm ET
by ian kiar of T O R O N T O, CANADA
life is death without adventure,
adventure only come to those who are
willing to be daring and take chances.
Haiku # 454 May 7, 1998 7:59 pm ET
by jayester of la, usa
oh, Mr. Woodchuck
Time to come out of your hole
Time to enjoy spring
Haiku # 453 May 7, 1998 5:07 pm ET
by sarah
machine soul dimension
real is art, faster
Red, Green, Blue
Haiku # 452 May 4, 1998 4:10 pm ET
by Marty of Montreal, Canada
Terrible machine
Fools everyone to think
'Pretty' work is good
Haiku # 451 May 4, 1998 5:57 am ET
by Lynne Street of Masterton (it's only a town!), New Zealand
3D animation
is this the profession I want?
I must get a plugin
to the real world
Haiku # 450 May 4, 1998 4:26 am ET
by Mr.Oz Adi of Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL
why, tell me why
to bother
if no one emails me
anyway?!
Haiku # 448 May 4, 1998 4:17 am ET
by Mr. Oz Adi of Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL
Teeth are glistening
Shaving razor grins its pose
Scrape! Scrape! Nyurking teeth!
Haiku # 447 May 1, 1998 12:41 am ET
by Chad Beehler of howell, usa
Diarrhea stew
Swirls, festers, bubbles and pops
"Yu'll eat en like it!!!"
Haiku # 446 May 1, 1998 12:34 am ET
by Chad Beehler of howell, usa
Slugs glisten the tracks
Slimy, slimy escargot
Train crushes, derails
(Hey, the "(br)" thing does work!)
Haiku # 445 May 1, 1998 12:29 am ET
by Chad Beehler of howell, usa
Random thoughts are blurred.
Hey!That's a Foster bottle!
I wear boxer shorts.
(just seeing if the
thing really works.)
Haiku # 444 May 1, 1998 12:27 am ET
by Chad Beehler of howell, usa
Old milk pastes my gums
It's 12:30 in the morn
err err err err err!
Haiku # 443 May 1, 1998 12:24 am ET
by Chad Beehler of howell, usa
Yank on me now my
Total gaming slut I pass
Blur time, Oh my lord
Haiku # 442 April 30, 1998 12:32 pm ET
by Sticky Rice of Toronto,
oesday a ogday
ikelay otay ollowsway
ishay own itspay?
Haiku # 441 April 29, 1998 5:57 pm ET
by patty jeanne of orofino, usa
bad haiku can be
very hard to have to hear
with your heart and mind
Haiku # 440 April 29, 1998 5:50 pm ET
by patty jeanne of Orofino, USA
Slash & burn farming
hoary family heirloom
dense haze clogs my lungs
Haiku # 439 April 27, 1998 10:23 pm ET
by Andy of KL, Malaysia
Harvest stubble burns
Smoking can damage your health
Autumn has cancer
Haiku # 438 April 27, 1998 10:20 pm ET
by Andy of KL, Malaysia
Autumn fires burning
Malaysian haze strangles
the Commonwealth Games
Haiku # 437 April 27, 1998 10:16 pm ET
by Andy of Malaysia,
what's this shit man
wordws they fail me
someone out there
please email me
Haiku # 436 April 27, 1998 6:39 pm ET
by sandy smith of wickham, England
life is short
and then you die
bake yourself a bloody pie
Haiku # 435 April 27, 1998 6:37 pm ET
by Sandy Smith of Ippo, England
loving you i'll fly
away to yesterday love
that makes me cry bye
Haiku # 434 April 27, 1998 3:28 pm ET
by petalouda love of usa
Iraq attacks us
A bomb falls from the blue sky
Bomb shelter fails me
Haiku # 432 April 25, 1998 12:00 am ET
by Tommy of Portland, USA