Bashō says something unhelpful
Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 319 Days and 78441 Haiku later...
This ancient website
Still alive 'cause no one clicks
Obscurity wins
Haiku # 78012 ↗ January 9, 2026 7:56 am ET
by Janis of I mean it's not a tables based layout
"Meet in the middle
says the unjust man. You take
a step towards him

he takes a step back.
Meet me in the middle, says
the unjust man.”
Haiku # 78011 ↗ January 8, 2026 10:39 am ET
by Rise up
Run Minnesota--
And you better run like hell...
The Iceman cometh.
Haiku # 78010 ↗ January 8, 2026 10:08 am ET
by Ali the Somali of Great White North
Run Minnesota
National Guard will do it
Prediction markets
Haiku # 78009 ↗ January 8, 2026 12:42 am ET
by Purple Reign of Lake Minnetonka
Run Venezuela?
It has already been tried:
that "Matilda" song...
Haiku # 78008 ↗ January 7, 2026 7:38 am ET
by Barry Hellafante of Bahama Calypso
Seriously! There
Is something soothing about
Traversing Hyrule
Haiku # 78007 ↗ January 6, 2026 2:27 pm ET
by Janis of In the Depths
Tears Of the Kingdom
Tracking my progress in verse
Found the rubber pants
Haiku # 78006 ↗ January 5, 2026 8:11 pm ET
by Janis of Horon Lagoon Cave
Some days, you eat bear
One day, the bear may eat you.
And now I'm hungry
Haiku # 78005 ↗ January 5, 2026 5:19 pm ET
by Stop it already! of Not Hungary
the warmth bathes my skin,
sweet relief, but the winds bring
bitter cold again.
Haiku # 78004 ↗ January 5, 2026 5:07 pm ET
by awful poet.
Dozed off on the couch
Walked off a cliff in Hyrule
Lost many a heart
Haiku # 78003 ↗ January 4, 2026 4:26 pm ET
by Janis of Lurelin Village
Trump vomits Zion
Then invades Venezuela:
"America Last."
Haiku # 78002 ↗ January 4, 2026 4:12 pm ET
by Ben Shapiro's Rabbi
the empire strikes south
one dictator is removed
but there's always more
Haiku # 78001 ↗ January 4, 2026 2:09 am ET
by ash of taco death star
such a pedigree
seventy eight thousand 'ku
and we ain't done yet
Haiku # 78000 ↗ January 3, 2026 5:28 am ET
by ash
Happy new year Ash.
Regardless of Patel's cash,
Haiku is the fash.
Haiku # 77999 ↗ January 2, 2026 11:58 pm ET
by Fascist Factions of Fashion
Happy new year J.
Regardless of what fools say,
Haiku is the way.
Haiku # 77998 ↗ January 2, 2026 11:28 pm ET
by Wayfarer's Fairway of Metaphysical Golf
Twennytwennysicks
Will be much worse than last year.
So stay positive.
Haiku # 77997 ↗ January 2, 2026 11:25 pm ET
by Mr. Positive Battery Terminal of Assault & Battery Powered
Fame did not arrive.
The verses stayed where they were.
This too is a path.
Haiku # 77996 ↗ January 2, 2026 10:32 pm ET
by Janis of the liminal space I know and love.
Big data drains us
Heat-death of the social contact
No one looks away
Haiku # 77995 ↗ January 2, 2026 10:19 pm ET
by Janis of A cynical mindset
Big Tech masks its grin.
Numbers carve us into parts.
The rule, not the glitch.
Haiku # 77994 ↗ January 2, 2026 10:17 pm ET
by Janis of Fuck the tech bros and their ilk
Restless crickets flee.
Hyrule burns in the distance
Sure, I’ll catch one more.
Haiku # 77993 ↗ January 2, 2026 10:12 pm ET
by Janis of Toronto
New features added
This haiku exists to test
Whether they exist
Haiku # 77992 ↗ January 2, 2026 2:50 pm ET
by Janis of Toronto
time certainly flies
quarter of this century
and lots of the last
Haiku # 77991 ↗ January 1, 2026 5:24 am ET
by ash
Dear Somalia:
We wish you happy new year!
(With or without clits...)
Haiku # 77990 ↗ December 31, 2025 7:33 pm ET
by Minnesota of Mogadishu Inc.
Good to have YOU near.
I hope and pray we can have
A happy you near...
Haiku # 77989 ↗ December 31, 2025 7:26 pm ET
by Mrs. Fork of Spooner, Idaho
Tom Bosley's pen is
Far mightier than the sword
(and the S-word too.)
Haiku # 77988 ↗ December 31, 2025 7:14 pm ET
by Significance of Sibilance Sells Stupid Seduction So Subtly
Lonely bad haiku
No one writes poems for you
Tom Bosley's pen is
Haiku # 77987 ↗ December 30, 2025 12:01 pm ET
by Stop it already!
We must stamp it out!
We've GOT to destroy Christmas
(for the good of earth.)
Haiku # 77986 ↗ December 25, 2025 7:22 am ET
by Scowling Villain of Saturnalia
Deport the Jesus
Not born in America
Lacks proper papers
Haiku # 77985 ↗ December 23, 2025 11:46 am ET
by ICE ICE Baby
Miss White (Ellen G:)
See my lovely Christmas tree!
And now for some tea...
Haiku # 77984 ↗ December 23, 2025 8:58 am ET
by Adventist Stimulant of Imminent Return of Christ
Heraclitus says
All life is in constant flux...
But then there's Logos.
Haiku # 77983 ↗ December 21, 2025 12:57 pm ET
by Philosophy is the Opiate of the Unemployed
Looking from distance,
That valley seems uncanny
I do not like it
Haiku # 77982 ↗ December 20, 2025 9:21 pm ET
by Homo Erectus
The zinjanthropoids
Are running wild among us
But no one stops them.
Haiku # 77981 ↗ December 19, 2025 6:56 pm ET
by Cro-magnon Man of Neanderthal Valley
Hey-- come on, let's go.
Let's all write some haiku now.
Let's all groove as one.
Haiku # 77980 ↗ December 19, 2025 5:55 pm ET
by Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire
I took the pub test,
And passed with flying colors.
My score: seven pints.
Haiku # 77979 ↗ December 19, 2025 8:25 am ET
by Dylan Thomas of Bob Zimmerman
tangerine doofus
a student of history
who fails the pub test
Haiku # 77978 ↗ December 18, 2025 2:12 am ET
by ash of local assessment
Pro-propaganda.
Contra-contrarianism...
Anti-antichrist!
Haiku # 77977 ↗ December 17, 2025 3:43 pm ET
by Platform Principles of Platform Shoes
YOU are forbidden.
(Forbidden to forbid me.)
Ha ha! I got on...
Haiku # 77976 ↗ December 15, 2025 7:13 pm ET
by The Wiles of the Adversary
Bad Haiku, oh YES!
Oh yes yes yes yes yes yes.
By which I mean "no"...
Haiku # 77975 ↗ December 13, 2025 6:22 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
Do you Fentanyl?
Many who do Fentanyl
Are no longer here.
Haiku # 77974 ↗ December 13, 2025 5:47 pm ET
by Western Front of the New Opium Wars
Do you Fentanyl?
Many who do Fentanyl
Are no longer here.
Haiku # 77973 ↗ December 13, 2025 5:46 pm ET
by Western Front of the New Opium Wars
Do you use street drugs?
If so, then you are stupid
Buy from internet
Haiku # 77972 ↗ December 13, 2025 10:09 am ET
by El Chapsticko
Got to say some more.
Got to get my haiku ON!
(Like a dirty sock.)
Haiku # 77971 ↗ December 12, 2025 9:50 pm ET
by Sock It To Me of Haiku Sock Puppet
Recalling Bosley...
I believe he had a cock.
But it was Grandma's.
Haiku # 77970 ↗ December 12, 2025 9:45 pm ET
by Compiler of Grandpa's Memories
Christ was just joking.
He will not ever return.
So do what thou wilt.
Haiku # 77969 ↗ December 12, 2025 9:38 pm ET
by The Whole of the Law
Try to forbid me
From this website, Bad Haiku?
You can eat Basho.
Haiku # 77968 ↗ December 12, 2025 9:31 pm ET
by Failed Attempts of Technocracy
The lovable ones
Are very easy to love.
Enemies, less so.
Haiku # 77967 ↗ December 12, 2025 9:28 pm ET
by Noticer of Sermon on the Mount
You are the sun in
the Páramo, lighting up the Frailejones
Haiku # 77966 ↗ December 12, 2025 8:44 pm ET
by John Edward Myers of Colombia
you might well be right
who am i to disagree ?
it'll be a hit
Haiku # 77965 ↗ December 12, 2025 7:11 am ET
by ash of charted territory
The world will soon die
So it can live forever
In endless nightmare
Haiku # 77964 ↗ December 10, 2025 6:37 pm ET
by Sweet Dreams are Made of This
forty-one orbits
and you're still vivid and real
and i still love you
Haiku # 77963 ↗ December 6, 2025 5:42 am ET
by ash of ghost writing