Bashō says something unhelpful
Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 319 Days and 78441 Haiku later...
Missing one again
Hard to count to seven with
six fingers per hand
Haiku # 78038 ↗ January 22, 2026 3:27 am ET
by god of innumeracy
Diaper man made king
The Joke still makes me laugh
The world, not so much
Haiku # 78037 ↗ January 22, 2026 2:27 am ET
by god, of all the people it could be
if we're talking shit
who's eating his latest pile ?
repeats of taco
Haiku # 78036 ↗ January 21, 2026 11:23 pm ET
by ash of greenland cold cuts
Your haiku smells bad,
And missing a syllable.
(It must have got smeared).
Haiku # 78035 ↗ January 21, 2026 9:44 pm ET
by Joy of Darth
Instructions unclear:
phone screen smeared with feces.
Have good gut health though
Haiku # 78034 ↗ January 21, 2026 10:06 am ET
by Porcelain Prober of the bowl
Your toilet haiku:
Did you download the hot new
Scatology app?
Haiku # 78033 ↗ January 21, 2026 8:07 am ET
by Scat Singer of Lavatory Jazz
When kings sit on throne
Poop, then look back and see stains
Why not use the brush?
Haiku # 78032 ↗ January 21, 2026 5:22 am ET
by Porcelain Ponderer of not so public toilet
tasteless gilded twat
clad in your fascist statements
fifth avenue reich
Haiku # 78031 ↗ January 20, 2026 1:05 am ET
by ash of wintour of discontent
Let us all recall
The Marxist agitator
with righteous quaver.
Haiku # 78030 ↗ January 19, 2026 10:00 am ET
by el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz of Audubon Ballroom
when your inner voice
is some external stranger
it's prime, no factors
Haiku # 78029 ↗ January 16, 2026 8:26 am ET
by ash of calculating the numb in numbers
What are the factors
That cause schizophrenia?
(Answer in haiku.)
Haiku # 78028 ↗ January 14, 2026 11:43 am ET
by The Myth of Mental Illness by T. Szasz
I pity kids here.
They want them medicated...
Dumbed-down. Compliant.
Haiku # 78027 ↗ January 14, 2026 11:32 am ET
by Tales of the Psych Ward
Monosyllabic:
The word "prism" and the word "schism".
(Just thought I'd tell you)
Haiku # 78026 ↗ January 14, 2026 11:27 am ET
by Syllable Nazi of Haiku Einsatzgruppen
through my prism
fashionable fascism
cultivates schism
Haiku # 78025 ↗ January 14, 2026 4:49 am ET
by ash of reap what you... so what?
Those water bottles.
Those silly water bottles.
Everyone has them...
Haiku # 78024 ↗ January 13, 2026 3:20 pm ET
by Commodification of Hydration
unlimited reign.
i thought we were free, but they
will take that away.
Haiku # 78023 ↗ January 12, 2026 7:05 pm ET
by ann. of haiku
Fascist boots stomp hearts
"That is not how friends behave",
said Toad. Frog stood close.
Haiku # 78022 ↗ January 12, 2026 1:33 pm ET
by JM of T.
“Power without care,
This is wrong,” said Frog softly.
“We guard our neighbors.”
Haiku # 78021 ↗ January 12, 2026 1:29 pm ET
by Janis of Toronto with solidarity
It's death from above:
Extra syllables destroyed.
(Armed haiku drone strike.)
Haiku # 78020 ↗ January 11, 2026 5:19 pm ET
by Low-intensity Warfare of Haiku
We will run haiku,
Expand haiku industry
For our benefit.
Haiku # 78019 ↗ January 11, 2026 5:15 pm ET
by Realpolitik of Haiku
Haiku regime change:
elite covert ops flown in--
install new haiku.
Haiku # 78018 ↗ January 11, 2026 5:10 pm ET
by Chavez Maduro of Caracas, Rhode Island
Damn the torpedos!
Full steam ahead. Write haiku!
Charge the enemy!
Haiku # 78017 ↗ January 10, 2026 9:48 pm ET
by Farragut Naval Academy of Haiku
Yeah, katong king kong
Singapore weirdo and dad
(Darth and/or chatbot)
Haiku # 78016 ↗ January 10, 2026 9:44 pm ET
by Why You Obsessed with Pee Pee?
You may not recall...
But I am oblongpeepee
The one and only
Haiku # 78015 ↗ January 10, 2026 10:48 am ET
by Oblongpeepee
My world lies ruined:
The old haiku man above
Now has a new line
Haiku # 78013 ↗ January 9, 2026 12:10 pm ET
by Dead Dog Eater of Bashomatic Static
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