Bashō says something unhelpful
Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 74 Days and 78046 Haiku later...
things are heating up
winter in america
brings way too much ice
Haiku # 78045 January 25, 2026 8:59 am ET
by ash of what the fuck?
I scream, you scream. We
All scream for deportation...
Except those who don't.
Haiku # 78044 January 24, 2026 2:20 pm ET
by Virtue-signaler of the Worst Order
Maybe they DID go
To the moon and back... and yet --
It did not help much.
Haiku # 78043 January 23, 2026 5:51 pm ET
by John Glenn of 5-4-3-2-1, Ignition, Lift-off
Unfortunately
Nobody has to scream it
It's quite obvious
Haiku # 78042 January 23, 2026 11:50 am ET
by It is what it is
Sabbath: first album.
(I do not have to say "black")
Lest they scream "RACIST!"
Haiku # 78041 January 22, 2026 5:52 pm ET
by Ozzy Iommi of Bill Ward, 1970 A.D.
Old man so funny!
He say different thing now.
He have great wisdom.
Haiku # 78040 January 22, 2026 8:02 am ET
by Old Man Above-san of Funny Square Hat
scalloped base submit
incredibly un-shellfish
for a gift that gives
Haiku # 78039 January 22, 2026 5:41 am ET
by ash of sumbits ever change
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