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Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 81 Days and 78057 Haiku later...
on long fluted necks
petals powdered with pollen
white blossoms unfold
Haiku # 19295 March 23, 2002 9:22 pm ET
by mount madonna mama
her hand trembling
avoiding the crusted blood
she touches his face
Haiku # 19294 March 23, 2002 9:12 pm ET
by mount madonna mama
sabbatical time
for the ornery Quaker
who's feeling his oats
Haiku # 19293 March 23, 2002 4:07 pm ET
by A. Musing
plastic wrapped porches
whipped by winds of poverty
wait for winter's death
Haiku # 19292 March 23, 2002 4:05 pm ET
by A. Musing (not)
bypass metaphor!
leap out of the sordid world!
live your bad haiku!
Haiku # 19291 March 23, 2002 1:18 pm ET
by the snowy mountains outside my windows
moxie, you little ego
squeal swirling around
a make-believe name
Haiku # 19290 March 23, 2002 1:13 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
new age credo, I
believe in it, so it must
therefore be true

moxie credo, if
I poop on it, it smells like
me, God! the world stinks
Haiku # 19289 March 23, 2002 1:10 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
Parachute without
strings, a chocolate teapot,
a moxie haiku
Haiku # 19288 March 23, 2002 1:02 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
in a race second
place is just the first loser,
who won human race?
Haiku # 19287 March 23, 2002 12:59 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
In a race, second
place is just the first loser,
who won haiku race?
Haiku # 19286 March 23, 2002 12:58 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
guy comes into a
bar....orders a drink...shouts..ALL
LAWYERS ARE ASSHOLES

guy down at end of
bar says, Hey! I resent that!
first guy sez, Why? are

You a Lawyer? second
guy sez No but I'm an asshole!!!
yuk yuk yuk
Haiku # 19285 March 23, 2002 12:48 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
fine, i'm an asshole -
but now that's out of the way,
the "more..." link's busted
Haiku # 19284 March 23, 2002 6:13 am ET
by scott the meddler
driving home from work,
beautiful sunset, cows on
a hill against the

sunset, until a
bull climbs onto another
cow, and goes for it
Haiku # 19283 March 23, 2002 5:24 am ET
by k
i'm dressed as a clown
i'm holding a human head
i'm watching tv
Haiku # 19282 March 23, 2002 12:22 am ET
by Chip The Giant Maggot
thank goodness haiku
keeps me sane in times of stress
wish work were as fun
Haiku # 19281 March 22, 2002 9:58 pm ET
by Jane of Princeton
the thesis is due
in seventeen or so days
after that, long sleep
Haiku # 19280 March 22, 2002 9:54 pm ET
by Jane of Princeton
Scott the meddler .. err
mentor... works for me even
though I am not ash
Haiku # 19279 March 22, 2002 7:25 pm ET
by BrainFart- http://www.thefulldeck.com/
looming but unseen
Scott is in his sewing room
shuttles back and forth
Haiku # 19278 March 22, 2002 5:38 pm ET
by Boston gal
i've been wool-gath'ring
long enough to spin a yarn
think i'm fleecing them
Haiku # 19277 March 22, 2002 5:30 pm ET
by scott (jump right in)
when fabricating
make sure it's the finest wool
pulled over the eyes
Haiku # 19276 March 22, 2002 5:04 pm ET
by A. Musing (sorry couldn't resist)
my project today:
fabricate my old timesheets
think i'll use whole cloth
Haiku # 19275 March 22, 2002 4:51 pm ET
by scott
of course t'was just I
havin' a bit of a laugh
freezing my arse here
Haiku # 19274 March 22, 2002 4:50 pm ET
by Boston gal (not Kayla's sis at all...)
spring is in the air
squirrels do it in the trees
tho' nineteen degrees
Haiku # 19273 March 22, 2002 8:47 am ET
by Kayla's lil sister
so who is this guy?
the royalist who hates queens
an ex-new yorker?
Haiku # 19272 March 22, 2002 4:26 am ET
by scott
congratulations,
ash, on your haiku headline
(although the link's dead)
Haiku # 19271 March 22, 2002 4:24 am ET
by scott (sorry folks for that bad link - not the one i was talking about)
congratulations,
ash, on your haiku headline
(although the link's dead)
Haiku # 19270 March 22, 2002 4:23 am ET
by scott (i'm 2 for 3)
talking of sport sport
bulls roaring at the gabba
how's ya finger stu?
Haiku # 19269 March 21, 2002 10:42 pm ET
by mellie
deep thought of the day
can't wait for spring vacation
diving in the Turks
Haiku # 19268 March 21, 2002 9:43 pm ET
by just three weeks to go!
March madness marches
On, OregOn in the lead...
nerds can like spOrts tOO....

Haiku # 19267 March 21, 2002 9:08 pm ET
by k of not a big sports fan...but rOOting for OregOn anyway
all this March madness
college basketball ennui
when will it be gone?
Haiku # 19266 March 21, 2002 8:41 pm ET
by Boston gal
when i was thirty
seems like only yesterday
thanks to dementia
Haiku # 19265 March 21, 2002 7:27 pm ET
by ash
please don't be kayla...
oh, my day has been brightened
i plead entrapment
Haiku # 19264 March 21, 2002 7:23 pm ET
by scott (you're all my witnesses)
thoughts do not exist
there are only sensations
- deep thought of the day
Haiku # 19263 March 21, 2002 7:06 pm ET
by scott, ouch indeed...
scott is thirty, eh?
here I was flirting away
thought he was younger
Haiku # 19262 March 21, 2002 6:56 pm ET
by ouch
botryoidal rot
without chemicals you've got
very decent red
Haiku # 19261 March 21, 2002 6:38 pm ET
by Bacchae
cold, sweet, chemical
prickling bubbles on my tongue
tell me I'm alive
Haiku # 19260 March 21, 2002 5:21 pm ET
by scott (in 2D, once again)
spring is here again.
a young man's thoughts turn to

Haiku # 19259 March 21, 2002 5:15 pm ET
by scott
wouldn't you just love
to know what i told my friends
the next day? you bitch.
Haiku # 19258 March 21, 2002 5:03 pm ET
by transient of www.setfiretoeveryone.org
i would love to write
in praise of roadside flowers
but they make me sneeze
Haiku # 19257 March 21, 2002 4:53 pm ET
by scott
a "bad man" weighs in...
janis, erase the address?
kayla, don't post it
Haiku # 19256 March 21, 2002 4:22 pm ET
by scott (and I did like your haiku)
fuhgeddaboudit
Haiku # 19255 March 21, 2002 4:17 pm ET
by Boston gal
.html
Haiku # 19254 March 21, 2002 4:10 pm ET
by whoops
http://ae.boston.com/haiku/new_haiku
Haiku # 19253 March 21, 2002 3:04 pm ET
by Boston gal
once upon a time
author at boston dot com
rambled on and on
Haiku # 19252 March 21, 2002 2:27 pm ET
by A. Musing
The cusp of danger
It must be where you exist
If indeed you do
Haiku # 19251 March 20, 2002 10:44 pm ET
by Janis
if you are yourself
disregard my squalid jibes
keep up the good work
Haiku # 19250 March 20, 2002 9:51 pm ET
by ash
kayla i wonder
federal lolita bait
or maybe moxie
Haiku # 19249 March 20, 2002 9:49 pm ET
by ash
I liked your haiku
kayla, but stay away from
the bad men....ie....

moxie...ronin....bung.....scot.....ap.....paver.....and many, many more
Haiku # 19248 March 20, 2002 9:06 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
someone street-proof that
child, or at least bad-haiku
proof her! no addresses honey.
Haiku # 19247 March 20, 2002 9:02 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
but some of us have
TOO comfy dial-ups...some jet
chair ASDL
Haiku # 19246 March 20, 2002 8:59 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet