Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
28 Years, 60 Days and 77457 Haiku later...

a plan's been floated
to pour sea in the niger,
bring in oil tankers
Haiku # 19649, April 10, 2002 7:44 pm ET
by scott (yes, i'm still on about this)
the ladyslipper
had a flower that i made
a prison for frogs
Haiku # 19648, April 10, 2002 7:15 pm ET
by scott (not proud of this one, but i was a kid)
i'd sit by the spring
dip pebbles on a forked twig
all stones were precious
Haiku # 19647, April 10, 2002 6:53 pm ET
by scott
great huntress had I
yapping beagle chasing dreams
Bimbo was her name
Haiku # 19646, April 10, 2002 3:29 pm ET
by Boston gal
i used to pretend
i was an indian brave
moving noiselessly
Haiku # 19645, April 10, 2002 2:10 pm ET
by scott
when i was a child
the forest was my playground
it's been mostly cleared
Haiku # 19644, April 10, 2002 2:03 pm ET
by scott (back in Massachusetts, a bit west of Boston)
once all the redwoods
were nearly in my back yard
lived in Eureka
Haiku # 19643, April 10, 2002 1:36 pm ET
by Boston gal now
when you're on a roll
you could be most anything
seedy, sweet or smooth
Haiku # 19642, April 10, 2002 1:12 pm ET
by A. Musing (sorry couldn't resist)
just hit me that you're
gone and that i'm here alone
can't wait 'till thursday
Haiku # 19641, April 10, 2002 12:40 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
well, if libra could
restore the balance to that
region, it would be

cool...
Haiku # 19640, April 10, 2002 11:45 am ET
by Moxie
flying Saturday
triskaidekaphobian
unfortunately
Haiku # 19639, April 10, 2002 11:01 am ET
by Boston gal
when you're on a roll
no one really counts -- we all
just enjoy the ride
Haiku # 19638, April 10, 2002 10:47 am ET
by A. Musing
strife on the west bank
israel can send a tank
till george sends a yank
Haiku # 19637, April 10, 2002 10:34 am ET
by ash
anti-semantics
the pluralist solution :
let there be pieces
Haiku # 19636, April 10, 2002 10:32 am ET
by ash .... had to correct it
pity i can't count
seems my final solution
is short by one peace
Haiku # 19635, April 10, 2002 10:31 am ET
by ash
way to go there, ash
I must say you have a way
metaphoric puns
Haiku # 19634, April 10, 2002 10:06 am ET
by A. Musing
aries boweled me
over with advice, on moving
on, stuck in neutral
Haiku # 19633, April 10, 2002 10:06 am ET
by Moxie
anti-semantics
pluralist solution
let there be pieces
Haiku # 19632, April 10, 2002 9:56 am ET
by ash
gutsy move dubya
intestinal fortitude
send "colon" powell
Haiku # 19631, April 10, 2002 9:52 am ET
by ash
gabbing poets rant
bombs and queens the bitches too
tap upon our keys
Haiku # 19630, April 10, 2002 8:33 am ET
by the Teach
high ranking royal
it was time to bury her
a load of old pomp
Haiku # 19629, April 10, 2002 3:22 am ET
by mellie
turn on my tv
and they're still burying her
it's deadly boring
Haiku # 19628, April 10, 2002 12:56 am ET
by ash
can't believe the news
bombs and hate tear anxious flesh
it must end and end
Haiku # 19627, April 9, 2002 9:54 pm ET
by Pedro of Cali
where does it all go
the bad "poetry" we write
my God, it's all here
Haiku # 19626, April 9, 2002 9:45 pm ET
by Peter of California
queens and rooks take turns
to duck and dive for my king
man, i suck at chess
Haiku # 19625, April 9, 2002 9:42 pm ET
by Peter of California
let's hope the muse guides
me through pub quiz to a win.
After that....strip club?
Haiku # 19624, April 9, 2002 8:55 pm ET
by k
to be jungian,
she is my bitch, i'm her bitch
i bitch myself out
Haiku # 19623, April 9, 2002 8:03 pm ET
by scott (bitch bitch bitch...but meaning everything i wrote)
your muse is a bitch?
Why not make the muse YOUR bitch?
I know it's in you.....
Haiku # 19622, April 9, 2002 7:53 pm ET
by k_against
i work for my muse
she can be a bitch sometimes
for instance, today
Haiku # 19621, April 9, 2002 7:28 pm ET
by scott
jesus scott! post
a few bad haiku's why don't you?
How's work anyway?
Haiku # 19620, April 9, 2002 7:08 pm ET
by k
the garden is fine
what i have a problem with
are the gardeners
Haiku # 19619, April 9, 2002 7:04 pm ET
by scott
who promised you a
garden of eden? live, die,
pity your children
Haiku # 19618, April 9, 2002 7:00 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
Mesopotamia
A
Haiku # 19617, April 9, 2002 6:58 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
those fucking bastards
that's all i'm really saying
those fucking bastards
Haiku # 19616, April 9, 2002 3:53 pm ET
by scott (that last one should have read "delta's omega")
a river of oil
flows through the "cradle of man"
delta omega
Haiku # 19615, April 9, 2002 3:39 pm ET
by scott (the Valdez was nothing next to this...if you own a SUV, read this article)
queen mum was pickled
in gin for much of her life,
no wonder she smiled
Haiku # 19614, April 9, 2002 3:36 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
dick chenney's widsom:
"conservation doesn't work"
Earth First, then we leave?
Haiku # 19613, April 9, 2002 3:28 pm ET
by scott (sorry for the tirade - this is what happens when I listen to KPFA)
once all the redwoods
have been turned into pulp
i'm guessing we're next
Haiku # 19612, April 9, 2002 3:28 pm ET
by scott
press in collusion
spread official confusion
right-wing illusion
Haiku # 19611, April 9, 2002 2:59 pm ET
by scott
bag full of death threats
bomb under the driver's seat
guilty unpunished
Haiku # 19610, April 9, 2002 2:58 pm ET
by scott
the FBI's lies
are going to bomb out in court
judi bari lives!
Haiku # 19609, April 9, 2002 2:58 pm ET
by scott (jury selection has begun)
the old queen showed us
the secret to a long life:
vast amounts of dough
Haiku # 19608, April 9, 2002 2:54 pm ET
by scott
a useless meeting
but one thing came out of it:
loads of bad haiku!
Haiku # 19607, April 9, 2002 2:53 pm ET
by scott
Bad Haiku,

Haiku # 19606, April 9, 2002 2:28 pm ET
by Babylon haiku
the newspapers can
finally drop all the crap
she's in the ground now
Haiku # 19605, April 9, 2002 11:31 am ET
by realnutteruk of london
I said "no" to sex
and then my hubby became
just another "ex"
Haiku # 19604, April 9, 2002 10:22 am ET
by Liz
just say no to drugs
is about as good advice
as say no to sex
Haiku # 19603, April 9, 2002 10:02 am ET
by ash
"beware the speedball!"
can you believe they have banned
dodgeball in the schools?????
Haiku # 19602, April 9, 2002 8:17 am ET
by the Teach
beware the speedball
end up like john belushi
or river phoenix
Haiku # 19601, April 9, 2002 8:00 am ET
by ash
yes and I think that
'volumizing hair-spray' says
something important
Haiku # 19600, April 9, 2002 12:13 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
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