in case of fire
do not use elevator
exit by the stairs

Stars twinkle, stars shine
Hovering in the dark sky
I wish they were mine

Haikus and Voodoo
Both can heal, both can hurt, both
better with ganja

R.

They asked the wise man
How can you do all that work

mysterious poet
fun it's been but I must go
have a school to run

wise woman replies
couldn't agree with you more
play hard and live well

Everything

The wise man explains
the one who sleeps wastes his time -
I must study more

Dice il saggio
chi dorme nulla stringe -
Devo studiare

all for the good it
is enough to think well and
all will be well, hhmmmm?

Tout est pour le bien -
Il suffit de penser bien
et tout ira bien

on that last haiku?
rushing so - I blew last line!
"I know, Prints of Whales"!

Il troppo stroppia
Il silenzio e' d'oro -
Che ore sono?

what to hang in room?
(asked the aging Queen today)
"I know, Prince of Whales"

Chi troppo sale -
Cade precipitevo
lissimevolment

Sopra la panca
la capra campa

Captain of the boat
Strange individual indeed
Drinks water from Nile

daruhvatz gyju
slippo laki mut bel gyz
splat plop snyzi git

But on second thought
bad haiku is just like that -
Counting syl's for fun

Creativity
haven't tried for many years -
Maybe not for me

Boston gal sez, geeze!
only English here...puh-leeze
translating? it sux

Swed instructor said
A snorkel is a snorkel
is a snorkel - yeah

Plongez! Decouvrez!
Au milieu de milles poissons -
C'est l'eternite'

no undu standa
when na you a speak a dat
fuhgedaboudit

Giu' sui fondali
Respiro nel boccaglio -
Vedo prodigi

through a flowered gate
"magnolia cemetery"
iron letters scrolled

Giu' sui fondali
dalla mia maschera -
Scopro il creato

fast-moving river
littered with past-living leaves
nothing but autumn

empty avenues
crowded with hundreds of cars
nothing but traffic

Vita divina
Donataci dal Cielo -
Celeste dono

Life is from Heaven
Bless the Lord every day -
Forever we will

Bad haiku's easy
Good poetry much less so -
Trying anyway

Haiku Haiku oh
Haiku Haiku Haiku oh -
Haiku Haiku oh

Oh Haiku Haiku
Oh Haiku Haiku Haiku -
Oh Haiku Haiku

so hey...internet
chick, how about you and your
kids come for a ride?

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This is another
test for something else that's been
a problem <for some>.

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This is a test of
Bad Haiku's response to a
certain, uh, problem.

Boss lady taps foot
Pierces me with gimlet eyes
What did I do now?

my sweet-ass Chevette
it's Audiovox booming
going to 8 Mile

making some progress
internet chick does improve
thinks before she writes

Silence, a strangled
Telephone has forgotten
That it should ring

"I'm tired of kids."
for the person who says this
there are no flowers

Until yesterday
ignored what an haiku is -
Now I published 3