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Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 74 Days and 78047 Haiku later...
even if it's not
what you would have thought of as
really being love
Haiku # 24319 January 5, 2003 2:37 pm ET
by sheena
those still unaware:
be informed that love is hell,
even if it's not.
Haiku # 24318 January 5, 2003 2:35 pm ET
by sheena
thanks, mellie, for that
extremely nice inclusion--
complimentary
Haiku # 24317 January 5, 2003 2:33 pm ET
by sheena
spider, weave a gown
~silky~ that clings like water
swirled about my hips
as dew it should fall
lit by dawn~like diamonds
the larks have sewn on
then as he comes near
so close to see ~ he'll be caught
content not to pass
Haiku # 24316 January 5, 2003 12:03 pm ET
by Gwenhyfar
Stately Kaga-san
With shiny sequined jacket -
What lies underneath?
Haiku # 24315 January 5, 2003 9:22 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
Slightly evil grin,
Munching yellow peppers,
Kaga should be mine!
Haiku # 24314 January 5, 2003 9:20 am ET
by A. of Kitchen Stadium
mango tree dripping
plump juicy fruit ripening
flying fox squealing
Haiku # 24313 January 5, 2003 8:05 am ET
by mellie
Funny exercise
Might be worth a bad haiku,
maybe even two...
Haiku # 24312 January 5, 2003 7:49 am ET
by R. of PT
Let's see if it works...
Wow! It does work! Mysteries
of HTML
Haiku # 24311 January 5, 2003 7:45 am ET
by R. of PT
this old man, he knows
this old cat well enough to
find a lane, a train..
Haiku # 24310 January 5, 2003 3:48 am ET
by Dr. Claw of ???
this cat has moved,
acted, rendered meaning,
and told a story
Haiku # 24309 January 5, 2003 2:43 am ET
by ComiCat of Jerzey
it's been a whole year
no real result to see
just ponder on that
Haiku # 24308 January 5, 2003 2:24 am ET
by Garik of before, now, later
the perfect hit, ron
this is haiku history
preserved on the web
Haiku # 24307 January 5, 2003 1:55 am ET
by ash
night duty beckons
i wish it would go away
or perhaps i could
Haiku # 24306 January 5, 2003 1:53 am ET
by ash
lesson planning time
looked for haiku history
found awful poems
Haiku # 24305 January 5, 2003 12:04 am ET
by ronald
drizzling sunday cool
boiled egg with toast dippers
lie about reading
Haiku # 24304 January 4, 2003 6:05 pm ET
by mellie
false expectations
catharsis and renewal
a happy new year
Haiku # 24303 January 4, 2003 12:18 pm ET
by ap
welcome paradox
anarchic optimism
i might yet emerge
Haiku # 24302 January 4, 2003 8:16 am ET
by maestro
prime resolution
no interactive haiku
self-indulgence, ho!
Haiku # 24301 January 4, 2003 8:12 am ET
by maestro
brand new calendar
fresh course of nihilism
i love a parade
Haiku # 24300 January 4, 2003 8:08 am ET
by maestro
Domino's Dots kill
local gnome, friends threaten to
release that "noid" tape.
Haiku # 24299 January 3, 2003 7:21 pm ET
by onjaysun (Noid Sez Doesn't Know Sheep)
and it's coming up
the White Mountains when it comes
slam, bang, hills of snow
Haiku # 24298 January 3, 2003 4:44 pm ET
by Mox
Vicious Vermicious
Knid, I miss the old you
please put down that boy
Haiku # 24297 January 3, 2003 2:30 pm ET
by Heather of Port Colborne
listen quietly
the hush of winter silence
snows white peacefulness
Haiku # 24296 January 3, 2003 1:57 pm ET
by Boston gal "snowed in" and lovin' it
she's still roaring and
as always, the gentle voice
silences Morgoth
Haiku # 24295 January 3, 2003 1:17 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
what's some of the ot?
let others think about it
i gotta sleep now
Haiku # 24294 January 3, 2003 1:14 pm ET
by mellie
oh yeah, forgot
might have been better to say
grandma has a cock
Haiku # 24293 January 3, 2003 1:13 pm ET
by mellie
for read read real
I shoud be asleep in bed
kookaburras laugh
Haiku # 24292 January 3, 2003 1:11 pm ET
by mellie
what was that about?
maybe it's me who's lost it
I don't think is is
Haiku # 24291 January 3, 2003 1:10 pm ET
by mellie, wondering where the good old read badhaikuists are hiding these days, not sheena and ash of course, just some of the ot
the choices are made
I can make my own and
decide the stressful ones

I cannot make the minds here
be other than what they are
the wave
Haiku # 24290 January 3, 2003 12:13 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
some people fight for
everything they have because
it's all others allowed...

Haiku # 24289 January 3, 2003 11:46 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
hey, if you open
the door and stop playing
buddy clique

maybe this place can turn out
writing and not be an online
version of a McDonald's staff
Haiku # 24288 January 3, 2003 11:42 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
if it strikes a nerve
with the insecure often
insults are the last resort
Haiku # 24287 January 3, 2003 11:35 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
cool, ash, i hadn't
noticed until you pointed
it out to me
Haiku # 24286 January 3, 2003 10:19 am ET
by sheena
oh look, its near five!
time for running out the door.
enthusiasm!
Haiku # 24285 January 3, 2003 12:50 am ET
by st0rmy of Sydney Australia
please stop doing it
enough is really enough
for the rest of us
Haiku # 24284 January 2, 2003 10:30 pm ET
by ash
acrostic haiku
that student of manchester
unveils a new form

Haiku # 24283 January 2, 2003 10:19 pm ET
by ash
I mean it!
Haiku # 24282 January 2, 2003 7:49 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
dumbass
Haiku # 24281 January 2, 2003 7:48 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
is haiku number
24277
a profound thought? not!

practice what you preach?
Haiku # 24280 January 2, 2003 2:15 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
thick blobs of water
frozen into blocks of stone
like crunchy relics
Haiku # 24279 January 2, 2003 1:42 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
birch white branches bend
boughs ice-laden shimmer in
spanking-new year winds
Haiku # 24278 January 2, 2003 12:59 pm ET
by Boston gal
there's no profound thought
so people resort to Gen X
existential groove
Haiku # 24277 January 2, 2003 12:38 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
new year's eve complete
i resolve to end all war
and to lose ten pounds
Haiku # 24276 January 2, 2003 7:56 am ET
by ap
Foo I say to you
You take more drastic action
And use your big stick
Haiku # 24275 January 2, 2003 4:45 am ET
by A Student of Manchester
Please refrain from that
Eating in a monkey house
Feed somewhere else, foo
Haiku # 24274 January 2, 2003 4:40 am ET
by A Student of Manchester
I tried so damn hard
But I just couldn't do it
Write a good haiku
Haiku # 24273 January 2, 2003 4:39 am ET
by A Student of Manchester
now sitting on the
curb, watching. this prodigal
cat returns and goes.


(murr-murr)
Haiku # 24272 January 1, 2003 7:55 pm ET
by ComiCat of Jerzey
Pies are very nice
Everybody would like one
For them to consume
Haiku # 24271 January 1, 2003 6:01 pm ET
by A Student of Manchester
Forever in fields
Oblivious to the world
Ovine animals
Haiku # 24270 January 1, 2003 5:42 pm ET
by A Student of Manchester