Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
28 Years, 63 Days and 77460 Haiku later...

missing my true love
vegas is so far away
yet it is too close
Haiku # 26020, January 30, 2003 12:54 am ET
by Bob Jones, Esq. of El Armpito, TX
consider the facts
what you think is obsession
is irritation
Haiku # 26019, January 29, 2003 9:11 pm ET
by ash
nick, i loved the book -
but for the movie, why not
"about a monkey"
Haiku # 26018, January 29, 2003 7:37 pm ET
by scotch of hollywould
like you, i once thought
poetry would make me rich
life's a bitter pill
Haiku # 26017, January 29, 2003 7:02 pm ET
by scotch
The winners poems are
Too long, and as such they are
Ineligible
Haiku # 26016, January 29, 2003 6:29 pm ET
by A Student of I had to cut 'About A Monkey' and then you censored it
Just read their letter:
5-9-5 dollars?
I am only a student
And in the U.K.
Government screws me
University screw me
And it will cost me...
Haiku # 26015, January 29, 2003 6:24 pm ET
by A Student of My prize is worth $200 and I have to pay three times that to get it?
I'm a team player,
of course, I'm also the sole
programmer on staff
Haiku # 26014, January 29, 2003 6:24 pm ET
by k_
"be a team player!
there isn't an i in team!"
nor "accountable"*
Haiku # 26013, January 29, 2003 5:23 pm ET
by scotch of *he thinks to himself, watching the deadline slipping away...
if you can't critique
a design til it's coded,
don't critique at all
Haiku # 26012, January 29, 2003 5:13 pm ET
by scotch of as my mother used to say
when the deadline hits
they will have to accept it
how software is made
Haiku # 26011, January 29, 2003 5:04 pm ET
by scotch of nerds r us (with apologies to boston gal, etc)
let them redesign
let them discuss endlessly
i'll do it my way
Haiku # 26010, January 29, 2003 5:03 pm ET
by scotch of (congrats, k)
my interface got
released today, it's flying
away, heading south...
Haiku # 26009, January 29, 2003 4:57 pm ET
by k_celebrating_the_monkey_off_my_back of Just obsessing over scotch's haikus
found on the printer:
my interface, redesigned...
i am a mushroom
Haiku # 26008, January 29, 2003 4:43 pm ET
by scotch of (call me a fungi)
why does everyone
obsess over my haikus?
they don't? well, why not?
Haiku # 26007, January 29, 2003 3:48 pm ET
by scotch of (neat)
Goats across the street,
in private he did meet, cuz
anything thought they'd eat.
Haiku # 26006, January 29, 2003 3:37 pm ET
by onjaysun (Nervous Goats...good name for a rock band)
A sunny Frogtown
t-shirts, shorts, Asian tourists
checking out thrift shop
Haiku # 26005, January 29, 2003 3:28 pm ET
by onjaysun (I'm at peace, he's at war)
cold produces ice
cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla
= ice cream
Haiku # 26004, January 29, 2003 12:35 pm ET
by yum!
R. produces a
constructive syllogism
Haiku # 26003, January 29, 2003 12:31 pm ET
by Garik
new swimsuit issue
National Geographic?!
"she sells sea shells"
Haiku # 26002, January 29, 2003 12:25 pm ET
by three to be exact!
trailing chimney smoke
winter nears longed completion
yesterday is lost
Haiku # 26001, January 29, 2003 11:58 am ET
by Gwen's sister
What
Haiku # 26000, January 29, 2003 11:46 am ET
by R. of PT
Confidence can be
an excuse for laziness
Haiku # 25999, January 29, 2003 11:08 am ET
by R. of PT
Feeling confident
Haiku # 25998, January 29, 2003 10:59 am ET
by R. of PT
Personal effort
Haiku # 25997, January 29, 2003 10:59 am ET
by R. of PT
hunting for their prey
two red-tailed hawks' low circle
eyes do follow ground
Haiku # 25996, January 29, 2003 10:53 am ET
by John Updike...run rabbit
Victim now of hate -
fifteen vicious Cossack knights
hunting for their prey
Haiku # 25995, January 29, 2003 10:49 am ET
by R. of PT
weeping icicles
streaming silver-wet cascade
splash upon the rocks
Haiku # 25994, January 29, 2003 10:20 am ET
by Gwenhyfar
splash upon the rocks
single malt scotch will do, thanks
thaw those winter blues
Haiku # 25993, January 29, 2003 10:18 am ET
by tho I'll wait till after noon
nice one scotch me lad
i'm quite the auteur myself
when it comes to that
Haiku # 25992, January 29, 2003 9:49 am ET
by sheena
unfortunately
my finger's create typo
but I won't obsess
Haiku # 25991, January 29, 2003 8:20 am ET
by running out for coffee
pale subnlight journeys
weary spirit passes by
searching for the spring
Haiku # 25990, January 29, 2003 8:17 am ET
by haiku r us
Obsession is there
Every time i write something
Some fool does comment
Haiku # 25989, January 29, 2003 8:14 am ET
by A Student of Did you, yourself, not just comment
seems the time is right
ash: wish that you could be mine
irresistible
Haiku # 25988, January 29, 2003 8:13 am ET
by sigh... I know that you're taken
Still is the water
Broken by a disruption
The coming of rain
Haiku # 25987, January 29, 2003 8:12 am ET
by A Student of A Haiku - The First, and probably last 'proper' haiku on this page today
long on syllables
obsession your delusion
bottom of the class
Haiku # 25986, January 29, 2003 6:37 am ET
by ash
Short on talent then?
Why does everybody obsess
Over my haikus then?
Haiku # 25985, January 29, 2003 5:25 am ET
by A Student of tired of your infantile comments
blix sticks fix with nix
war more sure than 'twas before
rhyme but not reasons
Haiku # 25984, January 29, 2003 2:04 am ET
by ash
she flounced down the street
jiggling like a cheap hooker
in an old movie
Haiku # 25983, January 29, 2003 1:53 am ET
by ash
What tomorrow brings:
A funeral for a friend
Then a friend to kiss
Haiku # 25982, January 29, 2003 1:04 am ET
by sweetbetty of Cali
it makes sense to me
that you'd get a peach while high
since they are stone fruit
Haiku # 25981, January 28, 2003 9:27 pm ET
by scotch of (welcome back, bet)
dare i eat a peach?
a blue, glowing martian peach?
eat or be eaten
Haiku # 25980, January 28, 2003 9:23 pm ET
by scotch
"so you play music?
what instrument do you play?"
me: "I play the fool"
Haiku # 25979, January 28, 2003 9:18 pm ET
by scotch of (chuffed with myself for that one)
timing! that's the key
to all the best comedy
wait, i screwed that up
Haiku # 25978, January 28, 2003 9:17 pm ET
by scotch
let me demonstrate
what sheer talent truly is:
take it away, ash
Haiku # 25977, January 28, 2003 9:13 pm ET
by scotch
seems thin-skinned to me
(student of boring ennui)
short on talent too
Haiku # 25976, January 28, 2003 7:39 pm ET
by Mike likes sporting news
Male maturity?
So I am immature then
Writing on this site
Has shortened what was
Left of my patience for those
Who would be stupid
Haiku # 25975, January 28, 2003 6:19 pm ET
by A Student of Zimbabwe
Your opinions are
Not important to me so
I shall ignore them
Haiku # 25974, January 28, 2003 5:49 pm ET
by A Student of Repetition, boring? but a sign of intellect
Let's get one thing straight
I'm sure you're a nice person
But I have no proof
And I shall assume
You are standard redneck scum
And discard your views
Haiku # 25973, January 28, 2003 5:48 pm ET
by A Student of the South
dear boyish student
have you ever considered
male maturity
Haiku # 25972, January 28, 2003 5:18 pm ET
by perpetual student mentality rather BORING you see
See the callous sheep
How it affects my spelling
With its evil ways
Haiku # 25971, January 28, 2003 5:16 pm ET
by A Student of Afghanistan
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