No value statements
Haiku must cut like a blade
Drop the dualism
by sexually frustrated
Too much abstraction
Use words of the everyday
No philosophy.
by sexually frustrated
Frowning scarecrow laughs
Enraptured hungry black crows
Take the farmers dance
by William Nippress
Conjunctions don't work
Keep them to a minimum
Kill self consciousness
by sexually frustrated
Steer clear of gerunds
Turn haiku into big mess
Always here and now
by sexually frustrated
Modifiers suck
Makes for clumsy jumbly prose
Must be crisp and clean
by sexually frustrated
Peasant
by William Nippress
Oh toilet scrub brush
Let the Lord's song be with thee
Wash it all away.
by sexually frustrated
Greasy icy rocks
Boasting dirty oceans crash
Earths waste putrefies
by William Nippress
The problem I see here
Bad haikus trying to be good
They fail miserably.
by sexually frustrated
Solitary path
A songbird shatters stillness
Lame Buda stumbles
by William Nippress
Deliverymen smirks
Bridegrooms supplicate disturbed
Caught with his pants down
by William Nippress
Infinite number
Of monkeys with infinite
Number typewriters
.
Was said of Shakespeare
Tempting, but my stuffs poor crap
No Shakespeare am I
by William Nippress
Best not touch my beer
Or my sausages or I'll
Get CCTV
by A Student of Artificial insemination via the ear canal
I came home to cook
As I have much work to do
But all! All my pans!!
by A Student of Artificial insemination via the ear canal
The bloody cleaners
First they move my stuff around
And now it's not there
by A Student of Artificial insemination via the ear canal
Infinite number
Of monkeys with infinite
Number computers
That is what I think
Nippress has working for him
Oh his haiku farm
by A Student of Artificial insemination via the ear canal
Flashing coal dark eyes
Lips of strawberry murmurs
Loves hot desires
by William Nippress
High mountain rescue
In case you didn
by William Nippress
Phantom gatekeeper
Gloating snowy carnivore
Norfolk
by William Nippress
Names to strike terror
Ascent imagination
Shrieking devils quake
by William Nippress
yikes nippleless
he's going down for the count
and many others
by ap
Norfolk
by William Nippress
Mountains flouting death
Icy meandering wind
Roaring unbroken
by William Nippress
Faintly impatient
Feathers floating aimlessly
Gloomy storm drain laughs
by William Nippress
Sharp barren gray peaks
Call Norfolk mountain rescue
Lofty climbers lost
by William Nippress
Apologies all
I saw the spelling too late
But now know there
by William Nippress
Fish with a shotgun
Comes out to get its revenge
Goes on a rampage
by A Student of Artificial insemination via the ear canal
the lad drophammer
skids along same passages
shitty description
by mellie
I miss bung daddy
sometimes I really miss him
not very often
by mellie
death is forever
no talk of chocolate please
until after lent
by mellie
take a hint please will
observe the reset button
use it more often
by ash
goddamnit nippress
let me spell it out for you
GIVE OTHERS A CHANCE
by Anonymous Poet
i remember love
distant grayscale reflections
gone and all but lost
by The Count of Montecristo
the warm egg salad
looks different on the way out
more green, less salad
by Drophammer of Akkadia
there are other faiths
with symbols for forever
the cross is of death
by Drophammer of Akkadia
mung launching clench hole
spray splatter chunky drippings
puddle on the floor
by Drophammer of Akkadia
I shot a fish with a shotgun
There are pieces every where
Fondue fish pieces
by Richard Whiz-Watson of Springfield, IL
A chocolate cross for Easter
No other thought is so horrid
Eating the symbol of Eternity
by Steven P. Reents of Springfield, Illinois
Shoot the hand that bleeds
It changes your soul at a price
Killing has mercies
by Steven P. Reents of Springfield, Illinois
Jesus was holding
the little atheist girl
or just Barry Gibb?
by onjayson (another co-worker's faith-based email)
"solder go to war"
fuses metal together
back in the toolbox
by even in the desert, spelling and grammar matter
Nippress, remember:
quality not quantity,
trite does not make right
by for god's sake
Drums tugging the heart
Camouflaged weapons armed
Solder go to war
by William Nippress
Rain sodden army
Railing against unfair life
Officers not wet
by William Nippress
Old house rough-hewn
Dried door stands fast, no entry
Gravestone set proudly
by William Nippress
Rider less kingdoms
Frustrated unrest ferments
Heart panics feebly
by William Nippress
Buda wisely said
What we refused
Remains with sender
by William Nippress
Startled cows leap up
At the sight of a monkey
Playing the banjo
by A Student of Artificial insemination via the ear canal
