Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
28 Years, 45 Days and 77437 Haiku later...

He made us all laugh
TV's poet laureate
With his four-line verse





Thanks for all the laughs
We will miss you and all your
Four-line poems of wit
Haiku # 32749, October 4, 2005 6:22 pm ET
by Goodbye Nipsey -- Crimson Mind of Phoenix, AZ
Sipped paregoric
From the skull of poor Yorick
Erstwhile dysphoric
Haiku # 32748, October 4, 2005 4:15 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
New parents, timely
reminder, just not enough
Nipsey's in the world
Haiku # 32747, October 4, 2005 2:57 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
ketamine vortex
though once a prize horse's ass
now i'm most tranquil
Haiku # 32746, October 4, 2005 2:54 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
abdominal pain
was it something that I ate?
milk of magnesia
Haiku # 32745, October 4, 2005 11:20 am ET
by Mort of Paris
he's had the last laugh
all things must come to an end
it's goodnight from him
Haiku # 32744, October 4, 2005 9:47 am ET
by ash
Comedian dead
That guy from that show that time
Ronnie Barker falls
Haiku # 32743, October 4, 2005 8:50 am ET
by Adam K of Australia
back at work again
earning a good hourly rate
writing bad haiku
Haiku # 32742, October 4, 2005 12:07 am ET
by ash
Laughing hard at work
Maestro of Manhattan is
going to get me sacked.
Haiku # 32741, October 3, 2005 8:35 pm ET
by Jester
Bullies in disguise
Abuse their authority
Hide behind a badge
Haiku # 32740, October 3, 2005 5:29 pm ET
by Crimson Mind of Phoenix, AZ
Gnome and I escape
Alcatraz, sharks-schmarks..it's the
Ferry flies that bite!
Haiku # 32739, October 3, 2005 5:17 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
ash, my fair wordsmith
get thee to a punnery
whilst I don leeches
Haiku # 32738, October 3, 2005 4:17 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
the bile stained maestro
de-liver us your humour
mellow not yellow
Haiku # 32737, October 2, 2005 11:52 pm ET
by ash
Touch
Haiku # 32736, October 2, 2005 8:09 pm ET
by A Beauty Confused
Autumnal rapture
Vertiginous color schemes
LSD and me
Haiku # 32735, October 2, 2005 4:38 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Preceding poet
Comprehends not irony
Nor novelty... trite
Haiku # 32734, October 2, 2005 4:13 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Beauty doth reside
within the beholder's eye.
Yours must be jaundiced.
Haiku # 32733, October 2, 2005 8:55 am ET
by A Beauty Within
Three cheers for beauty
All else is speculative
To hell with reason
Haiku # 32732, October 1, 2005 6:59 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Asymmetrical
And laden with soft features
No one shall love you
Haiku # 32731, October 1, 2005 6:56 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Devoid of talent
Forced to play the triangle
No future for you
Haiku # 32730, October 1, 2005 6:53 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
oligarchy reigns
'neath democratic facade
vote with a bullet
Haiku # 32729, October 1, 2005 1:40 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Rendered so morose
By ashen ruminations
Someone throw a pie
Haiku # 32728, October 1, 2005 1:36 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
reminiscences
torn fragments of a lifetime
which was often ripped
Haiku # 32727, October 1, 2005 10:25 am ET
by ash
the wisdom of age
is youthful stupidity
warped by slow motion
Haiku # 32726, October 1, 2005 10:19 am ET
by ash
this life is a yawn
first youthful vigour deserts
then you die slowly
Haiku # 32725, October 1, 2005 10:15 am ET
by ash
Green Bay FudgePackers
And the Pittsburgh Butt Pirates
Calgary Flamers
Haiku # 32724, September 30, 2005 3:28 pm ET
by Sporto
This humidity
Has volumized my ass hair
Into a bouffant
Haiku # 32723, September 28, 2005 6:31 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Sharp analysis
Of a stabbing anal cyst
For the annals, sis
Haiku # 32722, September 28, 2005 6:28 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
...then would you believe
he's off and haunting the Chief...
Control just goes on...
Haiku # 32721, September 28, 2005 5:59 pm ET
by Agent 86²
Agent 86
CONTROL's top spy. KAOS foe.
Maxwell Smart is dead.


-- dedicated to Actor Don Adams who died on September 25, 2005.
"I asked you not to tell me that"
Haiku # 32720, September 28, 2005 2:38 pm ET
by Crimson Mind of Phoenix, AZ
Saturday, had fun
lost O'Hare, cheated toll and
back in Californ'
Haiku # 32719, September 28, 2005 12:30 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
Friday, Yard sales with
Aunt, Sears Tower, Chrome bean, rode
Loop and cookie dough
Haiku # 32718, September 28, 2005 12:29 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
Thursday, with Uncle
spiked cars, funeral home golf,
Volo cars, Sox lose
Haiku # 32717, September 28, 2005 12:28 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
Wednesday, Sand dune ride
Notre Dame, I-80 mess,
sweet home Chicago
Haiku # 32716, September 28, 2005 12:28 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
Tuesday, Battle Creek,
Cereal City, Gilmore
cars and Air Zoo planes
Haiku # 32715, September 28, 2005 12:27 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
Monday, Detroit, Ford
Museum/Plant, Tiger scares
gnome, Marvin's Machines
Haiku # 32714, September 28, 2005 12:27 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
Sunday, Cleveland rocks
Indians win big, fine church
folks Golden Corral
Haiku # 32713, September 28, 2005 12:26 pm ET
by onjaysun of frogtown
Conclusory screed
Boring illusory need
Pray, who should we feed?
Haiku # 32712, September 28, 2005 7:26 am ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Those who long to teach
Might seek another forum:
SoundHaiku dot com
Haiku # 32711, September 28, 2005 7:17 am ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Topical haiku
Drafted as to enlighten
Miss the point by far
Haiku # 32710, September 28, 2005 7:14 am ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Tattoo of a butt
With a butt tattoo on it
Applied to my butt
Haiku # 32709, September 27, 2005 2:19 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Callipygian
Possessed of shapely buttocks
Take that, Mix-A-Lot
Haiku # 32708, September 27, 2005 2:17 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Bush, a man of word
People stealing what
Haiku # 32707, September 27, 2005 12:11 pm ET
by Fed up tax payer of Dry land above sea level
No one gets it right
Kanye West is ignorant
poor white people died
just as poor black people did
george bush hates us all
Haiku # 32706, September 27, 2005 10:17 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
tessellated tiles
hard to look at when sozzled
as it is to say
Haiku # 32705, September 27, 2005 4:57 am ET
by ash
This fortified wine
Has rendered my tongue purple
Like the exposed head
Haiku # 32704, September 26, 2005 8:25 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Crepuscular fiend
Denizen of the twilight
Flashing lame tourists
Haiku # 32703, September 26, 2005 8:23 pm ET
by Maestro of Manhattan
Its been twelve years Kate
Your new single really is
"King of the Mountain"
Haiku # 32702, September 26, 2005 5:43 pm ET
by Crimson Mind of Phoenix, AZ
you know its bad
when haiku writing on-line
is entertainment
Haiku # 32701, September 26, 2005 5:38 pm ET
by kgs
Soil the monarchy
Dial seven for regicide
Six feet beneath me
Haiku # 32700, September 24, 2005 9:05 pm ET
by Maestro
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