Bashō says something unhelpful
Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 78 Days and 78054 Haiku later...
as life moves on the
best is what lies ahead some
say, time machine, mind
Haiku # 41598 September 12, 2008 12:47 pm ET
by bs
I'd do anything
to have a rewind button
installed in my life.
Haiku # 41597 September 11, 2008 5:43 pm ET
by snail
I deserve to die:
an eye for an eye. Grace is
better than justice.
Haiku # 41596 September 11, 2008 5:29 pm ET
by snail
I wish that you had
stolen me from him when you
said you wanted to.
Haiku # 41595 September 11, 2008 5:06 pm ET
by snail
I feel like that I
want to be a part of a
large quilt of ideas
Haiku # 41594 September 11, 2008 1:26 pm ET
by somebody of and not just my own
if you want to clean
up "clutter" submit your own
no two see alike...
Haiku # 41593 September 11, 2008 1:23 pm ET
by somebody
tragedy is a
wake up call but then the dreams
we had assert anew
Haiku # 41592 September 11, 2008 1:20 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
I think that fung eh
or such things are a poor idol
for the real thing
Haiku # 41591 September 11, 2008 1:05 pm ET
by somebody
now what I want is
really simple, to speak here
and so do you, que?
Haiku # 41590 September 11, 2008 1:03 pm ET
by somebody
chi is a hucksters
dream, even clutter is a
part of this karma
Haiku # 41589 September 11, 2008 1:02 pm ET
by somebody
must purge the clutter
empty surfaces just dream
as mess fucks with chi
Haiku # 41588 September 11, 2008 12:30 pm ET
by Technokoi of Venice Beach
Thank God. Finally!
He's leaving. How gret is that!
No more endless crap
Haiku # 41587 September 10, 2008 3:11 am ET
by Lets hope he means it this time
in the devisive
most would rather leave and be
at peace with themselves
Haiku # 41586 September 9, 2008 2:09 pm ET
by bs of including myself
unrelenting waves
pummel till flailing turtle
floating I watch her
Haiku # 41585 September 8, 2008 12:51 pm ET
by Technokoi of Venice Beach
well throwing paint at
a canvas was new back in
the day, but now splat...
Haiku # 41584 September 8, 2008 11:11 am ET
by bs
to be an artist
you got to be like me, just
write whatever comes
Haiku # 41583 September 7, 2008 4:12 pm ET
by bs
peace of mind is hard
to come by socially so
why bother with humans?
Haiku # 41582 September 7, 2008 1:52 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
artists as a lot
often are as most trying to
prove themselves to others
Haiku # 41581 September 7, 2008 1:50 pm ET
by bs
hello stranger, I
don't want to know you, or see
you, or deal with you
Haiku # 41580 September 7, 2008 1:47 pm ET
by bs
he threw the sign down
as an easy target throws
back the sign once back
Haiku # 41579 September 7, 2008 1:44 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
also, sometimes there grace
but grace is sometimes abused
for the sake of sake
Haiku # 41578 September 7, 2008 1:44 pm ET
by bs
we all suck at life
at times, so retreat into
impersonation
Haiku # 41577 September 7, 2008 1:43 pm ET
by bs
we can't live without
kurt, for he saw it as it
was, dresden and all...
Haiku # 41576 September 7, 2008 1:40 pm ET
by bs
Altered states of mind
Infinite number of planes
Edges start to blur
Haiku # 41574 September 6, 2008 10:29 pm ET
by Ian Castellucci of Maine
An ode to him
His name was Kurt Vonnegut
Can we live without?
Haiku # 41573 September 6, 2008 10:18 pm ET
by BellaLune of Renton, WA
i suck at life and
that is why i'm here to write
my stupid haikus
Haiku # 41572 September 6, 2008 5:13 pm ET
by bs
perhaps with a bit
of silence, perhaps all is
noise, transformed, divine
Haiku # 41571 September 6, 2008 2:04 pm ET
by bs
do you understand
that "they" told paul to shut up
and he kept preaching?
Haiku # 41570 September 6, 2008 1:59 pm ET
by bs of whatever the consequences
some minds are very
hyperactive, it shows through
their speech and manners
Haiku # 41569 September 6, 2008 1:57 pm ET
by bs of or lack thereof
so sustain yourselves?
in protest or vanity?
or something more worthy?
Haiku # 41568 September 6, 2008 1:56 pm ET
by bs
some made art by the
gluing of fur to a tea
cup, what was that then?
Haiku # 41567 September 6, 2008 1:54 pm ET
by bs
some discover their
voice when they discover their
audience, and speak
Haiku # 41566 September 6, 2008 1:52 pm ET
by bs
have you noticed my
anger? of course, patent flaw
we all have them, then

does it take courage
or unwavering stupidity
to keep fighting on
Haiku # 41565 September 6, 2008 1:49 pm ET
by bs
perhaps you all need
to learn a new language and
need to hear with new ears
Haiku # 41564 September 6, 2008 1:48 pm ET
by bs
is this not an age
of video news, right there
at your door, madness?
Haiku # 41563 September 6, 2008 1:46 pm ET
by bs
what is worth the
audience, impatient and
down right f-ing spoiled
Haiku # 41562 September 6, 2008 1:46 pm ET
by bs
I've often noted
that people have a hard time
seeing their own flaws
Haiku # 41561 September 6, 2008 1:45 pm ET
by bs
Please stop your haikus
Self-indulgent gibberish
Pastiche of knowledge

Haiku # 41560 September 5, 2008 3:38 pm ET
by William Nippress of It takes too long to skip to something worth reading
there is no demand
for schizophrenic magpies
seek help and move on
Haiku # 41559 September 5, 2008 2:35 am ET
by sf
that does it, then eh
pizzas for everyone, just
you wait, (u'll know it's me)
Haiku # 41558 September 4, 2008 12:37 pm ET
by bs
for william...

look in the mirror
there's your enemy now look
outside the window

there's your subject matter
Haiku # 41557 September 4, 2008 12:34 pm ET
by bs
william nippress
sounds as a wine making place
is your shiraz good?

or shall you press me
and make my blood flow
with thine feet taste thy dirt
Haiku # 41556 September 4, 2008 12:31 pm ET
by bs
this is overkill
it's said to say sour grapes
by some and move on

audiences you know
come and go as do poets
shovels dig and bury

maybe I am heaping
dirt on some corpses
who's time has come
Haiku # 41555 September 4, 2008 12:29 pm ET
by bs
sometimes it's trash
sometimes innovation
sometimes observation
Haiku # 41554 September 4, 2008 12:27 pm ET
by bs
I can't remember
the lines I desired to
set in the middle
Haiku # 41553 September 4, 2008 12:25 pm ET
by bs
sometimes the fighting
spurs brainstorms but Katrina
drowned new orleans...
Haiku # 41552 September 4, 2008 12:24 pm ET
by bs
in a hall of those
said mirrors images distort
I can't tell syllable...

shapes formless and
lovecraftian, madness
ah yeah right...

caveman on a car insurance
commercial
Haiku # 41551 September 4, 2008 12:23 pm ET
by bs
I guess lush means the
guy who sits at the bar and
asks for free drinks, huh?
Haiku # 41550 September 4, 2008 12:21 pm ET
by bs
folks fight because they
like heroin and the booze
are addictions, fold...
Haiku # 41549 September 4, 2008 12:20 pm ET
by bs
so I am and you
are enemies of self, once
that war is won then...
Haiku # 41548 September 4, 2008 12:19 pm ET
by bs