Bashō says something unhelpful
Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
29 Years, 55 Days and 78007 Haiku later...
social really is
all about how something's said
not the message itself
Haiku # 46020 January 15, 2010 10:17 am ET
by ys
run aground on lust's
shoals this mariner stranded
on far shore stands mute

'yon ship heavily
listing slowly slips 'neath waves
colors borne below

........beware the sirens call
Haiku # 46019 January 15, 2010 8:59 am ET
by Haiku half-wit
wandering mind moves
over varied terrain some
with slippery slopes
Haiku # 46018 January 15, 2010 8:32 am ET
by Haiku half-wit
Buddhism and haiku
the hand rests within the glove
to sense and observe
Haiku # 46017 January 14, 2010 10:26 pm ET
by Haiku half-wit
in the span between
this breath and next lies this all
important moment
Haiku # 46016 January 14, 2010 7:39 pm ET
by Stay in the moment
we lie in the path
of a steam rolling asteroid
brace for impact, fools
Haiku # 46015 January 14, 2010 6:46 pm ET
by wretch weaver
first there were earth quakes
then volcanic eruptions
we're all gonna die
Haiku # 46014 January 14, 2010 6:43 pm ET
by wretch weaver
silent assassin
bides its' time within the heart
strikes its' lethal blow
Haiku # 46013 January 14, 2010 3:43 pm ET
by he was DOA
the time wasting is
part of a fear of moving
on and living life
Haiku # 46012 January 14, 2010 1:38 pm ET
by YS
how many make life
too complex and miss out on
the simpler things
Haiku # 46011 January 14, 2010 1:36 pm ET
by YS
undecided sun
concealed in a pregnant cloud -
your face in the crowd
Haiku # 46010 January 14, 2010 11:15 am ET
by vince
haiku temple doors
opens for sage poet nut
all who walk life's path
Haiku # 46009 January 14, 2010 10:46 am ET
by Haiku half-wit
Snail where are you now?
Come out of your shell. Wow us!
Show us your insight!
Haiku # 46008 January 14, 2010 7:18 am ET
by William Nippress
Desperately searching
signs of the forth-coming spring
Hidden under snow
Haiku # 46007 January 14, 2010 7:16 am ET
by William Nippress
Reading with such joy
Meaningful words of Haiku
Thank god the nuts gone.
Haiku # 46006 January 14, 2010 7:10 am ET
by William Nippress of Told you they would
oh how we cling to
life going on and on and
then it suddenly STOPS
Haiku # 46005 January 13, 2010 8:39 pm ET
by there is only this moment
terra firma no
longer thousands crushed 'neath once
what was safe shelter


Haiku # 46004 January 13, 2010 7:09 pm ET
by pray for the Haitian people
broken promises
and condoms lead to broken
dreams and baby's wails
Haiku # 46003 January 13, 2010 3:56 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
forty years' labours
with patience bear this pension's
fragrant fruits' sweetness
Haiku # 46002 January 13, 2010 3:53 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
the broken condom
i found it on the floor
i just bust a nut
Haiku # 46001 January 13, 2010 3:50 pm ET
by jesse of Texas
red foxes race by
the snow-topped serpentine wall
frisky 'lil bandits
Haiku # 46000 January 13, 2010 3:35 pm ET
by Haiku half-wit
it's that time where the
only thing we have to fear is...
unemployment...itself
Haiku # 45999 January 13, 2010 1:07 pm ET
by YS
I was the asshole
arguing about nothing
on here, what a waste...

(i like seeing these regular
haikus)
Haiku # 45998 January 13, 2010 1:06 pm ET
by YS
how I yearn to ride
'tween subway cars once more to
feel vital 'midst the fumes
Haiku # 45997 January 13, 2010 11:36 am ET
by summer of sixty-four
reeling from the fumes
but how could something so small
churn something so foul
Haiku # 45996 January 13, 2010 11:03 am ET
by vince
retirement gnaws
and claws at my brain this morn'
the ravenous rat
Haiku # 45995 January 13, 2010 10:41 am ET
by Anonymous Poet
in my sauna box
sweaty headphones a Charles Van
Doren look-a-like
Haiku # 45994 January 13, 2010 10:35 am ET
by Haiku half-wit
umber sun tipped trees
this days morning starts for me-
common walk as such.

amidst the woods path
remains of a blue door stand-
uneasiness on.

mildew covered steps
some strewn about fallen leaves-
and what is that sound?

that beckons enter
many softly quite scratchings-
hurry, hurry on.
Haiku # 45993 January 13, 2010 10:21 am ET
by pwages
life's not fair but, life
also has to go on and
choices to be lived with
Haiku # 45992 January 13, 2010 9:57 am ET
by YS
trance state traveler
crosses murky borders a
fugue dead man walking
Haiku # 45991 January 13, 2010 8:12 am ET
by Haiku half-wit
Hard chromatic light
A whiteness that hurts your eyes
Snowing yet again!
Haiku # 45990 January 13, 2010 3:47 am ET
by William Nippress
Acceptance is key!
Roll with the punches that's all.
keep your energy.
Haiku # 45989 January 13, 2010 3:44 am ET
by William Nippress
"Life's not fair," you say,
as though making the statement
excused your choices.
Haiku # 45988 January 12, 2010 11:27 pm ET
by snail
oh and don't forget
tourist season, resented
but money does talk
Haiku # 45987 January 12, 2010 9:49 pm ET
by YS
winter summer spring
fall mud season indian
summer, wabbit season
Haiku # 45986 January 12, 2010 9:48 pm ET
by YS
winter's waning and
sap's ever so slowly drip
drip drip bleeds for spring
Haiku # 45985 January 12, 2010 9:03 pm ET
by Haiku half-wit
I want to see real
poems now, having seen all
the lacking of old ways
Haiku # 45984 January 12, 2010 4:42 pm ET
by YS
I am wrapped up in
winter's embrace frozen by
lack of things to do
Haiku # 45983 January 12, 2010 4:37 pm ET
by YS
website crashing 'midst
frantic cry of server down then
hushed eerie quiet
Haiku # 45982 January 12, 2010 4:35 pm ET
by server down server down
drifting through the night
a sliding slithering fright-
bringing ruin too right.
Haiku # 45981 January 12, 2010 1:14 pm ET
by mundane
I find myself in
thought of how much time I've wasted on wasting time
Haiku # 45980 January 12, 2010 1:08 pm ET
by YS
wrote a masterpiece
while the server is unsure
you could have seen it
Haiku # 45979 January 12, 2010 11:24 am ET
by vince
Pay no attention
Relax! Play the waiting game
They'll grow tired quit soon
Haiku # 45978 January 12, 2010 11:05 am ET
by William Nippress
mornings pleasant hey
greetings and salutations-
the timepiece ticks on.
Haiku # 45977 January 12, 2010 10:35 am ET
by mundane
tracks left in the snow
like so many days squandered-
melting drifting gone.
Haiku # 45976 January 10, 2010 1:56 pm ET
by mundane
fuck your cheap time piece
fuck your personality
fuck your droll poetry
Haiku # 45975 January 10, 2010 1:14 pm ET
by wretch weaver
cool metal timepiece
silently quietly still-
resting at trails end.
Haiku # 45974 January 10, 2010 1:11 pm ET
by mundane
home of many rooms
finally life settles down-
shoe box in the ground.
Haiku # 45973 January 10, 2010 12:51 pm ET
by mundane
oh what tangled web
we weave when first we practice
to be wretched weave[r]
Haiku # 45972 January 10, 2010 12:46 pm ET
by to borrow a phrase
fuck your sunny sky
fuck your stupid nature walks
fuck you in general
Haiku # 45971 January 10, 2010 12:40 pm ET
by wretch weaver
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