Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
27 Years, 314 Days and 77282 Haiku later...

Words expressing thought
Twisted into Five Seven Five
How tempting it is!
Haiku # 46021, January 15, 2010 10:38 am ET
by William Nippress
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
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