Bad Haiku
Horrible poetry for the digital age
28 Years, 40 Days and 77431 Haiku later...

The monarch butterfly
Strict migration schedule
Deep program hidden
Hatching from cocoon
Haiku # 56634, May 30, 2017 2:52 pm ET
by adam ben adam
People are dancing
In circles bright circles dark
People are changing
Haiku # 56633, May 30, 2017 2:49 pm ET
by adam ben adam
Einstein relativity
All happening simultaneously
A bead on a string
Transcendental cat above
Wide eyed and transfixed
Haiku # 56632, May 30, 2017 2:32 pm ET
by dvd
Caffeine overdose
Deja vu
Flashback to youth
Caffeine overdose
Jamais vu
Flashforward to adult
Two places two times at once
Tramalfador or bust
Haiku # 56631, May 30, 2017 2:30 pm ET
by dvd
The fermentation
Sweet becomes bitter dad said
Can make one dizzy
Haiku # 56630, May 30, 2017 2:23 pm ET
by dvd
Art is making a big mess
But working through it anyway
Beauty is a secondary circumstance
Not a coincidence
Haiku # 56629, May 30, 2017 2:20 pm ET
by dvd
People can mistake
Pleasure for happiness
Happiness for pleasure
Not necessarily the same
No such thing as drug abuse
Molecules are too small
Self abuse
Self immolation self flagellation
Haiku # 56628, May 30, 2017 2:19 pm ET
by dvd
Fed the snake his tail
New autofellatio
Cast in the abyss
Haiku # 56627, May 30, 2017 2:14 pm ET
by dvd
whatever goes on in
the world the act of creation
seems to go right on
Haiku # 56626, May 30, 2017 1:33 pm ET
by vhs
the pitfalls of art
mistaking the habits of
those who created

for the act of art
lives ruined more for hubris
warnings to others
Haiku # 56625, May 30, 2017 1:17 pm ET
by vhs
fighting revulsion
of controversial artists
and writers i know

I will not tread their
roads not taken, for i see the
bones on their paths, on

paths forsaken even by
the weary Robert Frost, some
times their narrow road

leadeth to destruction
but it is just a footpath
on that wide road
Haiku # 56624, May 30, 2017 1:13 pm ET
by vhs
facing the demons
of our ancestors the dads
pass their curse or their

blessings unto the next
Haiku # 56623, May 30, 2017 1:11 pm ET
by vhs
Cats that have countries
Catnip is illegalized
Putting in cages
Haiku # 56622, May 30, 2017 12:30 pm ET
by dvd
Strange material
Not hot or cold dry or wet
Animated Stuff
Haiku # 56621, May 30, 2017 12:27 pm ET
by Whitey Everyday
The patient lampstand
Reflecting on resentment
Never touched my fire

Standing at the shore
I see myself in water
Swimming far north east

Fan resigned to fate
Breath of life like air attend
Breathing here breathing

It's beneath our feet
All the earth and all the dirt
Blind to the surface
Haiku # 56620, May 30, 2017 12:25 pm ET
by Whitey Everyday
i really don't like
Facebook, Google or Twitter
i don't use those things

they use us right back
Haiku # 56619, May 30, 2017 11:02 am ET
by vhs
I wasn't sure at
first but Edward Sharpe and the
Magentic Zeros

got me through the day
if you feel down and out they
just might do the trick

of undowning you out

it's a band...
Haiku # 56618, May 30, 2017 11:01 am ET
by vhs
you remember those
old guy muppets would heckle
fozzie? they were the

best part of the show
well Gonzo's Nose but that sounds
like a Gen X band :)
Haiku # 56617, May 30, 2017 10:59 am ET
by vhs
oh and to cat civilizations

cat technology
would be based on string theory
strings, cats??? ha ha??? oi

(Fozzie Bear is rolling over in his storage unit over this awful joke)
Haiku # 56616, May 30, 2017 10:58 am ET
by vhs
cynicism can take
a positive edge we say
"life sucks, might as well

enjoy it and show it
who is boss." it seems to be
working right now, mate
Haiku # 56615, May 30, 2017 10:57 am ET
by vhs
well why the hell do
i think the walking dead is
such a big show now

zombies should have large
overpriced coffees and smart phones
seems like real life :)
Haiku # 56614, May 30, 2017 10:48 am ET
by vhs
Asian shutterbugs
suck the life right out of me
like mosquito clouds.

Samsung cellphone snap.
See my glorious hot dog.
Like it on Facebook.

Social terrorists.
Children with Frapuccinos.
These are the zombies.

Apocalypse Now.
Real time live video blog.
It's not on the news.
Haiku # 56613, May 30, 2017 2:02 am ET
by df -- Feeling Lifeless of Embrace Our Murderers
Transplantation of
testicular fortitude
from deceased soldiers.

Your "freedom" is owned
by PepsiCo, McDonalds,
Facebook, and Twitter.

I cannot fathom
why you would celebrate that;
embrace your coffin.
Haiku # 56612, May 30, 2017 1:52 am ET
by df
What would Brian Boitano do?
He's surely kick an arse or two.
That's what Brian Boitano'd do.
Haiku # 56611, May 30, 2017 12:24 am ET
by dvda
Amusing mountain
Friend from past is never lost
Insects fly naive

Lanterns swing troubled
I shine then I disappear
Metaphorically
Haiku # 56610, May 29, 2017 11:19 pm ET
by dvd
Do not read between
The lines especially when
There's nothing to read
Haiku # 56609, May 29, 2017 9:30 pm ET
by Shirley Smothers
I wonder if cats spent a billion years
Exposed to humans
Would they become sentient?
I wonder what cat humor would be like
Abstract thinking
Metaphors
Religion
Keeps me up at night
Haiku # 56608, May 29, 2017 7:45 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
I left the breadcrumbs
Beware the forest is deep
Avoid candy house
Haiku # 56607, May 29, 2017 7:11 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
This life is simple
Panic attacks, orgasms
Life's complicated
Haiku # 56606, May 29, 2017 7:08 pm ET
by dvd of waterfront
I'm the only person I know
That watches cartoons in Norwegian
I don't understand much of it
I wonder how to speed up learning
Those rabbits come to mind
Bitcoins and TOR
Conspiring to help me
Accomplices to accomplishments
Hush-hush undertaking
Haiku # 56605, May 29, 2017 7:00 pm ET
by dvd of waterfront
Manic depression
Surfing emotion ocean
Sharks are everywhere
Haiku # 56604, May 29, 2017 4:59 pm ET
by dvd of waterfront
Once there was a man
He was humbly independent
One year he had a modest harvest
His barn was half full
His hungry neighbors asked for some
He gave what he could
Everyone had enough food
Haiku # 56603, May 29, 2017 4:58 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Once there was a man
He was proudly liberal
One year he had a small harvest
His barn was mostly empty
His hungry neighbors asked for some
He was very generous
He went hungry
Haiku # 56602, May 29, 2017 4:56 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Once there was a man
He was proudly conservative
One year he had a large harvest
He filled his barn with grain
His hungry neighbors asked for some
He refused so he could conserve
He had so much most of it rotted
Haiku # 56601, May 29, 2017 4:53 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Haikus are perfect
For the short attention spans
Of modern people
Haiku # 56600, May 29, 2017 4:51 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Haikus are perfect
For the short attention spans
Of modern people
Haiku # 56599, May 29, 2017 4:51 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
what would this place be
like if it came alive again
but we can't live

the past again but
only remember and deal
with what comes right now
Haiku # 56598, May 29, 2017 2:50 pm ET
by vhs
the thing about a
website like this is it feels like
the Internet i

knew, more of possibility
less of some guy in San Fran
wanting to be a

world dictator with
some transnational data
company eating us
Haiku # 56597, May 29, 2017 1:59 pm ET
by vhs
One day at a time
damn that true catchphrase but it's
one day at a time

imagine trying to live them all at once, Tralfamadorians and Kurt Vonnegut!
Haiku # 56596, May 29, 2017 1:57 pm ET
by vhs
Who is John Galt? the
one Zen statement Ayn Rand made
and the moment her

narcisstic world
view of Capitalism
transcended herself

I do think her view
is the side of the same coin
as Dialectical Materialism

but it has some good points
but only for certain seasons
of history
Haiku # 56595, May 29, 2017 1:56 pm ET
by vhs
i keep going back
to Dark Side of the Moon in
my imaginary

jukebox, playing The
Pink Floyd over and over
and i thought boomers

hung on to those tunes
classics, come on this is our
heritage, The Wall
Haiku # 56594, May 29, 2017 1:53 pm ET
by vhs
Parking lot tired bee
Drifts in search of a flower
Yet so far away
Haiku # 56593, May 28, 2017 10:27 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Does anyone else here fantasize about Trump being anally raped by a pack of rabid kangaroos or is that just me?
Haiku # 56592, May 28, 2017 9:36 pm ET
by Anonymous Poet
Old age is freedom.
Embarrassment vanishes.
Just as farts diffuse.

Digging for boogers.
Loudly farting and laughing.
Coffee shop annoyance.

You may think it's gross.
But it keeps the wife away.
And thus I have peace.
Haiku # 56591, May 28, 2017 8:08 pm ET
by df
Sometimes I think about a person
I haven't seen in years
Then about a day later I see them
Sometimes it's awkward
Sometimes it's nice
Sometimes both
Memory flows tidally
I've got my eye on the moon
She never lets me down
I love her
Haiku # 56590, May 28, 2017 7:31 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Hear branches breaking
Terrifying in the woods
No big deal in town
Haiku # 56589, May 28, 2017 7:27 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
World needs less mirrors
We can see ourselves just fine
Need self reflection
Haiku # 56588, May 28, 2017 5:18 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Who needs belief
When you have direct experience
I have food you don't know about
Had to go out on the roof to get it
Tripped but I didn't fall
I flew
Saw things from above
Still stuck down here though
Haiku # 56587, May 28, 2017 5:10 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
Can't help it
My ancestors were genocidal
Like father like son
Apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Unless planted on a hill
But I think I'll be peaceful
Vote for me
I probably won't kill everyone
That'll be my campaign slogan
"I PROBABLY WON'T KILL EVERYONE"
First lady Morningstar
Get it?
Is this thing on?!
Haiku # 56586, May 28, 2017 5:06 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
100,000 tons of plastic in the ocean
Missionaries told me they don't care
God will take care of it
Even though He told the first father
Replenish the earth
Maybe they were actually Satanists
And are oblivious
Don't worry God WILL take care of it
Human mass extinction event via
Supersonic tsunami
Biowarfare
Cull the herd
Depopulation
Popularity contest over
Only GMO humans will survive
Some sort of seal
Haiku # 56585, May 28, 2017 5:03 pm ET
by adam ben adam of upstairs
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