Haiku time!

[Admiral Squish]

So, I'm not sure why, but for the last few hours, I've been coming up with haikus for all sorts of subjects. I'm not sure what's gotten me fixated on them, but I'm having a surprising amount of fun with it. No need for rhyming or the like, I can make a haiku with a few seconds of thought, possibly longer if the words are awkward. So, I'd like to see what wordplay comes to your mind. Write a haiku on anything at all and post it here! This should be fun! I

Some examples, including a more clear explanation of the subject:

My gut churns, angry
It makes it's displeasure clear
Week-old leftovers
Yeah, my stomach is not entirely happy about the week-old beef stew from last night. why does it hate me so?
Reckless Creation
An endless river of thought
My mind is swept away
This one emerged from my thoughts while homebrewing. I tend to have a habit of biting off projects bigger than I can chew, and then, after gagging for a bit, proceeding to go do it again. However, I find that in that nearly dizzy state of rapid-fire creativity brought on when I'm neck-deep in three or four projects at once, there is a bizzare peace. It's rather pleasant.
Five, seven, then five,
Syllables make a haiku.
This is kinda fun.
Commenting on my own sudden fixation on haiku. Partially stolen from that one avatar episode...
The night falls quickly
An imagined pale face looms
The image haunts me
Can't sleep, slendy will get me, can't sleep, slendy will get me, can't sleep, slendy will get me, can't sleep, slendy will get me, can't sleep, slendy will get me, can't sleep, slendy will get me...

So, share your haiku thoughts! Start a haiku slam battle! Anything goes! (I will admit, I'm kinda at that 'judgment impaired' level of tiredness, so this may have sounded like more fun in my head than it turns out to be.)

[Kallisti]

Don't be silly, sir:
I do not care how tired you are,
Haiku are still fun.

[Admiral Squish]

Don't be silly, sir:
I do not care how tired you are,
Haiku are still fun.

I'm glad you approve!
Though, I feel I must point out
Too many Syllables. :smalltongue:

[Innis Cabal]

As has to be pointed out every time one of these threads come up. None of these are Haiku.

[Drynwyn]

Innis Cabal states
None of these are real Haiku.
So? It is still fun.

[Admiral Squish]

As has to be pointed out every time one of these threads come up. None of these are Haiku.

Huh. It seems you're right.
Wikipedia confirms.
But why spoil the fun? :smallbiggrin:

[dgnslyr]

To speak in Haiku
Is suitable when you're bored
And have too much time

[CynicalAvocado]

a chimichanga
with pineapple on the side
this was bad idea

[Admiral Squish]

To speak in Haiku
Is suitable when you're bored
And have too much time

The truth, exactly!
A quick, simple amusement
For those with slow lives.

[Innis Cabal]

Huh. It seems you're right.
Wikipedia confirms.
But why spoil the fun? :smallbiggrin:

Autumn comes with cold
Your joy is mixed with sorrow
Life goes on always

[dgnslyr]

The truth, exactly!
A quick, simple amusement
For those with slow lives.

I waste my time here
I've finals to study for
Better get going...

That's a total lie
And I'm sure we all know it
I'll still waste time here.

English, Chemistry
Are my exams tomorrow
Best start studying.

[CynicalAvocado]

i can make haiku
this is a haiku. i think.
yes, definitely

[CrimsonAngel]

You're all annoying
trying to make poetry.
Just so pathetic.

Wait no!

[Admiral Squish]

Patience, patience now.
Ration the supply, and wait.
A chocolate drought
When I was living on my own, once my money ran out I couldn't afford to buy more food for the last month before I came home. Of course, you must realize, I have a simply enormous sweet tooth. So, over that final month, I ended up eating a bag of chocolate chips at a rate of two or three a day.

Ouch! All metal hurts!
An unprovoked jolt stabs me.
It's these damn PJs.
I'm pretty sure my PJ pants are massive generators of static energy. Walking a marathon in them could power the city.

Hunger gnaws at me.
I want to make dinner now!
But mom comes home soon...

[Admiral Squish]

You're all annoying
trying to make poetry.
Just so pathetic.

Wait no!

Hey, now that's not nice!
...Oh! I see what you did there...
You cannot fool me!

[Ravens_cry]

I write in Haiku
When I update my Facebook.
It is challenging.

[Asthix]

Driving in my car.
Pedal breaks, out of control.
Should have used the bike.

[Admiral Squish]

Patience rewarded!
The call finally comes through!
It's time to make food!

In just four slices,
The fresh bread is almost gone!
Make a bigger Loaf.

Hmm... Tonight's main dish
What shall it be? Spaghetti?
Well, it IS simple...

[Xefas]

I deep fry bacon
I like it with hollandaise
Dead by thirty-two

Big booty *****es
I write you all a haiku
Big booty *****es

Bad at Starcraft
Always fall to a zerg rush
kekekekeke

[Admiral Squish]

I deep fry bacon
I like it with hollandaise
Dead by thirty-two

Big booty *****es
I write you all a haiku
Big booty *****es

Bad at Starcraft
Always fall to a zerg rush
kekekekeke

You are so silly!
Bacon is best with frosting!
My arteries weep.

Freddie Mercury
A true genius in his time.
Fat-Bottomed Girls rock.

Oh? Zergling troubles?
The solution is simple,
Use photon cannons.

[Xefas]

That Admiral Squish
Reminds me of another
Sling that slang indeed

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad91/bluejanus/SokkaHaiku.png

[VioletRice]

Deadline tomorrow.
I really should finish my...
Ooh, look! A new thread.

[Admiral Squish]

Your words embolden,
My head may swell at this rate
And I will miss my count.
:smallamused:

[Andraste]

My friend has a shirt that says

Haikus are easy,
But sometimes they don't make sense,
Refrigerator.

[Admiral Squish]

My friend has a shirt that says

Haikus are easy,
But sometimes they don't make sense,
Refrigerator.

A wise shirt, indeed.
There is much truth in the text.
Mashed Potatoes.

[AtlanteanTroll]

A while ago I was challenged to condense the HP series into 7 Haiku. (1 for each book.) This is how it went:

(Potential Spoilers.)

1.
Underaged boy seeks
Excitement and thrills, big men
With beads will appear

2.
Snakes in the Dungeon
Ghosts aren't all that cool anymore
Future plot hooks? Nah

3.
Sirius escapes
Pettigrew's a filthy rat
Time travel's a mess

4.
Three wizards, not four
Poor Harry is an extra
Voldemort is back

5.
Night terrors begin
Is Sirius gone for good?
Stories by Nick suck

6.
Potions aren't so bad
When Snape isn't in command
Shame he's a killer

7.
Harry's on the fly
Seven Horcruxes must die
Kings Cross, ... Was it real?

[Admiral Squish]

A final haiku
As eyes close and sleep comes in
Such a warm darkness...

[dgnslyr]

Just Six Forty-two?
Which time zone do you live in?
I need to study.

[Jokasti]

I haven't done a haiku in a while. Also, I don't follow the rules. Of formatting and syllables.

[LOTRfan]

I waste my time here
I've finals to study for
Better get going...

That's a total lie
And I'm sure we all know it
I'll still waste time here.

English, Chemistry
Are my exams tomorrow
Best start studying.

I have finals too
But I do not have English
Instead its Spanish.

[DeadManSleeping]

Furuike ya
Sono ga tobikomu
Kawazu nashi

That's a REAL haiku for y'all. :smallbiggrin:It's also still a funny one, assuming you know famous haiku

[Elfin]

Eight already -
And my iPad keys are still clicking.
Gods, this thing is cool.

Edit:
And prone to annoying typos.
Grr! Virtual keyboards.

[dgnslyr]

How do you click keys
On an iTouch with no keys
I am quite confused... :smallconfused:

[Elfin]

Oh, it makes this clicking sound
When you press the keys -
Rather annoying.

[Rae Artemi]

Rollable keyboard
Convenient, yet frustrating
Seven typos made

[Admiral Squish]

Just Six Forty-two?
Which time zone do you live in?
I need to study.

More like ten o'clock.
GMT minus 5, here.
It was a nice rest.

[Admiral Squish]

TV tropes it's name,
The stealing of time, it's game
I should be 'brewing.

Youtube stops again
The playlist feature does it
Why don't they fix it?

Centipede stumps me.
What would the serpentine bug
Grant it's devotee?

Hmm. Perhaps twitter
Would be a better outlet
For my short verses?

[Jera]

There was an old man
From Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku. He

Said with a laugh "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."

[Elfin]

That, my friend, was pretty neat -
I'll have to remember it for later.

[Dr.Epic]

I'm not writing one.
You can not make me write one.
Wait! I just wrote one.

[Elfin]

Dr.Epic, I presume?
Haikus, as you'll find,
Are like TVTropes:

They suck you in -
By the time you really should stop,
You've only begun.

[CynicalAvocado]

here's my awesome haiku
it makes very little sense
purple salmon hawk

[Devmaar]

Relevance! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPROwoZyapE)

[Moff Chumley]

I'd like to submit
Innis Cabal's haiku was
The only correct one

There is more to it
Than matching the syllables
It's much more subtle

[Innis Cabal]

I'd like to submit
Innis Cabal's haiku was
The only correct one

There is more to it
Than matching the syllables
It's much more subtle

Thanks like winter snow
Mean much before spring thawing
Graceful bow once more.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Why is this so fun
It feels like I've yet to start
A shame I couldn't say - Begun. :P

[Moff Chumley]

Seasonal bull****
Appears to be requisite
Like snow in winter

:smallcool:

@V: Me? I think you're counting wrong.

EDIT: Oh, you were referring to Troll. >.>

[CrimsonAngel]

You have an extra syllable there, bucko.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Seasonal bull****
Appears to be requisite
Like snow in winter

:smallcool:

@V: Me? I think you're counting wrong.

EDIT: Oh, you were referring to Troll. >.>

Is CrimsonAngel V? I'm confused.

[Innis Cabal]

The second and third line actually have an extra syllable.

[AtlanteanTroll]

The second and third line actually have an extra syllable.

I get the 3rd line, but I fail to see how I've is 2 syllables. I guess it's in the inflection.

[Moff Chumley]

I'm counting seven in the second line.

The middle portion
Is at peace like a spring day-
Cherry blossoms float

>.>

[Innis Cabal]

I counted I've as two by mistake.

[Elfin]

I'd like to submit
Innis Cabal's haiku was
The only correct one

There is more to it
Than matching the syllables
It's much more subtle

Really? Oh, dear.
If I might be so bold,
What is it we're doing wrong?

[Moff Chumley]

Haiku is defined
By form and seasonal themes-
Rain at night forms shapes

[Elfin]

Wikipedia'll have you know
That now haiku's
Subjects vary widely.

[dgnslyr]

Kingdom of Loathing
Is very fond of haikus
Often, flavor text

All familiars
Have flavor text in haiku
Quite entertaining

There is a dungeon
Devoted to the haiku:
Pure five-seven-five


Haikus in Chinese
Would be much less meaningful
All one syllable

[Ravens_cry]

A chill mist surrounds me,
A sweat of clear beads covers,
I long tea at home.

[Moff Chumley]

Wikipedia'll have you know
That now haiku's
Subjects vary widely.

Manly haiku don't
It's boring without limits
All day on a porch

[dgnslyr]

I still remain here
When I should be studying
I see a pattern...

[rayne_dragon]

on the tide-swept sands
'neath Selene's silver orb
the magic dances

miserable snow
keeps me in bondage all day
sleep brings me freedom

the mist filled forest
a pretty silver ribbon
beautiful river

[Admiral Squish]

A distant forest
Made of filthy silver trees
with dark leaves of soot
Driving past a factory with a dozen smokestacks.

A concrete dragon
It's terrible roar peirces
through defenseless ears
Also driving, we went through an overpass as the wind picked up. The entire structure echoed and reverberated until it HURT.

Cold wind pierces through
My flimsy preparations
It’s a bitter night

Jesus Christ, my eyes
Oh god, they hurt so very bad
I really HATE onions

It's Cajun Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGp-P5K-w8Q) time:
Proposition. Rejection.
Inebriation.

[grimbold]

i love all haikus
therefore this thread is awesome
this is a good thread

YAY HAIKUS YAY
haikus are some of my friends
we have extended talks

[Admiral Squish]

I want to punch things
But everything is fragile
Fists unsatisfied

Money troubles suck
I sink deeper and deeper
My debt has doubled

Haikus are helpful
My rage is fading slowly
The danger has passed.

[Elfin]

Meh, money sucks.
Haikus are way better -
A lot less stress, for sure, yeah?

[DMClockwork]

Spirit of Ackbar
Please guide my d20 well
Could this be a trap?

Derailed my campaign
Playing a half-wereshrew bard
such is the Loonie

Tapped out of haikus
I sink away in great shame
to return later

[UserClone]

"You are my sweetest
downfall, I loved you first, I
loved you first." -Spektor

[Ranger Mattos]

I do like haiku
But I cannot write haiku
Wait just a minute!

I can write haiku!
I thought it was difficult
But it is not hard.

What to write about?
Perhaps about some music?
TSO is great.

Northern Kings metal
Amethystium calmness
Some other bands, too.

[Innis Cabal]

Haiku does not work this way. The moment you link them together they lose what makes them haiku, even if you were following the actual requirements which no one is.

[absolmorph]

Haiku does not work this way. The moment you link them together they lose what makes them haiku, even if you were following the actual requirements which no one is.
Except the requirements that people aren't following are old and don't really apply anymore.
However, if you're gonna link them together, you should be writing a booping tanka.

[Innis Cabal]

They still do apply certainly. Regardless of if they are old are not. It'd be like claiming iambic pantameter is to old and thus not used when writing Shakespearian sonnets. The only thing English Haiku writers can't really follow is the kireji because there's no real English equivalent. But they should still follow the kigo as it's vastly important to what a Haiku actually -is-. No one here is writing Renga so kireji isn't all that important of a loss regardless of if we can make it work or not.

[Fiery Diamond]

Of course, the whole concept of English haiku is a little silly in the first place. A big part of what makes haiku work is Japanese cadence. Furthermore, English haiku use syllables, while Japanese haiku use on. If you tried to make an English haiku using on, you would be left with a complete mess, since we have all kinds of consonant clusters and such that don't exist in Japanese, not to mention the fact that we're using an alphabet rather than a syllabary. For example, the word "haiku" would take up 3 units in a Japanese haiku but only 2 units in an English haiku.

Frankly, just by trying to write haiku in English at all we're already bastardizing the form. I think most people figure the subject matter is just another small change on top of many and doesn't matter. Besides, to quote Wikipedia on the matter of kigo,


Among traditionalist Japanese haiku writers, kigo are considered requirements of the form. Kigo are not always included in non-Japanese haiku or by modern writers of Japanese "free-form" haiku.

[Innis Cabal]

I re-assert that regardless of "free form" or the "Not always" part, aside that the quote comes from Wiki, that not following the form of haiku regardless of translation would be akin to ignoring iambic pentameter for Shakespearian Sonnets. Can you? Absolutely. Should you? No. Nothing wrong with poetry or anything like it, but calling anything here save a handful haiku is disingenuous

[Moff Chumley]

Agreed. And anyhow, there's absolutely no challenge in fitting into a certain pattern. The challenge is fitting into the pattern, making a point, while still keeping a theme, if you will. It seems pretty pointless otherwise.

[Innis Cabal]

I'd also assert that the very concept of poetry is to tell a point through more subtle means. Anyone can string words together to form nonsense or gibberish. That's not difficult, just look at the news. It takes something more to say something with those words.

[Moff Chumley]

I'd say that's a more sticky matter entirely, though, as what is or is not a coherent point is entirely subjective. Which isn't a very helpful comment, I'm aware, and I don't see the point of posting something other people wouldn't understand in a public forum, but it still needs to be said.


In spring, flowers bloom
They are shriveled in winter
Which is more pleasing?

[Admiral Squish]

Wow, seriously?
I think it's been made quite clear
We don't care that much.

No old-fasioned style
Tradition is discarded
To favor the new

I respect your stance
But why do you insist so?
It's just for giggles.

[Innis Cabal]

Because it's not haiku, thus the title of the thread is incorrect. Poetry thread would be better. I also thought to inject some discussion into the thread least it be moved to silly board games.

[Trog]

I've written several haikus for Rabbit. And a couple of Shakespearean love sonnets in iambic pentameter.

Likely none of them are, like, great or anything. It's just that sometimes I just want to tell her how I feel and plain old regular words don't feel like they're good enough. I probably shouldn't share them here though because they were for her, specifically.

Ah love. Driving men to make poetry since... er... well, ever, I suppose.

:smallsmile: <3

[AshDesert]

It's almost time for
The Super Bowl in Jerry-world
Down here in Texas

I'm not very good
At writing poetry in
Any form at all

I had a friend speak
Entirely in haikus and
Limericks all day

[Ravens_cry]

I dreamt I was not,
This has only happened twice,
Both were quite recent.

[Admiral Squish]

Huh. I wonder why
Aliens are hot right now?
At least six movies.

I noticed something
You give Tigger a reboot
and get Wolverine...

Ahh, such sweet romance
Alas, it is not for me
Living at home sucks.

[Elfin]

Sunlight drapes lazily
Over tawny hills:
A drowsy afternoon.

[Ranger Mattos]

The Green Bay Packers
Today battle their rivals
Victory is ours!

[CrimsonAngel]

It's almost time for
The Super Bowl in Jerry-world
Down here in Texas

I'm not very good
At writing poetry in
Any form at all

I had a friend speak
Entirely in haikus and
Limericks all day

Yeah... don't continue the sentances in other lines like that. It dosen't look good.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Yeah... don't continue the sentances in other lines like that. It dosen't look good.

Meh, I've seen it work. It doesn't look nice, but reading it can be entertaining deppending where you do the break off.

[rayne_dragon]

Ah love. Driving men to make poetry since... er... well, ever, I suppose.

:smallsmile: <3

Neither love nor men
Are the sole source of poems
See Sylvia Plath

I did want to say thanks for sharing, though. Those are really cute poems you wrote.

[Trog]

Neither love nor men
Are the sole source of poems
See Sylvia Plath

I did want to say thanks for sharing, though. Those are really cute poems you wrote.

An observation,
is all. It was not meant as
a definition. :smallwink:

And thank you. :smallredface:

[dgnslyr]

Finals are over
I breathe a sigh of relief
I can relax now!

[Xuc Xac]

Hippopotamus:
Hippopotamus is big!
Hippopotamus.

[Ranger Mattos]

Finals are over
I breathe a sigh of relief
I can relax now!

My exams are not.
I still have two more to go.
Hopefully easy.