# Can you haiku? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614 "2008-09-08T14:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/1 "2008-09-08T14:44:24Z")
No haikus of late What is missing from my life? Not Sarah Palin ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/2 "2008-09-08T14:56:05Z")
I cannot haiku perhaps instructions would help those who do not know ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/3 "2008-09-08T15:35:22Z")
A new haiku thread! Our Straight Dope circle of life The mods are Nazis ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/4 "2008-09-08T15:41:56Z")
I regret to say That no matter how I try I cannot haiku ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/5 "2008-09-08T19:42:50Z")
Instructions you say? That’s easy…five seven five Now get to it, git! ---
**Author:** ![spaceweft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@spaceweft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spaceweft)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/6 "2008-09-08T20:07:48Z")
Only four p.m.? But I want to go home now! I hear cookies call. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/7 "2008-09-08T20:13:54Z")
This Wednesday will see The LHC come online Oh fuck, a black hole! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/8 "2008-09-08T20:25:53Z")
Seasons out of time; Haiku bloom upon the Dope As leaves don bright shrouds. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/9 "2008-09-08T20:31:43Z")
Alone in office Time passes very slowly Straight Dope and eBay ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/10 "2008-09-08T22:13:06Z")
Last night on LJ I saw many cat haikus almost made a thread But no need to post Saw Twicks post this thread today great minds think alike Man those suck muchly Not very good at haikus also my head hurts ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/11 "2008-09-08T23:11:04Z")
I can haz haiku I can haiku like LOL Cat I can haiku dumb ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/12 "2008-09-08T23:14:58Z")
My rhyming is poor Thus, masquerading as prose Haiku hides my shame ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/13 "2008-09-08T23:16:36Z")
Five-seven-five is so old. Something different calls: Give reverse haiku a try. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/14 "2008-09-08T23:24:36Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Seasons out of time; > Haiku bloom upon the Dope > As leaves don bright shrouds. Hey, there’s an actual haiku in here! Well done. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/15 "2008-09-09T00:14:01Z")
Just watched _Spider-man_ With responsibility Comes great sacrifice ---
**Author:** ![stucco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@stucco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucco)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/16 "2008-09-09T00:28:56Z")
mattress on the floor, it’s so broke twenty-something I am! and lazy… ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/17 "2008-09-09T00:39:10Z")
Not Safe For Work thread Unexpected tumescence Give some Dopers pause ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/18 "2008-09-09T00:42:32Z")
Not good at haiku. Really. Not good at haiku. Help me improve, please! ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/19 "2008-09-09T00:59:06Z")
Laundry is washing Water pressure is too low Dishes are waiting ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/20 "2008-09-09T01:08:17Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Hey, there’s an actual haiku in here! Well done. 🙂 Actual haiku Appears unexpectedly But not in your post 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614.md?page=2)