# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/21 "2008-09-09T01:31:33Z")
The chicken is browned, the potatoes, touched with chives. Oh! Asparagus. Dinner, almost done, September evening, cloudy. Where is my husband? I will wait for him. Patient, like winter’s quiet. I am a good wife. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/22 "2008-09-09T01:46:56Z")
Ice on rink floor now Hockey season is soon here Winter tailgates rock ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/23 "2008-09-09T01:58:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, there’s an actual haiku in here! Well done. I was going to comment on this, too. What makes a haiku is not the 5-7-5 syllable pattern, but that it’s terse, and that it relates particularly to one season of the year. In fact, if you pad extra words in to make something fit the 5-7-5 pattern, you’re making it _less_ of a haiku, since it’s then less terse. Actually, I think that traditional haiku are also supposed to be judged by the aesthetic effect of the characters themselves on the page, but of course this works very differently in English. And just so this post isn’t a total waste, The chill is in the air Cottonwoods turn brown and shed No red maple leaves ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/24 "2008-09-09T02:19:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I was going to comment on this, too. What makes a haiku is not the 5-7-5 syllable pattern, but that it’s terse, and that it relates particularly to one season of the year. In fact, if you pad extra words in to make something fit the 5-7-5 pattern, you’re making it _less_ of a haiku, since it’s then less terse. Delicate flowers, Improper haiku wither Beneath scornful frost. I knew someone would show up to point out what proper haiku are, so I decided to make a preemptive strike. 😉 ---
**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 9, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/25 "2008-09-09T03:36:52Z")
Proper haiku prose Posters must point out, correct Where’s the fun in that? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/26 "2008-09-09T03:47:08Z")
It seems to me that Sarah Palin is haiku friendly, don’t ya know? I can only take seventeen syllables at a time about her ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/27 "2008-09-09T03:48:09Z")
Summer has since gone. Now its Friggin cold outside. Hence I miss the heat. Is that right, hikau nazis? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/28 "2008-09-09T03:55:09Z")
> [@evlkitty](#): > > Summer has since gone. > Now its Friggin cold outside. > Hence I miss the heat. > > Is that right, hikau nazis? :dubious: Mojave Desert Still has triple digit heat Quit yer complainin’ ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/29 "2008-09-09T03:58:31Z")
Haikus are super I really love haiku threads I wish we had more ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/30 "2008-09-09T04:26:01Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > Mojave Desert > Still has triple digit heat > Quit yer complainin’ Nicely done Queen! I like it. 🙂 I start to complain Queen Bruin smacks me around I guess she showed me ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/31 "2008-09-09T04:34:30Z")
Monday Night Football The Packers looked pretty good Too bad for the Vikes Time to go to sleep Too much beer and nachos Tuesday will be rough ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/32 "2008-09-09T04:57:15Z")
> [@evlkitty](#): > > Nicely done Queen! I like it. 🙂 > > I start to complain > Queen Bruin smacks me around > I guess she showed me I bitch about heat Dopers say, “STFU” A common complaint I like it here but I miss Colorado snow And my family ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/33 "2008-09-09T05:01:07Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > I bitch about heat > Dopers say, “STFU” > A common complaint > > I like it here but > I miss Colorado snow > And my family Now, that is just sad I feel bad that you miss them. Its really not cold… ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/34 "2008-09-09T05:02:17Z")
Oakland Raiders Suck. Broncos Football is the best. It had to be said. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/35 "2008-09-09T05:15:27Z")
autumn comes quickly at the computer I sit new at doper board ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/36 "2008-09-09T05:26:59Z")
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.” * * * Haikus are easy But they don’t always make sense Refrigerator ---
**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, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/37 "2008-09-09T12:59:44Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > 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.” Damn, that’s excellent! Is it your original? Either way, it’s great. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/38 "2008-09-09T13:06:48Z")
I’m not really sure Am I doing this right here or just wild guessing? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/39 "2008-09-09T13:07:03Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Damn, that’s excellent! > Is it your original? > Either way, it’s great. Good and funny, yes; Original? Not a bit - Rather like autumn. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614/40 "2008-09-09T13:08:29Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > I’m not really sure > Am I doing this right here > or just wild guessing? Dude, you joined in June - Four hundred posts ev’ry month? Time you got a life! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-haiku/462614.md?page=3)