# Create an absurd Haiku! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254 "2007-04-01T01:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/181 "2007-12-13T17:09:09Z")
With this one back up and the one in the pit too it’s haiku time kids! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/182 "2007-12-13T17:34:53Z")
And glad I am, 'cause Writing haiku is just fun! Poetry in brief. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/183 "2007-12-13T17:38:44Z")
It takes over though I find myself always with a haiku ready. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/184 "2007-12-13T19:11:39Z")
Yes, the 5-7-5 form is oddly compelling, I find; don’t you, too? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/185 "2007-12-13T19:16:17Z")
It seems that lately I even dream in haiku let’s build a racecar! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/186 "2007-12-13T19:21:30Z")
A racecar - why not? I could do with a challenge, but my tools aren’t here. How long before the mods close this thread? I think we need more poets here. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/187 "2007-12-13T19:23:11Z")
He peeks his head in And is dismayed at the sight: Get a room, you two! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/188 "2007-12-13T20:29:56Z")
We are not ashamed Nor will we hide our our love of haiku. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/189 "2007-12-13T21:06:23Z")
Thank you, **Cluricuan** , my Doper friend in haiku; but no room need we! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/190 "2007-12-14T01:45:45Z")
Muddled in romance I broke the rule of this thread Return to absurd !! Candlelight spills out Pasta stuck to the pot lid Pickles are cheap now. Got prog rock pounding It’s '71 again And I am just nine. Wrong number again Why won’t they leave me ALONE??? Lava lamp so nice. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/191 "2007-12-14T14:29:08Z")
Fish bicycle plum Starry frood Brattleboro Absurd is the word. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/192 "2007-12-14T14:51:41Z")
I must post last here as there can be only one Highlander haiku. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/193 "2007-12-14T16:48:48Z")
It was not to be, for I also must haiku and perhaps be last. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/194 "2007-12-14T18:17:29Z")
So then it begins a fight to the very end in a gentle way. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/195 "2007-12-14T18:20:13Z")
Finished, over done! Now, go back to your porno Seventeen times enough? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/196 "2007-12-14T18:53:48Z")
Ah, but mere porno can never match the siren song of sweet haiku! ---
**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:** [December 14, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/197 "2007-12-14T21:31:10Z")
Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/198 "2007-12-14T21:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm [/QUOTE] Sing it my brother I love the Crash Test Dummies Once there was this kid… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/199 "2007-12-14T22:25:00Z")
Washington, Adams Jefferson, Madison, and Doctrinaire Monroe. John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Billy Harrison. Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Jim Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln. Andrew Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and Grover Cleveland. Benjy Harrison, Cleveland again, McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt. Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Harry S Truman. Dwight Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, then Tricky Dick Nixon. Ford, Carter, Reagan, George Bush the First, Bill Clinton, The current George Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/200 "2007-12-15T06:20:00Z")
I am just in awe; that presidential haiku is a masterpiece. \*(Although I noticed the lines Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and Grover Cleveland. both lack one syllable…)\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254.md?page=11)