# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/41 "2007-04-02T15:36:42Z")
Now I boldly go In the refrigerator To seek out new life ---
**Author:** ![Whiteknight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whiteknight/32/4962_2.png) [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/42 "2007-04-02T15:37:57Z")
Here’s one from my boy scout days. Peeing in the snow On a January day Makes a yellow hole ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/43 "2007-04-02T15:54:45Z")
In case you didn’t recognize it before: Pennies in a stream Falling leaves; a sycamore Moonlight in Vermont Icy finger-waves Ski trails on a mountainside Snowlight in Vermont Evening summer breeze Warbling of a meadowlark Moonlight in Vermont ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/44 "2007-04-02T16:01:04Z")
Splattered from heated Battles past, still caked over: Dirty microwave. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/45 "2007-04-02T16:21:25Z")
Want one more day off Dammit, it’s Monday again Weekend was too short ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/46 "2007-04-02T16:28:43Z")
Sugar and caffeine And the Yellow #5: Love my Mountain Dew! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/47 "2007-04-02T18:24:20Z")
This line contains five This next line contains seven This line, also five ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/48 "2007-04-02T18:45:42Z")
Rival masked racer Watching over me strangely Brother Rex, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/49 "2007-04-02T18:59:57Z")
Haiku tempts taunts the nerds. What? Is there no Star Trek On? I burning your Dog. ---
**Author:** ![Heckxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@Heckxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckxx)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/50 "2007-04-02T19:14:06Z")
You know I never Really understood what makes Haiku’s so special So what if its five Syllables, then seven, then Five? They’re so Over- -rated. It doesn’t Even rhyme! I just don’t get Why people like them ---
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/51 "2007-04-02T19:27:05Z")
I’ve tried sprays, I’ve tried Soaking, and I still have ring Around the collar ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/52 "2007-04-02T21:32:22Z")
Days go by in pain. All seems lost, pointless, hopeless: _Hee-Haw_ is still gone. Neither God nor life Gives us more than we can bear Bad news for Pfizer. Helen Keller heard Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder saw How Sanjaya sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/53 "2007-04-03T03:06:40Z")
Writing a Haiku Counting up the syllables I am no poet. Oscar Wilde’s last words: “Either this wallpaper goes or I do.” --He did. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/54 "2007-04-03T12:37:40Z")
Verses on the Net Some achieve glowing brilliance This one is a turd Sitting here at work Slowly counting syllables Trying to make sense 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Syllables in the first verse A rotten haiku ---
**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:** [April 3, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/55 "2007-04-03T13:13:23Z")
Grand Finale ends No new “Prison Break” till fall I am very sad. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/56 "2007-04-03T14:08:16Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Grand Finale ends No new “Prison Break” till fall I am very sad. [/QUOTE] Oh, **Annie-Xmas!** You and I, we share the pain! Heart Wentworth Miller! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/57 "2007-04-03T14:35:31Z")
Circuit City Games Command & Conquer Is Here Shop Circuit City Now! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/58 "2007-04-03T15:02:04Z")
On my web forum We ask new members to post haiku or poem I will bookmark this to show the noobs in Intros How not to do it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/59 "2007-04-03T15:31:46Z")
Alanis Morissette "[My Humps](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g) " I am experiencing horror. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/60 "2007-04-03T17:32:18Z")
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