# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/121 "2007-11-22T16:09:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I came back to say To all of my Doper friends Happy Thanksgiving! [/QUOTE] 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/122 "2007-11-22T16:56:42Z")
New zit, upper lip. Resembles Fujiyama, Social contact, NO! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/123 "2007-11-22T16:57:11Z")
Espresso on stove It starts to bubble and steam It is time for Peets ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/124 "2007-11-22T17:14:53Z")
Cheap nail clippers Fingers become all scratchy Remove contacts first * * * Canon camera, Occassionally defective. Need to take it back. * * * Scotland goal, one one! Later on, unjust free kick - Silence of the Void * * * Keeper, green like leaf Fails to hold speculative Shot - Croats happy ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/125 "2007-11-22T17:38:04Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I came back to say To all of my Doper friends Happy Thanksgiving! [/QUOTE] Thanks for the good cheer Our kind, Elvish Doper friend Same to you and yours. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/126 "2007-11-22T18:00:08Z")
**Anthony Powell Open Spoiler** Twelve volume novel A Dance to the Music of Time, in haiku form: Widmerpool strange man, Blamed for my friends’ deaths in war, Dies while running nude ---
**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:** [November 22, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/127 "2007-11-22T18:17:32Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Thanks for the good cheer Our kind, Elvish Doper friend Same to you and yours. [/QUOTE] Right back 'atcha; but While I am a friend to Elves Still I am a Man. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/128 "2007-11-22T18:19:00Z")
Morning bike ride done. We’ll be eating turkey soon. Get the Pinot Noir. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/129 "2007-11-22T20:00:40Z")
[QUOTE=G. Odoreida] Cheap nail clippers Fingers become all scratchy Remove contacts first [/QUOTE] D’oh! I Failed to count Syllables in first two lines Hence vanity bump ETA - Don’t know What it stands for. But I got Correction wrong too ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/130 "2007-11-22T20:11:47Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Right back 'atcha; but While I am a friend to Elves Still I am a Man. [/QUOTE] Whoops, I’m quite sorry I don’t care for Tolkien Time to go brush up. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/131 "2007-11-22T20:25:19Z")
Turkey roasts in oven Perfectly seasoned and brined Where are the giblets? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/132 "2007-11-22T22:01:19Z")
# Astride the cool brook Tadpoles burrowed happily Clinton will not win. Sisyphian glyphs There then gone again Return there daily. =============== Tasty salty kiss The ocean calls hungrily Embrace before Death. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/133 "2007-11-22T22:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Tasty salty kiss The ocean calls hungrily Embrace before Death. Cartooniverse [/QUOTE] Not quite sure you’re meeting the “absurd” requirement there, my poetic friend. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/134 "2007-11-23T01:09:47Z")
The wise truly know That “absurdity” is in The beholder’s eye. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/135 "2007-11-23T01:16:36Z")
Five syllables, huh? Wait, shouldn’t that be seven? Nope, it’s only five ---
**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:** [November 23, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/136 "2007-11-23T04:04:16Z")
[QUOTE=G. Odoreida] Not quite sure you’re meeting the “absurd” requirement there, my poetic friend. [/QUOTE] Who dares suppress art? When the world abounds with shit. Absurd words will follow. Beat me with your cell Each smack against my bosom Makes my bra cup ring !! There. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/137 "2007-11-23T04:07:00Z")
Oh, come on now. You Want me to believe all that? Perhaps: I’m naive ---
**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:** [November 23, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/138 "2007-11-23T14:34:40Z")
After Thanksgiving No breakfast, thanks - but for lunch, Surplus pie awaits! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/139 "2007-11-23T14:48:31Z")
I’d like more posts here So I’ll act more absurdly My name is Max Ernst ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/140 "2007-11-23T17:23:22Z")
Chewing an eye ball I cut my tongue on the lens Bad situation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254.md?page=8)