# Dog tag haiku... Or what haiku have you written? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035 "2002-10-06T04:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/1 "2002-10-06T04:31:51Z")
Ok… Palve and I got bored… So we went to our local army surplus store and had him make a dog tag of haiku… About 2 bucks for it. It was even tougher to write because we had a limit of 15 characters including spaces on each line. So here it is: DOG TAG HAIKU 17 SYLLABLES ON A COLLAR OF TIN I put it on my dog. You can see a photo of the tag at the bottom of the “more pics” page of my [site](http://www.trulyrandom.4t.com). What haiku have you written? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/2 "2002-10-06T05:06:50Z")
Here’s one I wrote in my Japanese tea class a couple years ago. “Under the old oak the grasses cannot grow tall as in the backyard.” See how meaningful it is? It could change your life. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/3 "2002-10-06T05:28:33Z")
I’ve got a collection of ultrasound images of Michaela _in utero_ (five in all), and I wrote a haiku for each one of them. I won’t share them here, because they really require the pictures to have the intended impact, but I tied them together with the following: Shadows on a screen Translated into snapshots. Scrapbook of your growth. BTW, whenever I read haiku, I always sing it to myself to the tune of _Moonlight in Vermont._ Try it! It’s fun! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/4 "2002-10-06T05:32:30Z")
An aroused dachshund Contemplates a flight of stairs The top so far away. (flees) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/5 "2002-10-06T05:42:59Z")
An aroused dachshund Contemplates a flight of stairs The top so far away. (flees) ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/6 "2002-10-06T13:14:17Z")
This is my first and last attempt at haiku in Japanese (or any other language). I think it’s terrible, I meant it more or less as a parody, but it managed to get some raves. Eda ni kake Omoki sakura ya Yuki no you And now a pitiful attempt at translating my own work: On the branches hanging The heavy spring blossoms Are like snow ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/7 "2002-10-06T13:49:12Z")
Haiku I can’t write This is just really not me My Haiku not good. :: joins the fleeing hordes :: (but hey if I am not renitely mistaken its at least 5/7/5) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-tag-haiku-or-what-haiku-have-you-written/131035/8 "2002-10-06T13:51:00Z")
Haiku I can’t write This is just really not me My Haiku not good. :: joins the fleeing hordes :: (but hey if I am not _entirely_ mistaken its at least 5/7/5) 😉 (ugh it was submit not preview…)