# Game: The A to Z of haiku

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 30, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857 "2010-04-30T13:36:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/21 "2010-05-03T20:41:01Z")

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/22 "2010-05-03T20:44:28Z")

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Unbelievably,  
understanding unicorns  
use up underwear.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/23 "2010-05-03T22:21:02Z")

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Violet vultures vexed  
Vain velociraptors  
very violently

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/24 "2010-05-04T03:46:37Z")

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Where will we warn whores  
with windowwasher wrapping?  
Why, Washington? Whew!

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/25 "2010-05-04T13:21:16Z")

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Xanadu xeroxed  
Xenophobe xeroderma.  
Xerxes xenolith.

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**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:** [May 4, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/26 "2010-05-04T13:39:50Z")

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Youthful Yolanda  
Your yellow Yawahism:  
Yin, Yang Yamulke.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/27 "2010-05-04T17:49:05Z")

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Zulus zigzagging  
zodiacal zoetropes  
zest zeuglodonta.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/28 "2010-05-04T17:50:34Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> Each elk exhausts Ed.  
> Elands entertain Emma.  
> Elephants escape.

Winner of “What the hell does that mean?” 😉

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/29 "2010-05-04T18:47:19Z")

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Al’s azure algae  
Ate all anthropomorphic  
animals allowed

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/30 "2010-05-04T18:52:54Z")

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Bitchy Becky bought  
Beautiful blue bandicoots,  
Berating Betsy.

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/31 "2010-05-04T20:14:28Z")

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Clematis climbers  
clamber close, clutching, clinging;  
climb clematis, climb!

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**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:** [May 5, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/32 "2010-05-05T13:20:12Z")

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Dave Daniel’s Deathpool:  
Diane Davidson, Donna  
Dixon, Dion. DIE!

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/33 "2010-05-05T14:25:01Z")

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Every eloping  
elephant eats eagle eggs  
entertainingly

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/34 "2010-05-05T19:26:30Z")

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Fools! Frankly, fully  
forceful flippers flounder. For  
finesse, find friction.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/35 "2010-05-05T21:25:00Z")

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Gil gentlemanly  
grabbed Gwendoline’s glockenspiel;  
gave gray goats gumbo

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/36 "2010-05-06T01:31:48Z")

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Her handsome husband  
Hurried homeward holding his  
Haberdasheries

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/37 "2010-05-06T15:27:52Z")

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If Izzy’s icehouse  
imbues illegal imbibes  
is Izzy involved

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**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:** [May 6, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/38 "2010-05-06T16:14:53Z")

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John Josephson jeered  
“Jumping Jehosaphat, Jim  
Johnson’s jaw jiggles!”

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/39 "2010-05-07T15:57:40Z")

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Kindly kangaroos  
Kept kicking Korean kids’  
Keisters kinkily.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/40 "2010-05-07T17:34:11Z")

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Lazy lions lick  
lollipops, letting languid  
life listlessly last

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