# 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:** 4

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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 18, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/61 "2010-05-18T01:29:47Z")

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Gary gave Greg gold.  
Greg got Gary gasoline.  
Great gifts, gallant guys!

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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 19, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/62 "2010-05-19T16:36:16Z")

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Happy Harry’s hat  
hugs his hot, hairy head  
harmoniously

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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 20, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/63 "2010-05-20T02:00:44Z")

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Idiotic Ike  
Idolized India ink  
In [Invercargill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invercargill)

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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 20, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/64 "2010-05-20T17:58:04Z")

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I told a friend about this thread. He started writing, and ten minutes later he handed me this macabre gem:

Juice jabbing, jeering  
Junkie Jewboy, Jezebel  
Justifiable.

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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 26, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/65 "2010-05-26T13:31:19Z")

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Just bumping this thread because I came up with this one, too good to waste, while on a bus going throught the Lincoln Tunnel to NYC:

Brillant Big Bang bit  
Ball bin bouncing Brainiac  
Bellows BAZINGA!

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/66 "2010-05-26T21:21:24Z")

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Kimberly, Kylie,  
Kris, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall  
Kardashian kin

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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 28, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/67 "2010-05-28T13:16:21Z")

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Luxious lamps  
Lighting Lucinda’s lemon  
lime lavendar lounge.

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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 28, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/68 "2010-05-28T14:24:18Z")

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Mean Michael menaced  
Michelle maniacally  
mauling my magwai

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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 28, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/69 "2010-05-28T14:52:23Z")

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Never neglect non  
Nigerian nincompoops  
nearing nasty nuns.

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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:** [June 1, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/70 "2010-06-01T16:55:49Z")

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Oh! Ozzy Osbourne  
orders orange, oregano,  
olive, oat omlette.

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**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:** [June 2, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/71 "2010-06-02T13:28:03Z")

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Peevishly, Pete pets  
plump, purple, pert, pretty pups  
presciently primped, please.

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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:** [June 2, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/72 "2010-06-02T13:34:53Z")

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Queensland quagmire!  
Queers quietly quarelling.  
Quiet, Queensland queens!

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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:** [June 2, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/73 "2010-06-02T16:57:37Z")

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Randy’s rottweiler  
really regurgitates ripe  
red rutebagas.

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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:** [June 3, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/74 "2010-06-03T14:41:37Z")

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Should someone simply  
sing sufficient serenades  
so Sam stops sooner?

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**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:** [June 3, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/75 "2010-06-03T14:46:46Z")

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Truculently, Tim  
tidied the tiny timeshare  
to tame the three tots.

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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:** [June 4, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/76 "2010-06-04T13:09:48Z")

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Uxia uttered  
“Uhura’s Uranus, un-  
usually used”

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**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:** [June 4, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/77 "2010-06-04T15:43:24Z")

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Victor vapidly  
verified vigorous vets;  
Venus, virgins vied.

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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:** [June 5, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/78 "2010-06-05T15:26:37Z")

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Why would women we  
walk with willfully weep when  
we write “Wombats wheeze”?

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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:** [June 14, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/79 "2010-06-14T14:54:26Z")

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Xenophobic Xer-  
xes xraying Xavier  
Xenophonm, Xandra

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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:** [June 18, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/80 "2010-06-18T16:59:46Z")

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“Your yummy yogert  
yielded yellowing yo-yos”,  
yelled Yeoman Yusuf.

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