You know what I mean?
No, actually, I don’t.
You’re not making sense.
You’re not making sense
Have you been drinking? Or had
A blow to the head?
A blow to the head
is what this lady hopes for…
but will she win it?
Five Haikus on Oct 11 but zero on the 12th?
Is everyone else too prudish to go with the obvious?
But will she win it?
This test of tease-denial?
Oooh! Floods of relief.
Oooh! Floods of relief
If I ever learn why 10/
12 haikus offend
Twelve haikus offend
But first verse of all brings joy:
“In the beginning.”
In the beginning
There was the Word. And the Word
Was, Let there be light.
(OK, so it’s not original. But I just noticed that it makes a haiku.)
Was “Let there be light”
the last line in Asimov’s
The Final Question?
The final question?
No, the first line of haiku -
this time, anyway.
This time, anyway
So many stood together
That it feels like hope.
That it feels like hope
Gives me small comfort, 'cause it
Felt like hope before
Felt like Hope before:
supple thighs, warm hands, sweet lips.
I think it’s still her.
“I think it’s still her”
Glimpsing amid the rubble
Statue Liberty
Statue Liberty
Hey, wait! Someone stole the of!
And also the the!
And also the the!
Planet of the Apes, Taylor screams,
“Damn you! Damn you to…”
“Damn you! Damn you to…
H-E-double hickory sticks"
I won’t swear, damn it
I won’t swear, damn it
Even when your second line
Has eight syllables
Has eight syllables?
Damn, I said “hickory”
S’posed to be hockey.
S’posed to be hockey
Game tonight. But we couldn’t
Find ice to skate on.
Find ice to skate on
And tell Gladiator his
Second line has six