# Haiku Madness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955 "2010-02-22T07:27:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5083 "2012-09-30T09:23:27Z")

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What else do I know?  
One and one and one is three  
Come together, yeaaaaaaaah

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5084 "2012-09-30T11:11:15Z")

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Come together, yeaaaaaaaah  
Mankind, brotherhood, world peace  
God, wherefor art thou?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5085 "2012-10-01T03:21:57Z")

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God, wherefore art thou?  
What if God was one of us?  
You think he’d like Coke?

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5086 "2012-10-01T04:46:26Z")

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You think He’d like Coke?  
Maybe a Pepsi will do  
Flowers grow in sun

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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:** [October 1, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5087 "2012-10-01T13:57:29Z")

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Flowers grow in sun  
People grow in utero  
Thus The Facts of Life.

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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:** [October 1, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5088 "2012-10-01T14:13:16Z")

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Thus the Facts of Life  
Were visited by Arnold  
Whachoo talkin’ 'bout?

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5089 "2012-10-01T14:57:44Z")

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Watchoo talkin’ 'bout?  
English, you motherfucker!  
Well, do you speak it?!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5090 "2012-10-01T17:43:58Z")

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Well, do you speak it?  
Because if you say you don’t,  
You’re wasting my time.

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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5091 "2012-10-01T23:21:56Z")

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You’re wasting my time  
if you cannot speak in rhyme  
or spare me a dime.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5092 "2012-10-02T02:46:34Z")

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Or spare me a dime.  
I mean, I’ll gladly accept  
A quarter, but hey.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5093 "2012-10-02T07:04:37Z")

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A quarter, but hey  
Anybody want… peanut?  
No rhymes. I mean it!

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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:** [October 2, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5094 "2012-10-02T20:57:08Z")

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No rhymes. I mean it!  
My skin! I have to clean it.  
And then sunscreen it!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5095 "2012-10-03T09:58:48Z")

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And then sunscreen it!  
Said the mother to the child  
I’ll go out and play

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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:** [October 3, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5096 "2012-10-03T11:59:17Z")

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I’ll go out and play  
With my dead puppy Rover  
I can’t teach him fetch

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5097 "2012-10-03T13:51:31Z")

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I can’t teach him fetch  
Poor Rover, he does miss him  
The baby cries on

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5098 "2012-10-03T15:33:53Z")

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The baby cries on  
Though his tummy is full of  
Antihistamine.

(Tim Minchin, “Lullaby” reference).

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5099 "2012-10-03T15:44:07Z")

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Antihistamine  
Sneeze, itch, drip, tear, allergies  
Somebody shoot me!

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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5100 "2012-10-03T23:49:53Z")

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Somebody shoot me!  
I can’t take this world much more  
Just end it all now.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5101 "2012-10-04T03:05:38Z")

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Just end it all now.  
Making so many haikus  
Is driving me mad!

(Actually, I quite like this thread.)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5102 "2012-10-04T03:21:29Z")

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Is driving me mad!  
Poetic rhymes are, oh yes  
Haiku me, and you

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