# Pandemic Haiku, Anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [June 25, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010 "2020-06-25T16:38:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/1 "2020-06-25T16:38:30Z")
I wrote this back in March, 10 days into quarantine… Ten days into this The awful uncertainty Is it over yet? This one a few weeks later… Light breeze stops blowing The world is holding its breath Pause between seasons More recent… A minute ticks by Or maybe it was a day It’s so hard to tell Last but not least… Autumn leaves falling Soon the winter will arrive And perhaps the spring? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/2 "2020-07-06T12:09:10Z")
Bumping, ‘cause I want more! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/3 "2020-08-29T15:51:04Z")
Wore a dirty mask And now my face smells like feet Damned Covid-19 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/4 "2020-08-30T07:22:56Z")
More freedom with Spring, shops open and able to travel still working from home … ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/5 "2020-08-30T07:29:39Z")
``` Pandemic haiku Follow CDC guidelines Socially distanced ``` ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/6 "2020-10-03T13:58:35Z")
Bumping, so a better Doper poet than me can give us a White House-related haiku! ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/7 "2020-10-03T21:42:06Z")
In the dark kitchen The cabinet door creaks open Damn! out of vodka ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/8 "2020-10-03T22:24:46Z")
Bad bad bad bad bad Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad Bad bad bad bad Good ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/9 "2020-10-04T02:58:52Z")
Roses felled in summer disdain Intrude, delude, say not her name Ruthless seeds breathless fate ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/10 "2020-10-04T05:53:20Z")
They said: Reopen We were so very Happy How very Foolish Here is the first Covid Haiku thread: > [@COVID Haikus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-haikus/853101): > > I can’t think of a more creative site to have one. How come we don’t have a thread like this already?? Bring ‘em on, Dopers. Any kind. Here’s mine: Yes I washed my hands Have not found toilet paper Washing hands again ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-haiku-anyone/913010/11 "2020-10-04T06:23:38Z")
Lovely!