# Rhyming Haiku Madness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727 "2018-08-16T13:51:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/101 "2018-10-26T12:41:22Z")

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I wish Stuck Up Man  
Would sup on cups of bad clams,  
Upchuck much, and scram.

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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 26, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/102 "2018-10-26T20:12:47Z")

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Would sup on bad clams  
My good luck I keep kosher  
No shellfish, no hams.

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/103 "2018-10-27T15:28:49Z")

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I don’t keep kosher  
Shrimps with bacon fill my gut  
Now I have closure

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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 27, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/104 "2018-10-27T17:13:54Z")

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Shrimps filled with bacon,  
Double cheeseburger and fries  
My gut is aching.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/105 "2018-10-27T21:26:07Z")

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Cheeseburger and fries  
For me. For my frog: Crickets,  
Gnats, skeeters and flies.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/106 "2018-10-28T17:20:05Z")

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For me, for my frog,  
Jim Henson is our hero  
Up and down the log.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/107 "2018-11-01T04:59:11Z")

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Tom Benson hero  
To New Orleans Saints fans over  
All of the delta.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/108 "2018-11-02T04:25:03Z")

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New Orleans Saints fans  
Remember Chuck Muncie: Good  
RB, better man.

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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:** [November 3, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/109 "2018-11-03T19:19:21Z")

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Remember Chuck Good?  
Piano playing brother  
Of Johnny B. Good.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/110 "2018-11-04T04:33:25Z")

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Piano playing  
By Liberace makes me  
Itchy and scratchy.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/111 "2018-11-05T02:27:38Z")

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Liberace makes  
Me wonder if one can’t have  
Them and eat them (cakes).

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/112 "2018-11-05T05:06:24Z")

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If one can’t have me  
I will be ok with two.  
I am generous.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/113 "2018-11-05T13:50:34Z")

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Two will be OK,  
But remember to follow  
These rules, all the way:

1. Derive your first line from the previous haiku’s second line; and
2. Make your new haiku rhyme its first and third line.

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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:** [November 5, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/114 "2018-11-05T14:10:17Z")

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Member to follow  
All the rules in syllables  
And rhyme. Don’t fall low.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/115 "2018-11-05T14:12:16Z")

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Remember ('member)  
Gunpowder Treason and Plot:  
Fifth of November!

ack! Ninja’d!

Oh, well,

All syllable rules  
That’s the five and seven, folks,  
And rhyme like All Fools.

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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:** [November 5, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/116 "2018-11-05T14:57:28Z")

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the five and seven  
packs of beer are now at the  
Seven Eleven

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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:** [November 6, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/117 "2018-11-06T14:42:40Z")

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Packs of beer are now  
Not sold to minors? Well, d’oh  
Man, don’t have a cow.

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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:** [November 6, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/118 "2018-11-06T14:59:20Z")

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Not sold to minors?  
Kids can’t have canaries 'cuz  
They’re sold to miners

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/119 "2018-11-07T13:49:33Z")

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Kids have canaries  
Carrie carries caries and  
Bogs grow cranberries

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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:** [November 7, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/120 "2018-11-07T14:05:34Z")

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Carrie carries and  
When she trips on the seashells  
She lands on the sand.

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