# The Happy Haiku Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547 "2003-10-25T20:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/221 "2003-11-10T17:23:36Z")
_redoubling_ my chance of a high post count **requir’s** lots of time and work ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/222 "2003-11-10T17:35:12Z")
A haiku _requires_ **Lapidary** attention To every line. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/223 "2003-11-10T19:08:51Z")
All good Haiku are _Lapidary_ like gemstones **Pollished**'til perfect ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/224 "2003-11-10T19:23:11Z")
_Polished_ was the gem, the gem of her soul to him. **Treasure** to his heart ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/225 "2003-11-10T20:08:57Z")
her body; _treasure_ her heart and soul **pure** crystals too perfect for us ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/226 "2003-11-10T20:53:13Z")
_Pure_ as driven snow: White, soft, glistening, a shroud Of wind-blown **silence**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/227 "2003-11-10T22:01:52Z")
_silence_ is golden **truer** words were never said music is as bright ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/228 "2003-11-11T02:50:43Z")
True, _truer_, truest: Are there shades of truth in truth? Is it **absolute**? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/229 "2003-11-11T03:12:21Z")
_Absolute_ zero – It can’t get any **colder** , Or so Kelvin said. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/230 "2003-11-11T03:56:20Z")
_Colder_ than ice Is the unfeeling heart that Turns **kindness** away. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/231 "2003-11-11T04:00:34Z")
_Kindness_ done to me? Adding a letter to Nine **hurt** my soul… real bad. _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/232 "2003-11-11T17:17:36Z")
the _hurt_ and the pain is how we **measure** our lives is that all there is? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/233 "2003-11-11T19:56:02Z")
_Measure_ for measure\*; An eye for an eye? There must Be a **better** way. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/234 "2003-11-11T20:09:10Z")
can we just accept the _better_ of two **evils**? have we a third choice? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/235 "2003-11-11T21:09:46Z")
_Evil’s_ day is done. Nazis have been **defeated**. 1945. ---
**Author:** ![fortbruce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@fortbruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortbruce)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/236 "2003-11-11T21:12:37Z")
Dirty Mind leads in only one ugly direction straight down ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/237 "2003-11-11T21:12:39Z")
“when one evil goes a more powerful one comes” yin yang says it’s true ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/238 "2003-11-11T21:12:42Z")
Evil _defeated_? For now; yet the future holds New battles for **good**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/239 "2003-11-11T21:16:12Z")
my bolded word was **powerful** which puts up in a simulpost position words are **good** and **powerful** ---
**Author:** ![fortbruce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@fortbruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortbruce)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/240 "2003-11-11T21:16:37Z")
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