# 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:** 13
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/241 "2003-11-11T21:19:04Z")
the New York City sky Shines only at night During a blackout ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/242 "2003-11-11T21:35:11Z")
_powerful good_ against powerful evil winner: who on **earth** can tell? ---
**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, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/243 "2003-11-11T21:54:15Z")
A [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219514&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) for fortbruce. What in this _earth_ does it mean? **Rules** for this haiku. Aside: Not to worry, easy to miss and all – welcome to the boards, fb! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/244 "2003-11-12T04:33:35Z")
Poetry lacks _rules_. Why we get away with so much **inconstancy**. ---
**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 12, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/245 "2003-11-12T05:08:14Z")
_Inconstancy_ is A sin in a lover; yet Aren’t we all **sinners**? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/246 "2003-11-12T05:19:12Z")
Forgive friends, family. _Sinners_ all, but **constantly** never inconstant. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/247 "2003-11-12T17:16:44Z")
_constantly_ we lie wheather with words or **bodies** why i ask? oh why? ---
**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 12, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/248 "2003-11-12T17:25:20Z")
Hot Naked _Bodies_! The spammers cry to the world. They make email **hell**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/249 "2003-11-12T18:19:04Z")
heaven and _hell_ are just two sides of the same **coin** much like life and death ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/250 "2003-11-12T20:00:29Z")
Life and Death approach To drown and suffer no more To chose such an end… ---
**Author:** ![Lockseer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Lockseer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockseer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/251 "2003-11-12T20:32:22Z")
Is it great tasting? Or just a less **filling** beer? Two sides of same _coin_. ---
**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 12, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/252 "2003-11-12T20:33:37Z")
A _coin_ lies shining In the gutter. A **jackdaw** Flies away with it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/253 "2003-11-12T21:45:33Z")
the _jackdaw_ floating upon the breeze has no bounds how i **envy** him ---
**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 13, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/254 "2003-11-13T02:56:45Z")
_Envy_ eats away The soul of the envious Leaving **bitterness**. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/255 "2003-11-13T03:30:46Z")
Green eyes, Auburn hair. She makes my **coffee** without _bitterness_. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/256 "2003-11-13T03:30:56Z")
**Passion** extinguished, The former lovers parted Without _bitterness_. ---
**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 13, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/257 "2003-11-13T03:42:03Z")
_Passion_ for _coffee_? Or addiction to the **brew**? Just gotta have it! ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/258 "2003-11-13T06:21:32Z")
Bewitching this _brew_, simmering in blackened pot. The work of **witches**? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/259 "2003-11-13T06:40:47Z")
_Witches_ of Salem In an Arthur Miller play **Represent** Commies. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/260 "2003-11-13T06:44:36Z")
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