# Turn your favorite poem into haiku **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797 "2001-10-31T22:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/21 "2001-11-01T14:56:12Z")
~ I was angry So I grew a tree Now my enemy is dead… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/22 "2001-11-01T14:56:29Z")
Night Before Christmas Fat guy in red suit comes by. Forget reindeer names. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/23 "2001-11-01T15:12:06Z")
Satan tempted Eve. They got kicked out of Eden. Women really suck. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/24 "2001-11-01T15:23:42Z")
Had we enough Time This coyness, Ma’am were no crime. But I wan’ get laid. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/25 "2001-11-01T15:33:21Z")
The star is so neat. What wisdom has it for me? “Chill out,” says the star. [sub][sup]That’s Robert Frost’s “[Choose Something Like A Star](http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/~hharg/star.htm)” for those of you reading along at home.[/sub][/sup] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/26 "2001-11-01T16:02:05Z")
The only thing worse Than seeing a purple cow Would be being one. Young Poor Evangeline Had to leave Acadia. Wow, what a bummer. Poor old Gunga Din! He went and got himself killed, Giving me water. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/27 "2001-11-01T16:09:13Z")
We all swapped stories En route to Canterbury Just to kill some time. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/28 "2001-11-01T16:16:07Z")
Mermaids are singing to themselves and other guys got shafted again. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/29 "2001-11-01T16:22:59Z")
Oooh-ooooohhh—William Carlos Williams! Plums in the freezer? I didnt know they were yours. They were damn good, though! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/30 "2001-11-01T16:27:04Z")
In Xanadu, Khan built a stately pleasure-dome on the river Alph. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/31 "2001-11-01T16:38:56Z")
Shakespeare xviii Summer’s beauty fades, but yours will last forever now that it’s in verse. xxix Sometimes life’s a bitch, but remembering your love makes it all okay. cxli You’re kind of ugly and you don’t sing well either. I do love you, though. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/32 "2001-11-01T16:46:47Z")
[e.e. cummings](http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8454/204.htm): Love humanity For all its stupidity. Then feel pure contempt. [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/count.html): How do I love thee? Lots and lots and lots and lots. If I die, then, too. Mighty Beowulf Battled Grendel and its mom, Died with dragon’s wealth. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/33 "2001-11-01T16:48:57Z")
This one got lost in my post, but works on preview: [e.e. cummings](http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8454/204.htm): Love humanity For all its stupidity. Then feel pure contempt. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/34 "2001-11-01T16:51:20Z")
Freddled gruntbuggly or plurdled gabbleblotchits Oh, see if I don’t! ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/35 "2001-11-01T17:30:57Z")
One set of footprints: I was carrying you, dolt. Posters for sale. Cheap! **[sup]Love this thread… kudos, everyone.[/sup]** ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/36 "2001-11-01T19:47:21Z")
Alice Walker Growth in a harsh world. I bloom for myself. You, too. _Kick-ass petunia._ ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/37 "2001-11-01T19:50:22Z")
Come be my brother Fight with us St. Crispin’s Day Or you ain’t worth jack ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/38 "2001-11-01T20:17:53Z")
My beloved’s eyes Are nothing like the sun but I think I’ll keep her. ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/39 "2001-11-01T20:20:45Z")
Three Rings for Elves. Dwarves Got seven. Nine for humans. One Ring: Big trouble! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797/40 "2001-11-01T20:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > **The only thing worse > Than seeing a purple cow > Would be being one.** And the poet’s angry follow-up: Yes, I wrote this poem Please do not quote it again Or I will kill you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-favorite-poem-into-haiku/90797.md?page=3)