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Title: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 26 Aug 2013, 07:31
edit:

just do whatever you want in this thread. Haiku are appreciated though.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 26 Aug 2013, 07:42
Here is my submission for the day:

A spark in my mind,
Doors of possibility
and I'm walking through.
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Post by: Stybar on 26 Aug 2013, 08:17
Shining in my mind
My thoughts are overflowing
Time to get them out
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Post by: ChaoSera on 26 Aug 2013, 09:12
You want me to write
a Haiku, but I am not
creative enough


Man, I'm such a genius...
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Post by: celticgeek on 26 Aug 2013, 09:16
The lightning at night
Strikes the mind without warning
Creativity
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Post by: ankhtahr on 26 Aug 2013, 09:16
Ink flowing from a pen
Tip scratching over paper
Giving life to thoughts
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Post by: Zingoleb on 26 Aug 2013, 09:30
sometimes i wonder
if western fascination
with haiku is mere

appropriation
and just another way for
white people to feel

special for the things
that they gleefully steal with
out a second thought
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 26 Aug 2013, 10:14
It'd be quite nice
if you read the thread rules first
before posting here.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Patrick on 26 Aug 2013, 12:49
I am often stuck
On how to be inventive
Smoke weed every day
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Post by: mtmerrick on 26 Aug 2013, 18:24
A good friend told me
Green's not a creative color.
That's sure news to me.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Blue Kitty on 09 Sep 2013, 11:24
You're just not thinking creatively (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C_HReR_McQ)

The dishes are done
There's nothing to do today
Time now to relax
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Barmymoo on 09 Sep 2013, 13:28
I just ran five miles
It's much less fun in winter
Need a warmer top
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Post by: questionablydiscontent on 09 Sep 2013, 14:50
I've got an idea
I've worked out in my head
But I can't find the words.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 09 Sep 2013, 15:18
A lack of voters
and a will to carry on
resignation tunes.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: jwhouk on 09 Sep 2013, 17:27
In honor of one of my other favorite long-running webcomics:

Wapsi Square turns 12
Slice of Life turned up side down
Monica's a Babe!
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Sep 2013, 20:18
I've taught for so long
I do it without thinking,
which does not bode well. 
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Post by: SageJiraiya on 10 Sep 2013, 01:48
Penis, are we friends?
Do you feel lonely as well?
My hand bothers you.
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Post by: Akima on 10 Sep 2013, 02:27
Hot winds from the North,
After a long winter drought.
Red sky in the West.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 10 Sep 2013, 03:16
A change of thread rules:
just do what you really want
post random haiku.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Patrick on 10 Sep 2013, 10:59
I fucked your mother,
Your pretty sisters and wife,
Even your bloodhound
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Post by: Carl-E on 10 Sep 2013, 13:42
I'm not sure I care,
but for your own protection,
keep it in your pants. 
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Post by: Patrick on 10 Sep 2013, 14:03
I am amused by
How you care more about me
Than your family
Title: Haiku Challenge
Post by: questionablydiscontent on 10 Sep 2013, 21:39
Quote from: Masterpiece on 10 Sep 2013, 03:16
A change of thread rules:
just do what you really want
post random haiku.
Do you mean to say
One can have anything said
Right here in this thread?

All of these options
Makes it difficult to choose
A theme for haikus

Regardless, I will
Try to keep order retained
Even unconstrained.

Now I think I will
First upon myself impose
A rule no one knows

You must find this rule.
"Easy" you say? That's quite bold
See, this rule's twofold.

To find one is an
Easy challenge, I confess.
Very much so, yes.

Even if you find
Part one, though, you need part two
And I'll give this clue:

Disguised in this mess
May be some familiar names
And they sparked these games.

(That's your only hint.
After your brains have been racked,
I want this code cracked!)
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Sep 2013, 21:46
Not too well hidden.
An oldie but a goodie,
very nicely done.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Loki on 11 Sep 2013, 02:14
Welcome, new person!
You elevate art to art,
while I still need help (http://www.poetrysoup.com/haiku_syllable_counter/).
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Patrick on 15 Sep 2013, 10:55
the difference between
9/11 and a cow
they stop milking cows
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 15 Sep 2013, 15:08
That 911
was part of my long nickname
misunderstanding
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Thomas Edison on 16 Sep 2013, 11:30
Butts butts butts butts butts,
Butts butts butts butts butts butts, butts?
Butts! Butts butts butts, butts.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: mtmerrick on 16 Sep 2013, 11:36
Thomas Edison
The Oatmeal describes him best
A douchebag (no offense)

 :mrgreen:
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Post by: lepetitfromage on 16 Sep 2013, 12:04
Turning twenty eight
might be regressing this year
needed some crayons
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Post by: Barmymoo on 16 Sep 2013, 14:36
Thanks for reminding -
I need to take some
to uni tomoz
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Post by: SageJiraiya on 16 Sep 2013, 20:08
Now, what do I do?
Future, why must you haunt me?
Past, why betray me?
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: questionablydiscontent on 16 Sep 2013, 21:33
Nervous Claire goes fierce
From norepinephrine's daze
That makes her want more:

One rush per each pierce;
Could the adrenaline craze
Explain Hannelore?

Ten holes in her ears:
She might have wanted one pair
But then added four.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Snake-Bit Pete on 12 Oct 2013, 09:21
     

Ponder the Snake
Such a useful metaphor
A nasty bugger!


 
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Patrick on 24 Oct 2013, 12:20
What happened to this?
I loved the clever haikus
(what's the plural form?)
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: pwhodges on 24 Oct 2013, 14:28
In case you actually want an answer, Japanese doesn't in general have plural forms.  However, when a word is borrowed into English, it is usual to treat it in an English manner - so haikus would be correct (and is indeed listed in the OED).

Haikus is correct:
The OED tells me so.
Not so in Japan!
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 24 Oct 2013, 18:05
Oh I envy thee
bigger boobs, a perfect smile,
and I am single.

Blue, brown, and some green
and waves of hair frame your lids
I see you through him.

Harmonic waveforms
sounds with beautiful meaning,
makes me nostalgic.

I climb up the stairs
peace, safety and warm shelter,
I calmly breathe out.

Feel the skin I touch,
slowly searching your center,
my magical hands.

A spark in my mind,
doors of possibility
and I'm walking through.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: mtmerrick on 24 Oct 2013, 20:26
Plus one for all your
Most likely drunken haiku skills.
Very poetic.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: cesium133 on 24 Oct 2013, 20:38
It's "Almost Heaven"
West Virginia is pretty.
Except the coal mines.

Incidentally,
All the places in that song
are in Virginia.

I am not quite sure
If the syllables are right
Diphthongs: one or two?

Wikipedia
Has articles on English
Now I'm more confused.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 25 Oct 2013, 09:14
Looking for answers,
why was I so drunk last night?
My head is pounding.

"Let's drink fancy beer!"
Bad influence by room-mate,
Liquor afterwards.

"To mix is to err"
I recalled the day after
a tiny bit late

So now the day passed
Head pounding and sight blurry
and playing Tetris.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Oct 2013, 09:51
I will play Tetris.
Oh good, a long piece falling
But please don't fall there.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: questionablydiscontent on 25 Nov 2013, 12:18
Quote from: cesium133 on 25 Oct 2013, 09:51
I will play Tetris.
Oh good, a long piece falling
But please don't fall there.
Why won't this piece turn?
The controller's not working
And my game is doomed
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Akima on 27 Nov 2013, 01:08
Quote from: pwhodges on 24 Oct 2013, 14:28
In case you actually want an answer, Japanese doesn't in general have plural forms.  However, when a word is borrowed into English, it is usual to treat it in an English manner - so haikus would be correct (and is indeed listed in the OED).
Do the English say animes, mangas, or samurais? My dictionary lists haiku first as a plural, with haikus as an alternative. Considering how many English words have no plural form (sheep, deer, cod, fish, haddock, buffalo, salmon, swine, trout, aircraft etc.) I see no reason not to follow Japanese practice for nouns taken from their language.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: pwhodges on 27 Nov 2013, 01:27
There is no consistency, really.  I think I would instinctively say anime, manga, samurai, but haikus.  It's a feeling about the extent to which a word has been naturalised into English (as opposed to merely borrowed, which I said before), and how far into common use it has come (most English would have no idea of the meaning of anime and manga).  A word such as forum I would always pluralise as forums, and argue that fora is now an inappropriate usage - but I wouldn't consider criterions (of course, many people use criteria as singular now, and I have heard criterias for the plural).  The word anime is a curious case, because that is derived from European roots anyway - but using the Japanese form emphasises the fact that the Japanese product is being talked about.

Incidentally, in your list of English words, fish is a curious case.  It is used in that form as a collective plural; but one can also say fishes naturally in some contexts.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: ReDeath on 27 Nov 2013, 06:26

Holiday looms soon,
Presenteeism abound,
No work will be done.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: cesium133 on 27 Nov 2013, 07:23
Quote from: pwhodges on 27 Nov 2013, 01:27
Incidentally, in your list of English words, fish is a curious case.  It is used in that form as a collective plural; but one can also say fishes naturally in some contexts.
Sleeps with the fishes
The Mob got to him quickly
Before he could squeal.  :psyduck:
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Thrillho on 27 Nov 2013, 07:30
Oh sweet Masterpiece,
You started this lovely thread
And then disappeared.
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Post by: Patrick on 27 Nov 2013, 15:42
Quote from: Gareth on 27 Nov 2013, 07:30
Oh sweet Masterpiece,
You started this lovely thread
And then disappeared.

I did not pull out
He is currently pregnant
Kid will be so cute
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Thrillho on 12 Dec 2013, 03:00

Been meaning to post this in here forever!
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 12 Dec 2013, 09:01
Quote from: Patrick on 27 Nov 2013, 15:42
I did not pull out
He is currently pregnant
Kid will be so cute
That baby of yours
Bones aside she was tasty
Eat it while it's young...
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Pilchard123 on 12 Dec 2013, 14:10
We reached a page break
A new page of haiku starts
How strange will these be?
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Post by: jwhouk on 12 Dec 2013, 15:34
Deer hit car one night
Kid hit same car, day later
New car in future
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Post by: cesium133 on 23 Dec 2013, 19:11
Kitten is angry.
Someone is using bathroom.
Does not let him in.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 24 Dec 2013, 17:09
Whiskey in a flask
Scents of foods scarcely tasted
A merry Christmas
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 09 Sep 2014, 14:38
A sphere of pure air
and rising to the surface
underwater life
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Akima on 09 Sep 2014, 15:34
A single post,
A pebble in a silent pool.
Thread resurrection.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 09 Sep 2014, 16:03
My thoughts exactly
Remembered this thread fondly
Found it to be dead.

But that wouldn't do
I really enjoy these things
Thought I'd just post one.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Pilchard123 on 10 Sep 2014, 00:31
Quote from: Masterpiece on 09 Sep 2014, 14:38
A sphere of pure air
and rising to the surface
underwater life

Spheres of noxious air
What did I eat yesterday?
Farting in the bath
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Orkboy on 10 Sep 2014, 06:43
I read a haiku.
It was about a haiku.
This is that haiku.
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Post by: Akima on 11 Sep 2014, 15:51
Cycling in the rain,
Drops rattle on my helmet.
Sweating in plastic.
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Post by: jwhouk on 11 Sep 2014, 20:21
Giancarlos Stanton
Hit in face by pitch by Fiers
Marlins not happy
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Post by: hedgie on 12 Sep 2014, 02:15
Blood runs down my leg
It's a big messy problem
Why do I pick scabs?
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Post by: The Seldom Killer on 12 Sep 2014, 02:26
Graffiti 'pon wall
Rails against establishment
Toothless anarchy
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Masterpiece on 12 Sep 2014, 05:40
Thread resurrection
Yet haiku are returning
Sense of achievement
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Orkboy on 12 Sep 2014, 07:02
Haikus can be fun.
But sometimes, they make no sense.
Rainbow potato.
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Post by: The Seldom Killer on 12 Sep 2014, 07:21
(http://marxfood.com/wp-content/uploads/heirloom_potato_giveaway.jpg)

Potato rainbow
Yeah that's really a thing now
Try to deal with it.
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: lepetitfromage on 12 Sep 2014, 12:19
This job is crazy
Haikus help me relax
Have three for the price of one!



Incessant phone rings
Chaotic "emergencies"
Weekend countdown now



yelling down the street
press my head against window
it is smooth and warm
Title: Re: Daily Haiku Thread!
Post by: Schmee on 12 Sep 2014, 22:55
Help me, I am trapped
In a haiku factory
Save me, before they
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Post by: Valérie Pickles on 03 Nov 2014, 14:26
Her first time on stage.
A microphone malfunction.
Can you hear me now?
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Post by: jwhouk on 03 Nov 2014, 17:35
First night back to work
Don't want to go back to it
The dread has set in
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Post by: questionablydiscontent on 07 Jan 2015, 11:34
Quote from: Schmee on 12 Sep 2014, 22:55
Help me, I am trapped
In a haiku factory
Save me, before they
Cute, little Randy
Shoot him down! For this bandi-
Coot tastes like candy!

I like to impose
On all my works, even prose
But it is just Poe's

Type of mindlessness
Mayhap an acrostical
Building of pyramids?

Rhymes go on each end,
Words go up and down by one
Letter, sometimes two.