Topic: Daily Haiku Thread! (Read 14026 times)

Masterpiece · « **on:** 26 Aug 2013, 07:31 »

edit:

just do whatever you want in this thread. Haiku are appreciated though.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #1 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.

Stybar · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 08:17 »

Shining in my mind
My thoughts are overflowing
Time to get them out

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3 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...

celticgeek · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 09:16 »

The lightning at night
Strikes the mind without warning
Creativity

ankhtahr · « **Reply #5 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 09:16 »

Ink flowing from a pen
Tip scratching over paper
Giving life to thoughts

Zingoleb · « **Reply #6 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

Masterpiece · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 10:14 »

It'd be quite nice
if you read the thread rules first
before posting here.

Patrick · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 12:49 »

I am often stuck
On how to be inventive
Smoke weed every day

mtmerrick · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 18:24 »

A good friend told me
Green's not a creative color.
That's sure news to me.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #10 on:** 09 Sep 2013, 11:24 »

You're just not thinking creatively

The dishes are done
There's nothing to do today
Time now to relax

Barmymoo · « **Reply #11 on:** 09 Sep 2013, 13:28 »

I just ran five miles
It's much less fun in winter
Need a warmer top

questionablydiscontent · « **Reply #12 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)

Masterpiece · « **Reply #13 on:** 09 Sep 2013, 15:18 »

A lack of voters
and a will to carry on
resignation tunes.

jwhouk · « **Reply #14 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!

Carl-E · « **Reply #15 on:** 09 Sep 2013, 20:18 »

I've taught for so long
I do it without thinking,
which does not bode well.

SageJiraiya · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 Sep 2013, 01:48 »

Penis, are we friends?
Do you feel lonely as well?
My hand bothers you.

Akima · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 Sep 2013, 02:27 »

Hot winds from the North,
After a long winter drought.
Red sky in the West.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 Sep 2013, 03:16 »

A change of thread rules:
just do what you really want
post random haiku.

Patrick · « **Reply #19 on:** 10 Sep 2013, 10:59 »

I fucked your mother,
Your pretty sisters and wife,
Even your bloodhound

Carl-E · « **Reply #20 on:** 10 Sep 2013, 13:42 »

I'm not sure I care,
but for your own protection,
keep it in your pants.

Patrick · « **Reply #21 on:** 10 Sep 2013, 14:03 »

I am amused by
How you care more about me
Than your family

questionablydiscontent · « **Reply #22 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!)

Carl-E · « **Reply #23 on:** 10 Sep 2013, 21:46 »

Not too well hidden.
An oldie but a goodie,
very nicely done.

Loki · « **Reply #24 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 02:14 »

Welcome, new person!
You elevate art to art,
while I still need help.

Patrick · « **Reply #25 on:** 15 Sep 2013, 10:55 »

the difference between
9/11 and a cow
they stop milking cows

Masterpiece · « **Reply #26 on:** 15 Sep 2013, 15:08 »

That 911
was part of my long nickname
misunderstanding

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #27 on:** 16 Sep 2013, 11:30 »

Butts butts butts butts butts,
Butts butts butts butts butts butts, butts?
Butts! Butts butts butts, butts.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #28 on:** 16 Sep 2013, 11:36 »

Thomas Edison
The Oatmeal describes him best
A douchebag (no offense)

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #29 on:** 16 Sep 2013, 12:04 »

Turning twenty eight
might be regressing this year
needed some crayons

Barmymoo · « **Reply #30 on:** 16 Sep 2013, 14:36 »

Thanks for reminding -
I need to take some
to uni tomoz

SageJiraiya · « **Reply #31 on:** 16 Sep 2013, 20:08 »

Now, what do I do?
Future, why must you haunt me?
Past, why betray me?

questionablydiscontent · « **Reply #32 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.

Snake-Bit Pete · « **Reply #33 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 09:21 »

Ponder the Snake
Such a useful metaphor
A nasty bugger!

Patrick · « **Reply #34 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 12:20 »

What happened to this?
I loved the clever haikus
(what's the plural form?)

pwhodges · « **Reply #35 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!

Masterpiece · « **Reply #36 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.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #37 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 20:26 »

Plus one for all your
Most likely drunken haiku skills.
Very poetic.

cesium133 · « **Reply #38 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.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #39 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.

cesium133 · « **Reply #40 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 09:51 »

I will play Tetris.
Oh good, a long piece falling
But please don't fall there.

questionablydiscontent · « **Reply #41 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

Akima · « **Reply #42 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.

pwhodges · « **Reply #43 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.

ReDeath · « **Reply #44 on:** 27 Nov 2013, 06:26 »

Holiday looms soon,
Presenteeism abound,
No work will be done.

cesium133 · « **Reply #45 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.

Thrillho · « **Reply #46 on:** 27 Nov 2013, 07:30 »

Oh sweet Masterpiece,
You started this lovely thread
And then disappeared.

Patrick · « **Reply #47 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

Thrillho · « **Reply #48 on:** 12 Dec 2013, 03:00 »

Been meaning to post this in here forever!

Masterpiece · « **Reply #49 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...

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