Haiku day, for those outside of the US.
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Apple Macintosh
Windows Computer XP
Use them to have fun!
posted by jimmy at 7:50 AM on July 5, 2005


Don't forget metaiku for metagoodness.
posted by Rothko at 7:52 AM on July 5, 2005


You have forgoten
the final line should be
about the weather.
posted by delmoi at 7:53 AM on July 5, 2005


metaiku is great!
I didn't know about it
thanks for the pointer!
posted by soplerfo at 7:54 AM on July 5, 2005


You guys are all wrong.
The month should always come first.
Warm and sunny here!
posted by Plutor at 7:56 AM on July 5, 2005


July is quite apt:
Stifling haiku format suits
our sultry weather.
posted by MrMoonPie at 8:04 AM on July 5, 2005


I find that haiku
is not as easy as it
seems at first glance. Damn.

(Oh, yeah, weather.)

With a shiver in
my bones, just thinking about the
weather -- N. Merchant.
posted by eriko at 8:05 AM on July 5, 2005


Shut up, foreigners!
Who the hell do you think you
are, huh? mathowie?
posted by goatdog at 8:05 AM on July 5, 2005


all ten directions
of the universe are as
a single bright pearl
posted by modernerd at 8:06 AM on July 5, 2005


The word "haiku"
is Japanese, and as such
has three syllables.
posted by Faint of Butt at 8:12 AM on July 5, 2005


hyperlink mashup death
context obscured meaningless
jumbles of links tire

restrict your links to
a single destination
my interest blossoms
posted by illovich at 8:15 AM on July 5, 2005


Why cling tightly
to five-seven-five?
Approximate.
posted by mediareport at 8:16 AM on July 5, 2005


not for nothing, but
the haiku in fpp
really isn't one
posted by wakko at 8:22 AM on July 5, 2005


wow, I really suck
seven on the first line - guh
I'm so, so sorry...
posted by soplerfo at 8:27 AM on July 5, 2005


Achewood is funny
Good job, jimmy! Fuck Stan Chin!
It is so funny!
posted by kenko at 8:29 AM on July 5, 2005


illovich writes
"restrict your links to
"a single destination
"my interest blossoms"


illvich, a good way

to see multilink Mefi posts:
Get Firefox's Linky
posted by nkyad at 8:32 AM on July 5, 2005


that was cool, heh heh
when we killed that frog, heh heh
it won't croak again

...

Huh, huh, em, huh, em!
Em, em, huh, huh, huh, em, huh!
Huh, huh, huh, em, em.

/b&b.
posted by twiggy at 8:33 AM on July 5, 2005


over there is where
I saw the leprechuan who
told me to burn things

Schizophrenia,
bipolar with psychosis.
But hey, do more lines
posted by modernerd at 8:36 AM on July 5, 2005




Oh so many links,
for Summer contemplation.
My brain, exploded.
posted by caddis at 8:46 AM on July 5, 2005


This is my mouse.
There are other mice like it
but this one is mine.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 8:53 AM on July 5, 2005


Thank you for these few
scattered bits of poetry.
Links in the ether.
posted by WolfDaddy at 8:53 AM on July 5, 2005


Oh the temptation
To make the sensitive howl
Transgressive haiku
posted by Ryvar at 8:58 AM on July 5, 2005


The first line is five,
The second line is seven...
Syllable Nazis.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:00 AM on July 5, 2005


Posted on three lines.
Comments dismissed as Haiku.
Straw poem argument.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:01 AM on July 5, 2005


Why no rape haiku?
They really are teh funny.
What a freaking gyp.
posted by dios at 9:02 AM on July 5, 2005


five seven then five
syllables do haiku make
that's metahaiku
posted by clearlynuts at 9:04 AM on July 5, 2005


achewood, i agree
is the best damn webcomic
all others are crap
posted by wakko at 9:12 AM on July 5, 2005


I muse on quonsar
a solitary storm cloud
his snark drenches posts
posted by orthogonality at 9:17 AM on July 5, 2005


Geek messages here
when technology crashes
a classic still lives
posted by ElvisJesus at 9:20 AM on July 5, 2005


BlackLeotardFront
your first line, "This is my mouse"
lacks a syllable

Perhaps you could say:
"This mouse is my mouse" instead
thus giving five beats
-------------------------------------------------
all day I enter
reports of what crazies do
sometimes it's funny

hallucinations,
auditory command type:
"go outside naked"

forty year old male
found in fetal position
feces ev'rywhere

but I really like
reports of lesbian stuff
don't spare the details
posted by modernerd at 9:24 AM on July 5, 2005


loquacious attempts
bad haiku in english
failing to find zen

seven syllables
haiku is three, not two
stupid gaijin

grammar yakuza
bloom blossoms of bright red pain
blood chrysanthemums
posted by loquacious at 9:28 AM on July 5, 2005


I muse on quonsar
a solitary storm cloud
his snark drenches posts


quonsar predates you
and will remain when you're gone.
Show him due respect.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:34 AM on July 5, 2005


Haiku romance grows
Mefites in doomed thread find love
But all blossoms fall
posted by kenko at 9:36 AM on July 5, 2005


Elvis and Jesus
sure do get around a lot
someone's nick prompts thought
posted by modernerd at 9:37 AM on July 5, 2005


quonsar predates you
and will remain when you're gone.
Show him due respect.


Could our quonsar be
Tom Bombadil in new form?
Mathowie: barrow wight?
posted by kenko at 9:38 AM on July 5, 2005


I can never write
a haiku that is correct
because I always put way too many syllables in the last line
posted by Bort at 9:39 AM on July 5, 2005


Dios can't avoid,
trollish provocation,
even in Haiku.
posted by caddis at 9:47 AM on July 5, 2005


Haiku doesn't have to be 5-7-5 when you're writing in English.

Plus, that rape haiku is fucked up.
posted by kozad at 9:50 AM on July 5, 2005


Pages turn as
student counts leaves.
Spring passes out the window.


Cube dweller reads
blue scroll in summer sky.
Too many metas to work.
posted by Metametadata at 9:53 AM on July 5, 2005


kozad breaks the form
no haiku in english
can be haiku
posted by loquacious at 9:55 AM on July 5, 2005


i wrote a haiku
but it wasn't very good
so i won't share it
posted by Mach5 at 9:57 AM on July 5, 2005


the leaky bucket
finally broke; no moon therein
now holds emptiness

"What is the buddha?"
Why do you ask this question?
There is no buddha.

If you have a staff
I will give it to you; else
I'll take it away

Pompous midget
running nation into ground
too bad Iran's next
posted by modernerd at 9:59 AM on July 5, 2005


Achewood is funny
Good job, jimmy! Fuck Stan Chin!
It is so funny!


Achewood fucking sucks
posted by delmoi at 10:02 AM on July 5, 2005


thefin.jpgYou're just counting syllables!
posted by Capn at 10:04 AM on July 5, 2005


The word "haiku"
...Japanese... three syllables.

Faint of Butt is right.

...writing in English
So what? Without syllables
haiku are nought.
posted by languagehat at 10:05 AM on July 5, 2005


delmoi: i cry foul
Achewood's brilliance is renowned
go back to cathy
posted by o2b at 10:18 AM on July 5, 2005


Bugger. I resolved to do something like this on this day when the last Haiku Day was posted here on the 7th May. And I forgot.

WTF is the idea behind putting the month before the day anyway?
posted by salmacis at 10:30 AM on July 5, 2005


counting syllables
for economy and grace
yields soft, spring concepts.
posted by weston at 10:35 AM on July 5, 2005


if haiku has
three syllables how is it
pronouced properly?
posted by devon at 10:38 AM on July 5, 2005


i never can tell.
should all this be a renga
and if so, is it?
posted by .kobayashi. at 10:42 AM on July 5, 2005


The haiku form is too strict
Break out to explore
Oh shit, now I'm doing it too.

I dare all of you to speak in haiku all day long and double dog dare you to do it without counting syllables on your fingers.
posted by fenriq at 10:43 AM on July 5, 2005


fuck, that's hard to do
I don't think I am able to
unless fingers used
posted by [insert clever name here] at 11:00 AM on July 5, 2005


devon: ha-eye-koo
loquacious: ga-i-jin
is three-parted too

pretty helpdesk girl
just said hello to me now
wish I was less shy
posted by modernerd at 11:02 AM on July 5, 2005


All the Front Page Posts
Should Be In Haiku Form
For At Least One Day
posted by [insert clever name here] at 11:04 AM on July 5, 2005


Jerkcity is great
Consistently trumps achewood
Which is also good
posted by Ryvar at 11:09 AM on July 5, 2005


For those who don't know
Jerkcity is from chat logs
Run through MS Chat
posted by Ryvar at 11:11 AM on July 5, 2005


achewood doesnt need
something made by microsoft
for it to own face
posted by wakko at 11:17 AM on July 5, 2005


every haiku sounds
just like that kid stevie from
malcolm in the mid(dle)
posted by wakko at 11:20 AM on July 5, 2005


Nerds, books, cola, dice
I attack the darkness, yes
cast magic missile

Hail Eris, praise "Bob" Dobbs
I have left my windows down
and it is raining

George Bush did cocaine
he is now the president
war on drugs indeed

remember one time,
we declared that war on drugs,
now you can't get them?

I do not do drugs
because drugs are for losers.
Oh, and presidents.
posted by modernerd at 11:21 AM on July 5, 2005


wakko wins the thread
(though I quite dislike "Malcolm")
that was mad funny
posted by modernerd at 11:23 AM on July 5, 2005


first season was best
really went downhill from there
like "boston public"
posted by wakko at 11:26 AM on July 5, 2005


achewood doesnt need
something made by microsoft
for it to own face


GUU-UYS, JUST STOP IT.
ACHEWOOD GREAT, OTHER COMICS
GOOD TOO. ALL EAT CROW.
posted by jimmy at 11:30 AM on July 5, 2005


ortho did not write
disrespect to the quonsar
fob overreacts
posted by deborah at 11:30 AM on July 5, 2005


Unclench, citizen.
You need not fear the clutches
of dear Karlycurls.
posted by CynicalKnight at 11:31 AM on July 5, 2005


Empty sky
summer beer bottles
one leaf falls to the ground

Haiku is not about counting syllables.
posted by Tlogmer at 11:36 AM on July 5, 2005


kenko: Thanks for linking that thread. I had almost forgotten about that. Ah, youth.
posted by ColdChef at 11:37 AM on July 5, 2005


Squash* my vapo thread
made no sense to some. 9622,
you have ruined me.

Squash is naturally seasonal.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:40 AM on July 5, 2005


If only there were
A blog writing in haiku
Ahh Five Seven Five
posted by MrFancypants at 11:56 AM on July 5, 2005


Haiku within
Palindrome, or palindrome
Within haiku.
posted by ToasT at 12:07 PM on July 5, 2005


ToasT is master. My
thought: "Bad plagiarist." Bad thought!
My master is Toast.
posted by languagehat at 12:20 PM on July 5, 2005


Wasn't haiku day like 2 months ago?

May 7, 2005?
posted by whoshotwho at 12:39 PM on July 5, 2005


Yes, but to some, today is 5 July, 2005
posted by soplerfo at 12:40 PM on July 5, 2005


Pulsing cursor begs
to dance essential wisdom,
but it's time for lunch.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:45 PM on July 5, 2005


obsession
blue, green - rich repast
mind sated
posted by caddis at 1:39 PM on July 5, 2005


haiku, like the wind
(listen here, motherfucker)
blowing out your ass

my last poem fails
for though it's way is common
it's also vulgar

raucous summer birds
where yesterday were fireworks
ripe plums underfoot

posted by al_fresco at 2:02 PM on July 5, 2005


I looking for frog
him name is hopkin green frog
I will find my frog
posted by Sparx at 2:21 PM on July 5, 2005


My favorite, which made the rounds years ago:

"Open your present."
"No, you open your present."
Kaczynski Christmas.

posted by gimonca at 2:34 PM on July 5, 2005


Poetry ruined
by MetaFilter pedants
cherry blossoms weap
posted by me3dia at 2:47 PM on July 5, 2005


me3dia leavs
bait for incautious pedants:
you'll reep what you sow.
posted by kenko at 2:54 PM on July 5, 2005


once again it's on
rockin the sureshot all night
till the break of dawn
posted by analogue at 3:25 PM on July 5, 2005


That shit was funny.
Haiku that includes "asshats"
like twins -- double score.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 3:40 PM on July 5, 2005


Paid five bucks for this?
I keed because I love, yo.
MeFi is my crack.
posted by tristeza at 4:07 PM on July 5, 2005


Haikus are no longer the shits
Too easily written in fits
of awkward reflection...
Now here's misdirection!
Let's talk about pussies and tits!

Five seven five just cannot do,
when you're brain's filled with dark amber brew...
To few words to manage...
My recent brain damage
urges limericks instead on the Blue.

MeFolk, join the Haiku revolt!
Don't leave me hangin' like a dolt.
The meter is easy,
The topics are sleazy,
Once started, you're off like a colt!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:29 PM on July 5, 2005


I got in trouble
for writing haikus at work.
What a bunch of tools.
posted by brundlefly at 7:40 PM on July 5, 2005


The Kaczynski one it is true,
I had not before seen on the Blue.
Now my stomach is sore.
From a hearty guffaw,
Three syllables in Hai-i-ku?
posted by bdave at 8:16 PM on July 5, 2005


How about ROBOT HAIKU?

Cold hard auto-lens,
Focussed on my lady friend,
Now she's robo-girl.
posted by 0bvious at 9:12 PM on July 5, 2005


In English, Haiku
Has two, as in Nihongo
Boyfrendu has more :

Each may use the other
To mutual advantage
With no disrespect.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 9:51 PM on July 5, 2005


Many syllables,
Even more aimless content
Meine schadenfreude
posted by primdehuit at 11:00 PM on July 5, 2005


P wzsnl mg rupkc
Empno k wfppol wrwqlh
Mjowhua o coab osvu
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:02 AM on July 6, 2005


five syllables, then
seven, then five syllables
blah blah fucking blah
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 2:44 PM on July 6, 2005


working on a post
jrun error: damnation!
motivation lost
posted by litlnemo at 3:04 PM on July 6, 2005


litlnemo writes
"motivation lost." Alas!
No more haiku, then?
posted by MrMoonPie at 10:33 AM on July 15, 2005


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