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March 4, 2010 9:27 PM

Godzilla Haiku. That is all.
posted by dobie (37 comments total)

I liked #6 best. Godzilla is so misunderstood.
posted by dammitjim at 9:38 PM on March 4, 2010

History shows again and a-
gain and again how nature
points out the follyofman
posted by yhbc at 9:42 PM on March 4, 2010 [4 favorites]

edit?
posted by yhbc at 9:43 PM on March 4, 2010

Yeeees.
posted by Nattie at 9:44 PM on March 4, 2010

I came in here to make a "look at that fucking book deal" joke, but couldn't because I laughed out loud at these. Damn you, godzilla haikus!
posted by missmary6 at 9:44 PM on March 4, 2010

Number 4 is pretty good. Thanks for the post.
posted by Ghidorah at 9:46 PM on March 4, 2010

Eponysterical? (Sorry, I'm new to these things)
posted by KingEdRa at 9:51 PM on March 4, 2010

My favorite is an oldie from the text-files-on-BBS-days:

oh no godzilla
guns and planes cannot stop him
tokyo is ablaze
posted by Malor at 9:55 PM on March 4, 2010 [2 favorites]

Godzilla is Complet...
...ely not macrophilia
on the TV.
posted by Slap*Happy at 10:02 PM on March 4, 2010

Who will kill him first,
Japan Self-Defence Forces
Or Anguirus?
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 10:31 PM on March 4, 2010

Godzilla is loose
but he is not trademark free
fear cease and desist
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 10:46 PM on March 4, 2010 [5 favorites]

Godzilla rampaged
long before Raymond Burr was
clumsily cut in
posted by longsleeves at 10:59 PM on March 4, 2010

A Godzilla '98-inspired tryptych, because Devlin and Emmerich still suck after all these years:

A mighty lizard
laid low by the makers of
Independence Day.

A gorilla-whale
belongs in his native land
not New York City.

Who greenlit that lame
Matthew Broderick movie?
Why Godzilla why?
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:13 PM on March 4, 2010 [3 favorites]

After V-J Day,
Godzilla reclaims Japan's
Long frozen mojo.
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:00 AM on March 5, 2010

Urban planning group
Has a city model out
Add small foam monster?
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:17 AM on March 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

From the depths. Quite high!
Head in the sky! GODZILLA!
(Also God-zooooo-ky)
posted by Rhaomi at 2:08 AM on March 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

No work this Spring day
Gojira destroyed my car
and office building
posted by bwg at 2:49 AM on March 5, 2010 [7 favorites]

Who can stand against
Ebirah, Lobster of Doom?
Godzilla! Mothra!
posted by ZsigE at 5:33 AM on March 5, 2010

"Godzilla haiku-
That is all"- is that the best
you could do with that?
posted by norm at 6:01 AM on March 5, 2010

But Jimmy Page
Would not end up marrying
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.
posted by swift at 6:07 AM on March 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

The Winter of Doom
Giant tracks in the fresh snow
Gojira is loose
posted by bwg at 6:34 AM on March 5, 2010

These remind me of the lungfish level of Psychonauts.

"He's immune to bullets! And love..."
posted by specialagentwebb at 6:42 AM on March 5, 2010

Oh no there goes Tokyo
Go Go Godzilla
Oh no they say he must go

(yes, yhbc beat me to it.)
posted by Cookiebastard at 7:00 AM on March 5, 2010

By the way, mine was a Reverse Haiku, which is a little-known form with a long and rich history of tradition that dates back as far as Metafilter's edit function.)
posted by Cookiebastard at 7:03 AM on March 5, 2010

Godzilla we plead
Only if you have the time
Come and kick our ass
posted by digsrus at 7:19 AM on March 5, 2010

Godzilla 2000 Paraphrased Haiku:

"Why does he save us?"
"Godzilla's in each of us."
Best answer ever.
posted by Monster_Zero at 7:35 AM on March 5, 2010

Why are there no pics
Of 1998's film
Emmerich is sad
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:45 AM on March 5, 2010

The fire inside me
It burns as if hidden rage
Tho' it is sadness
posted by grubi at 7:53 AM on March 5, 2010

This skin stops bullets
These claws can deflect rockets
Not fight depression
posted by grubi at 7:55 AM on March 5, 2010

Beneath the salt waves
The turtle cries alone
No poems about him
posted by gamera at 8:28 AM on March 5, 2010 [11 favorites]

The last one made me well up a bit. I need psychiatric help.
posted by Kloryne at 9:30 AM on March 5, 2010

Red Gargantua
Wonders what's it's like to be
Blue Gargantua
posted by KingEdRa at 10:12 AM on March 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

The flying turtle
was not helped by the small child.
Die, Kenny, Die!
posted by KingEdRa at 10:14 AM on March 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

I remember him
When he was dancing chorus
In the road show "Stomp."
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 12:16 PM on March 5, 2010

The green of his skin
Betrays the green of his heart
Never to find love
posted by Mister_A at 12:41 PM on March 5, 2010

atomic lizard
the rebirth of destruction
a tower laid low
posted by Kafkaesque at 12:44 PM on March 5, 2010

Gojira breathes fire
as I do from wasabi
on all my sushi
posted by bwg at 5:10 AM on March 7, 2010