According to Borders, yesterday was “Bad Poetry Day.” On their Twitter feed, they asked for people to send in their bad haiku. And as I have an occasional knack [1] for writing bad poetry, I tossed some submissions their way. (I’ve also included a few responses, indicated by username.)
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Five syllables and
seven syllables and then
HAIKU! … gesundheit
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Who writes a haiku
only to pimp their website
go to gneech.com
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(And since traditional haiku usually is about or at least references nature…)
Rain rain rain rain rain
Rain rain rain rain rain rain rain
Rain rain rain rain rain
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Twittering haikus
there are so many now, that
Oh no! The Fail Whale!
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(Starhound joins in…)
Look there at @the_gneech
Tweeting haikus on the net
He is a bit odd
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(Rebelsheart calls me out on Twitterfail…)
just had to tempt fate
posted prose excessively
@the_gneech broke twitter
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(JadedFox @ed this one my way…)
Start the day with rock
loud drums and guitars wailing
better than coffee!
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(Heatherzundel finishes me off…)
Oh wow – so in love
it’s hard to write bad haikus
rock on tweet fail whale.
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A fun time was had by all. :)
-The Gneech
[1] Not to be confused with an occasional table.
