CHAikuOS

friday, september 27

meta haiku jokes
were once funnier than hell.
now...eh, not so much.
posted by adam altman 5:05 PM

exercising mouths,
over again, not walking,
but talking the dog.
posted by adam altman 9:19 AM

some haiku seem to
convey great length in few words.
this one, though, does not.
one trick is to give
each word in the poem just one
beat. that will do it.
Conversely, suppose
multisyllabic statements
convey brevity.
technically complex
stanzas accelerate one's
perception of time.
posted by David DuBois 2:26 AM

thursday, september 26

poetry of mine
appears here on occasion.
have you seen any?
posted by David DuBois 6:48 PM

I can't wait until
we can stop writing haiku
about september
posted by David DuBois 6:45 PM

haiku hiatus
late september drenched in light
winds cool sun-warmed skin
posted by David DuBois 6:44 PM

wednesday, september 25

drilled into this skull
a hole, and found inside there
a desperate note...
"the pressure too much, my only escape
the easiest way out of this head."
imagine the noise,
the vibration and the pain
in that single act
posted by adam altman 11:44 AM

tuesday, september 24

how slow the month goes
when counting the days -- each day
writing these haiku.
posted by adam altman 2:34 PM

and summer faded
without warning to crisp days;
fighting for the sheets
posted by adam altman 2:31 PM

monday, september 23

radiator hiss
and bubble distract too soon.
it's just september
posted by adam altman 3:23 PM

20 hour days
have taken their toll on my
collaborator
posted by adam altman 3:22 PM

friday, september 20

i'm permanently
indisposed, unable to
come to the phone now.
posted by adam altman 10:28 AM

tuesday, september 17

if it's not one thing
it's usually bound to be
another.
posted by adam altman 8:43 AM

thursday, september 12

rounding corner past
window, expecting sunlight.
no sun, trees. just fog.
posted by David DuBois 2:10 PM

lone cloud hovering
solo flight across the sky
the rest, deepest blue
posted by adam altman 12:55 PM

wednesday, september 11

prolific bastard
just trying to show me up
with sheer quantitiy
posted by adam altman 4:43 PM

They only made us
stronger? That doesn't preclude
them from having won.
posted by David DuBois 4:09 PM

it is possible
that no one has ever heard
this poem read aloud
posted by David DuBois 3:43 PM

Inappropriate.
I forgot introductions.
I'm the new author.
posted by David DuBois 3:32 PM

the sky to the north
is as beautiful as if
it never happened
posted by adam altman 1:43 PM

you will never see
'poetic sterility'
in lines one or three
posted by David DuBois 1:37 PM

new haiku author
fear him, love him, adore him
but not more than me.
posted by adam altman 12:29 PM

on nine-eleven
this haiku will do so much
to heal the nation
posted by adam altman 10:43 AM

this haiku contains
no shots of airplanes crashing
into tall buildings.
posted by adam altman 9:00 AM

tuesday, september 10

wet concrete -- a smell
that makes me feel that my teeth
are scraping the ground.
posted by adam altman 9:23 PM

you might be thinking --
then again, probably not.
you don't seem the type.
posted by adam altman 2:32 PM

of all the haiku
written about tragedy
this one is the best
posted by adam altman 11:33 AM

This haiku about
September eleventh is
a little better.
posted by adam altman 10:19 AM

monday, september 9

this haiku will be
known as the best september
eleventh haiku.
posted by adam altman 4:04 PM

friday, september 6

breathing in air
meant for nostalgia's sake
through scent, sent back
posted by adam altman 3:57 PM

thursday, september 5

wasn't too scary
wasn't too interesting
the signs make no sense
posted by adam altman 11:49 AM

wednesday, september 4

each of us contends
that he (or she) was the one
to make the first move.
posted by adam altman 10:16 AM

tuesday, september 3

not even flying
one month as in a moment
time has been no time
posted by adam altman 10:46 AM

mosquito fly home,
i'm sick of the west nile jokes
that you carry with.
posted by adam altman 10:40 AM