Modern Haiku

2010-04-29T10:37:00.000-04:00

The Kardashians?
Keeping up is hard to do.
Stick with the Joneses.

2010-04-27T00:11:00.001-04:00

The best thing to be
in sunny Arizona?
Scandinavian!

2010-02-21T01:55:00.000-05:00

I feel that I've come
a long way for somebody
born with no clothes on.

2010-02-11T11:50:00.003-05:00

Matter from lost socks
comes back to our universe
as wire coat hangers.

2010-02-11T11:30:00.001-05:00

With two little boys
comes a new phenomenon.
Stereo howling.

2010-02-02T10:40:00.000-05:00

My first camera,
turned my whole world upside down
on its ground glass screen.

2009-07-19T15:11:00.001-04:00

Roll up debt in a
dung ball and sell it as gold.
What harm could it do?

2009-07-19T14:51:00.002-04:00

Banks suffering the
overpowering stench of
their toxic assets.

2009-07-17T21:45:00.002-04:00

For Nam's painful truth,
tears when you told us Jack died,
Walter, we'll miss you.

In memoriam - Walter Cronkite, 1916 - 2009

2009-07-17T21:41:00.002-04:00

We apologize for the outbreak of awful jokes. We have remedied this problem and we now return to your normal programming.

2009-04-26T23:15:00.001-04:00

Man drowns in muesli
after having been pulled in
by a strong currant.

2009-04-26T23:10:00.001-04:00

Pirate earrings sale
One dollar a piece. Not bad
for a buccaneer.

2009-04-13T23:15:00.002-04:00

Slow down to wave to
those folks on the grassy knoll
What harm could it do?

2009-04-13T22:51:00.000-04:00

You seem tense Brutus
Come give your old pal a hug
What harm could it do?

2009-04-04T12:31:00.001-04:00

Bidding on ebay,
like basketball; all about
the last five minutes

2009-04-03T09:05:00.000-04:00

I see no icebergs!
Just keep it full steam ahead
What harm could it do?

2009-03-26T08:29:00.001-04:00

Turn off the cooling
on reactor four comrades
What harm could it do?

2009-03-26T08:09:00.002-04:00

Let's take a potshot
at the archduke in his car
What harm could it do?

2009-03-26T08:08:00.000-04:00

With a small flush of restrained pride, modernhaiku is happy to unveil a brand new literary idiom - the "What harm could it do? - ku"

2009-03-26T01:05:00.003-04:00

Berliners snickered
as Jack proudly claimed to be
A small jam doughnut

2009-03-26T00:36:00.000-04:00

Microchip sneekers
Uranium Mastercard
Life today; priceless

2009-03-23T00:07:00.003-04:00

Pancakes, waffles, toast,
styrofoam. Mere vehicles
for maple syrup.

2009-03-09T16:55:00.003-04:00

Granite skies have pressed
fields to diamond. Our voices
fracture brittle air

2009-03-08T11:19:00.002-04:00

The clocks changed last night
What year is it? Do I have
A big bushy beard?

2009-03-07T01:18:00.000-05:00

Send men to the moon
And then bring them back safely
Buzz dug that last bit