Saturdays are usually the days I do random stupid things to keep myself entertained. This makes them a lot like all other days.
Today’s randomness is inspired by Carrie Rubin’s post where she shared her husband’s rhyming haikus with us. I refuse to generate original blog topics, so I decided to come up with some haikus of my own.
Haikus are a form of short poetry in Japan. Here’s a detailed Wiki article on haikus. If your attention to detail is as good as mine, all you got from that is that haikus usually have 17 syllables, which are structured in a 5-7-5 pattern. Best of all: no rhyming necessary!
Below I have tried to repackage age-old wisdom from popular proverbs into catchy haiku form. As a special bonus, all comments on this post will be answered with haikus. Yes, my goal is to make sure you hate me when this is all over.
1.
“There are times you win
There are also times you lose”
– Captain Obvious
2.
If you get a horse
Stop staring into its mouth
You freaking pervert!
3.
Keep your friends nearby
Enemies even more so…
…easier to stab.
4.
One single picture
Equals to a thousand words
Be a writer – paint.
5.
Every road you take
Apparently leads to Rome.
Poor infrastructure.
6.
If you stay silent
They say it’s a lot like gold
Shut up and get rich!
7.
Some claim that money
Is making our world go round.
Did they learn Physics?
8.
Never judge a book
By looking at its cover
Screw your lies, Kindle!
9.
Water’s density
Is lower than that of blood
Scientific fact.
10.
He who talks too much
Mostly speaks utter nonsense.
Hippopotamus!
Nest Expressed 
In your brain’s nest
inspiration and belief
laying wisdom eggs.
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hahahahahahaha
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Laughter? Excellent!
That’s what this is all about.
Hilariousness!
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Those were all very solid!
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It takes a proverb
To write some solid haikus
Youngman Brown says so
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Wow, those were great! I wish I could comment with a haiku, but my brain is not agreeable to cooperating tonight. So all you get is this boring comment, instead.
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To write a haiku
Is to hope for good comments
They are not boring
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Like my post on words
All used seven at a time
This is quite clever
Wg
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Haikus are quite good
At making people sound smart
Just for counting sounds
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They are all quite good
Though five is my favorite
Keep up the great work.
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I like it myself
I’m rather hilarious
Very humble too
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Haiku’s are catchy
When you use them properly
Fantastic job here!
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On that I agree
Appreciate your comment
Have a great weekend
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Haha Loved this post. My favorite ones are #5,7,8. Looks like you’ve put a lot of thoughts to this, Daniel 🙂 I don’t think I’d be good at Haiku but I am sure to enjoy any future Haikus by you, that is if you plan to continue 😉
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More haiku blog posts?
Think I have nothing to do?
You know me so well…
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Something went wrong and I wasn’t able to log in xD And yes to more haiku posts!
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I have to say… until I read this post I didn’t really see a point to haikus! Thank you, Daniel.
@raeme67 I agree – no.2 is the best one 🙂
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Glad to change your mind
And show you some haiku points.
Wait, that sounds dodgy!
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Interesting Haiku’s. I wrote a similar piece about proverbs awhile back..hmmm…
I like number 2 the best.
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Glad you’ve enjoyed it
I’ll have to check out your post
So how is it called?
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It is called Mixed up Proverbs and it is in the August archives. I will plug it on Twitter.
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I love it! You make my Thursday Haiku Madness look even crappier! Thanks to Carrie Rubin for tweeting this.
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Wow, someone actually read one of my tweets. There’s one more thing I can cross of my bucket list…
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Oh god, sorry it had to be someone as lame as me. Maybe you should keep it on the list for a while.
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You’re not lame, you’re fame!
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Happy you liked it
Thanks for stopping by the blog
New readers welcome!
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Without any doubt
Best damn blog Haiku ever
Thank you Daniel Nest
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Also meant to say
Thank you much for the mention
Plugs make me happy
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It is my pleasure
Your post has inspired me
Thank you for tweeting
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Thanks for the comment
But one syllable too much
OCD. Sorry!
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Hmm, where’s the extra syllable, Mr. OCD? I can’t find it.
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The big question is
Whether “Daniel” has two
Or three syllables?
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Daniel is my brother’s name, too. And I only give him two syllables. If I gave him three, he would have one more than me, and that’s just not fair.
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That explains it all
Syllables are tricky things
Your brother’s name = great!
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This has nothing to do with anything and is not remotely interesting, but I too, have a brother named Daniel.
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That’s just uncanny
How many Daniel’s are there?
Must investigate.
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At least 3.
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Okay, now this is starting to get weird in a supernatural sort of way.
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Spooky! 😉
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