Haiku Compilation

February 4, 2008 at 12:12 pm · Filed under Just Stuff

I’m working on a new compilation of Haiku poems, written by some of the most eminent poets from British Columbia and South Korea. When I asked these poets to submit a Haiku to my project, a curious theme was strongly evident. It became crystal clear that the compilation was going to become more about the theme than the Haiku itself. Here are some examples.

Wiry hairy forest
Sulphury poison wafts upward
The butt of Mullin

Puckering sphincter
Rumbling emanations
Death comes too slowly

Roses wilt and die
His stench is poison, no lie
See! bird fall from sky

Lives in Summerland
Sweats gets stinky in the sun
Watch for Mullin’s ass

unheavenly body 1:
Why look to the moon?
Oily pimples craters and crack,
huge and full, fat ass.

unheavenly body 2:
earthy outhouse feeder
houseflies buzz about you;
give offerings to the lower gods

  • Holmes

    First time poster, long time reader.
    Love the entries, Doug. Obviously accomplished and probably prize-winning poets. My question: I’m not sure what ‘theme’ you see in the poems. Could you help me out?

  • Mom

    DOUGLAS- this is NOT nice-mom-

  • mullinator

    sort of funny…but way funnier if it was about Dhillon

  • sluggo

    Sorry mom, but I can’t stop free speech. If I were to remove this post, the terrorists will have won.

  • sluggo

    Mullinator, I can’t claim to be an accomplished poet; however, I did try to write a Haiku about Dhillon. Unfortunately the resulting Haiku had a syllable structure of 0, 0, and 0. I’m not sure what this says about Dhillon or myself.

  • mullinator

    Digger,

    I think it says a lot about both of you, however it is really hard to say anything about Dhillon…well anything nice.