Actually, none of these are proper Haikus since none mention a season of the year. They are, more properly, called Senryu, which is also a 5,7,5 non-rhyming poetic form but, rather than seasonal, are often satirical or suggest comedic irony. (My thanks to Chie Mitsui [c-mitsui@super.win.or.jp] for pointing this out.) ============================================================================== Haiku #0: Five syllables here Seven syllables this line Five more here: Haiku! ============================================================================== Haiku #1: Lambda Calculus The quintessence of hacking Recursion nature ============================================================================== Haiku #2: Yelping liberals Flaming special interest groups You should all be shot ============================================================================== Haiku #3: Haiku USA Low coup USSR USSR not ============================================================================== Haiku #4: Picard on the bridge Riker, Worf, and Data too Where the hell is Spock? ============================================================================== Haiku #5: Yo! Save the planet For future generations So _they_ can waste it ============================================================================== Haiku #6: Pigs will never fly Chickens will never have lips Androids never fart ============================================================================== Haiku #7: Was mich nicht to:tet Ha:rtet mich ab. Das ist gut. Wollen sie ein bier? ============================================================================== Haiku #8: A keg o' fresh beer John and John and Lenny's place Music and good friends ============================================================================== Haiku #9: Smell the stale spilt beer Kiss the white porcelain god Feel your throbbing brain ============================================================================== Haiku #10: Dr.Seuss rests now He gave us many young smiles He lives in our hearts ============================================================================== Haiku #11: Beings do not _do_ Beings just _be_ in-the-world That's ontology! ==============================================================================