Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Poetry: Forms: Haiku and Related Forms: Pseudo Haiku
This category in other languages: - We publish a beer haiku daily. A simple poem each day to celebrate one of life's simple pleasures. Submissions are welcome. - A page of 5-7-5 poems relating to the current (2008) real estate and mortgage crisis. Additional poems welcome. - "A cynical celebration of conspicuous consumption in haiku form." --What they said of themselves. It's accurate. - A surreal, unconventional, and somewhat postmodern exploration of the modern abyss through haiku. - A weekly haiku contest based on photos of Asian Americans in the film world. Read 'em! Write 'em! Win cheap but delightful prizes! In your face fun. - A very old (10 years plus online) repository of pseudo haiku, moderated by Janis. - Scanned images of haiku written in bars (usually on napkins). Fun and funny, with some X-rated, as you might expect from the "Bar Haiku Crowd". - Uses invented names in all its content, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. - Cyberpoetry as from the glib lips of the Global Village Idiot. Bushku use a 3-5-3 syllable form, 'cause 5-7-5 is too darn complexicated, Laura. - Pseudo-haiku about cows. - Witty, insightful take on the day's events in traditional 5-7-5 form. Contains links to story sources, and archives from past days. Submit your own. - Submit dairy-inspired haiku poems, called mooküs. Mookü poems are submitted and displayed on topics such as art, philosophy, love, science, and adventure. - A poetic tribute to the domesticated dog. Not classical, not 'artsy', just apt. Hopefully entertaining. - Haiku page of a British newspaper, featuring its weekly contest for 5-7-5s based on the news. - Yet another rendition of this popular group of 5-7-5s, with a few new ones thrown in. - User-contributed collection, mostly 5-7-5. - If programmers were more into Haiku these are the sort of error messages you might see. (This appears to be the same as the original Salon.com set, see below.) - Haiku Nurse provides an original Haiku every day. Blogged by an Oregon author. - HM automatically generates "haikus" online using HM's patented 575 technology engine. - Humorous haikus, combining ancient Zen wisdom with timeless Jewish noodging. Excerpts from book for sale. - Mostly absurd thoughts about the God of the Universe in loose Senryu and Tanka poetry. Food for thought and discussion. Brief comments on religious extremism, totalitarianism etc. - Aaron Naparstek's attempt to combat urban traffic noise with haiku and promote his book. Includes verses, message board, and notes and links on the urban noise problem. - A poetry weblog featuring traditional and modern haiku by Ian Row of Melbourne and fellow hot crossers from around the world. - Proverb-like guru-ku written by the Wise Shang-ti while meditating high atop McDonald's golden arches. - The Genuine Haiku Generator, powered by JavaScript, creates evocative, meaningful verse (?) using completely random combinations of individual words. Save your favorite haiku online, or send one to a friend. (May be X-rated.) - Irreverent 5-7-5 syllable poetry dedicated to beautiful strangers found on Friendster and other dating sites. - Site marries 5-7-5 doggerel verse to the commercial world in an attempt to combine the ancient form of poetry with the consumer world. Users are invited to spend a moment with products they are researching and think of them in a different way. A sales site, consisting entirely of advertisements.
