Okay, one more round. While the vast majority of the haikus couldn't get past the election (which, well, we never will), a few other subjects came up, including the annual check-in from Hong Kong and, wait, sports? Enjoy the final dose of haiku:
From Tasha in NC:
The Fuck-ry
Black women stare now
At fools who won’t vote with sense
The fuck-ry cometh
From Earl in Nashville:
So much depended
On electing Kamala--
Damn those white chickens
From Mary in Minnesota:
Reality Bites
Vikings’ year at last?
Until they choke down the stretch.
Tale as old as time.
From AlContraire in Shawnee, KS:
Dumpster Ire
Dead child in the trash
Couldn’t afford to feed it
Then why was it born?
From Chris in HK:
Hong Kong's 45 Jailed Democrats
The law said they could
Xi JinPing said they couldn't
Guess who fucking won
From Jack in a deep red section of a blue state:
A Lesson On Consequences
This ain't Passover,
Trump voters are not exempt;
ALL will feel this pain
From Kristina in Holland, PA:
Jimmy Carter died
He was very old
but why not someone shitty
I won't name instead?
From QSantiago on Planet Earth
2024 DONE!
Fuck off, ‘24!
We will never be the same
Trump and Musk did it
And from me:
Sad Billionaire
Being rich doesn't
Make you happy. Elon proves
Losers are losers.
If We Had Listened to Jimmy Carter
Everyone laughed
At White House solar panels
As the world burned down.
Big, huge thanks to everyone who sent in your haikus this year. I read every single one of them, even if they sucked (and very few did). Let's kick this bullshit year out of the bed at last. Who knows what kind of lover the next year will be? I'm guessing rough and barbed, without a safe word. But we can do this, everyone. We can fucking tell them we won't be beaten down.
