/r/MyDarkHaiku
For the expression of your dark haiku..embrace your misery here and write a haiku for release.
The Art of Haiku.
Haiku are 17 syllables and traditionally structured 5 - 7 - 5
Rules
The haiku you want to post must be in the title of your post. One haiku per post.
Refrain from using harsh and unnecessarily foul language when making a haiku. Profanity is auto removed.
If you're posting someone else's haiku, please credit the original poet in the comments
No self-promotion, political themes, or religious themes.
X-rated haikus belong on /r/XRatedHaiku, we prefer keeping /r/haiku SFW.
Removal of posts is entirely at the discretion of moderators
Posts that are complaints may render you temporarily banned, PM the mods for discussion.
Recommended reading:
Richard Wright - Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon
Jack Kerouac - Book of Haikus
/r/MyDarkHaiku
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Pulsating with fear / Deep gashes on my body / Scream for their own breath
06:58 UTC
Put me in my place/ they are so afraid of us/ we can’t be trusted
05:21 UTC
autumn’s fog descends / the black dog’s slumber disturbed / tiredness without end
14:04 UTC
Voices in my head / I lie on the floor sobbing / It eats me alive
21:52 UTC
lonely wanderers / drifting among faceless names / longing to connect
02:11 UTC
Alone, abandoned / Suffocating apathy / Your withdrawal scathes
04:11 UTC
A lifeless breath, strained / My soul's exhaust spiraling / Withered, frail, broken
05:44 UTC
A sea of faces/I am the masked one drifting/Someday I will drown
21:42 UTC
God, she’s beautiful/peel her pretty skin away/the monsters slither
21:38 UTC
The grog in my veins / A fuel to ignite my rage / Life left me hanging
this is fiction btw
01:55 UTC
Sipping dark whiskey / More and more I drown myself / Seeking sweet reprieve
01:49 UTC
Slowly, it came forth/like a snail to a garden/ready to consume.
23:32 UTC
Sword glittering white / A smile gleams in moonlight / Heartbeats fall silent
21:23 UTC
Cheated death at birth / Traversed through the bleak darkness / Only needed hope
22:22 UTC
Unable to live/Regret refuses my will/The battle for hope
00:02 UTC
A heavy hand falls / Firefly light is snuffed out / The cruelty of one
15:29 UTC
Dust in collapsed lungs / I can hear them digging now / The flies will greet them
12:58 UTC
Ink dries lost for words / each verse remains imperfect / accept: so be it
11:27 UTC
Crumpled paper balls/notebook keeps getting thinner/still can’t find the words.
05:19 UTC
I survived your lies / Your trauma, is not my own / Yes, I forgive you
02:01 UTC
Torture silently / Hopeless victim stares onward / Slow dehydration
05:09 UTC
Dehumanized prey / Severed opposable thumbs / Twisted torturer
*note: I doubled checked, "opposable" is a word, however reddit's spellcheck disagrees.
13:19 UTC
The kitchen sink drips / Throat raw with unspoken words / Something snaps, I scream
02:40 UTC
This dewy morning / A resounding quietus- / For a blissful rest
23:19 UTC
inexpressible / no depictions do justice / the desire to die
19:14 UTC
Old flames reignite/ scrap heap of recycled hearts/ stapled together
17:32 UTC
No one asks for help / Mental health stigma is real / shh, just stay quiet
23:17 UTC
Solitude's allure / A place where every mistake / Can be all your own
21:01 UTC
Playing pretend love / Precious moments of deceit / Pissing away time
20:37 UTC
Love through Ethnic bonds / Superficial families / Black is the sheep's coat
04:51 UTC