/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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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
errand to errand / as wind shutters my cabin / I long to be still
04:48 UTC
Single-minded ban/ misplaced motives of a mod/ subreddit fascist
08:43 UTC
Is this the answer? / Second's floor balcony / Not high enough
16:08 UTC
I’m feeling pain now / Pain that no one understands / This may be goodbye
03:51 UTC
Thoughts eating at me/A parasite in my mind/My veins are burning
01:29 UTC
Hard to say goodbye/ At fifteen your body has failed/ Long before your mind
15:56 UTC
Confidence fading/ faking it makes matters worse/ won’t keep pretending
20:12 UTC
"Sorry, little guy!" / he shouted at the chipmunk / he just ran over
18:56 UTC
Her mind has failed / names and faces forgotten/ her love remains
03:38 UTC
why can’t I just be / busy and in a hurry / like everyone else
19:27 UTC
Regret is entangled / Inside and out with no plans / To unwrap itself
12:04 UTC
We were so happy / He saw this and ruined it / Now I am broken
11:37 UTC
Longing for someone/ so close and so far away/ haunted by kisses
12:06 UTC
The metallic taste / The dreadful feeling of loss / The light goes away
13:53 UTC
Ravenous hunger / Ominous skies darkening / Suspicious options
12:47 UTC
Staring at my screen / So much work to do today / God I hate my job
06:54 UTC
“Only 30 more years.” / I think to myself. “only” 30?!? / Reality. Dread.
14:44 UTC
In winter's dark night / Crows caw their mournful refrain / Sorrow fills the air
16:38 UTC
Positive again / Found something I am good at / I am Covid Man!
08:27 UTC