Just a little distraction from the torturous heatwave we're experiencing. If you don't know what a haiku is, it's a short poem in 3 lines, with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.
Here's mine for today:
Dry smoke stings my eyes, The heat is unbearable, I need a cold beer.
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I made mine rhyme, because I'm a rebel:
Oh, I could go a Paddle Pop. Love them.
That is absolutely beautiful
Step out the front door
An invisible hot wall
Back inside i go
Holy fuck it's hot.
It's so bloody fucken hot.
The heat can get fucked.
Rain is coming down;
Would send it south if I could;
But pickup only.
Awww, thanks for the lovely words and sentiment. (Vic)
Cyclone coming soon,
Husband and son away helping.
Means mum flips the tramp
Gotta flip the tramp
Those things really love to fly
Fill your wheely bins too
A cool evening breeze
Fucking mosquitoes every
Where's the aerogard
Not Aussie related but I think best haiku I've read from Dr John Cooper Clarke
"To freeze the moment, In seventeen syllables, Is very diffic"
Haiku are easy
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
Genius!
Pouring rain and sun
And a tree fell on my car
That’s summer so far
On the patio,
The humidity we breath,
'Tis Australia
Ten points.
Holy fuck it's hot
Spontaneous combustion
Awaits me outside
Car AC broken
Felt like a pizza oven
And now I am cooked
Nice 😊
Thank you very much
Kindest of Reddit users
For your compliment :)
Awww, it’s beauty cos it’s funny and an experience we all get. I hope you’re staying hydrated after being cooked like a pizza in your car! 🍕🚗
So true! I do need to get it regassed, though. I certainly did! Even drank double to make sure that I didn’t sabotage myself by running dry. Worked wonders :)
Zoopa doopas gone. Do I turn on the aircon? Expensive as hell.
Fuckin hell it's hot
Let's hit the beach for a swim
Then sink some cold ones
Hot desert wind blows
Ahh breeze from Antarctica
Nope still frickin hot
Red belly outside
Stealth move into our fish pond
R I P frog-eeeee!
Perth is a dry heat. The Seabreeze brings some relief. Cricket on the TV.
I'm up the top end awaiting a cyclone but I wanna play too.
Boss told me stay home,
The dickhead then called me in,
He can suck my dick.
Lol 😂
Water pipe has burst
No water until Monday
Shower in a can
Fuck it’s hot today
Can’t be fucked working too hard
Sweat drips down my balls
A modern Keats.
it's so lovely now
can't see the low approaching
to drown and flood us
Since it flipped so suddenly and completely in central Vic:
Wet cold in the bones, next day dust lifts with each step, thirst replaces breath.
garden needs tending
5am start in undies
I also need beer
Get out early yeah
Leave out water for wildlife
Shower beers are best
Did that yesterday
The water for birds thing
It evaporated
https://www.bunnings.com.au/yates-500mm-terracotta-tuscan-round-plastic-saucer_p3000124
These are 9 litres, same as a standard watering can, birds go nuts in them, just the right depth. I've got a couple near some water loving plants in shade, its easy to replace the water every couple of days.
Aircon hums, sweat stains Sound of dog panting non stop Cicadas roar on
Heat stealing my breath.
On my way out the door but,
"Fuck it's hot out here."
It's a sunny day.
Invite your landlord over.
Then lock them inside.
Warm and golden Sun, A paradise by the sea, Summer has come home
Blast furnace air burns Australian summer blisters Skin fried like bacon
Outside feels like hell
Sweating from every crevice
Turn on the damn fan.
High humidity—
a drop of sweat
slides into my coke
Great losses from smoke.
Horses, paddocks, orchards, hope.
Fuck the rhyme, just rain.
Sitting on reddit
See that Australia's hot
I hope yall survive
The heat comes sideways
And not from the cloudy sky
Summer: hell's season
Sun blazes fiercely, Barbie dreams melt on the deck— Sweat drips, plans on hold.
Fuck, it's hot today
You're telling me, sure is hot
Fucking Hot today.
Stuck inside all day,
Working on a computer.
Air conditioning.
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5-7-5 isn't necessary for haiku in english. Overall count should be 17 though (context: widely published haijin)
It’s forty degrees
AC you’re my only hope
Please don’t fail me now
It is fucking hot
Sweating when I pop a squat
This shit is the worst.
It is hot as hell
coolest summer evermore
time is running out.
Good waves this morning Hot sun and açai bowl Some guy soaks Gaelic
You never perspired The breeze won't move our little bell A tear rolls down my face
Let us talk of hell
Of the bare soles of a man
Grilled medium well
House is very hot,
We packed up and went to beach,
Oh no so traffic!
My AC won't work;
Now, one solution remains:
Refrigerator.
Heat rolls beads of sweat - Dew gathers in the valley - Gods, my ass is wet.
Lol had to look up what a syllable is
Well that sure is an
indictment of the Aussie
school system today
uh you did?
A syllable is a metal disk you can hit with a drum stick or another syllable to make a noise
This is beautiful.
Next line, seven syllables.
Then it's a haiku.
Summers here it’s fucking hot
Beaches packed and the ocean cool
Slip slop slap bloody fool.
First line has seven
The second line, it has eight
Your last line, has six?
He's 6 beers in, leave him alone!
He should’ve looked up what a syllable was first
Damn it's hot today I love a sunburned country Shit is on fire yo
Firebug loose
Cops have his number
Can't stop the bugger
It was always hot There is nothing special about now Harden the fuck up