Haiku

HAIKU

on hullu poro
Helsingin kaduilla.
jahtaa jääkarhu.

Translation:
A crazy reindeer's
on the streets of Helsinki.
Polar bear hunts him.

Notes:
line 1. Hullu poro, the Crazy Reindeer, is an après ski bar in Lapland.
line 2. Reindeer do not roam the streets of Helsinki.
line 3. There are no polar bears in Finland.

Hyvä


Kiitos paljon!

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line 2. Reindeer do not roam the streets of Helsinki.
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No, but those bastards are all over the roads in northern Finland and are tamed to almost domestication.
These ignorant beasts will casually stroll down the middle of the highway and no amount of honking will persuade them to take a few steps to right.

However, man are they good eating. Mmm... smoked reindeer pizza.

line 2. Reindeer do not roam the streets of Helsinki.

No, but those bastards are all over the roads in northern Finland and are tamed to almost domestication.
These ignorant beasts will casually stroll down the middle of the highway and no amount of honking will persuade them to take a few steps to right.

However, man are they good eating. Mmm... smoked reindeer pizza.

Autonko alle jäänyt eläin? / Roadkill?

you people are wrinkling my brain.
where'd all the finnish or icelandic or scandawhatwhoovian come from?

you people are wrinkling my brain.
where'd all the finnish or icelandic or scandawhatwhoovian come from?

Well, some of us are or have relatives and or spouses who are Finnish.

you people are wrinkling my brain.
where'd all the finnish or icelandic or scandawhatwhoovian come from?

Well, some of us are or have relatives and or spouses who are Finnish.

I am none of the above, just a starry-eyed philologist wandering the library rows. I hope it doesn't sound as if we are having a private conversation. Fenno-Darwinists, please make sure to translate the lingo!

Kippis / cheers !

you people are wrinkling my brain.
where'd all the finnish or icelandic or scandawhatwhoovian come from?

Well, some of us are or have relatives and or spouses who are Finnish.

Michael Barone: In 2010 Sweep, Even the Finns Voted Republican
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl ... 08060.html
Good work with your relatives and/or spouses. The letters of commendation will be placed in your personnel files.

In the bamboo grove
burning bright golden eyes shine
as the tiger waits

I have been Finnished for a long time, but only after I was Greeced and Polished.

In the bamboo grove
burning bright golden eyes shine
as the tiger waits

on golden pond a
dragonfly alights on reeds
iridescence wings

Calypso

wrote a good haiku
lost long ago on F R
I cannot find it

wrote a good haiku
lost long ago on F R
I cannot find it

Haikus are only
Momentary distraction
From meaningful work

wrote a good haiku
lost long ago on F R
I cannot find it

Haikus are only
Momentary distraction
From meaningful work

it was a good one
an ode to copper-eyed cat
purring on my chest

wrote a good haiku
lost long ago on F R
I cannot find it

Haikus are only
Momentary distraction
From meaningful work

it was a good one
an ode to copper-eyed cat
purring on my chest

I remember him
Not someone I really knew
But that you loved him

wrote a good haiku
lost long ago on F R
I cannot find it

Haikus are only
Momentary distraction
From meaningful work

it was a good one
an ode to copper-eyed cat
purring on my chest

I remember him
Not someone I really knew
But that you loved him

the cat is not he
who I gave peace with my knife --
but his successor

When wings are walking
They fill the air with music
That only eyes hear

it was a good one
an ode to copper-eyed cat
purring on my chest

His satisfaction --
My heart in syncopation --
He hums the music

you people are wrinkling my brain.
where'd all the finnish or icelandic or scandawhatwhoovian come from?

Well, some of us are or have relatives and or spouses who are Finnish.

Michael Barone: In 2010 Sweep, Even the Finns Voted Republican
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl ... 08060.html
Good work with your relatives and/or spouses. The letters of commendation will be placed in your personnel files.

Yup, we're smart that way.

Soft the dream unfolds
as the reeds dance in the wind
and the owl calls low

black velvet the night
draping the cloak of warmth over
two lovers hiding

I see you driving
Downtown with the girl I love
And I'm like, haiku.

I left the lid up;
she took a midnight butt bath;
it's my turn to cry.

The Tango is not
Music, but instead it is
A way of living.

First five syllables
Then seven, then write five more
Blah, blah, fucking blah

Worker bees can leave
Even drones can fly away
The queen is their slave

(thank you unnamed narrator in Fight Club)

When I looked that one up to find the exact wording I found a site that generates fight club haikus!

His balls are ice cold!
Where did you go, Psycho-Boy?
Single-serving friends.

What is wrong with you?
That was three times you promised.
I found something new.

Tonight? We make soap.
We need this place. We need it.
I make and sell soap..

You are not your job.
Losing all hope was freedom.
I am Jack's cold sweat.