Brainy Haikus for brain training

Thank you to every­one who has writ­ten so many fun haikus over the sum­mer (fol­low­ing the post Top 25 Brain and Mind Haikus. Yours?). These are the 10 I have enjoyed the haikus brainmost:

(Also, Can you write a haiku describ­ing any­thing cross­ing your mind now? Remem­ber the sim­ple rules: write 3 lines, which don’t need to rhyme, con­tain­ing 5,7, and 5 syl­la­bles. You can leave your haiku as a com­ment below for extra points…)

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Top 10 Brainy Haikus — enjoy!

- Amit:

Love, col­lege, career.
A new world of transitions.
Will I sur­vive? Yes.

- Kathy:

My release technique,
For­give, for­get, love all,
Med­i­tate on that!

- Alan:

Through the microscope,
slice of brain stains pink and blue,
the won­der of thought.

- Justin:

Justin the genieus
Must spell check the word genius
to post this Haiku

- Tim:

writ­ing quick haiku
seems so very difficult
can i pull it off

- Mer­cury:

Seek­ing brain fitness.
Am I haiku-focusing,
or just distracted?

- Kalsang:

My fin­gers tapping,
I chant out five, sev­en, five.
Is this new music?

- LW:

body aching now,
yoga isn’t so easy,
good for you they say?

- Emma:

You think yoga’s bad?
Try Aiki­do my good friend.
Knack­ers your shoulders.

- CJ:

Rain Stormy Boomer
Sew­er Back­ing To My Door
Is Insur­ance Paid?

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In case you want to read more, below you have many more haikus con­tributed dur­ing the year:

- Techne, the philoso­pher, wonders:

Solve the big questions:
How do I know when I know?
Who knows the knower?

 

- Steve, the envi­ron­men­tal­ist, requests:

 

Neu­ro­plas­tic good.
Plas­tic, though lasts forever.
Always recycle!

 

- GTB, the skep­tic, says

 

Haiku’s are easy
But some­times they don’t make sense
Refrigerator

- Mil­lie, spir­i­tu­al, suggests:

 

Play­ing music feeds
my soul while read­ing music
nur­tures my old brain.

- Mark, the opti­mist, reflects:

 

I thought I did well
Then I reviewed my answers
I am retard

 

- jolovli, the boomer, tries again:

 

improv­ing function
smoked too much weed in college
it’s nev­er too late

 

- Lloyd, the stressed-out, volunteers:

 

I thought so damn Hard.
My brain built lots of pressure.
I fart­ed out loud.

 

- Ter­ry says:

 

New infor­ma­tion
Syn­the­siz­ing my knowledge
A for­ward movement

 

- Frank says:

 

Painful­ly easy
Sig­nif­i­cant­ly harder
Men­tal stimulus

- Chuck says:

 

This was fun, and no,
I don’t intend to haiku.
Thanks for post­ing it

- Sarah says:

 

find­ing your teasers
added fun to my morning,
helped wake my brain up

 

- Lor­raine says:

 

teach­ing math is fun
when you find great resources
sharp brains is the place

 

- Psalm says

 

As my mind expands,
it grasps new ideas…oh look
there’s some­thing shiny!!

 

- anon writes

 

the noon hour portends
a bur­ri­to with salsa
bright­en­ing my tongue

 

- Mike says

 

See I think I see
Here now, not so — real­ly real?
Wound­ed, mind leaves me

 

- Lisa

 

new thoughts activate
frontal lobe work hard, harder
no senility

 

- Karen

 

Brain train­ing others
Like watch­ing the Earth open
One thought at a time

 

- Bruce

 

My brain stem works hard,
But the tests are much harder,
Need more grey matter

 

- Alvaro

 

Can per­form better,
Learn­ing, train­ing, and practice
Body, brain and mind

 

- ter­ri

 

strokes take speech away
some­one should find a quick fix
every­one needs to speak

 

- qt

 

Aha, a challenge
for the brain to endeavour
soon­er than later

 

- Sta­cy

 

Brain hurts so badly
Work­ing night shift: not so fun
Need to get some sleep

 

- camper­court

 

It is morn­ing now
The sun rose very early
Good­morn­ing to you

 

- kestrel

 

first white is purple

or it was red I think

now haiku, what next?

 

- Stacey

 

I thought is was fun.
Then it got a lot harder.
Wow i suck at this.

 

- anon

 

oh boy I wonder
will my tee­ny lit­tle ears
still hear loud thunder

of course it is true
the afore­men­tioned thunder
came out of the blue

from the blue you say
I think per­haps you are wrong
but it’s still okay

 

- Steve:

 

Accoun­tan­t’s cull.
Farewell to long-time work-mates.
Too real for haiku!

 

- Gail:

 

Old women gather
Seek­ing change is the power/
Thanks to grandmothers

 

- Robert:

 

My brain is just fried.
I used it too much this week.
I need some Spongebob.

 

- Shel­ley:

 

An infi­nite mind
Expan­sive, con­scious, knowing
Alert and aware

 

- Jet:

 

Haiku to you too
Now is for­ev­er, now is
Now is now to you

 

- Jack:

 

Cool death match: face off
Wer­nick­e’s area and
Bro­ca’s Region.

 

Yours, please?

(Remem­ber the sim­ple rules: write 3 lines, which don’t need to rhyme, con­tain­ing 5, 7, and 5  syl­la­bles. You can leave your haiku as a com­ment below for extra points…)

 

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44 Comments

  1. Carol the courteous on December 17, 2008 at 11:03

    Win­ter Remedy

    Blus­tery, dark,
    cold.
    Log in fireplace,
    soup on stove,
    Book, cat, laptop.
    Yep!



  2. Darren on December 23, 2008 at 8:37

    sit­ting at my desk
    wait­ing for the yule­tide fun
    just one hour to go



  3. Bill on December 23, 2008 at 9:04

    Strange Log­ic:

    I know one plus one,
    since one can’t live forever,
    one must become two.



  4. FemiNina on December 25, 2008 at 10:44

    sis­ter has hit Dee’s
    We know she’s gone from losing
    her soul blows cold-ward



  5. cipher on December 26, 2008 at 2:17

    sit­ting, thinking
    con­tem­plat­ing what
    at a lost 4



  6. Jglauser on January 4, 2009 at 11:30

    time to return
    anoth­er year beginning
    what will hap­pen now?



  7. mindgrep on January 7, 2009 at 2:55

    count­ing syllables
    one two three four five six oops
    sev­en threw count off



  8. Lionel on January 26, 2009 at 5:31

    life, a great journey
    I won­der where I will go
    a destination



  9. scott on February 4, 2009 at 9:14

    man, i am thirsty
    I won­der whats in the fridge?
    ah theres some juice, cool



  10. Carla on February 9, 2009 at 7:41

    Think­ing positive,
    Gen­er­ates nat­ur­al highs,
    Reju­ve­nates brain



  11. Alvaro Fernandez on February 10, 2009 at 8:33

    Thank you everyone,
    for becom­ing so engaged,
    in writ­ing haikus!



  12. Susie on February 28, 2009 at 8:00

    my stu­dents teach me

    oodles more than I teach them

    I am in their debt



  13. Nora Firestone on March 23, 2009 at 6:26

    grat­i­tude fueling

    per­pet­u­al machine for

    fuel­ing gratitude



  14. Cheryl on March 30, 2009 at 4:52

    just found sharp brains site,

    can’t wait to learn, grow and share,

    count bless­ings, give thanks.



  15. NORTANT on May 8, 2009 at 12:18

    I HAVE MUCH TO DO
    WITH SO LITTLE TIME TO SPARE
    PRIORITIZE AGAIN

    IS THERE TIME FOR MY
    PROJECTSTHAT CLUTTER THE BRAIN
    NO…THOUGHTS GROW DIM



  16. Shigeo on May 8, 2009 at 10:20

    Any­thing will do

    As long as you fol­low rules

    to expand your mind



  17. Bon5ire on May 9, 2009 at 8:15

    I have to admit
    I’m not as smart as I thought
    But now there’s a chance



  18. Shano on May 7, 2016 at 1:23

    Oh my brain
    Please stop with that
    Guys are watching!!



  19. Tyl on June 6, 2016 at 3:44

    Dying of boredom
    Dur­ing Ramadan is fun
    To some but not me.



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