Leave it to the funny moms and dads of Twitter to turn even the not-so-pretty side of parenting into something poetic.
In honor of National Poetry Month, we gathered haiku from parents that sum up the lives of toddlers, the messes that kids leave behind and the struggle of not getting enough sleep.
Here are 22 funny haiku about parenting:
No. No. No. No. No.
— Goal Setting Mom (@goalsettingmom) May 21, 2016
No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
No. No. No. No. No.
*My life as a mom, expressed in haiku
Day 129 of 365 Creations. #365creations
— Alice Kwong (@AliceKwongVanDu) March 30, 2017
Haiku!
Parenting, tiring
Adulting, overrated
Imbibing, needed
Postpartum Haiku #29
— Eve Hurwitz (@evehurwitz) October 2, 2016
Laptop and spit-up
Life of a work at home mom
Always one boob out
I'll wear an old shirt.
— Jennifer S. White (@yenniwhite) March 2, 2017
We'll try not to wake the kids.
Netflix awaits us.
"Parents of little kids lovemaking" haiku
Non-stop small people
— Lala (@lalayu) October 24, 2012
Asking for shit they don't need
Grocery store hell #haiku #motherhood
A haiku about my day:
— MyMomologue (@MyMomologue) January 27, 2016
Whine whine whine whine whine.
Whine whine whine whine whine whine whine.
Wine, red and white, both.
Full. Gallon. Of. Milk.
— Erica Castellanos (@itsahaikulife) November 23, 2016
All over the kitchen floor
Slowly. Count. To. Ten. #haiku#parenting#accidentshappen
My girl loves to read.
— Haiku Dad (@haiku_dad) October 14, 2016
She also likes pretending
to fart in my face#StayClassy #SameChildDiffInterests #Parenting #DadLife #haiku
A parenting haiku:
— Unfiltered Mama (@UnfilteredMama) January 28, 2016
I love you my child
But please try to sleep tonight
Or Mommy will die
Parenting: A Haiku
— Valerie (@ValeeGrrl) March 1, 2017
The floor is sticky
Why is the floor so sticky
Fuck. I have to mop
Haiku:
— Honest Toddler (@HonestToddler) May 23, 2013
Games, lights, sounds, buttons
Final Test: Can this toy fly?
Rest in peace, iPhone
Haiku for My Finicky Sons:
— Waka Takahashi Brown (@wakatb) February 29, 2016
It's lucky you're cute
When I make a nice dinner
And you say "ewwwwwww, blech." @HuffPostParents
Now I am a duck.
— Luke Inglis (@ludamillion) April 7, 2017
Because my son says I'm one.
What a thing to be. #haiku #parenting
Sleep. A #Parenting Haiku
— Thomas Horrocks (@thomaslhorrocks) March 12, 2017
Sleep. Wonderful sleep.
It's been more than a year now.
Oh how we miss you.
#parenting #haiku
— The Dad (@Janotherdad) March 4, 2017
Please please please please please
Please please please please please please please
Please oh god, just stop.
Motherhood: a haiku
— Jenny Uebbing (@jkuebbing) November 10, 2015
"Don't squeeze the tummy,
the baby will barf on you.
Ask me how I know."
Eerily quiet
— Becca (@BeckJ1982) December 17, 2016
Something just doesn't feel right
Toddler with sharpie 🖊#haiku #momlife #toddlerlife
Broken dryer, hour 16:
— K. Desjarlais (@TheHauntVault) April 6, 2017
Spring mud, puddles, sand
Don't you dare bike through there, boy
WHAT DID I JUST SAY???#haiku #momlife #laundry
Daughter wants earmuffs.
— Silver Lyons (@silvermoone) December 20, 2016
Mother buys earmuffs for kid.
Earmuffs not on ears. #haiku #parenting #wearthedamnearmuffs
It is time for bed.
— Mike&Em (@MarriedHarried) April 11, 2017
It is time for bed right NOW.
GO TO BED RIGHT NOW! #haiku #kids#NationalPoetryMonth
toddler in the hall
— Cheryl Crockett (@poetatete) January 13, 2016
hiding with some contraband
his cookie crumbles#haiku by Cheryl #2016CEH #poem#childhood https://t.co/ffVxnWJG0b
"No no no no no
— Toni Hammer (@realtonihammer) April 2, 2015
No no no no no no no
No no no no no"
-A haiku from my 2yo#parenting #mommyproblems @HuffPostParents
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