Readers of our brain-focused website (SharpBrains) have contributed a good number of haikus on brain and mind related topics. Below you have my Favorite 10, plus many other fun ones for a total of 25...
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 for extra points...
My Favorite 10 Brain and Mind Haikus
- GTB, the skeptic, says
Haikus are easy/
But sometimes they don't make sense/
Refrigerator
- Techne, the philosopher, wonders:
Solve the big questions:/
How do I know when I know?/
Who knows the knower?
- Millie, the spiritual, suggests:
Playing music feeds/
my soul while reading music/
nurtures my old brain.
- jolovli, the boomer, tries again:
improving function/
smoked too much weed in college/
it's never too late
- Mark shares his experience with our teasers:
I thought I did well/
Then I reviewed my answers/
I am retard
- Steve, the environmentalist, requests:
Neuroplastic good./
Plastic, though lasts forever./
Always recycle!
- Lloyd, the stressed-out, volunteers:
I thought so damn Hard./
My brain built lots of pressure./
I farted out loud.
- anon, always the down-to-earth, shares
the noon hour portends/
a burrito with salsa/
brightening my tongue
- Chuck, Mr. No, says:
This was fun, and no,/
I don't intend to haiku./
Thanks for posting it
- Psalm sees the light:
As my mind expands,/
it grasps new ideas...oh look/
there's something shiny!!
Enjoy the many other good ones:
- Terry says:
New information/
Synthesizing my knowledge/
A forward movement
- Frank says:
Painfully easy/
Significantly harder/
Mental stimulus
- 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
- 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.
Yours , please?
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