Evan Quinlan

Archive for the ‘Haiku’ Category

Just Doing What She Needs

In Haiku on November 7, 2018 at 7:09 pm

Crazy like a bear?
Nope, more like barely crazy;
She just wants to breathe.

The Golem’s Nature

In Haiku on December 17, 2017 at 2:57 pm

Though its limbs are stone
Its will to live is greater
Than the weight of them

Our Condition

In Haiku, Non-Fiction, Poetry on February 8, 2015 at 11:47 am

Snowflakes are unique,

But each journey is the same:

Each returns to Earth.

Cramped

In Haiku, Non-Fiction on July 10, 2012 at 7:11 pm

Louis built Versailles because
the Louvre was “too cramped.”
Too bad coffins are so small.

My Favorite Color

In Haiku on February 7, 2011 at 7:34 pm

When I’m alone, green.
When I look at you, it’s blue
And my lips choose red.

Magic Parking Garage (She Was Right)

In Haiku on January 26, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Park your car inside!
Only thirteen dollars to
Fix all your problems.

Two Shades of Folly

In Haiku, Mysticism on January 11, 2011 at 2:07 pm

Fools are binary:
One loves all things in the world
And one loves nothing.

Evolutionists’ Wonderment

In Haiku on January 3, 2011 at 4:36 pm

Life spilled forth from goo.
A chain of babies stretches
Between it and me.

Haiku are Funny

In Haiku on December 2, 2010 at 3:53 pm

Haiku are funny
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
And easy to write.