SharpBrains

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 most:

(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...).