Oct 4, 2008
Brainy Haikus for brain training
By: Alvaro Fernandez
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 thunderof course it is true
the aforementioned thunder
came out of the bluefrom 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…).
Dinner devoured
And osso buco consumed
Yet flavours linger
this isn’t a haiku but its funny
There was a young lady whose eyes,
were unique in color and size,
when she opened them wide,
people all turned aside,
and started away in suprise
L
V
Brains need sleep to work
Otherwise they fizzle out
Go to bed early
apothecary
computer light luminosity
now, i heal myself
Psychiatric Nurse,
Talking and medicating,
In search of wholeness.
One must practice
One’s five-finger exercises
Before symphonies.
multitask
you aren’t helping me do well
please stop tempting me
Dare to win in fight
Care to kin in lover’s sight.
using your entire might.
going going gone
they say, use it or lose it
who are they kidding?
yesterday happy
hospital on phone today
yesterday turns grey
No new challenges
Where is all the fun in life
Bring it all on now!
It is exciting,
to write a real haiku,
first time … go.
Daily Show on soon.
Get coffee and buttered toast.
Ready to enjoy!
Computer Haiku
All zeros and
no ones there:
Unintelligent
Wife, mother and me
but how can I be all three?
Love and just believe.
Trying to teach well
students with brains fried on drugs
takes all of my love
I want to enjoy
look at your eyes very well
and then sleep all night
The baby is up
I am so not done with work
Will it ever end?
my workplace anger
my secret spot in the fridge
I choose the cheesecake
reading the haikus
not studying for my defense
want to write one too
Who am i today
Who am I tomorrow dawn
Which will I be now
Silly man I am,
typing– maybe a haiku?
I guess this will do
Reading haiku is
like potato chips
Can’t stop at just one.
Japanese letters,
With their lines this way and that.
What do they all mean?
Sharp brains solving quiz
My mind is not one of them
I will need to focus
Winter Remedy
Blustery, dark,
cold.
Log in fireplace,
soup on stove,
Book, cat, laptop.
Yep!
sitting at my desk
waiting for the yuletide fun
just one hour to go
Strange Logic:
I know one plus one,
since one can’t live forever,
one must become two.
sister has hit Dee’s
We know she’s gone from losing
her soul blows cold-ward
sitting, thinking
contemplating what
at a lost 4
time to return
another year beginning
what will happen now?
counting syllables
one two three four five six oops
seven threw count off
life, a great journey
I wonder where I will go
a destination
man, i am thirsty
I wonder whats in the fridge?
ah theres some juice, cool
Thinking positive,
Generates natural highs,
Rejuvenates brain
Thank you everyone,
for becoming so engaged,
in writing haikus!
my students teach me
oodles more than I teach them
I am in their debt
gratitude fueling
perpetual machine for
fueling gratitude
just found sharp brains site,
can’t wait to learn, grow and share,
count blessings, give thanks.
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
Anything will do
As long as you follow rules
to expand your mind
I have to admit
I’m not as smart as I thought
But now there’s a chance