Poetry Cringe Thread

[ElkinFencer10]

I've been on a haiku-writing kick this week, and I couldn't remember if we already had a thread like this, so I figured I'd make one anyway. POST YOUR (probably cringey af) POEMS HERE PLZ. I'll start with the five I've written this week. The fifth one is a dumb one I wrote about certain people in my life.

Fraudulent facade
A cracked fresco for the world
That which seems is not

Determination
The long hibernation ends
A dormant force stirs

Regeneration
Agonizing revival
Blood flows once again

The pain of the day
Unending monotony
Is there any point?

Inconceivable
Baffling stupidity
How are you alive?

[marurun]

You have done some interesting stuff with the form. But let us not forget that haiku is typically nature-focused. Can you give use some cringe-worthy natural observations?

[ElkinFencer10]

There's no rule that a haiku has to be about nature. My inspirations come mostly from introspection, not nature.

[Ack]

Leaves float on water
leaving such gentle ripples
Elkin, love nature

[marurun]

There's no rule that a haiku has to be about nature. My inspirations come mostly from introspection, not nature.

Traditional haiku typically were about nature or natural observations. Deviations were unusual and not the norm. Modern haiku deviate much more often. So no, there isn't a rule, but there is a tradition.

[Exhuminator]

I can't resist writing shitty poetry!

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watching sunset leaves
or beating video games
ways to waste away

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that first console taste
fleeting past or wild kudzu
the slippery slope

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the mighty oak grey
doesn't recognize forest
pushes buttons still

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like flower from seed
pixels glow in joyful eyes
little hands like yours

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soon it will be cold
forgotten memories die
retro games need you

[Sarge]

I'm terrible at this stuff.

The backlog ever grows
Like weeds in unkept fields
We return to their gathered dust

[marurun]

I'm terrible at this stuff.

The backlog ever grows
Like weeds in unkept fields
We return to their gathered dust

In a very similar vein to yours:

My gaming backlog
Is a lawn that lies unmowed
Unmanageable

[Exhuminator]

fields of toil or play?
backlogs are just piled up work
enjoy library

[alienjesus]

There was a young man who liked games
but his backlog he was unable to tame
Despite all his trying
to curb his game buying
The backlog just grew all the same