Literature Haiku

Trapped on an island
These boys discover the joy
Of killing the beast.

Daughters and Mothers
struggle to bridge the chasm
between East and West.

It's Catch Twenty-two.
Insane soldiers can go home;
Asking means you're sane.

Abomination
chased with torches and pitchforks.
What did you do wrong?

Allegoric Farm
Where Communist 'pigs' are more
equal than others

Youthful charm’s maintained
With a portrait that absorbs
His lecherous deeds.

A muggle no more,
discover your heritage.
Welcome to Hogwarts.

Steals a loaf of bread,
Flees the law for 50 years,
Dies a happy man.

Five golden tickets
Four badly behaved children
One winner - Charlie!

The dog knew better.
Your arrogance sealed your fate
human popsicle.

As young Edmund learns,
You should never take sweets from
Strange women in white.

Live only to know
The sound of one hand clapping
And you’ll live in peace.

Even the English,
With their hard facts and black smog,
Nonetheless have souls.

Rabbits flee their homes,
seeking solitude elsewhere.
Where will they find peace?

Bittersweet philter
Rapture bleeds on the sword's edge
for lovers denied

Books are illegal;
Must be dutifully burned.
How can this be true?

Paris wins Helen
one thousand ships launched to Troy
Wooden horse fooled them.

What's harder to bear...
The love she feels inside or
keeping the secret?

Runt pig Wilbur, doomed.
Charlotte spins a magic web--
Guess who gets to live?

I'm sorry Father.
It should not have happened Mom.
I'd rather not see.

Black shiny feathers
Quoth the raven nevermore
That bird won't shut up

Ebeneezer Scrooge
Was visited by three ghosts;
Casper wasn't one.

The yellow brick road
Leads to Emerald City
And your way back home.

The spice, it must flow.
House Harkonnen must fall now.
Muadib, lead us.

Fertilised in tubes,
Mass produced in factories –
A feminist's dream!

Crescent moon shining?
No, it's the smile of a cat
strange place, wonderland.

Macbeth sat pretty
And thought he'd rule forever
Until the trees moved.

To be? Not to be?
Indecisive Prince, unsure...
Yorick is no help.

Romeo and Juliette

Without you I'll die.
I'm not dead, what did you drink?
Oh look a dagger.

Mirror on the wall
I will be fairest of all,
Snow White will Soon fall.

Stalinesque farm tale
Its fat pigs live like fat cats
Play cards with The Man

Young upstart lawyer
takes on big corporation.
Little guy wins big.

Any John Grisham novel ;)

The things they carried
were really quite heavy. But
their souls weighed far more.

Hamlet's passiveness
expressed in fancy words, leaves
a pile of corpses.

Earth, mostly harmless
Blown for Hyper-space bypass
Book says, Don't Panic!

Hobbits found the Ring,
And they took it to Mount Doom,
There it was destroyed.

Isaac Asimov
Gave deus ex machina
A whole new meaning.

Ten long years of war.
Helen's now not that pretty!
Saved by a wood horse.

This silly old bear
Is a faithful companion
In times of trouble.

Made of Velveteen,
The rabbit was a toy. Love
Saw him real to one.

Joad clan leaves their farm
in California they find
woe is hard to flee

He was young until
He left his world behind, then
Peter Pan grew up

The great Jay Gatsby,
When it all was said and done,
Wasn't very great.

Self-made man seeks love.
Riches bring no happiness.
Jazz age tragedy!

Sanctuary is
his goal. But to destroy it
or live past 20?

Gets others to paint
Crashes his own funeral
Escapes from a cave

Wings of wax to fly!
Soaring, masterful escape!
Melt.. Waterey grave.

No ring to rule them
And in the dark to bind them
For Frodo frees all

Dazzled by Nike,
they hauled in the wooden horse,
riding to Hades

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Nike--Greek goddess of victory, this name was shamelessly adopted by a shoe manufacturer.

Hades--the Greek underworld, these days known as New Jersey.

Joe was a mean drunk
And Vera cried out, "Six pins!"
Whose death was deserved?

I won't eat green eggs
nor ham of similar hue
"Sam I Am" am not

Winnie should know not
To eat so much honey that
You can't leave your home!

Charlie bought candy.
A golden ticket was found.
His factory now.

The March family
finds comfort in each other
while civil war roars.

Young Oliver asked
"Please Sir, Can I have some more?"
Then things went down hill.

When faced with the rats
And big brother watching you
There’s no room for love.

Silly hunter’s hat
Wandering around New York
Couldn’t catch himself

Carrie acted strange
"Plug it up!" the girls all screamed
Revenge Carrie had.

One psychotic clown
Some friends had IT in common
Stay out of sewers

D'Arcy is prideful,
and Lizzie is prejudiced.
Think I'll root for Jane ...

ring around a star
millions times Earth's area
but not one starbucks

Grotesque creation,
Cobbled from charnel house parts.
Yearned love got rebuffed.

Frankenstein

Homer authored both
Iliad and Odyssey
But never said "D'oh"!

The Dragon reborn
lives through massive adventures
to rule in the end.

Scarlett sighed, Rhett left
My dear, I don’t give a damn
Tomorrow, Tara

It’s an animal
Paradise until the pigs
Start acting human.

The wardrobe unveiled.
Snow white trees cursed by a Witch.
Our story begins.

James Frey wrote a book
embellishing his exploits
now Oprah is pissed

vogan poetry
something you should never hear
its mental torture

It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times.
Really just the worst...

Lions! Tigers! Bears!?
Silver* Slippers Saves The Day
'Twas A Dream - I Think?

*in the book, the enchanted slippers Dorothy wore, were silver, not ruby. This was changed to show off the film's sophisticated color technology.

Paul is blind, yet Sees
Shai-hulud gives Spice - brings Life
Muad'Dib has come

Add some spice and veg
Then remove the magic stone
Aah - what a great taste

Am I my brother's
keeper? Apparently not,
in Big Brother's mind.

Your friend Ford asks you,
"Ya know where your towel is?"
It must be Thursday.

Evil threatens all.
But with God's... err, Gandalph's aid,
Good guys will prevail.

Frankenstein's monster
Frightened all the villagers,
So they cooked his goose.

Randall Flagg's empire
Gone due to good intentions
Of outcast Trashcan

A black lacquer bird
and Brigid O’Shaughnessy?
Best go back to sleep.

They had to leave, but
Dandelion was not there.
Woundwort approached them...

Earth, man, created.
Apple. Bond broken. Saviour?
Debt paid. Follow me?

Soft little feet tread
Dainty small hands swiftly sew
It's the elves at work

Star Crossed Lovers die.
Shakespeare's famous tragedy
is now a cliche.

That cold, cold wet day
he caused mischief and mayhem -
What fantastic fun!

Harry plays Quidditch,
He finds it enjoyable.
Seeker chasing snitch.

atreides on dune
spice flows and futures revealed,
birth of a worm/god

Salivating shrink
Behind a glass partician
Beholds Southern dish…

Why did she drink it?
I know she likes Starbucks, but...
Cafe Verona?

Five bums throw party.
Doc's out of town; home gets trashed!
Better luck next time.

John Steinbeck's Cannery Row

For those who don't know it this is the shortest chapter summary I could find.

Was the best of times
Was the worst of times, oh no
I am out of time

They went to go fish,
Thought they caught a body, but-
T’was a mannequin!

Gene jostles Finny.
If he wrote 'jostle' once more,
I'd jump off myself.

“**** off, you *** ****
**** **** **** **** and ****ing
*** ****.” said Renton.

Smackings and whackings
on poor tender head as brave
master seeks piggy.

"Whats this Tas?" he said
"its yours but how did it fall
in to my pocket?"