i'm sure it all means something haiku

The universe is
human shaped: With teeth and nails
and malignancies.

I misheard the lyric haiku

This big blue zero,
a hallowed and hollow ground,
floating in the dark.

Pre-emptive Strike Haiku

What if this war we
fight is not a war? Are our
weapons virtuous?

Preschool Dreams Haiku

the grass is on fire:
the grass around the playground.
dead grass ablaze, child.

One Syllable Short Of Haiku

I wouldn't want to
be a part of any love
that would have me.

An Egyptian Digital Legacy Haiku

"Death, here we come. We
are not afraid of you, but
you of us." -Facebook

Leap Day Haiku

and that's one small step
for man; one giant leap for
Mankind (the wrestler).

Plagiarism

To stroke my narcissism, I was just searching the Internet for this blog when I came upon this yahoo question: Can your write me a haiku about quantum physics? The reply? The one chosen as best answer? It is remarkably similar to this blog post. And by similar, I mean plagiarized. And yes, I did just link to my own blog on my own blog. But as if stealing my brilliance wasn't enough, the nameless person who stole my poem followed it up with, "its not that good...sorry."

 

In my mind, this unnamed plagiarizer had three options when s/he came across this request for quantum physics haiku:

1. Make up a haiku
2. Find a good haiku on the Internet and pretend like you wrote it
3. Nothing.

Here's my question for Yahoo! brand Questions: Why would someone steal a haiku s/he thinks is bad and claim it as his/her own?

Maybe someone can copy and paste an answer for me.

Local Haiku

In the room's still heat

old women discuss a fu-

ture that is not theirs.

Congrats on Life Haiku

Yelling through your blue
tooth with your car window down
in a parking lot.

Quantum Physics Haiku

in the parallel
mirrors of the barber shop
i see myself as

infinite

After a long day Haiku

I wrapped a poem
around my beer, and I called
it my haikoozie.

this blog is fiction, this principle haiku

minor concussion
due to a direct hit by
a taco salad

Thanks for making my day, Spike Lee Haiku

humanity be-
low Sewer Pipe geysering--
10 ft. high. Risen.

Painted New Daily Haiku

The sky driving home--
Sunmelt oozes through clouds like
grilled cheese goop dripping.

Six Good Albums of 2008 Haiku

WHY?-Alopecia
Over-listened to
in '08, so Anna says
to turn it off now.

A Silver Mt. Zion-13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
One million died to
make whining sound powerful
again. (Nice haircut.)

Kanye West-808s and Heartbreak
Every morning, I
wake up and make a Robo
Cop sound effect: Vreeet.

The Streets-Everything Is Borrowed
Philosophy and
ecology tips from a
Limey drug dealer.

High Places-s/t
I never realized
Indian people looked like
hipsters from Brooklyn

Sun Kil Moon-April
If Mark would turn the
vocals down and the solos
up, it would slay me.

Set Down Hike...ooo

Alive today, like
blue/gold electricity
and high school football.

Why I Don't Like Standards Haiku

Forced into straight lines,
it's easy to imagine
the desire to break.

Mousetrap, Mouse's Perspective Haiku

Chain-linked space, Swinging
trap door, Metal plate trigger,
Feast of bagel chips.

OMG 4REAL? Haiku

Morning sunlight seeps
through blue bamboo, bringing me
my daily sickness.