#bad haiku

[mad-swag-fag]

March 13

Horrible aching

Chronic pain and a fever

I don’t deserve this

[ilovefreedelahoya]

@yourfavvvintj

This is for my fanfic

I am serious

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, please

Please, I just can’t stop

Spiderwebs of veins

I know they might be scary

But you still love me?

I’m not ready to

Move on from these weird feelings

So I can’t help it

Unknown feelings are

The leaves. Falling to water

And they drift away.

I wish my blood could

Wish it could drift away too

I am so sorry

Leaves and water, please

Wipe and wash it all away

This pain, these feelings

I’m not ready to

Move on from this life just yet

Even if it hurts

Leaves on still water

Someone has to be the wind

So they drift away

[dissonancey]

Time is erasing

your footsteps on my canvas—

like you walked away.

#HAIKU

[chronic-poet]

is it platonic

or romantic; i cannot

decrypt attraction

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2/14/25 - “attraction”

[memories-of-ancients]

Frozen blueberries

A product of Canada

Fingers are purple

[chucklingpecan]

A haiku for dogs

dining on maggoty snacks

shitting on sidewalks

[jacknimble]

Toilet paper roll,

Brown, barren, spinning empty.

How long til I'm dry?

[probablyundercooked]

It was a routine -

I ask, you reply; when I didn't,

We were forgotten.

[derangedbutfun]

A Bad Haiku

Curse you, cottage cheese Your cheesy deliciousness Is my undoing

[superstablepoisonseller]

Greatness does not come

You come, like the dawn of day

Dirty little perv

[thisismytwocents]

Satudary lunch time-

Some tuna toss with parsley,

And rice noods to chow.

[mad-swag-fag]

December 31

I can’t with romance

It’s unbelievably gross

But still everywhere

[s3znl-gr3znl]

If you think about it

The number nine is just a cock

and ball in undies

[jacknimble]

God knows that I tried.

I gave everything I had,

And it still fell short.

Writing Prompt #2537

"But...but I love you. You know that!"

"I know that you always say that. But guess what? You never make me feel like it! And that's a major part of it!"

[demaparbat-hp]

In your Spitfire AU between Azula gaslight gatekeep girlboss attitude and Lu Ten II big puppy eyes they’re unstoppable duo

Woe betide those who stand in their way to greatness (aka Zuzu).

[anotherlibrocubicularist]

So, from TC to everything TOA, everyone expresses their distaste for Apollester's haikus. I believe that they don't actually hate on the technical execution (he's usually adhering to the form pretty well, unless you take into account that haikus are usually nature-themed in some way, but there's such a thing called artistic freedom, so it shouldn't factor in that much). Most people not liking his haikus don't have that knowledge on the technicalities of it anyway.

But any haiku, even the very first one in TC, was just Apollo "going through the motions". It seemed as if he did it because he felt like he had to, like it was expected of him as the god of poetry (and I can understand this, as there are soo many mentions of him being tied to the sun in the pjo!verse, and just as many of him being the god of archery, but not as many about poetry, so of course he wants to remind people). It's performative, and not in a good way.

Art is always best if it's coming straight from the heart. And any time Apollo does perform something heartfelt (like he did about Daphne and Hyacinthus and Jason), it is well-received.

In my opinion, Apollo's journey as Lester Papadopoulos isn't just about changing his character's personality, it's also about him redeveloping appreciation for art and its ability to put your emotions on display in any way, shape or form you desire.

Quick disclaimer: I've read the reblogs (and loved them, first time someone reblogged my posts and adding their own thoughts, so yay 🥰), and I just want to clarify that my post was never meant to say that I think Apollo's haikus suck, I just wanted to get to the bottom of why they're not well-received by the in!verse characters.