Today Is International Haiku Poetry Day 2023! Every year on April 17th is International Haiku Poetry Day, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. If you're unsure what a haiku is, it is an ancient form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines with the syllable structure “five-seven-five” — although this is contested for being a Western way of teaching the haiku. Japanese haikus also count sounds, not only syllables. They’re also very concise due to their short length.
I thought it would be fun to post a few, so here you go.
If you're a network engineer, sysadmin, or anyone who deals with networks, this one might be funny... or too close to the truth... that I found on nixCraft.
It’s not DNS
There’s no way it’s DNS
It was DNS
Here's one I came across on dev.to by Ian Johnson that did make me laugh a little.
My code fails.
I do not know why.
My code works.
I do not know why.
Those of you who practice the DevOps methodology might enjoy this one from @DevOpsHaiku a few years ago.
Do you ever think:
“I should be a gardener?”
Or am I alone?
Do you have any favorite haikus or have you tried making some via an AI chatbot?