Philosophical Haiku

This, for example,

is a self-referential

instance of haiku.

--V. Alan White

Please feel free to contribute your own 5-7-5 syllable poem below. In keeping with the intended theme of this page, we ask that you restrict your subject-matter to philosophical topics and figures as broadly construed in our discipline. In the name of civility, also please avoid being crude for its own sake, and do not use this as a forum for personal vendetta, belittlement of others individually or collectively, or to libel.* If you wish to sign your contribution, do so in the fourth line, as in the above example. Note: please re-read your entry and verify that it is written exactly as you wish it to appear in the list before you hit "Submit". After submission your entry is not editable. Use "Reset" to quickly obliterate ill-conceived work. As the database grows, the poems will appear in dated-order groups of 20; use the buttons below to navigate appropriately. Click here to read a brief explanation of the origins of this page.

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Plato remembers
The Forms his teacher forgot.
Now that's ironic!
--Roger Rigterink

9/25/2006 11:53:25 AM

If Hai, then Haiku.
Hai if and only if ku.
Ku, therefore Haiku!
--Terry Goode

9/25/2006 12:47:29 PM

"Can I tell a lie?"
"Categorically not,"
Says Kant without heart.
--Roger Rigterink

9/26/2006 7:43:32 AM

Russell and Whitehead
Claimed all of math was logic.
Godel proved them wrong!
--Roger Rigterink

9/27/2006 7:17:15 PM

Irked that Berkeley said,
"To be is to be perceived,"
Johnson kicked a rock.
--Roger Rigterink

9/27/2006 7:23:56 PM

Malebranche was asked,
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--Roger Rigterink

9/28/2006 7:33:33 AM

Alfred North Whitehead
processed his reality:
a becoming view.
--V. Alan White

9/28/2006 4:55:24 PM

"Would a tree go 'clunk'
Were it to fall unbeknown?"
"Ask Schrodinger's cat."
--Roger Rigterink

10/3/2006 11:59:55 AM

Saul Kripke authored
Naming and Necessity:
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