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Musical variations on Basho's
- Furuike ya
kawazy tobikomu
mozu no oto
... a few frog haiku in
different musical styles:
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The Rock 'n' Roll Tragedy Haiku
- Oh Froggy, Oh Frog
With your motor cycle leap
You died in Triumph
The Prog Rock Haiku
- Amphibian flies
From green lilaceous pad
Towards Aqua-dise
The Heavy Metal Haiku
- Rabid deformed frog
Jumps, croaking madly, into
Rancid toxic pond
The Reggae Haiku
- Jah's Frog mun leepin
Leepin hi ya from ma pad
Landin in Jah's pond
The Girl Group Haiku
- Ooo Ooo Ooo Frog Jumps
Yeah Yeah Yeah from the lily
Ooo Ooo to the pond
The Boy Band Haiku
- Frog Jumps Yeah Ooo Ooo
Yeah from the lily Ooo Yeah
To Ooo the pond - Yeah
The Death Metal Haiku
- Grunt grunt grunt grunt FROG
Grunt grunt grunt JUMP grunt grunt grunt
Grunt grunt grunt POND ...
DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!
The Craig David Haiku
- Frog he jump in pond
Will you share my bed, girl
Frog he jump in pond
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Haiku
The Elvis Haiku
- The pond's all shook up -
If you ain't gonna leap frog
Ain't no friend of mine
- Uh huh! Hey! Yeah! You
Ain't nuthin' but an old frog
Splashin' in the pond.
Elvis tanka (or PYO haiku)
- In my mind echoes
Ain't nothing but a sound frog
Lyric or haiku?
Elvis and Basho
Heroes in my mind
The Punk Haiku
- Fuckin' Friggin' Frog
Jumpin' from the soddin' pad
Who gives a shit!
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(Yes, the last line only has four syllables;
it is a Punk Haiku)
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The Captain Beefheart Haiku
- Well! Uh frog he jumped
Uh frog he jumped from uh pad
Int' uh bulbous pond
The Gong/Gilli Smyth Haiku
- The beautiful frog
Flies, flies, flies through the air
And lands with a Splash
The Nico haiku
- The Frog, the frog jumps
Flying endlessly onwards
'Til the water calls
The Shadows Haiku
- Twang twang twang twang twang
Twang twang twang twang twang twang twang
Thank You and Good Night
The Donna Summer Haiku
- Ooooooh! The frog. Ooooooh! Aaaaaaah!
The frog is jumping. Ooooooh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Ooooooh! Ooooooh! Ooooooh! Ooooooh!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...
The Jane Birkin Haiku
- Ooooooh! La Grenouille. Aaaaaah!
La Grenouille. Ooooooh! Saute. Ooooooh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Ooooooh! Ooooooh! Ooooooh! Ooooooh!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...
The Van Halen Haiku
- You might as well Jump
Sittin' on yer lily pad
You might as well Jump
The Blues Haiku
- Woke up dis mornin'
Ma frog jump inta ma pond
Ma frog, he jus jump
The Bob Dylan Haiku
- Why, why do you jump?
Why do you jump from the pad?
Or do they push you?
The Billy Bragg Haiku
- Don't do it. Don't jump.
Don't let 'em make you. Don't jump.
You must not be moved.
The Bjork Haiku
- Splashy splashy splash
Froggy, Wheeeeeeee, leapy leap leap
Uppy down down splash
The (early) Madonna Haiku
- Lick me with your tongue.
Take me to your pad, Froggy
Jump for me. Jump me.
The Al Jolson Haiku
- Froggy Oh Froggy
Ah knows you can do it, Frog
Make that there jump
The Doolie Wilson Haiku
- You must remember...
Fundamental things apply
As frog jumps in pond
The Handel Haiku
- See how the leaping
Fro-o-o-o-oggy falls...
...into the old pond
- Frog splashes in pond
'til the list'ning shores resound
- I hear no trumpets
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See the note in
the appendix
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...by The Beatles
Early Lennon & McCartney:
- A frog yeah yeah yeah
Jumps in a pond yeah yeah yeah
Splash - yeah yeah yeah yeah
Later Lennon & McCartney:
- Eleanor Frogby
Kept in a jar by the door
- Leaps out now and then
Even Later McCartney:
- Splash splash, here's a frog
Jumping in a pond and so
Splash - oh, ho, ho, ho
Late Lennon:
- Sprog frog, eyeless pond
Listen to the coloured splash
Shattering my dream
George Harrison:
- Frog don't disturb me
Splash a million miles away
Too much for my mind
Ringo Starr:
- Hello little frog
Is that a pond to jump in?
Oh, you made a splash!
The Cab Calloway Haiku
- Gonna tell you 'bout
Little Froggy the Jumper
Hi-de-hi-de-hi
The Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator) Haiku 1 (in
despairing mood)
- The Frog sits... and waits...
Before leaping recklessly
Into unknown depths
The Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator) Haiku 2 (in
loquatious mood)
- Verdant amphibian
On Monetesque raft, takes flight
'Neath surface tension
The St Winifred's School Choir Haiku
- Froggy we love you
We love you when you leap, Frog
No one quite like Frog
The Ozzy Osbourne Haiku
- My frog ain't jumpin'
My frog ain't been jumping since
I bit its head off
The Cliff Richard Haiku
- The Frog, God's creature
It leaps, flies like an angel
Landing in God's pond
The Robert Wyatt Haiku
- Go little frog, go
Leap, leap, lip, lap, lou. Go Frog
Land with a big splash
The Gong/Daevid Allen Haiku
- Zog, the pot head frog
He's going to jump. Oh Nooooo!
He's in my tea cup
The Flanders & Swann Haiku
- Frog jumps into a...
Lace-less left-hand leather boot
- Bedstead Men were here
The Wagner Haiku
- Great and Mighty Frog
Enter the mystical pond
Splash into legend!
The Gilbert & Sullivan Haiku
- A frog in a pond
With a splash that resounded
Leapt from the lily...
The Mozart Haiku
- Trial by water -
Leaping into the dark pond
Startled by the flute.
Beethoven Haiku
- The peasants rejoice
After the end of the storm
The pond overflows
- Frog jumps into pond
Silently but one day he
Shall splash in Heaven
- Leap into old pond:
Cacophony of splashes
"Oh Frog, not these sounds..."
The Verdi Haiku
- Glory to the pond!
Rejoice at the lily pad!
Triumphant frogs splash!
The Schubert Haiku
- The old pond splashes
In its wintry solitude -
A sad frog jumps in
The Buddy Holly Haiku
- Froggy Sue - uh-hoo
Oh how my heart yearns for you
Uh-hu-hoo Froggy...
Folk Haiku (so rhyme is allowed?)
- It was a froggy
And his pond went splash one day
In the month of May
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Of course, it is more difficult to encapsulate the
folk ballad in 17 syllables. But here goes...
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- Frog loves his sister
Takes her, tadpoles, and himself
To drown in the pond
The Cajun Haiku
- Bullfrog jumps in swamp
Splashes fast as he can go
Avoiding 'gators
Blues Haiku
- Woke up this morning
Pond was looking kinda blue
Froggy he went splash
The Julie Andrews Haiku
- The Sound of Music
Enlivens hills. Just one frog
- the sound of water
The John Cage Haiku
- Frog jumps in old pond;
the ripples spread outwards, but
- there's no sound at all
...and finally
- C'mon do the frog!
C'mon baby do the frog!
Go round and around
To that old pond sound
C'mon baby do the frog!
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When this was released by Dagna and the Zen Men
it was pointed out it was not quite a haiku - but it still leapt
up the charts...
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frog 
jump 
pond