What is a lifeku?

A lifeku is a haiku about daily life. For those who are unfamiliar with haiku, it is a form of Japanese poetry usually about nature, "profound," and formatted in 3 lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables. Feel free to check out some famous haikus if you still don't get it.

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Thursday, October 16

Cute guy on the couch
Women might go out with you
If you took showers

Wednesday, October 15

Family sedan
With all the bumper stickers
Your kids are ugly

Tuesday, October 14

Invasive lady
Pressing all up against me
You smell like cat pee

Monday, October 13

Offensive breath man
Did something die in your mouth?
Have this stale Mento

Friday, October 10

Stripper on the pole
How much for a dance?
I’ve got a dollar

Thursday, October 9

Italian guy
Across the courtyard from me
Why are you naked?

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Please no foul language and no racist jokes. Even you Jerry.

Wednesday, October 8

Hysterical girl
It’s okay if he leaves you
Show some self control

Tuesday, October 7

Teenage girl driving
Stop putting on your lip gloss
Before you kill me

Monday, October 6

Slow Volvo waiting
Could you move any slower?
The light is green now

Sunday, October 5


Fat guy with ice cream
You should put the cone down now
Before you explode

Famous Real Haikus

If the concept of the lifeku is totally lost on you, perhaps you should have a look at these haikus from famous Japanese poets.Keep in mind that they do have the correct number of syllables, in Japanese. I personally can't read them without laughing:

Basho Matsuo:

The old pond;
A frog jumps in -
The sound of the water.

Natsume Soseki:


Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.

Kobayashi Issa:

A sign of blessing
The snow on the quilt
From the Pure Land

Friday, October 3

The following is an ACTUAL MESSAGE received by a woman on Match.com. The sender of the following message mysteriously deleted his profile before she could tell him that he basically seemed mentally handicapped.

"hello Im Jaime I have 38 years old , I have 2 children do not live with me I work in costco department dely,Ilive in front royal I look for a good woman whom it respects and it wants to go out ahead and like the children if these interested write"

Now it's time for the Lifeku you knew was coming:

Jaime the retard
Front Royal Costco dely?
You should kill yourself

Thursday, October 2


Neighbor, I hate you
Why are your flowers dying?
Yes, I peed on them.

Wednesday, October 1

Don't you ever want
To just vomit on someone
Right in mid-sentence?

Tuesday, September 30

Sometimes, lifekus really don't need introductions. This is one of those times:

I didn’t ask you
For your lame opinion
Stop talking to me

Monday, September 29

It's time to present my first two part Lifeku, inspired by singles in a technology driven modern world:

Match.com stalker
Refrain from contacting me
We have never met

Won’t leave me alone
You should have hid your email
Newsletter signup

Sunday, September 28, Part 2


Boyfriend, drunk and loud
Comes home with wasted friends, late
Will sleep on sofa

Sunday, September 28

Online pharmacy
I need not your Viagra
Let my inbox go

Saturday, September 27

This one's dedicated to every single one of you walking around looking like you're having a conversation with yourself:


Hey suit over there
With a blue tooth stuck to your
Face, you look stupid

UPDATE: I'm not the only one who thinks you're stupid. Check out this post over at Indexed to see a diagram.

Friday, September 26


Extra large tourist
Kindly remove your backpack
From my face now please

Thursday, September 25

Little dog yelping
It doesn’t make me love you
When you act like that

Wednesday, September 24

Woman in my space
The line does not move faster
Just because you push

Tuesday, September 23

Mid-life crisis guy
That car does not make you hot
Stop hitting on me

Monday, September 22

Lady next to me
I don't care about your life
I'm glad I'm not you

Sunday, September 21


Homeless guy in front
Of my house, you smell like pee
Here take twenty cents

Saturday, September 20

Hello camel toe
You wear your jeans far too tight
See how they ride up?

Friday, September 19, #2

You, gaudy woman
Put on way too much perfume
I'm suffocating

Friday, September 19

Customer service
Why do I call you for help?
When you are useless

Thursday, September 18

Why is it that some people just flat out refuse to even attempt to control their obnoxious children? As if I'm supposed to automatically find your kid cute and therefore sympathize, which I don't and won't. If kids are too overwhelming for you, maybe you should think about that before attempting to take them to places like pool halls.

Little girl crying
You are far too close to me
Please move away now

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