NOTE FROM LARRY:

A Web site displays a periodic table of
elementary haiku: http://tinyurl.com/avp7b

The Top 9 Haikus of
the Elements (Part 1)

9> Chlorine in the pool Peculiar taste in my mouth But better than piss

8> Life as we know it Is based mostly on carbon Even when dead, Jim

7> Who can pronounce it, Molybdenum is like it, Platypus of names

6> Uranium — name Like Uranus, yet anal Jokes not write themselves

5> First you preserve them, Next stuff them in a coffin, Then you Barium

4> Yesterweek, I’m not Half of what I used to be. Being Radon sucks

3> Hydrogen so light, Filling zepp’lins so massive. Bright flameballs to see

2> Why is K all wet? Phosphorus took its P first. Poor Potassium

and the Number 1 Haiku of the Elements…

1> Lead plays basketball Better than Jordan. On fish Line, always sinks hook

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Credits:

Selected from 53 submissions from 11 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 1
D. Joseph Creighton, Winnipeg, MB — 2, 8
Matthew Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 3, 7
Gideon Griebenow, Potchefstroom, S. Africa — 4
Kobus Myburgh, Vanderbijlpark, S. Africa — 5
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 6, 9
Larry Baum, Hong Kong — List Moderator