I’m copying this back over here, to make sure no haiku-lover misses it.
Of course the associated non-haikus were pretty cool too:
@karl_lew I have a Mara-inspired urge to edit you last line, tho if ‘twit’ is pronounced in you dialect with 2 syllables ‘t-wit’ I’m completely out of court and apologise immediately.
This nonsensical verse,
dare I disperse?
Or abide with mute wit,
and still be a twit.
Of course
MN96:8.3: …They refrain from using speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical…
And now - for one time only - I can like my own post: on the ground that its substantive content is all quoted from others.