Here are some of the Haiku submitted by visitors to our website. Thanks for playing.

One hand claps in this
Gubernatorial race
For free throw airball.
Submitted by: Bart King
Online personals:
After kissing many frogs,
Toast and tea, we are.
Submitted by: Susan, the (not so young) believer
Goodbye my Portland!
My love waits in New Orleans,
but my heart stays here.
Submitted by: Eric Ward
god i hope i win
it would make life worth living
that and fried ice cream
Submitted by: Gideon Freudmann
First Date at Live Wire!
Now Married and Still in Love
Next Date...Free Live Wire! ???
Submitted by: Lisa G.
blue fish telling tails
of scrupulous fisherman
they laugh at there lies
Submitted by: theresa gatley
How many times have
I written Haiku at Live
Wire shows and lost out?
Submitted by: Kelly Adams
it's saturday night
You should listen to live wire
there's nothing better
Submitted by: janie
I adore LiveWire!
Some people call me "stalker"
but nothing's proven.
Submitted by: stephanie spencer
doing the laundry
check the pockets and cuffs
socks fluffy when done
Submitted by: ultrapeg
Joking, singing, talk
Satire, laughter and music
We love radio
Submitted by: Scrantz Lersch (pronounced Lersh)
Our new home sweet home
The Alberta Theater
Like a phoenix rose
Submitted by: Rand Star
silently waiting
for Livewire to delight us
someone passed loud gas
Submitted by: Wally Walsh
Live Wire! brings me joy
Kinda like Flavor of Love
But sanitary
Submitted by: stephanie spencer
world wide web...really?
just breathe...laugh...dance...hearts connect
interwoven, strong.
Submitted by: fifty-something on-line dating survivor
Grandeur, timing, FUN
Zealously hit those high notes
YEAH! bring down the house!
Submitted by: Lyn Palmer
Chevrona lights up
Every corner of my brain,
Nerve cells tap my feet.
Submitted by: Pat from Cape Cod
Bluegrass players think
if Hamlet had a banjo
maybe less violence
Submitted by: Emily P.
The cheeze constipates
Coffee brings moving bowels
This Life is complete.
Submitted by: Superhappy Funnball
dark, damp and dreary
oh this rain i do despair
please sun shine on me
Submitted by: Mindy Novesky
Nourishment is good
I think we have enough now
Portland skies need sun
Submitted by: Sarah Byars




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