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Top “Tax Day” Haiku Poems

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

Vintage cash register top tax day haiku

Best Tax Day Haiku Poems!

You may have noticed the title doesn’t say Top 10 Tax Day Haiku Poems, as we normally would do. This is because we are trying to avoid detection under the tax code, which would require that we return the marginal tax rate of 39.6% of those poems to the federal government. In any case, enjoy this little collection of tax day poems that compounded itself in the comment box in one of our haiku posts. Track your expenses right, and you may be able to take a little deduction at the end.

In order of appearance (and form number)*:
How to Write a Form Poem-A Guided Tour of 10 Fabulous Forms-poetry writing book
1040

snow falls after tax day
grass, tulips, violets plot
green spring will win

—Laura Lynn Brown

1040A

after tax day, hopes
for a windfall morning
snow green violets

—L.L. Barkat

1040EZ

tax day on delay
too busy–can’t find papers
interest is mounting

—Sandra Heska King

1040ES

so many texting
woes on April seventeenth
tax texts are taxing

—Richard Maxson

Schedule A

alligator sprawls
snout slimed with pond scum–stillness
just a coverup.

—Sandra Heska King

This little alligator haiku was tax-exempt, but inspired a further tax poem from Maureen:

close your purse — no tax
on alligator hides till
spring mating’s over

—Maureen Doallas
 

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Schedule B

Tax day grey sky
cold wind cold cash
sharp edges everywhere

—Mary Augusta Thomas

Schedule C

two fingers marching
onto my plate for french fries
(this is the mommy tax)

—Donna Falcone

Schedule D

rocking chairs on grass
money flying out the door
caution: yellow taped

—Sandra Heska King

Schedule E

well taxed to the max
contemplating taxes — late
too taxing — take nap.

—Sandra Heska King

Schedule SE

Tax day here and gone
Dependable annuals
Awaken; spring sings.

—Karyn

*The “Form Numbers” are our addition to the tax haiku picture. None of the haiku have actual titles. But they may contain happy reading returns.

Try It: Tax Day Haiku

Add your woes or windfalls to our tax day haiku collection. Just drop your haiku in the comment box below!

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I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel is Adjustments.
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About Will Willingham

I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel is Adjustments.

Comments

  1. Sandra Heska King says

    April 25, 2018 at 11:36 am

    This was so much fun! Thanks for including my haiku in this round-up. Coming up with the titles must have been a taxing endeavor. 😉

    Reply
  2. Maureen says

    April 25, 2018 at 12:06 pm

    Clever presentation; fun posts from everyone. Thanks!

    I might tweet a couple of these to the IRS.

    Reply
  3. Laura Lynn Brown says

    April 25, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    You’re so funny. I like the matching of haiku and tax form. Great photo also. And the way the thread grew spontaneously was pure Tweetspeak.

    Reply
  4. Donna says

    April 27, 2018 at 4:31 am

    This is so much fun!

    Reply
  5. Megan Willome says

    April 29, 2018 at 4:31 pm

    This right here is why I love Tweetspeak!

    Reply
  6. Gemma Warwick says

    April 17, 2023 at 1:07 pm

    at H&R Block
    numbers swim before my eyes
    I don’t know my name

    Reply
    • L.L. Barkat says

      April 18, 2023 at 1:12 pm

      Oooo. Exactly that. Perfect capture (in a little haiku block. 🙂 )

      Reply
  7. Sharmen Oswald says

    April 17, 2023 at 9:11 pm

    W2 spoke to me
    You need more deductions
    Sorry, it’s too late

    Reply
    • L.L. Barkat says

      April 18, 2023 at 1:11 pm

      Oops. Oh dear. Oh, haiku.

      Reply
  8. Jessica Swafford says

    April 18, 2023 at 4:51 am

    numbers, penalties
    deductions, and dependents:
    so very taxing

    Reply
    • L.L. Barkat says

      April 18, 2023 at 1:11 pm

      Jessica, I love this! Puns are always so fun. 🙂

      Reply
  9. Megan Willome says

    April 18, 2023 at 5:19 pm

    It’s almost midnight
    by anyone’s accounting–
    You are almost done

    Reply

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