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Video Game Haikus | Poetry for Gamers
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Daily poems about video game characters, creatures, and places.


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"The Expression" (Disco Elysium)

Sadly none flattered
By plastered imitation
Turned rictus prison

#videogames #poetry #haiku #discoelysium #guillaumelemillion
October 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Leda (Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave)

Revenge, ravening
Tune consuming musician/
Audience alike

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fireemblem #fortunesweave
October 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Sirocco (Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave)

Just a simple bard
In the streets, but—baes, beware—
A spy in the sheets

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fireemblem #fortunesweave
October 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Leda (Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave)

Revenge, long lonely
Aria aspires to
Brief, blissful duet

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fireemblem #fortunesweave
October 2, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The Queen (Titanium Court)

Cast off sleep and wake
Into dream—after breakfast
The court goes to war

#videogames #poetry #haiku #titaniumcourt
October 1, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Gilgamesh (Fate/Stay Night)

Stow antiques beneath
Museum glass—can’t compete
With mass production

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fatestaynight #visualnovel
September 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Rin Tohsaka (Fate/Stay Night)

A girl waves goodbye
To her father—last she knew
Not the cost of war

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fatestaynight #visualnovel
September 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Shirou Emiya (Fate/Stay Night)

Practice cannot make
Perfect but can make plenty
Of stubborn progress

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fatestaynight #visualnovel
September 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Saber (Fate/Stay Night)

“For England, Saber?”
“No, Gilgamesh, for me and
This red-haired orphan.”

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fatestaynight #goldeneye
September 27, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Remote Mines (Goldeneye)

Stacked high like deadly
Pancake towers—steer clear or
Become spy syrup

#videogames #poetry #haiku #goldeneye #fps
September 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Godfrey (Elden Ring)

So mad I’mma kill
My lion cape and power
Bomb your tarnished ass

#videogames #poetry #haiku #eldenring
September 25, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Godrick (Elden Ring)

Each limb confesses
Unworthy, craven cosplay
Gold tarnished to gray

#videogames #poetry #haiku #eldenring #godrickthegrafted
September 24, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Ranni (Elden Ring)

Bask lunar princess
In perpetual starlight
All hours witching

#videogames #poetry #haiku #eldenring #rannithewitch
September 23, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Radahn (Elden Ring)

Eat, drink, make merry
Tomorrow our flesh is feast
For ravenous rot

#videogames #poetry #haiku #eldenring #starscourgeradahn
September 22, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Seymour (Final Fantasy X)

Say what you will re:
Tenets of Yevon—at least
They’re not nihilists

#videogames #poetry #haiku #finalfantasyx #ffx #jrpg #thebiglebowski
September 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)

Keep me at your hip
A trusty holster absent
Its favorite gun

#videogames #poetry #haiku #ffx2 #jrpg
September 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Aerith (Final Fantasy VII)

God gifts us flowers
Delighted, we cultivate
And gift back gardens

#videogames #poetry #haiku #finalfantasyvii #ff7 #jrpg
September 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Kirei Kotomine (Fate Stay/Night)

When gladness eludes
Turn to dark pursuits seeking
Zero-sum pleasure

#videogames #poetry #haiku #fatestaynight #visualnovel
September 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The Witness (The Witness)

Patient wisdom wends
A pondering line between
Question and answer

#videogames #poetry #haiku #thewitness #puzzlegame
September 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight)

Ever dig a hole?
Shovel is most a weapon
‘Gainst its wielder’s hands

#videogames #poetry #haiku #shovelknight
September 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Link (Ocarina of Time)

Zelda, I must go
To the Bottom of the Well—
Excuse me, Princess

#videogames #poetry #haiku #legendofzelda #tloz
September 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Mukuro Ikusaba (Danganronpa)

For uniform trade
Sister’s civvies and truly
Suffer for fashion

#videogames #poetry #haiku #danganronpa #visualnovel
September 14, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)

Don’t judge a book by
Its pretty cover, rather
By its poison text

#videogames #poetry #haiku #danganronpa #visualnovel
September 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa)

Unremarkable
Everyman, prove to us luck
Is skill’s reagent

#videogames #poetry #haiku #danganronpa #visualnovel
September 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Aoi Asahina (Danganronpa)

Count on empathy
To confound cynics—goodness
Remains their blindness

#videogames #poetry #haiku #danganronpa #visualnovel
September 11, 2026 at 10:56 PM