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U.S. States by Haiku

We wrote a haiku / for seventeen U.S. states / can you guess them all?
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First submittedNovember 20, 2020
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Haiku
State
Weather balloon crash / what the government told us / that day in Roswell
New Mexico
On Lake Pontchartrain / lies a city where people / play trombones outside
Louisiana
College marching band / spells our name and dots the i / with a sousaphone
Ohio
Upper and lower / we named our peninsulas / could have done better
Michigan
In the vast expanse / cattle with horns ten feet long / bluebonnet flowers
Texas
Slowly sinking swamp / a pensioner's paradise / zero income tax
Florida
City on a sound / the weather damp and dreary / volcano looms nearby
Washington
Government workers / a high median income / never mind "The Wire"
Maryland
Black Hills full of gold / send in General Custer / to kick out the Sioux
South Dakota
I would like to know / what exactly they research / in that triangle
North Carolina
Laramie Cody / Sheridan Casper Gillette / to name some cities
Wyoming
Rich people can buy / a house on Martha's Vineyard / just like Obama
Massachusetts
A tiny mansion / with the famous Jungle Room / eighty-five dollars
Tennessee
Words that killed the dream / impossible high speed train / "Not in my backyard"
California
A moose wandering / on the New Brunswick border / not afraid of cars
Maine
Sticklers often claim / authentic Bourbon whiskey / only comes from here
Kentucky
A farm in Bethel / four hundred thousand hippies / music festival!
New York
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34 Comments
IsleAuHaulte
+22
Level 92
Nov 20, 2020
I couldn't believe the 70 was referring to the price to get into Graceland, but...

Adult 11 and up $73.00

Youth 5-10 $42.00

Children 4 and Under** FREE

You have to love the obnoxious capital letters they think are enticing you with the generosity that 3-year olds don't have to pay to see rhinestones and shag dens.

Philippelebel
+2
Level 79
Oct 4, 2025
The Tennessee haïku has been beaten by inflation. As of October 2025 the basic adult tour of Graceland costs $84...
vermiciousknid
+9
Level 91
Nov 20, 2020
This state on my mind / home of Carter, Coke, and King / iconic red clay
mf3
+16
Level 90
Nov 20, 2020
Cold cold cold cold / cold cold cold cold cold / cold cold cold cold mosquitos cold.
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 91
Nov 20, 2020
Alaska?
tshalla
+1
Level 79
Dec 20, 2020
North Dakota?
jilbert99
+4
Level 63
Dec 20, 2020
MINNESOTA.
Lemondance
+12
Level 67
Aug 19, 2022
mf3 just invented the 4 / 5 / 8 haiku
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 94
Aug 18, 2022
Good Ol' Georgia
nicolasquiz
+3
Level 68
Nov 20, 2020
Definitely harder than the country haikus, at least for me!
pertristis
+1
Level 75
Nov 20, 2020
Bourbon need not come from Kentucky.
pitzikat
+3
Level 75
Nov 23, 2020
only Jack's friends say that :-)
sambadojazz
+1
Level 55
Dec 21, 2020
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YUL0w5DaNE/WkWDa65IHcI/AAAAAAAACPY/MGalkh1ktXU1ZeSrnvC2Y_PSU_UCVfrrgCLcBGAs/s1600/1941%2BTreasury%2Bletter.jpg
WashingMachine
+4
Level 67
Nov 21, 2020
Love these, so creative! Definitely need more!
GrammarBeane1
+4
Level 82
Nov 22, 2020
can someone explain the North Carolina hint? What do 74% of people know that I don't?
pitzikat
+8
Level 75
Nov 23, 2020
The Research Triangle.
SWATkun
+1
Level 59
Dec 1, 2020
My maternal Aunts researchs in that so called Triangle... Maybe she knows
jmellor13
+9
Level 68
Dec 20, 2020
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill are called the Research Triangle because they house three prominent universities (NC State, Duke, and UNC-Chapel Hill, respectively) that do a lot of research work.
TheBerryLegend
+2
Level 51
Dec 17, 2020
I got only 2 correct I am ashamed especially when I saw the answers
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 74
Dec 20, 2020
"the impossible high speed train" - 8 syllables.
Froststar101
+3
Level 73
Dec 20, 2020
just get rid of "the", easy fix
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 20, 2020
Done
kitshef
+5
Level 88
Dec 20, 2020
Tennessee was last to fall, and to be honest I was just guessing random states at that point. But Dr. Google explained it to me. California, though? What are the words that killed the dream? What is the impossible high-speed train? Why is NIMBY particular to California? Google has not helped on any of those.
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Dec 20, 2020
California proposed building a high speed train between L.A. and San Francisco. But after more than a decade, with huge delays and cost overruns, all they finished was a mostly-useless segment that doesn't reach either city. It is famously impossible to building anything in California due to NIMBYs (not in my backyard) and the more extreme BANANAs (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail

French2010
+3
Level 96
Aug 19, 2022
Enjoy taking this quiz, but still not sure what the "words that killed the dream" refers to.
AbiA
+1
Level 88
Oct 14, 2024
Anyone?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 4, 2026
The words that killed the dream are "not in my backyard".

Note that it's six years later and they've made no meaningful progress but have spent billions more.

NQChien
+1
Level 69
Dec 20, 2020
From a city on a sound. Wonderful work, Quizmaster!
ddddan
+2
Level 85
Dec 20, 2020
A negative tone / Except for Texas I guess / So, intentional?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 4, 2026
Made a nicer one for Ohio!
vmmv22
+2
Level 51
Dec 23, 2020
I live in Seattle and I typed "Seattle" instead of Washington because it was only describing the city. Woops.
FlickerP
+1
Level 79
Aug 18, 2022
So did I and it gave me the answer for some reason
ShayBealer
+1
Level 87
Dec 24, 2020
Brilliant!
PurplesaurusRex
+1
Level 74
May 9, 2026
I’m from Ohio and I had to just guess states in order until I got that one
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