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20 Haikus that only Generation X will understand

Stylized Generation X on pink and blue background

While Generation X is mostly ignored and forgotten in the wider world, we have unique experiences that connect us to each other.

Here are 20 haikus that only Generation X will understand.  Some are cynical, some are funny, but all are guaranteed to bring on the nostalgia.

What is a haiku? It’s a simple poem with a specific structure – 1st line, 5 syllables / 2nd line, 7 syllables / 3rd line, 5 syllables. It can be about anything and usually does not rhyme.

Do you have a Gen X haiku to add? Share it in the comments!

Pacman chomping on white dots
Image by Eric Perlin from Pixabay
Bet you think we hate
To be neglected. Ignored.
But, it's Nirvana.

Generation X,
The Forgotten Middle Child.
Good. Don't look at me.
We were latchkey kids,
But you all ignore us still?
Reality Bites.


Z called me Karen.
Whatevs. They don't know what a 
Riot Girl looks like.
A wall of homemade mixed tapes with hand written label designs
Image by Mikes-Photography from Pixabay
Getting older now.
Should stop to smell the roses.
Smells like teen spirit.
Ads! Jobs! Votes! All for
Boomers! Zooms! Millennials!
Don't mind me, I'm good.

They call you slacker.
Who cares? Just keep haulin' ass.
How Gen X of you.
Frosted Mini-Wheats,
Captain Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Trix,
Lucky Charms. Got milk?

an x-ray of a hand with the middle finger extended
Image from Comfreak from Pixabay
Gen X shakes their heads.
You would be cynical, too.
Question: Where's the beef?
Boomer versus X:
"I've fallen. I can't get up."
"Leave me here to die."
Back in the X days,
Our favorite cereal
was what Mikey likes.
We are used to it.
Hit hardest financially.
This ain't Melrose Place.
1980s style computers side by side

The grass is greener
on the other side of what?
Over Boomer Bridge.
I express myself
the same way for most all things.
With just one word. LAME.
X has some advice
for Boomers, zoomers, and Gen Y.
Don't have a cow, man.
One question plagues me:
Why bring so many clothes on
a three-hour tour?
Close up on a pair of denim pants with the wearer pulling the pocket inside out to indicate it is empty.
My childhood trauma
is best understood with this:
We had Betamax.
You can't be sure a
song is good until Weird Al
takes a crack at it.
Happy childhood is
Saturday morning cartoons
and Fruity Pebbles.
A true Gen X-er
meets your smiling face and quips,
"Gag me with a spoon."

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