The THON graveyard shift is a strange time. As you try to stop yourself from slipping into a delusional state, the music playing throughout the Bryce Jordan Center actually makes this terribly hard to do.

What better way to combat this than to craft the perfect THON haikus? If you don’t have an English minor and are unfamiliar with the concept, a haiku is a 17-syllable poem with three lines. Haikus are not a rhyming poem and usually follow a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

Now that you’re familiar with the art of haikus, let’s get to crafting some of the best THON poems.

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Dancers on the floor

No sleeping or sitting ’til

Sunday Afternoon

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The National Act

The Saturday pep rally

And the Final Four

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Sitting on Press Row

We watch the dancers below

Lining up for food

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Doing the Line Dance

Many times in one hour

Woah, that is a lot

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Staring into space

Captivated by letters

Swaying side to side

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Dancing for a cure

For forty-six hours straight

It’s all for the kids

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Orgs go through the stands

Matching shirts, letters, and hats

Looking good there, folks

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Live musical guest

Leaving the building shaking

Early in the morn