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sometimes tone is felt
upon deeper reflection
not on the surface

...

I cannot believe
two years have frittered away
haiku thread lied dormant

Rise, haiku thread, rise!
this is the hour of your
next resurrection!

Awake! And arise!
Haiku thread shall be again!
Then slumber once more.

ludi wrote:

Awake! And arise!
Haiku thread shall be again!
Then slumber once more.

like the dead walking
to eat the flesh from our bones
(zombie obsession)

I'm getting married
I have four more days alone
How am I alone?

We are all alone
Even in togetherness
We stand as but one

'Lonely is the world
It's a long way to nowhere
Only road I know'

(Those preceding words
The legendary Dio
Of Black Sabbath fame)

Look into the eyes
Reflections from far away
Join me -- go away!

Stand with no one else
Be like the lone desert shrub
Not the stalk of grass

What is this thread?
I can't understand...
Why three sentences?

Haiku: a poem
Syllables: five, seven, five
In order, three lines

A Japanese art;
To ponder sacred wonder;
Reflect on the world

Evoke thoughtfulness:
Use the haiku to speak here
Find your inner peace

Sci-Fi author John Scalzi (Old Man's War) is hosting a contest on his blog to be a redshirt in the novel he's writing. Entries must be haiku. Details here:

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/01/12/b ... a-contest/

Here's mine (only relevant if you read his rules):

Coherent light stabs
winter is briefly summer
I slump to the floor

Thread necromancy
on occasion discouraged
is sometimes okay.

For FireGryphon
You are now identified
I'm on IRC

Shiny new TV
Sucks up even more hours
Blissful is it, no?

Solomon Grundy
Surely approves of this thread
Brought back from the dead

Time to integrate
Was using GHDL
Need Qsys license

thought that this thread would
be related to BeOS
somewhat let down

Patted and searched
Probed by the TSA
Liked I did not

General Tso's Chicken
Makes my tummy so happy
Wash it down with Coke

bored with crossword games
attention span of goldfish
no puzzles for Christmas please

making beer is fun
boil water add some grains
mash cool ferment wait

trying to lose weight
eating paleo foods now
no carbs. Exercise!

Augusta anew
The green cathedral of golf
Win will not Tiger

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator


(not original, but a classic)

[fixed line 1 ... how embarrassing]

relmerator wrote:

Haikus are fun
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

(not original, but a classic)

Which also is INVALID since the first sentence only contains 4 syllables. A valid first sentence in a haiku, requires by law, 5 syllables, no exceptions! (5-7-5)

The word "Haiku" has 2 syllables, pronounced like HI - KU ... go to this site to hear it for yourself: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haiku

Now. Back to the legit haiku's.

drinking beer is fun
judging beer is tons of work
JBI best run

For Gleek - With your paleo diet, I'm afraid butter is out, but:

It's Indiana,
where Spring means morel mushrooms.
Fry in real butter!

thegleek wrote:

Which also is INVALID since the first sentence only contains 4 syllables. A valid first sentence in a haiku, requires by law, 5 syllables, no exceptions! (5-7-5)

Ugh...user error. Fixed.

Tech Report is neat
Every day browsed in delight
By gerbils and pros.

(Was it correct 5-7-5?)

Arclight wrote:

Tech Report is neat
Every day browsed in delight
By gerbils and pros.

(Was it correct 5-7-5?)

yes. show off!

Lightning pierced black sky
Cold and wet, i shiver now
Alone in the night.


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The sun's gone dim
And the sky turned black, because
She didn't love back.

tech report daily shortbread delight
tr forum's where the gerbil nation unites
what say you gerbils, alright?


(first haiku)

Left_SHifted wrote:

tech report daily shortbread delight
tr forum's where the gerbil nation unites
what say you gerbils, alright?


(first haiku)

So this one has five
and this one is a seven
You can't change the rules!

Left_SHifted wrote:

tech report daily shortbread delight
tr forum's where the gerbil nation unites
what say you gerbils, alright?


(first haiku)

Your first line has nine
Your second even has twelve
Five, seven, five dude!