Anyone for Haikus? by EmmaRigby

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Anyone for Haikus?

POSTED BY: EMMARIGBY
UPDATED: Thursday, May 4, 2006 10:16
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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 11:01 AM

Since I've had so much fun on the Lymeric thread I thought I'd be brave and pluck up the courage to start my own thread.

Anyone ever played with haikus?
Structure:
* 3 Lines
* Lines 1,2,3 have 5,7,5 syllables respectively.
* Unrhymed
(This restriction is not absolute, but should not be violated without good reason.)

Origins:
It is of Japanese origin. A Haiku is short poem of a keenly observed moment
that pertains to nature or human nature. The original purpose of these limitations was to force the author to distill his or her verse to its most essential elements. The reader, in turn, uses his or her own imagination to gain a deeper insight into the subject of the haiku.

Example:
The engines shimmer
Lighting another escape
Off into the black

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 11:08 AM

GEE

Only ever tried once although it is at the start of a book I'm trying to write but in the spirit of sharing:

Red water drops fast

Rusting flesh creaks alone

Metal fades to dust

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 12:09 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

I'll give it a go, but mmmmmm don't know if my brain is haiku worthy!

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 12:12 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Oxygen runs out
Glimpses of a distant past
Brings us home again

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 2:25 PM

DONCOAT

Bleak washed-out dead world
Ghosts talk but they say nothing
I will be a stone

Great old ship like this
She'll be with you your whole life
Hey, boy, you hear me?

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 2:29 PM

JADEHAND

Worker bees can leave
Even drones can fly away
The queen is their slave.

Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live
"Finding the answer It's a human obsession
But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
'Cause nobody knows And so few can see
There's only beauty and caring and truth beyond darkness." -Estonia(This Strange Engine) -Marillion

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 2:32 PM

DONCOAT

Keep it down, River
Morbid and creepifying
That ain't a problem

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 7:43 PM

ORPHEUS

I'm like a machine at this stuff.

The Earth was used up.
Found a new solar system.
Hundreds of new Earths.

Public Relations.
I'm not paid to talk pretty.
And Jayne ain't a girl.

Might be back later with some more.

____________________
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

http://podculture.net/ Episode 11 now featuring Yours Truly!

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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 8:34 AM

EMMARIGBY

This one just popped into my head!

I slept for so long.
Didn't think you'd come for me.
Then you're a dummy.

I know, they're supposed to be observational, but hey!

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