Firefly in Haiku

POSTED BY: zorprime01
UPDATED: Friday, March 10, 2006 05:53
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ZORPRIME01

Monday, March 6, 2006 6:56 PM

Here are a couple to get you started...

Inara came back
Brought social grace to the crew
Jayne back in his bunk

Hell of a pilot
Wash steered clear of turbulance
A leaf on the wind

Kaylee and Simon
Kept apart by little sis
Who swallowed a bug

MATTCOZ

Monday, March 6, 2006 7:20 PM

A piece of fei-oo?
Just a plain object in space?
No, Serenity

Pretty mechanic
Doctor with a crazy sis
You mean to say.. sex?

Inara's new guest
Gosh.. they look so glamorous
I'll be in my bunk

ZORPRIME01

Monday, March 6, 2006 8:12 PM

Mal still a sergeant
From the losing side of war
But not the wrong one

SERENITYSHADOW

Monday, March 6, 2006 8:21 PM

reavers off beylix
some without core containment
driftng over us

companion shuttle
this is where she does it all
with anybody

acoustic guitars
will electrify in space
glowing of the ship

SerenityShadow

"I am at the ready with the fearsome brow mop."

OLDFOGEY

Monday, March 6, 2006 9:00 PM

grief:
How to say never?
We'll never see home again.
No second season.

lust:
Forever in an
instant - freeze frame on Nathan
- I don't move, don't breathe

(of course i'm young and beautiful. of course i am. really.)

MATTCOZ

Monday, March 6, 2006 9:05 PM

No place I can be
Since I found Serenity
Can't take sky from me

RELFEXIVE

Monday, March 6, 2006 9:07 PM

Tis an idea that
Almost seems stolen. But go
Ahead and have fun!

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
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OLDFOGEY

Monday, March 6, 2006 9:25 PM

where i'm from:

How many moons are
in your sky? My world has five.
Our sea-tides are wild!

...oh lordy i'm going to be thinking of these things all afternoon now.

SAB39

Monday, March 6, 2006 9:36 PM

Don't curse sudden but
Inevitable demise
Leaf on wind still soars

OLDFOGEY

Monday, March 6, 2006 9:49 PM

Inara:

Ta wei shenme xiang
likai Firefly le? Zenme
likai jiaren ne?

Why does she want to
leave Firefly now? How can she
leave her family?

(...my clumsy attempt to remember Chinese.
native speakers please pardon errors.)

OLDFOGEY

Monday, March 6, 2006 10:03 PM

Whose horse is this? Did
anyone count the extras?
Someone is missing.

He's playing Halo
in Nathan's trailer. Sweetheart,
go get him right now.

OLDFOGEY

Monday, March 6, 2006 10:13 PM

How many Reavers
does it take to screw in a
lightbulb? None survived.

How many BlueHands
does it take to screw in a
lightbulb? It takes two.

...OMG i can't stop. supposed to be working here.

OLDFOGEY

Monday, March 6, 2006 10:32 PM

...last one, i promise.

Mal:
My land in ruins
Alliance destroyed it all
Let me stike them back!

MATTCOZ

Monday, March 6, 2006 10:46 PM

Hey there OLDFOGEY
Little help with your Haikus
Must keep the rhythm

Ain't hard to explain
He's the Hero of Canton
The man they call Jayne

Kaywinnit Lee Frye
She wears her heart on her sleeve
and bear on her pants

Cap'n Mal Reynolds
Puts his crew before his self
Never stops flying

CAUSAL

Monday, March 6, 2006 11:04 PM

Firefly Episodes in Haiku

Our Mrs Reynolds:

What's that? I'm married?
Jayne, how drunk was I last night?
Oh, shit! This girl's nut!

Out of Gas:

Look at my new ship!
This thing is a death trap, sir.
It's freedom; you'll see.

Trash:

Oh, shit, my wife's back!
"Take the job." "Don't trust her, sir."
Oh, no, not again!

War Stories:

You always go with!
Fine, have it your own way, then.
Ouch! Zoe was right.

Shindig:

Here are your invites
This is my kind of party
I got stabbed right here\

Jaynestown:

That's some creepy art
Welcome back Jayne! We love you!
I ain't no hero

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

MATTCOZ

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 12:06 AM

Objects in Space (good one for poetry)

It's just an object
It doesn't mean what you think
It's very crowded!

Strains the mind a bit
Maybe came down the chimney
Give you a present

A bounty hunter?
Not really. Then what are you?
A bounty hunter.

Look at River's feet
They are the story tellers
Joss is such a boob

SAB39

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 2:37 PM

I did Wash above so here are a few more of the crew... still working on the rest...

Hero of Canton,
And you lot can't change that by
gettin' all... bendy

No pow'r in the 'verse
Keep her from bein' cheerful:
Sweet little Kaylee

Not just a good man,
Nor okay. A great man, but
Bad. (in the Latin)

This one doesn't quite fit because it strays into the real world, so I'll keep working on a "proper" one for her. Then again, I guess it's appropriate that the River one ain't quite right...

River -- Summer Glau --
Your name is good for Haiku:
Seasonal word, see.

SAB39

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 3:21 PM

River's craaazzzzyyy...
Oops, not enough syllables
in first line. SUMMER!!!

Seems like "meta-river" haikus are much easier to write than coming up with a real one ;)

SERENITYSHADOW

Thursday, March 9, 2006 6:21 PM

River:

Doctors are crazy
sticking probes in my noggin
messing with my head

SerenityShadow

SAB39

Thursday, March 9, 2006 6:41 PM

Some of these were posted above but the crew's a family, and family belongs together...

Don't curse sudden but
Inevitable demise:
Leaf on wind still soars

No pow'r in the 'verse
Keep her from bein' cheerful --
Ooh! Synchronizers!

Hero of Canton,
And you lot can't change that by
Gettin' all... bendy

Not just a good man,
Nor okay. A great man, but
bad. (in the Latin)

Heathens aplenty,
Bible broken, too much hair:
That's not a shepherd.

Functions like a girl,
But then -- apple bits -- chaos --
Threw up on your bed.

To ends of the 'verse,
Follow beloved captain
But why? Not _his_ wife...

Sure, I use curse words
When appropriate... Hero?
Jayne? Son of a bitch!

Don't call her a whore:
She makes an honest living.
Term is "companion".

MATTCOZ

Thursday, March 9, 2006 6:42 PM

the ones that take you
the ones reaching and doing
the ones ... everywhere

SERENITYSHADOW

Thursday, March 9, 2006 7:56 PM

RIVER

I see them reach out
the hands of blue, two by two
rubbery meddle

BOOK

not with extenders
have I seen a ship like this
worth how I got here

BIG SHIP

Fireflies have nooks
for hiding grade A foodstuffs
for hiding big faith

SerenityShadow

DAVEC5

Thursday, March 9, 2006 8:00 PM

"Jayne, you wanta leave this table...." Mal

MATTCOZ

Thursday, March 9, 2006 8:39 PM

Dave... those aren't Haikus. It's 5-7-5.

OLDFOGEY

Thursday, March 9, 2006 9:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mattcoz:
... those aren't Haikus. It's 5-7-5.

Sometimes counting is hard.
S'posed to contain reference to seasons too, but what if there's not really any seasons where you live? I made this one about Los Angeles:

Morning gridlock. All
My options involve waiting
For others to move.

...so, what's L.A. got to do with Firefly? um,
"You live in a spaceship, dear."

DAVEC5

Thursday, March 9, 2006 9:01 PM

"Jayne, you wanta leave this table...." Mal

MATTCOZ

Thursday, March 9, 2006 9:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by davec5:
i am not japanese

That's 6

You didn't learn Haiku in school? I thought everybody learned Haiku.

DAVEC5

Thursday, March 9, 2006 9:17 PM

DAVEC5

Thursday, March 9, 2006 9:27 PM

!

"Jayne, you wanta leave this table...." Mal

GUTTERBALL

Friday, March 10, 2006 5:53 AM

For Serenity:
Nine souls in constant limbo
Find themselves in you.

--

They're grenades, Cap'n.
What, you don't want to take them?
Hey, I warned you, man.

--

Leather over heart
Vulnerability there
Armor versus leaf

--

Crazy? Broken brain?
I've felt enough to know I've
Felt too gorram much.

--

Sensory creature
Not just an ox with a gun
I'll be in my bunk.

Heh, these are fun! Mine aren't terribly good, but they do make a fella think, don't they?

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