Haiku Slam

Captain Kool-Aid · Post by **Captain Kool-Aid** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 2:39 am

Who was the moron
Who started Haiku online?
He should be whacked!It's everywhere now
On comic message boards
When will it all end!?Joel"Do you remember? God have mercy on your poor, pathetic soul!!!!" - My cousin Sam------------------
Joel Glidden, aka JOE! (L), aka Drinker of Kool Aid

JtP · Post by **JtP** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 7:07 am

His name's glorp. That's his
name. And if you ask me a-
gain, I'll say the same...........Well, he started a resurgence of haiku at JtC with his 7 words post.I don't care if it's crappy.JtP- Haiku? Gesundheit![This message has been edited by JtP (edited 06-05-2001).]

Captain Kool-Aid · Post by **Captain Kool-Aid** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 2:38 am

Yes, but they were at <a href="http://www.exploitationnow.com/">EN</a> a while ago. When they went here, I thought they somehow migrated to this board. What a strange coincidence!------------------
Joel Glidden, aka JOE! (L), aka Drinker of Kool Aid

Somebody Strange · Post by **Somebody Strange** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 4:54 am

Nah, glorp started at <A HREF="http://www.joe-the-circle.com" TARGET=_blank>Joe the Circle</A> with a post that said you could only reply using seven words. I turned that into the haiku idea on the Joe boards, then decided to bring it here as well. I don't read EN, so I didn't know they had it on their boards.Either way, I think
haiku are far, far better
than glorp's usual.--Strange/Dave------------------
<A HREF="http://viciouslies.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Vicious Lies.</A> You can't handle the truth.
Neurotic -- sane, but unhappy about it.

Lummox JR · Post by **Lummox JR** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 6:23 am

Even your dancing, Dave,
Is preferable to glorp.
Gads I want it shot.Lummox JR
------------------
It's the 21st century; where's my flying car?

Somebody Strange · Post by **Somebody Strange** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 9:12 am

I'm sorry, Lummox,
But your last post did not meet
Haiku requirements.--Strange/Dave------------------
<A HREF="http://viciouslies.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Vicious Lies.</A> You can't handle the truth.
Neurotic -- sane, but unhappy about it.

Lummox JR · Post by **Lummox JR** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 9:19 am

What was I thinking?
"Even" is 2 syllables.
I am so ashamed.Lummox JR------------------
It's the 21st century; where's my flying car?

ChowGuy · Post by **ChowGuy** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 5:14 am

Reaading all these posts
Somehow makes me want to hurl
I think I'll go now

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 9:42 am

Even though "even"'s long
You could always have used short "e'en"
Silly Lummox JR!(To make that work out
I had to assume that the
"JR" is read as "jer"...)Haiku? This ain't it --
but the 5-7-5 form
is still lots of fun.------------------
<A HREF="http://www.vivtek.com/toonbots/" TARGET=_blank>Toonbots.</A> Only the coolest of people like it. You want to be cool, don't you?

Lummox JR · Post by **Lummox JR** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 10:03 am

It's Lummox Jay-Arr,
Which I guess rather ruins
That first short haiku.Lummox JR------------------
It's the 21st century; where's my flying car?

Mr Erratic · Post by **Mr Erratic** » Fri Jun 08, 2001 12:01 am

Someone please explain.
What qualities do these lack
to be true Haiku?Working class art, or
high falutin poesy stuff;
who decides what's best?

The Creature · Post by **The Creature** » Fri Jun 08, 2001 4:14 am

Since the Creature is busy trying to develop brain cells, I thought I might take a break and answer this one.Structurally, a haiku is composed of three nonrhyming lines, the first and third with five syllables, the second with seven. Most of you are following the structure.But these aren't true haiku, because true haiku also has a thematic aspect. It has been described as "a moment of intense perception" in which the poet deals both with nature and with humanity. A true haiku will therefore contain a nature reference, preferably one which places the poem in one of the four seasons, and it will reveal some aspect of the human condition.In short, 5-7-5 unrhymed is the surface component, while a short, sharp flash of nature and human nature is the thematic.--The Creature's narrator

Somebody Strange · Post by **Somebody Strange** » Fri Jun 08, 2001 8:16 am

You're right, Michael, these
Hardly qualify as true
Haiku. But who cares?--Strange/Dave------------------
<A HREF="http://viciouslies.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Vicious Lies.</A> You can't handle the truth.
Neurotic -- sane, but unhappy about it.

Frodoelf · Post by **Frodoelf** » Sat Jun 09, 2001 8:51 am

commercialism

the sin of christmas today

tickle-me-elmo

<hr noshade>
That had nature and humanity!

and i refuse to believe otherwise------------------
----Frodo
<A HREF="http://www.thenecronomicon.net" TARGET=_blank>The Necronomicon</A>--------------more hyphens? yes, please!----------------------ahh.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 8:23 am

Besides, its author
(Frodo by name), is an elf!
Now that's symmetry!(And I agree, Fro' --
your haiku deserves the name;
Structure, content: both!)Oops, didn't respond
to Strange Dave: in re "Who cares?"
Not I, Dave. Not I.------------------
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