KDY Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 This came up in destroyah's journal, so thought I'd start the thread. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, rrrrreally short, no rhyming or fancy stuff needed. If you can count the syllables in the words (of any language), you can haiku. http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/lists/7-hilarious-haiku All you need to know is the syllable count for each line:Line 1 = 5 syllablesLine 2 = 7 syllablesLine 3 = 5 syllables My offering for today: AMBUSHThe mouse is a ratgnawing the bones of my days.I'm setting a trap.-- KDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destoroyah Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Nice, I counted the syllables, seems to fit! Good luck killing that nasty rat! Or get a trackball, haha GAS CØMPRESSION SPRING"How many livesI've borne office chaireddemising my soul"–destoroyah Edited March 11, 2017 by destoroyah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rulesguy Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 "Haikus make bad poemsBut gamequitters is cool, soI made one anyway"–me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destoroyah Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) "Haikus make bad poems <- These are 6 syllables, man!But gamequitters is cool, soI made one anyway" <- This too.–meand my own poem is wrong too! GAS CØMPRESSION SPRING"Just how many livesI must have borne office chaireddemising my soul"–destoroyahSo much filler now! Edited March 12, 2017 by destoroyah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDY Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 I thought I'd say . . . . So happy to seethis thread collecting poems:Minds playing with words. Dull DiamondSolitaire for one,alone with machinery.Red, then black: fade out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitwelle Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 What a marvelous idea, love this thread! LiberationYears going by relentlessly.The pale flickering of a screen.Rapid end. Freedom.- Granitwelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rulesguy Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 "Haikus make bad poems <- These are 6 syllables, man!But gamequitters is cool, soI made one anyway" <- This too.–meand my own poem is wrong too!Oh, jeese."I don't like ShakespearIambic PentameterIs worse than Haikus" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Adair Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 What a marvelous idea, love this thread! LiberationYears going by relentlessly.The pale flickering of a screen.Rapid end. Freedom.- GranitwelleDope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.manuk Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Grew up in a screen.I have so many choices now,since I left my parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDY Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) ShredderStrawpiles: work to do. Rodents: mice clicking sharp teeth, chewing time to shreds. FreefallRotors in neutral,helicoptering to Earth: touch down, grow up, live!-- KDY PS: is there a way to get single linespacing? Edited March 13, 2017 by KDY faulty boldfacing by poster (me) doesn't show in original, only after posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Adair Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 PS: is there a way to get single linespacing?Shift + enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDY Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 TrinaryZero, one, two, three,Solve the equation: freedomequals infinity Transporter RoomReady to beam out:the only way off the shipis when shields are down.I guess creativity was one of the taps that got turned off when gaming took so many hours, cuz I kinda can't stop this . . . . ObstetricsI.Marshall MacLuhan called itthe glass teat. Now, when we curlinside? the glass womb?II.Glass womb, classroom, flatscreen to hide behind. Breech birthmessy, painful, real.III.Who has ears to hear,hear voices unmediated byelectrons: singing.IV.Who has eyes to see,see colours unbalanced(no RGB): free.V.Who has hands to touch,touch the living world again.It might touch you back.--KDYPS: Cam, thanks for the shift+enter tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcupunctureFTW Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 We are not lab rats"Think Outside the Skinner Box"Personal Motto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDY Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 BalanceZero, one, two, three --Solve the equation: freedomEquals infinity . . . VoltaElectricityfails, machines halt. Everywherea fresh perspective.StellaeStars come out to play,Tumbling across the night sky,Pixel-free, sharp, bright.KDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDY Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 DisOrienteeringFeeling lost: seekinga mountain of achievementsI can’t see for trees.SpillwayToxic gaming leakvented into cyberspace:warp core is safe now.OhmIf I meditate,just who will I encounterwhen I click “enter”?Anakin's ObservationOm mani padme . . .hmmm. A galaxy drifts ‘roundthis black hole’s heartAstronomy non-DominéSpiral galaxy:two arms, black hole for a heart.Data loss: guaranteed. Snow's WhiteTurned seven hours looseupon the day. They reported back,put their feet up, napped.For Tom LehrerMathematically“prime” time can’t be dividedbetween games and me.-- KDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDY Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Egad, it's been a loooong time. I have actually passed the 90-day mark!The first two are inspired by Cam's June 12 post on responding to a shitty day.CloudyStormy, cloudy dayGrey and unsettled, moody. Wind blows gloom away.PatienceDump on me, go on --I'm not playing your game, see?Your moves expose you. The Long GameTwo weeks was easy,Two months hard -- third month hardest. Ninetieth day -- in sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehondasc00py Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Dope topic! I'm in So easy it trapsbound soul, ephemeral liehardship sets free joy gives way to hatepleasure says bye, anger wavesmay love my void sate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysnever Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Years by years something is trying to make my brain a dark and dead thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Adair Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Alwaysnever said: Years by years something is trying to make my brain a dark and dead thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysnever Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) I feel kinda weakSadness is rushing in meIs this a real feel? Eh, complaining... You failed? You should explain it. Explain it yourself. Success or failure Your life versus your pleasure Everyday's pressure Edited July 4, 2018 by Alwaysnever Fixing linespacing. I also added two more haikus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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