Haiku

**Kingetter** · 05-Sep-06, 01:29

They think they are smart
Dissenting orgers will soon
Go off to org jail

I hope Haiku 'fans' will follow up on this with more and much better.

**Gleber2** · 05-Sep-06, 03:07

Could be wrong you see
but this simple song for ye
could be my last.

Scottish haiku.

**Kingetter** · 05-Sep-06, 03:15

Originally Posted by Gleber2

Could be wrong you see
but this simple song for ye
could be my last.

Scottish haiku.

I hope you aren't right
With your so solemn reply
We need you to stay

(Haiku - 5,7,5 = 17)

**trinkie** · 05-Sep-06, 06:28

A simple oldtimer
Bad ryhmer
One Liner
Nothing finer.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They never fail
To moan and wail
At lack of email
When sent to org.jail.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Kingetter** · 05-Sep-06, 10:37

From: http://home.clara.net/nhi/gepm002.htm

"The haiku originates from Japan.

How To Write Haiku

The haiku is a very simple form of writing. So think many poets exposed to this verse for the first time. The more perceptive of them soon realise that it can in reality be rather difficult. A casual glance at magazines or web pages will often show a wealth of examples, good, bad and indifferent. On asking further the poet usually gets told that haiku are traditionally written in three lines of 5-7-5 syllables. They may also be told that all haiku include a "season word" (kigo) to indicate the time of year to which the haiku relates. For a beginning this might do."

So, an example might be like this -

rain drops keep falling
rivers flow swiftly, seawards
to make us more rain

though "season" isn't mentioned.

Are the rules 'hard and fast' as regards form? Probably not anymore, but applying them does make haiku writing more of an inspiring challenge.

**badger** · 05-Sep-06, 12:55

I don't know who wrote it but it was sent to me long ago and I love it -

ERROR MESSAGES

First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen
Dies so beautifully.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down.

That which you seek
Cannot be located
But endless others exist.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent and reboot.
Order shall return.

Aborted effort:
Close all that you have.
You ask far too much.

With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence;
"My Novel" not found.

A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

You are attempting a journey
Along a muddled path
File Not Found.

The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao until
You bring fresh toner.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

Serious error.
All Shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

**Gleber2** · 05-Sep-06, 14:30

Originally Posted by Kingetter

From: http://home.clara.net/nhi/gepm002.htm

"The haiku originates from Japan.

How To Write Haiku

The haiku is a very simple form of writing. So think many poets exposed to this verse for the first time. The more perceptive of them soon realise that it can in reality be rather difficult. A casual glance at magazines or web pages will often show a wealth of examples, good, bad and indifferent. On asking further the poet usually gets told that haiku are traditionally written in three lines of 5-7-5 syllables. They may also be told that all haiku include a "season word" (kigo) to indicate the time of year to which the haiku relates. For a beginning this might do."

So, an example might be like this -

rain drops keep falling
rivers flow swiftly, seawards
to make us more rain

though "season" isn't mentioned.

Are the rules 'hard and fast' as regards form? Probably not anymore, but applying them does make haiku writing more of an inspiring challenge.

What an old pedant you are!!!! But we bask in your erudition and learn from your wisdom. I always thought 14 but you are right it is 17. I will write my haikus correctly in future.

**Kingetter** · 05-Sep-06, 14:37

Originally Posted by Gleber2

What an old pedant you are!!!! But we bask in your erudition and learn from your wisdom. I always thought 14 but you are right it is 17. I will write my haikus correctly in future.

Aren't I just? Comes of not being smart and flexible/adaptable so 'stick-in-the-mud-old-me just keeps with the old ways, thus making me a traditionalist I suppose.
However, sticking to the old rules makes it more of a challenge and therefore more stimulating.

**Gleber2** · 05-Sep-06, 15:00

It seems this to me
With cold bare trees around us
We should watch our step.

**Kingetter** · 05-Sep-06, 15:15

It seems this to me
With the coldness of winter
We should wrap up warm

(And thanks for the starter from the previous posting).

**Gleber2** · 05-Sep-06, 15:27

In jail for our sins
The frost will sharply bite us
We must then take care.

**Kingetter** · 05-Sep-06, 15:36

And then we get out
And we rejoin our org friends
Are we repentant?

**Gleber2** · 05-Sep-06, 16:07

To repent means guilt
the bright sun of innocence
shines upon me now.

**canuck** · 05-Sep-06, 16:15

Originally Posted by Gleber2

What an old pedant you are!!!! But we bask in your erudition and learn from your wisdom. I always thought 14 but you are right it is 17. I will write my haikus correctly in future.

It seems this to me
I was once called pedant
Must be all the rain