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Soul sick of modernity
Utopia beckons
All cogs and corsets
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I'm in Darkshines sewing swap!
Declaring war on mediocrity and a pox on the foot soldiers of stupidity
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techgnosi
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2009, 12:59:33 am » |
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Need for stylish time keeping
Oh my pocket watch
never be far from my coat
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kurohone
Deck Hand
 Canada
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2009, 02:08:23 am » |
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Steam hisses through valves
Infernal machines of night
My toast is ready!
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Sorontar
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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2009, 02:26:30 am » |
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Thanks for inspiration (especially Kurohone)
A new fire starts
Cogs grind round and pistons pulse
I rise from my rest
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Sorontar, Captain of 'The Aethereal Dancer'
Advisor to HM Engineers on matters aethereal, aeronautic and cosmographic
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cyberjacques
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2009, 02:46:08 am » |
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High the airship soars
Beautiful, heavily armed
Air pirates beware
Danger lurks above
The other edge of the world
Here there be monsters
Igor throws the switch
Lightning courses through dead flesh
My steak is well done
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"To mewl and blabber about a treasure map, in front of this particular crew, demonstrates a level of ineptitude that borders on the imbecilic. And I mean that in a very caring way."
~Captain Amelia of the RLS Legacy, Treasure Planet
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Sorontar
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2009, 03:14:00 am » |
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A nod and a tip
Flowing past with grace and style
Gone, not forgotten
A bit vague, but it's about Victorian manners
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The Nomad
Deck Hand
 United States
Humble Embassador of the Fiorian Federated Empires
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2009, 03:54:52 am » |
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Trusty Leatherman
You fix almost anything
Well, you or Duct Tape
Percussive repair
Grab a hammer or a wrench
Beat it till it works
Franklin's Masterpiece
O crystal armonica
Sing your song sweetly
Nikola Tesla
Guglielmo Marconi
Thomas Edison
(Before anyone gripes, I put the best man first.)
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"I DEMAND that you come out of that steam-spewing monstrosity AT ONCE and face me like a MAN!" -Lord Barkley, exactly five and one-half seconds before Albert Glibbersaw ejected from his aetherhulk and bludgeoned him from above with a ten-pound monkey wrench.
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2009, 04:19:58 am » |
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I will destroy you
With my clockwork armada
Make your time, ha ha
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Matthias Gladstone
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« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2009, 12:32:51 pm » |
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Unpoetical man Writes Haiku Too many syllables  |
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Maj. Clive Hathaway
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« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2009, 09:51:08 pm » |
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Airship floats like cloud,
Hydrogen gas explosive!
Ill- advised transport...
Shiny brass goggles
one thousand and one uses
wait- really just one
Victorian life
Disease, crushing poverty
Dead at thirty- one
Cogs, springs and axles
Claptrap and automata
Fill my empty head
Cherish old methods
Anachronism rampant
Yet i post to forum
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"Death is the last Great adventure."
Lurk the Good Lurk.
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« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2009, 09:52:00 pm » |
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I sincerely believe that I fulfilled the principles of Haiku. But the syllables may be different from what I think.
Feel free to commend.
Oh dear, my goggles
They tumble down to earth
The airship turned swift
The clockwork jammed
Murphy had clear vision there now
Force it! breaks?...replace
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« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2009, 09:53:06 pm » |
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Put some wind on her
Whoosh whoosh squeak KA BANG squeak squeak!!
Goddamned jersey car!
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"Some men see things as they are and ask: Why? I dream things that never were and ask: Why Not?" ~RFK
"So much for the little pleasure cruise...." ~Capt. Sulu
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2009, 09:43:23 pm » |
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colleague was wrong
so i kindly advised
put it up your gear!
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Sgt.Major Thistlewaite
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« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2009, 11:38:32 pm » |
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How do you do, Sir?
Sergeant Major Thistlewaite,
At your service, Sir!
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Yet well thy soul hath brooked the turning tide, with that innate, untaught philosophy,Which, be it wisdom, coldness, or deep pride, is gall and wormwood to an enemy.
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kurohone
Deck Hand
Canada
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« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2009, 12:08:39 am » |
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明治百四十二年十一月三十日
上毛で
雪見が始め
汽車が来る。
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Choreocrat
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2009, 12:18:01 am » |
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Old leaves of copper
And brass have fallen outside.
Hot steam vents within.
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Choreocracy - A form of government in which power is given to the best dancer.
Member of the Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy
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Sir A Poiselamppe
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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2009, 01:21:42 am » |
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I have a feeling
The Dodo isnot extinct
merely hiding out
*corrected ...author
cannot count to seven and
sleep is now overdue
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Sorontar
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« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2009, 01:39:32 am » |
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Well done Sergeant Major! A splendid piece of verse.
Can we have a translation please Kurohone. Is it English Haiku or strict Japanese Haiku?
A fine verse, Sir Poiselamppe. May I suggest "The dodo is not extinct"?
I study the structure -
Form, position and purpose.
One more screw needed.
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Lord Wraste
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« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2009, 03:28:29 am » |
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Old leaves of copper
And brass have fallen outside.
Hot steam vents within.
Ah, Choreocrat, my old sensei would have loved that.
She was fond of traditional Haiku that utilize the imagery of seasons.
Quite good that...
Yumemakura
Hitsu yo Akunin
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Choreocrat
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« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2009, 05:53:22 am » |
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Old leaves of copper
And brass have fallen outside.
Hot steam vents within.
Ah, Choreocrat, my old sensei would have loved that.
She was fond of traditional Haiku that utilize the imagery of seasons.
Quite good that...As I understand it, a reference to seasons, especially the change of seasons is essential to any proper haiku, along with a change of mood or a surprise in the third line. Unfortunately my Japanese is very rusty, so I could neither compose nor translate one. I'd come up with a Chinese poem, but the tone patterns used in the four-line poems are too complex for me to remember, right now. |
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cyberjacques
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« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2009, 08:18:13 am » |
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The pistol flashes
Silver rips through dark gray fur
Now a werewolf rug
The crossbow bolt flies
Wood pierces an undead heart
Vampire-go-poof
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Choreocrat
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2009, 12:26:27 pm » |
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A hot sun burns fast
Without rain nor river's soak.
Just clockwork - no steam.
(edited because I can't count)
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Capt. Dirigible
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« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2009, 01:42:41 pm » |
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Creativity
Above and beyond the norm
Has to be steampunk
Wood with brass fittings
Plush velvet lining to boot
Padded with leather
Top hat and frock coat
Steampunk attitude. Oh dear!
Goggles are plastic
Brown replaces black
Brass trim instead of silver
Goth becomes steampunk
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I say, Joe it's jolly frightening out here.
Nonsense dear boy, you should be more like me.
But look at you! You're shaking all over!
Shaking? You silly goose! I'm just doing the Watusi
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