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« on: March 09, 2010, 06:56:30 am » |
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I noticed around November 2008 there was a thread on Haiku. I hope this thread I've started isn't unwelcome.
I know I don't have to tell you the rules of Haiku, but in a fit of tidiness, cannot resist:
It's five syllables
Then followed by seven more
Then another five
We can argue the merits of the various forms for Haiku, but what bother, eh? Instead of capturing the essences of a season or naturescape, let's capture the essence of steam or some related, albeit, alternate setting. We shall consider it bad form to criticize a Haiku missing a syllable or two, shall we?
Turning gears squeaking
Behold the ornithopter
Brass wings thrash above
I hope you will have fun with this.
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Read original Steampunk related content @ The Map authored by Lee Moore
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2010, 08:22:50 am » |
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blue arcing lightning
flashing bright, from high towers
with thunder in flight
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from fire heat, water
to steam, and pistons drive the
engine wheels a turn
fluid the work of
steam and gears, a poem writ
by the steel and rail
the night express, by
darkness fades, in glory dreams
from our yesterdays
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darkshines
Rogue Ætherlord
 Wales
Miss Katonic 1898 + Cowperthwaite's other half
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2010, 09:10:18 am » |
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I like good haikus
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator.
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Lothar Erfinder
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 11:41:32 pm » |
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My Moon-based Death Ray
Panics the people of Earth.
Mock my theories now!
--Andrew G. McCann
Cackling madly, he
Throws the ominous lever.
God! What has he done?
-Myself
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Acheron
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2010, 02:40:24 am » |
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They called me insane.
Insane! Me! But I'll show them!
I will show them all!
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'The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.'
- Henry Kissinger
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Lothar Erfinder
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2010, 04:40:32 am » |
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I hear a clanking
sound. What's around this corner?
Gah! Clockwork spiders!
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AndrewGM
Swab
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2010, 05:29:39 am » |
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My Moon-based Death Ray
Panics the people of Earth.
Mock my theories now!
--Andrew G. McCann
Cackling madly, he
Throws the ominous lever.
God! What has he done?
-Myself
Hi, Guess you liked my mad-scientist poem (your post came up in a Google search). If you're interested, you can find some good scifaiku at http://scifaiku.com/.Andy |
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Lothar Erfinder
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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2010, 05:39:51 am » |
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Hi, Guess you liked my mad-scientist poem (your post came up in a Google search). If you're interested, you can find some good scifaiku at http://scifaiku.com/.Andy Thanks for the link! I had your haiku quoted at me, and I've been telling it to people since. It never occured to me you might find it here. Well writ, good sir, well writ! As you can probably guess, I found the combination of mad science and haiku too good to let lie. |
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ectopunk
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« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2010, 07:14:22 am » |
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never expected
Steampunk haiku would be found
indexed by Google
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AndrewGM
Swab
United States
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« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2010, 04:32:45 pm » |
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never expected
Steampunk haiku would be found
indexed by Google
SteamGoogle alerts sent via pneumatic tube a paper blizzard |
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GarethG
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« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2010, 04:50:51 pm » |
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I can't do haiku
I try with all my might but
no luck..oh hang on!
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You, sir! Make an effort!
"a drifting spirit was in our hearts, and we ourselves could not understand it. We just sold our farms and set out north-westwards to find a new home."
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hummel
Gunner
United States
Scathing, insightful; yet, heartfelt remark
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« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2010, 01:28:48 am » |
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floating lazily
high above the mucky-muck
just me and my wings
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It may, indeed, behoove you to know less; but, that is not for me to say.
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2010, 01:47:27 am » |
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Many jumbled thoughts
rattling thorugh my weary brain;
why can't I find peace?
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"Why Ambassador, with these lime and orange tic-tacs you are really spoiling us!"
Baron Redmond Asmodeus Maycock - Ship's Ambassadoer, HMAS Discombobulus
Freelance Investigator of the Eldritch, Otherworldly and Unusual / *Purveyor of fine Teas*
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Arkwright
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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2010, 04:38:24 pm » |
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Oi Shi Ya Shi Oi
Shu Lo Ah Shan Nu Ji Ah
Ee She Ah Ni Shhhhh!
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"I devote my life to two worthy goals: unmasking Dorian the Anarchist and ensuring absolute victory over the Fish People!"
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Acheron
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« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2010, 10:14:30 pm » |
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Oi Shi Ya Shi Oi
Shu Lo Ah Shan Nu Ji Ah
Ee She Ah Ni Shhhhh! Ripples cross a pond, an oak lid slams on a chest. Feeling of facepalm. |
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MWBailey
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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2010, 04:49:04 pm » |
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Ripples cross a pond,
an oak lid slams on a chest.
Feeling of facepalm.
Among the clouds, floating, Fans thrust air mightily Leap skyward effortlessly! |
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Walk softly and carry a big banjo...
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Choreocrat
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« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2010, 01:42:57 am » |
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Hunters, all - rejoice!
Boil your engines, for it is
Now kraken season
Wooden cogs crumble
Automata need oiling.
Parched earth needs rain, too.
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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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