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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Notice the time stamps. Our haiku-writing is quick. We are the masters!

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Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:41 AM
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Impressive haiku. The structure is very nice. Almost unnoticed.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:42 AM
That's intentional. I like to confuse people. Was I successful? :-)

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:47 AM
Yes, I think you were. But this could get boring soon. We may need to stop.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:48 AM
Took you a while there. Couldn't think of a haiku? It's not hard, y'know. :-)

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:50 AM
My father came in. He had some Web site changes. I had to do them.

("Took you a while there" is six syllables.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:51 AM
Ah, I understand. But your count is a bit off. Let me demonstrate:

1.) Took
2.) you
3.) a
4.) while
5.) there.

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:52 AM
But, "while" is two. At least, it is to my ears. I am the linguist.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:54 AM
You're an amateur. The dictionary says one. I'm going w/ it. :-)

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:57 AM
Well, I suppose so. How would Japan resolve this? We should ask someone.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 12:58 AM
Such as whom, pray tell? The ghost of Hirohito? He might be busy...

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:00 AM
That won't be needed. There must be a haiku code. Try searching the Web.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:02 AM
"Haiku code", you say? What might that be, I wonder? ROT-13? *L*

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:03 AM
Haiku laws, I mean. The standards for writing them. I'm sure they exist.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:04 AM
Perhaps that is so. But that would take the fun out. That's not a good thing. :-)

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:07 AM
But it would help us. Otherwise we will argue. Also, tournaments?

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:08 AM
We needn't argue. Haiku writing tournaments? That's too organized.

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:09 AM
What is wrong with that? I like organisation. It helps make things work.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:11 AM
Things don't need to work. This can just be silliness. That wouldn't be new.

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:11 AM
What are you saying? This is far from silliness. It is a high art!

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:13 AM
Not as we do it. Besides, who needs artistry? Simon we are not. *L*

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:14 AM
Sol is an artist? Of writing, but not haikus. Then again, we'll see.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:16 AM
He can write haiku. How could he possibly not? It is so easy.

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:17 AM
Yes, but as an art? Some are good, others are bad. We strive for the good.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:19 AM
I strive for the bad. It's much easier that way. "Art, schmart" is my thought. :-)

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:20 AM
But yours are not bad. Not as good as mine, but still. These are all good work.

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:22 AM
I tire of this. Shall we move along right now? Haiku bores me now.

Message Sent - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:23 AM
Aha...there, tire. Not one syllable, but two? Where is the logic?

Message Received - Wednesday, January 3, 2001 at 1:25 AM
"Fuck it" I say now. This ends immediately. I won't finish this.

Oh, hell, I guess I did. *L*

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Heh...

There actually ARE laws about haiku. Try here for a nice review. And no, that's not where my name comes from & it's not my site. This is mine.

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Posted by an'on (Member # 222) on :

Wow.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Flare Haiku Forums?
Now much time will be wasted.
A life you must get.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Faith you must have.
Soon, calm all will be.
Come, good food.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

You spoke in Haiku?
What wierd persons you must be.
A huge waste of time.

I think of a game.
"Full Throttle," that was the name.
It contained Haiku.

"Oil on the road
Makes me laugh as buddy slides
underneath a truck."

"Night covers the land.
Rubber marks cover the road.
Speed covers my tracks."

"Barfighters leap out.
Moths tangle around hot flame.
My nose thrice broken."

Yoda-speak must we?
It makes the Haiku sound strange.
Like a Star Wars flick.

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-Thomas Jefferson

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

No shit, Sherlock-san.
This will catch on and then some.
Perplexing many.

(I think I got more than seven in the middle line, but I'm not sure)

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Zoe: "Imagine taking your bottom lip and pulling it over the top of your head. You get used to it but it does hurt."

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Do not worry, friend.
There were seven syllables.
Your Haiku is good.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Do you like haiku?
Lets make a contest of it.
Someone start it up.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Haiku is passe.
Smells like aging hippie chicks,
Please forget it now.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

You are no fun, Rob.
Librarians must be dull.
A contest would rock.