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**This is "creativity" stuff, but it's not Trek-related, so I put it here. If it should STILL be in 'Creativity,' fine. Put it there.**
So I was bored, and I said to myself, 'let us post some original, self-created material here.' So I shall, in the hope that others will. It will be a nice break from the flameboard.
(excuse the geographical inaccuracies I don't think there is such a place as Mulholland bay. It doesn't matter, anyway.)
ONE LITTLE SHIP
The Ophelia sailed from New Haven, With silver and salt in her hold, The Captain was a young man, but seasoned, And the crew were all valiant and bold.
They set out to carry their cargo Through the straits to the south of Cape Horn, They took on provisions aplenty, But they were not prepared for the storm.
A hurricane hit off Barbados, The tiny ship, tattered and tossed, And before the tempest subsided, The crew of Ophelia was lost.
Ophelia, she drifted for hours, But nary a man could she see She followed her course out of honor And love for her lost family.
From Atlantic to Pacific Ocean, Up the west coast to Mulholland Bay, The Ophelia sailed into the harbor After seven long months and a day.
Oh, the men of Mullholland, they feared her, They could not understand what she'd done, And they chased her back out to the ocean, With the Bible, the torch and the gun.
There's a lonely ship out on the ocean, And she does not know which way to steer, She will wander the seas 'till forever, When she cries -- no one will hear...
[This message has been edited by First of Two (edited December 28, 2000).]
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What is a haiku? I can't tell one from bad verse. How do you make them?
The only problem with Haiku is that you just get started and then...
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Along with following the five-seven-five syllable structure, a proper haiku needs to have each line be a complete thought or phrase. You can't just break up a normal sentence into the right form and call it a haiku.
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I thought it was: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick
Jack not so nimble, Jack not so quick, Jack's in the hospital with a burnt d*ck.
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