Exploring the world of comic strips through vague Japanese poetry.

February 7, 2002

Apparently, the American education system is in more trouble than we previously thought.

We're going to make this easy for some of you. Ready? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. There. That's all the higher you need to count to qualify for Haiku Thursday!

Here at Team Rockwood, we were serious when we told you that you'd have to count your haiku's syllables correctly or said Japanese poetry would not be appearing on these pages. To be truthful, we run almost every correctly counted haiku we receive (the ones we haven't...well, this is a family-oriented site, people).

So if you can count to five, then seven, then five again, your handiwork will almost certainly be seen by tens of viewers who show up here every Thursday. If not, then you'll end up like a "haiku" we received this week referencing Kermit the Frog which, while pretty funny, had the incorrect number of syllables and thus wasn't a haiku (you know who you are...resubmit it, counted correctly, and you'll see it up here next week).

Anyway, rant over. The content on this page is solely created by you, the viewers, so if you want to see more, you'll have to contribute something yourself.

1. Haikus are a form of poetry that consists of three lines with five, seven, then five syllables on each respective line. For example...

   Rockwood is in space (5 syllables)
   On a circular station (7 syllables)
   Looking down on Earth (5 syllables)

   Obviously, that's pretty boring, but technically correct. Try to do more than just count syllables. Be creative!

2. The haiku you submit doesn't necessarily have to have Rockwood mentioned in it, but it would be nice if it related to something in the site somehow, whether it be space-related or just pertaining to a topic brought up elsewhere.

On with the haikus!