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Exploring the world of comic strips through vague Japanese poetry.
February 14, 2002
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.
- 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!
- 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!
Haiku number one gets us, sort of, in the holiday spirit...
This one's pretty dreary, but it sums up my feelings on St.Valentine's Day
Aphrodite sings
But I don't follow her now
Nothing left to give.
--Dj Tarbox
Haiku number two reflects Team Rockwood's own preferences for soft drinks, but might disagree on what constitutes bad visuals...
Pepsi, Brittney Spears
Oh what a horrible sight
Try Coca-cola
--Paul
Haiku number three speaks some of the words we most like to hear...
Calendar looks cool
Send me one right away please
Check is in the mail
--Raymond
The author of haiku number four has earned the Haiku of the Week, for composing something that could probably replace the bios on the Who's Who page...
More haiku for you
to be shown on next Thursday
if you so desire.
Skip Sterling beckons
to chase his bold dreams in space
crazy luck and greed.
Will Rockwood was drawn
to this insane endeavor
he's our everyman.
Mitch Ryder looks up
at all the things that can be
monolith TV!
Al Vanguard looks down
across the slope of his nose
at lesser earthlings.
Dana Lopez heals
more than just the crew's bodies
but not her own heart.
Kepler Fulton thinks
more than he probably should
yet not with wisdom.
KHAN will help the crew
homicidal tendencies
are barely restrained.
Boldly all partook
of this grand space adventure
with no looking back.
A bad business plan
can they call it a resort
When there are no guests?
Tiny lights of earth
winking at this distant place
guiding us back home
Haiku is easy
if you let it flow freely
comics are harder.
--Chris Monahan
Want to see last week's Haiku Thursday? Go check it out!
Send in your haiku and maybe next week you can achieve poetry fame! See you then!
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