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Exploring the world of comic strips through vague Japanese poetry.
March 7, 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 was the first to not only comment on last weeks drought of submissions, but to also do it in haiku form. For this, it is the Haiku of the Week!
What the heck, Brian?
Only one haiku last week?
Your readers were lame.
--D. Smith
Haiku number two evokes a similar feel, but came in just slightly later that number one...
All of you slackers
Are too busy having lives
To send a Haiku
--Paul
Haiku number three restrains its criticisms, and instead tries to build something positive...
Not many poems
Haiku Thursday is too short
So here's an entry.
--Brian
Haiku number four just reminds us why cats are meant to be feared...
It isn't Rockwood related, but I wonder! Here's a haiku for you.
Why do my cats like
To sit on the sofa and
Stare at me all day?
--Konrad
Haiku number five calls up a problem familiar to many a liberal arts major...
Ode to the Wednesday Engineers' Week Strips
Lots and lots of math;
Far too many problems for
An English major.
--Rita
Finally, haiku number six captures a moment in the life of a computer programming professional...
Now you know what I do while I am waiting for my code to compile - read the Rockwood site (and write haiku)!
Last compile error.
Ah - missed a semicolon!
It compiles - ship it!
-- The Jedi
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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