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Exploring the world of comic strips through vague Japanese poetry.
March 14, 2002
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- 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 wants more Rockwood than we can possibly produce without a bigger budget...
Rockwood is so cool
It makes me giggle so much
Daily updates please?
--Konrad
Haiku number two reminds us there are only two months to go...
Attack of the Clones
Geeks are raging for tickets
Wait until summer!
--Paul
Haiku number three knows exactly how to warm the hearts of Team Rockwood...
I'm one of the hordes that came over with the Bill Amend crowd, but I must say I love the strip and site! I've decided to add my non-poetic talent to Haiku Thursday, after seeing your Olym-pics, and hope that sucking up will get me on the page!
Olympic updates
Had me reading everyday.
Pics show you are cute!
Thanks!
--Christina Fraser
Similarly, haiku number four also does a good job of sucking up...
Which strip is coolest,
The funniest thing ever?
Why, Rockwood of course!
--ReMarLeGo
Some might ask if Team Rockwood could ever be overpraised. Haiku number five proves that the answer is 'no'...
Ahem...
Simple, fun comic.
Best online strip I've seen yet.
I'd like more Rockwood.
--Hannah Orlove
The author of haiku number six has shirked his responsibilities in linear algebra and instead has used his class time to write haiku. For this, he earned the Haiku of the Week!
I was bored in Calc 4 (you'd think that after 4 semesters of University-level math we'd be able to find the determinant of a 2x2 matrix, or at the very least not need a whole hour of class to explain it..), so I decided to write a haiku. Before I start, let me just say how nice it is that you made KHAN's name 5 syllables. Works perfectly. Anyway...
Kill Humans All Now
Could you stray a little bit
And kill non-humans?
Please, KHAN, I beg you
Strike down Dennis Miller now
Before he comes back
It would be quite neat
If you led him to the door
And Space did the feat.
I hope this works, as my lab partners now think I'm insane for trying to count syllables in the middle of a lecture.
--Greg
By contrast, haiku number seven is the Anti-Haiku of the Week, because instead of putting us in a zen-like state, he alarmed us to no end...
Here's a Haiku regarding one of your Olympic photos:
Route 6-6-6 pic
Does it show devil signal
or just hook em' horns?
--Dale
Oh sweet Lord, Dale! No, no, no, no! That is definitely not a hook 'em horns sign (though we do find a certain irony in knowing that both signs are identical)! Team Rockwood is on the side of angels, and everyone knows that they haven't lost in football or basketball (men's AND women's) to the devilish Longhorns in, what, three years? And now that Applewhite is gone and they're stuck with Simms, that will probably stretch to four. Not that we're gloating. Ha. Ha. Ha.
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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