August 15, 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 reflects our lean economic times...
Quote: Resource Actions
Headcount Reallocations
Can you say, "Layoffs?"
Five Percent Staff Gone
Feels More Like Twenty Percent
Doing Work of Three
So Which is Better?
Out of Work or Too Much Job?
Job, if more money
--I Be Moving
Haiku number two's author somehow can't find enough reading material on the web...
AppleTurns unchanged
Crazy Apple Rumors read
Guess I'll have to work
--Jerry
Haiku number three scores with "bite me," but misses by not knowing you can't ask for awards...
Haiku of the Week:
How elusive is the goal
For which we compete.
My epic haiku
Wasn't good enough for you?
Bite me, Rockwood boy!
You ended my streak!
What more do I have to do?
What do you want - blood?
Tirade is over.
I must now return to Zen.
My apologies.
Hard for me to take.
I am a perfectionist.
(If you couldn't tell!)
I must try again.
This week, and every Thursday.
And read Rockwood, too!
(Sorry if this sounds a little harsh, but I was just dying to see "Bite me, Rockwood boy" in print!)
--Christina
Haiku number four ponders an unknown substance...
This refers to the jello-like stuff that Al was eating on Monday:
Al eating jello?
What is that mystery stuff?
We may never know...
--Shadow
Haiku number five makes us believe no one here has ever seen Close Encounters...
How to reach Britney?
You might need more than two forks
And a plate of flan
--Benjamin K. Smith
Haiku number six thinks we're hiding something. Believe us, we're not. We'd tell you...
Hopefully this will
secure another anti-
haiku of the week
Ever meet someone
who makes fun of something, but
is a closet fan?
Ice skating, NSync,
Britney. Lundmark lampoons them.
Is it all an act?
--Dale
Haiku number seven receives Haiku of the Week for posing this thoughtful riddle...
This haiku conundrum puzzles me:
Skating not a sport!
How does one fix an event
that's already fixed?
--Dale
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!
