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Exploring the world of comic strips through vague Japanese poetry.
March 13, 2003
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 all caught up in the reality, or unreality, of "reality" TV...
Survivor, Big Bro,
Joe Millionaire, Are You Hot?,
The Bachelor, and
Boot Camp, Pop Idol
American Idol? Ack!
TV is unreal.
--Christina
Haiku number two has possibly outgeeked even us...
A haiku to celebrate the purchase of a new calendar and also that I really don't feel like working in MS Visual Basic this morning.
First a brief explanation of the last stanza:
Borland Delphi is to MS Visual basic as:
a. Coke Classic is to Pepsi Blue
b. "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" is to "Teletubbies"
c. Rockwood is to "Get Fuzzy"
d. All of the above.
The answer is d. All of the above.
Anyway here's the haiku, this time in verse but not inversed:
Procrastinator?
Penny wise and pound foolish?
Rockwood's there for you.
Buy a calendar
You can stare at it all day
Procrastinator
Procrastinating
Writing haiku in strict verse
Reread today's strip
Visual Basic
Death to Delphi programmers
Procrastinating
--Brian Layman
Haiku number three needs to let the creative muse take over...
Time to write Haiku.
Hm, well, I'll think about it.
Creative? Doubt it.
--The Raven's Mirror
Finally, haiku number four--which was submitted in two separate emails-- is Haiku of the Week not for the first part, which has the incorrect number of syllables, but instead for part two, which not only corrected the mistake, but did so in haiku form...
Saw my name in Lights?
Alas, no, in HTML.
Mom would be so proud.
Last haiku should read:
"Alas, no, HTML"
Forgive the miscount.
--Sarcasmo
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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