May 1, 2003
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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 does a little self-promotion...
I'm touched! I'm overwhelmed! Having never submitted any haiku to "Haiku Thursday" before April 10, I'm surprised and pleased to see both of the ones I've submitted since then win the "Haiku of the Week" award! Thanks, Brian! It's quite an unexpected honor... or, to put it another way:
Me? Haiku master??
"Haiku of the Week" award
for each I've sent in!
Unexpected fame...
Maybe I've found my forte?
Should I give up art?
Haiku is trendy;
drawing "extreme heroines",
though, is much more fun.
So where's the balance?
Maybe I should write haiku
about comics art?
"Muscle-women drawn
in action-filled web comics
by David Matthews"
That didn't work well;
it sounds like self-promotion.
Best stick to drawing.
(www.dcmstudiosonline.com will explain the references to "extreme heroines", "muscle-women" and my comics art.) (And the second line in the second verse works if you pronounce "forte" as two syllables, "FOR-tay")
-David C.
Haiku number two hails about small-market teams with big dreams...
I have to give a little props to a local team that has finally shown some potential...
April Twenty-Fifth
Royals are sixteen and three
Just a fluke? Hope not
--WonderWoman
Haiku number three is about two months early...
My summer haiku:
The flowers are here
I have to go mow my lawn
God,I miss winter
--Larry C.
Haiku number four is the first to try to put May Day in poetry, albeit a different kind of Mayday...
Of course, I'm aware-
Haikus should mention Rockwood.
Some grace, if you please.
How much do I love,
the curly hair'd Stephanie?
More than life itself.
Mayday, I've Fallen
And there's no hope of rising.
How's that Connection?
--Sarcasmo
Haiku number rebels against the very idea of the theme...
Do May-Day Haiku?
I do not think so. But it
Is my friend's birthday!
--The Raven's Mirror
Haiku number five mocks the formerly biggest celebrators of May Day...
To continue on a recent theme...
Are things better since
Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky?
Czar was not THAT bad.
--Mike Leatherwood
But haiku number seven gets Haiku of the Week for finding the most unique May Day reference...
Yeah, A View To A Kill was really bad but it's worth the price of the rental. Thus said:
Christopher Walken
As Max Zorin, boinked May Day.
Does this count at all?
--Hannah Orlove
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!
