Haiku!

[Mystech]

A thread for posting Haiku. They're short and fun. Here are two I wrote a few nights ago while I was bored:

Dumbness
People are stupid
It makes me very depressed
Can I get a hug?


AR-15
Big black and phallic
You make me squeal like a girl
How I lust for you

[EvilPoet]

The distant mountains
are reflected in the eye
of the dragonfly
-Issa

Clinging to the bell
he dozes so peacefully,
this new butterfly
-Buson

Clambering up the Cold Mountain path,
The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on:
The long gorge choked with scree and boulders,
The wide creek, the mist-blurred grass.
The moss is slippery, though there's been no rain
The pine sings, but there's no wind.
Who can leap the world's ties
And sit with me among the white clouds?
-Hanshan

Every single thing
Changes and is changing
Always in this world.
Yet with the same light
The moon goes on shining.
-Saigyo

[stray dog]

mathematics has infinity
religion has eternity
I gaze out over the ocean
and I have my thoughts

-armand trawick

[stray dog]

I see the light from a star
that has died long ago
and I think of how the light
goes on forever

-a. trawick

[Mystech]

Ahh, thanks for contributing.

A reminder to all of our contestants, Haiku should follow the form of the first line consisting of five sylables, the second having seven, and the third should have five (5-7-5). Also points are docked if your Haiku is a sentence broken up into the 5-7-5 format, each line should be independent.

[valentino]

my stomach grumbles
i'm searching the ice box now
hey! is that cheddar?

[Circe]

Incarnadine lips
Look so tempting and divine
I'll punch you once more

[Mystech]

Milk the cow until dry
Make hamburger and wallets
Praise the bovine god

[Adriatic]

I offered her all
And she answered with her lies
It was fair exchange ;)

[Circe]

Feed me right away!
Faking deafness is painful
Cat's claws in my calves

[firingseeds]

...5?
.....7?
...5?

[airavata]

the wall divides us,
the two sides make bitter love,
but the high hopes shatter.

[airavata]

the ocean calls me,
the sea gulls sing for me,
I, the wind flow fast.

[EvilPoet]

In this mountain village,
shining in my soup bowl,
the bright moon arrives
-Issa

[Mystech]

A reminder to everyone who still hasn't gotten it:

Haiku is a three line poem consisting of three lines, the first line must be 5 sylables, the second must be 7 sylables, and the third must also be 5 sylables in length.

[one_raven]

one two three four five
one two three four five plus two
one two three four five

:)

Quite inspired, I know.

Life is quite simple
Difficulty is a choice
What will your choice be?

[one_raven]

What IS a Haiku?

I know the whole 5-7-5 thing, but I mean deeper than that?
Is there a significance to teh 5-7-5?
Were Haiku's intended to have a purpose?

Does anyone know the history of Haiku?

Did God create man?
Or is man God's creator?
Don't fuckin' ask me.

[Mystech]

They're an ancient form of chinese poetry, and most often deal with broad topics of life and nature and the like. More than that I can't say.

[Blunther]

Originally posted by one_raven
What IS a Haiku?

Did God create man?
Or is man God's creator?
Don't fuckin' ask me.

That's brilliant mate!
I wish I could write Haiku
I'm crap at writing.

[airavata]

burn passion to dust,
heal the human weaknesses,
non-emotion wins.

[Mystech]

Psychedelic man
You're totally blowin' my mind
Don't take the brown acid

[valentino]

Originally posted by Mystech
They're an ancient form of chinese poetry

They are of Japanese origin and are designed to capture an image of a moment.

"The form emerged during the 16th century and was developed by the poet Basho (1644-1694) into a refined medium of Buddhist and Taoist symbolism." http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/5022/

[Mystech]

Japanese, right, see I knew it was at least the orient :p

[valentino]

That's better than saying it came from Canada at any rate;)

[Mystech]

Mmm ancient Canadian poetry.

[firingseeds]

Tell me, O Wise One,
From whence doth the winds prevail?
North, south, east, or west?

Chopsticks and ricebowls,
Keep up the good work, u guys,
Most enjoyable.
:D

[Adriatic]

the deepest darkness
they say, is just before dawn
the nightingale's song

[firingseeds]

awesome

[EvilPoet]

Chilled wintery darkness
Moonlight peeked through
the gathering storm clouds

[firingseeds]

classic haiku, evil, classic.

[firingseeds]

my ricebowl is full
my tummy is "emptiness"
why am i hungry?

[firingseeds]

The city of God.
Jerusalem is holy,
water the garden.

[Carnuth]

Untitled:

Looking to my Left
I missed what was on my Right
And lost half the World.


Haiku's aremainly related to nature,or they are supposed to be.. I think mine covers it...

[firingseeds]

nice one

the monk had a dream
he saw the fish in the pond
was he awakened?

[Carnuth]

thanks - yours is pretty groovy as well ;)

[firingseeds]

cool:D

[exsto_human]

Fading

as an oil lamp
casts it's fiery shadow
accross the porch

[exsto_human]

Becoming

A flower opened
and was taken by the wind
it's freedom won

[firingseeds]

when dirt was a crust
its accomplishment was nil
until construction

[Adriatic]

from rosemary bush
the smell of summer and sea
gone are the swallows

[airavata]

gnashing ice of fire,
cool bitter summer's wrath,
heat chill winter's heart.

[Mystech]

heh, that last one seemd a bit like Goth Haiku :p

[Adriatic]

like a winter tree
without leaves & with no fruit
i lived through the summer

[firingseeds]

wow touche. did yA SEE that mystec?
be good when the springtime comes:)
i'm awarding that a face , mystec ;
immediately :D


o(-_- )0


...now who was that persons name again? adriatic

cheers

[Mystech]

I had no idea that Haiku had the ability to be so damned depressing, good work!

[Blue_UK]

The tallest mountain,
The mightiest of empires,
Are but grains of sand.

Just trying to think of some complete nonsense the old man in the forest is likely to say!

[Adriatic]

A step to the bottom
I'm standing at the pinnacle
Ultimate koan;)

[dr. ski wampas]

Emotion, he fights.
Desensitized is life now...
A single tear shed
____________________

Life, a small puzzle,
Peices that fit together,
Rarely what they seem.
____________________

A wound that infects,
"I shall treat it tomorrow..."
Trade effort for death.
____________________

those are just a few i threw together... hope you like...

[river-wind]

9 haikus:


the leaf turns and wails
white blue breeze winding a trail
a fire smolders cool


hanging low lighting
reflecting off still water
to show night shadows


bring with breath a life
take with breath a life offered
bend and straighten. breathe.


wheat values itself
in a field turned to money
naked earth lies open


follow the sun, you.
follow it to the heavens
follow it and grow.


stone formed once melted
fire brings structure and form
create destruction


bird awing and seeks
food to growth to fly as well
to bring about third


trace patterns on you
follows the roads of you here
to find solice


to wonder and feel
break rules to live.

[river-wind]

a friend sent me this:



A Kamikaze pilot of the Seven Lives Unit composed a Haiku before he went into combat in February 1945 at the age of 22:


If only we might fall
like Cherry blossoms in the spring
so pure and radiant

[valentino]

That was gorgeous.

[flavored-tea]

Dry brown autumn leaves
falling in the dark of night;
winter is coming.

weeeeeee....

[wesmorris]

The time is right now.

Look, the time is still right now.

When is it later?




I am abstracting.

I do this when I perceive.

It helps me survive.




What did you expect?

Sorry for my lame haikus.

I am a huge dork.

[wesmorris]

Sex is good for us (me).

Sex is how we (I) came… to be.

Tha(i)nk procreation.




Sorry I saw that mock commercial on saturday night live just a minute ago:


Oops I crapped my pants.

Okay I didn't really.

... (looking around nervously and a sigh) ...

Maybe just a smidge.

[wesmorris]

we, a sea of mind
thinking, feeling, living - flow
meaning comes and goes

[Adriatic]

Indian summer
With her desert breath the bora*
is calling winter

------------------------
bora is dry, north wind

[airavata]

float in fluidity,
swim in toxicity,
light that cigarette.

[Adriatic]

I dwell down here, but
my heart is in the highlands
where nobody hunts

[Mystech]

This one wasn't mine but it IS very funny:

Why take a red pill
From a bald man in a dress
That you met online?

It was on revolutionsf.com's sci-ku section, and is of course a reference to the matrix.

[janeelsa]

Originally posted by Mystech
Mmm ancient Canadian poetry.
An Inn In Ancient Canada

Oh, where upon the greensward
hast thou cast thy knightly garb?
'Tis now the day and peasants,
and the like, all fill the yard.

Hie thee back within thy room
and fetch forth just thy horse.
"Wither art thou bound?" you ask,
"Why, Canada, of course."

("What a bunch of nonsense," she says with a laugh!)
I know it's not haiku, I'm just responding to "ancient Canadian poetry" and having fun :)

[janeelsa]

Originally posted by Carnuth
Untitled:

Looking to my Left
I missed what was on my Right
And lost half the World.

Wow!!! I like this one! Thanks, Carnuth!

[janeelsa]

I've never done Haiku before....

Winter leaves tumble
Chasing each other along
They look like sparrows.

[Adriatic]

Summer night's dream
leaving bitter aftertaste
I ought to awake ...

[Rajagopals]

Ohm
Namah
Sivaya

[airavata]

Read the rules of Haiku please. :rolleyes:

[Rajagopals]

People are stupid
It makes me very depressed
Can I get a hug? :eek:

[DJSupreme23]

We sit together
the mountain and I
until only the mountain remains.

[SpyMoose]

Originally posted by DJSupreme23
We sit together
the mountain and I
until only the mountain remains.

good one :) although that sounds like an awful lot of sitting :bugeye:

[DJSupreme23]

Originally posted by SpyMoose
good one :) although that sounds like an awful lot of sitting :bugeye:

I cheated. i didnt write it - Li Po did (chinese militarist).

[Adriatic]

A rose without thorns?!
Why are there so many thorns
when there is no rose ?

[river-wind]

Originally posted by Adriatic
A rose without thorns?!
Why are there so many thorns
when there is no rose ?


This is a good point for meditation this evening. thank you.

[Adriatic]

Originally posted by river-wind
This is a good point for meditation this evening. thank you.
You are wellcome!:)

[Panther]

faces walking water
tears flow emotion
spirit ancestors
lost remember
see childs eyes

[Carnuth]

Originally posted by janeelsa
Wow!!! I like this one! Thanks, Carnuth!

thanks! im glad my haiku didnt get lost somewhere.

and you guys , haikus go 5 syllabels, then 7, then 5 again

[buddhafish]

Originally from: http://librenix.com/?inode=3145

They said it couldn't be done;
that hacker experiences couldn't be expressed in haiku.
Or, perhaps they said it shouldn't be done?

Too late. Here are my top ten Hacker Haikus:

* The Hacker

Don't fear the hacker
he just enjoys the challenge
...of cleaning your disk!

* Gates' Law

Great chips run high speeds
but bloatware slows to crawl
heat is main output

* The Script Kiddie

My server was hacked
SSH had a hole
now my box is 0wned

* Turbo Mode

Overclock your box
it is very fast ... at first
warranty now void

* The Ghost Ship Bug

The bug seemed so small
Game database was trashed
I must start new game

* Email Dilemma

Mail is killer app
spam overflows my quota
I need new mailbox

* Code Red II

My website was so grand
until the day it changed
to an odd demand

* The Email Virus

Don't open that file!
it has a strange subject line...
you mail all your friends

* The Buggy OS

My box crashed again
the registry was corrupt
Slackware brought it up

* The IT Shuffle

One group gets upgrade
next group can't read their files
Now they upgrade too

[oscar]

cool ones!

exactly what are the rules of Haiku? I know for sure that once in a while a thought pops into my mind...and I wanna write it down but it's just a couple sentences so I often just don't write it down :(

[buddhafish]

Haiku rules are simple

3 lines
first line has 5 syllables
second has 7
third has 5

No need to rhyme or anything.

Oh, and the more cryptic you can be, the better.

Mike

[Carnuth]

and they are supposed to be about nature usually

[squage]

why are haiku's considered "special" ?
the rules seems pretty simple and random 5-7-5 - anyone know how it came to be precisely that?

it is not that i dislike them - on this thread i definately have to complement Carnuth's haiku on losing half the world - very nice haiku imho

[river-wind]

the idea is to limit yourself to find a greater level of creativity.

imagine an acrobat tired of all the same old same old tricks, so he binds himself, ties one leg, and lashes an arm to his body at the elbow. then He goes about coming up with new manuvers given his new limitations.

A test to see if you can do more with less.

[wesmorris]

If you write Haiku...
You will be very happy.
You might even smile.

RIGHT ON:

Bitchen Haiku dude.
It's rocking my socks straight off.
Tenacious D style.

[Medicine*Woman]

Originally posted by wesmorris
If you write Haiku...
You will be very happy.
You might even smile.

RIGHT ON:

Bitchen Haiku dude.
It's rocking my socks straight off.
Tenacious D style.

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M*W: Phallus is my God
He who covets me
I submit to his command.

I am greater than thee
Phallas, who is my God,
Worships Me for my beauty.

I command Phallas
To obey my wishes,
He who worships me.

Phallus is my God,
Whom I worship,
He is my salvation.

Phallus, my God, is Me.

[wesmorris]

denial destroys.
can you do more than pretend?
acceptance -> freedom.

[Eddie]

surrounded by them
billions of humans on earth
loneliness consumes

[wesmorrisbabe]

Okay, I'm new at this but I thought I'd give it a try. This is both a Haiku and a riddle. I'm sure you can guess the answer.

A knock on the door
And Journey through the forest
Led him to riches

[Eddie]

so come to me now
vessel that holds the cargo
to lighten my load

[river-wind]

BTW, haiku's can also be 7-9-7, but that style is newer, and less common.


Bring about a new
first in mind, followed by deed
worlds from your minds eye


New Year's mountaintop
I celebrated moonlight
hiking with a friend


(is it cel-e-brat-ed? or cele-brat-ed?)

resistance on a far moon
cold and barren as hope sinks in fire
to escape Hoth is to live

[wesmorris]

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M*W: Phallus is my God
He who covets me
I submit to his command.

I am greater than thee
Phallas, who is my God,
Worships Me for my beauty.

I command Phallas
To obey my wishes,
He who worships me.

Phallus is my God,
Whom I worship,
He is my salvation.

Phallus, my God, is Me.

So you're saying my haiku's suck phallus?

[BigBlueHead]

Arg Arg Arg Arg Arg
A Rabid Snarglebeastie
Gnawing My Backside!

[river-wind]

hahahahaha ^^^^^ and ^2^2^2^2

[Medicine*Woman]

So you're saying my haiku's suck phallus?
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M*W: Not in so many words. Although, Phallus IS a GOD. Do I/WE worship him? I don't know. Phallus, himself, doesn't suck "phallus." All Phallus knows how to do is inseminate. Otherwise, he has no brain just a head... with no intention. Phallus, himself, loves adoration as in fellatio. But he must be directed. The only direction Phallus goes in is toward the vagina. If Phallus goes astray, this could be a problem. The only heaven; the only reward; the only fulfillment is when Phallus reaches Vagina and they are One.

[wesmorris]

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M*W: Not in so many words. Although, Phallus IS a GOD. Do I/WE worship him? I don't know. Phallus, himself, doesn't suck "phallus." All Phallus knows how to do is inseminate. Otherwise, he has no brain just a head... with no intention. Phallus, himself, loves adoration as in fellatio. But he must be directed. The only direction Phallus goes in is toward the vagina. If Phallus goes astray, this could be a problem. The only heaven; the only reward; the only fulfillment is when Phallus reaches Vagina and they are One.

Hmm. So I make you think of a brainless cock. *shrug*

I'm not quite sure what to make of that.

Meh, I just thought it was weird to respond with what you did, though pretty interesting if nothing else - and I do wonder what exactly inspired it, or in what context you intend it. Hmmm.. maybe it's just supposed to be art and I'm supposed to shutup and enjoy.

Okay.

[Lucysnow]

Ha Ha I love it! We have got to give proprs to MW, it takes a REAL woman to say that. You go girl!

[wesmorris]

Ha Ha I love it! We have got to give proprs to MW, it takes a REAL woman to say that. You go girl!

But what did she say????????????? I still don't get it!

Hehe, hook a brother up! ;)

Was it just the brainless cock thing? A complicated "you sure are a dullard you silly man" kind of comment? Throw me a frickin bone here.

[Lucysnow]

Quote:Hmmm.. maybe it's just supposed to be art and I'm supposed to shutup and enjoy.

Wesmorris I'm sure you always shut up when you're enjoying it.

[Lucysnow]

Here Wes:Phallus, himself, loves adoration as in fellatio. But he must be directed. The only direction Phallus goes in is toward the vagina. If Phallus goes astray, this could be a problem. The only heaven; the only reward; the only fulfillment is when Phallus reaches Vagina and they are One.


That's the part that tickled me pink

[wesmorris]

Quote:Hmmm.. maybe it's just supposed to be art and I'm supposed to shutup and enjoy.

Wesmorris I'm sure you always shut up when you're enjoying it.

LOL, yes but I can usually tell when it's happening!

Here I'm uh.. boneless.

[Lucysnow]

One thing though. MW's poem isn't really a haiku is it? I mean it doesn't follow haiku 'rules'. Anyway I still liked it.

[wesmorris]

One thing though. MW's poem isn't really a haiku is it? I mean it doesn't follow haiku 'rules'. Anyway I still liked it.

I thought it was pretty cool too. No, I don't think it follows haiku rules but then again, maybe there's some sophisticated dimensions of haiku of which I'm unaware.

[Lucysnow]

Here is what I found on Haiku:

"Japanese haiku have been traditionally composed in 5-7-5 syllables. When poets started writing English haiku in the 1950's, they adopted this 5-7-5 form, thinking it created a similar condition for English-language haiku. This style is what is generally considered "traditional" English haiku.

Over the years, however, most haiku poets in North America have become aware that 17 English syllables convey a great deal more information than 17 Japanese syllables, and have come to write haiku in fewer syllables, most often in three segments that follow a short-long-short pattern without a rigid structure. This style is called by some "free-form" haiku" Forms in English Haiku by Keiko Imaoka

On this site I found some 65 rules or suggestions conserning Haiku. http://www.dada.at/geoff/haiku/rules/

[Carnuth]

why are haiku's considered "special" ?
the rules seems pretty simple and random 5-7-5 - anyone know how it came to be precisely that?

it is not that i dislike them - on this thread i definately have to complement Carnuth's haiku on losing half the world - very nice haiku imho

thank you :)

[Adriatic]

Hey, old man! Relax!
know, you are runing in vain.
don't hurry! Live! ;)

[river-wind]

Wisdom as a a fresh bud
cannot flower as brightly
before it is found

Nonaction creates
tree fastens soil with strong breath
this is not inaction



edit: changed the first one.