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Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby yeahbut » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 20:16:53

Stick a fork in it
This side is crisp already
Lets torch the other


Election hype peaks
Obama's charisma sweeps
Plantagenet weeps


Fark this swearing rule
I hate it. Swearing is great
you puritan farks


In a dank bunker
Rocc impatiently awaits
Doom-what's the holdup?


Heavenly father-
please sir, can we have some more?
Go ask your mother


Lately the money
seems tight. Or is it just me?
News at eleven


Oil is running low
The planet is heating up
Let's watch Milf Island


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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby errorist » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 20:57:29

systemic error
civilization failed
to handle at will.


unlimited greed
meet limited resources.
can you spell doom?


demand destruction
peaked when winter died.
war followed soon.
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 21:53:22

wish that I could see
what is going to happen
no doubt we all do
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 22:13:42

Structured form is grand
Thank our Japanese friends for
inventing this style




A sonnet is grand. Love of language has been poured into it. But haiku is so terse.
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby yeahbut » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 22:38:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'S')tructured form is grand
Thank our Japanese friends for
inventing this style



how hard can it be
five,seven,five- too easy
a monkey could do it(oh bugger)


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') sonnet is grand. Love of language has been poured into it. But haiku is so terse.


sonnet is symptom
of westerner decadence
haiku is refined
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 23:11:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('yeahbut', '
')how hard can it be
five,seven,five- too easy
a monkey could do it(oh bugger
Well, if you respect it, the first thing you do is follow it. 5-7-6 is not allowed. Now you must commit to seppuku
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby Tyler_JC » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 23:30:56

PMS is daft
Posts another waste of space
Needs better hobbies
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 23:41:18

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'P')MS is daft
Posts another waste of space
Needs better hobbies



been here along time
Tyler is mean spirited
I never dissed you
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby Northern_Pike » Thu 30 Oct 2008, 23:44:33

Zombie hordes approach
Pass ‘round the ammunition
They can’t have our beans

- Pike
Matthew 24:1- 24:51
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby Tyler_JC » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:03:32

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '
')
been here along time
Tyler is mean spirited
I never dissed you


Haiku war begins.
Cat is no longer in bag,
this could get ugly.
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby yeahbut » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:11:40

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'N')ow you must commit to seppuku


Haiku rules are strict
I'm hoping their enforcement
Is somewhat less so

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', ' ')
PMS is daft
Posts another waste of space
Needs better hobbies


The posts of many
Shout hoarsely at each other
Why pick PMS?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Northern_Pike', ' ')
Zombie hordes approach
Pass ‘round the ammunition
They can’t have our beans


[smilie=hello2.gif] :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby mercurygirl » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:15:05

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('yeahbut', 'S')tick a fork in it
This side is crisp already
Lets torch the other


Election hype peaks
Obama's charisma sweeps
Plantagenet weeps


Fark this swearing rule
I hate it. Swearing is great
you puritan farks


In a dank bunker
Rocc impatiently awaits
Doom-what's the holdup?


Heavenly father-
please sir, can we have some more?
Go ask your mother


Lately the money
seems tight. Or is it just me?
News at eleven


Oil is running low
The planet is heating up
Let's watch Milf Island


Anybody?
Very nicely done.

I seem to remember from my last college lit class (not as long ago as you'd think), that haiku is not rigid, as long as you keep to the ideal. Number of syllables doesn't mean there's no flexibility in the haiku rhythm. I composed haiku with differing syllabic lines, in order to point that out in a class. I'm not up on my lit these days, but I'm sure the internet knows all about it.
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby Plantagenet » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:28:26

The oil price went up
The economy went down
Why all the surprise?
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby Pops » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:29:10

Please try using search
Type Haiku as the keyword
I get nineteen hits

Some good threads, some bad
A few are even funny
Some just a rehash
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby yeahbut » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:40:50

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mercurygirl', 'V')ery nicely done.

I seem to remember from my last college lit class (not as long ago as you'd think), that haiku is not rigid, as long as you keep to the ideal. Number of syllables doesn't mean a lot if you're not in the haiku rhythm. I composed haiku with differing syllabic lines, in order to point that out in a class. I'm not up on my lit these days, but I'm sure the internet knows all about it.


Girl of quicksilver
Suggests a flowing pathway-
I stick to the road.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', ' ')
Please try using search
Type Haiku as the keyword
I get nineteen hits


Grumpy old geezer
He has seen it all before
Make a plan- work it!
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby mercurygirl » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:42:27

Pops surveils hoppers.
Types antspeak most times.
Life says, I need all.
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:54:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mercurygirl', 'P')ops surveils hoppers.
Types antspeak most times.
Life says, I need all.
that's nice, mg. It's got that mystical tone about it.
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby Pops » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 00:55:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', ' ')It's got that mystical tone about it.

Yea, and I can't decipher it so it must be good!
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby mercurygirl » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 11:10:26

OK, not my best effort, done on impulse.

Here's something better...ZOMBIE HAIKU!on Amazon

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he city is dead.
Streets are just filled with people
who aren't quite people.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')iting into heads
is much harder than it looks.
the skull is feisty.
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Re: Peak Oil Haiku thread

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Fri 31 Oct 2008, 12:07:57

Not a winds whisper
the trees are motionless now
what must be coming?
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