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MonkeyMonkey
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June 15th, 2012 at 2:56:51 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Can you put this into a Haiku? Thanks..



I was never good at this sort of thing, and I don't recall the syllables per lines required, but here's my entry:

This important topic
We illuminate
Sixty-nine, one time!
WongBo
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June 15th, 2012 at 3:08:38 PM permalink
17 syllables....
i think you have 16.
the format is usually 5, 7, 5
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June 15th, 2012 at 3:12:13 PM permalink
I am a big fan of Haiku. Here is my try:

Hummingbirds in June
The flowers have no desire
For tomorrow's sun
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June 15th, 2012 at 3:16:10 PM permalink
nice edit
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June 15th, 2012 at 3:22:11 PM permalink
Drunk sex with waitress.
Mask on, tied to the bedframe,
Must I stay all night?
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EvenBob
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June 15th, 2012 at 3:25:47 PM permalink
Alone I stand now
Having stood alone before
Loves disappointment
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June 15th, 2012 at 3:26:42 PM permalink
Quote: teliot

I am a big fan of Haiku.



http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2012/06/15
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June 15th, 2012 at 4:35:43 PM permalink
Spring rain wets the field
Time of planting is coming
A strong oak rises

Hard toil of plowing
Yet with it comes great pleasure
Relief in the end

A new dawn arrives
Get what no longer has use
Out of the house
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June 15th, 2012 at 5:02:44 PM permalink
wizard of vegas
probability expert
seems like a nice guy
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief. - Proverb.
Mission146
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June 15th, 2012 at 5:04:31 PM permalink
Eyes across the bar,
Speaking without words saying;
"We'll go really far."

Scotch, Gin, feeling fine,
I approach and deliver;
A weak pick-up line.

She blushed and replied,
"I'm sorry, but I'm the bride,"
I went back outside.

I made some more rounds,
Running into a brunette;
Weighed three-hundred pounds.

"Pardon," I stammered,
"I liked it," was the reply;
Was I that hammered?

I bought her a drink,
Took me ten or twelve, I think;
I gave her a wink.

I picked up the tab,
As dusk became day, quickly;
I called her a cab.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
konceptum
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June 15th, 2012 at 5:14:25 PM permalink
Technically, Haikus are not written with 17 syllables. However, the Americanized version of Haikus seem to support this methodology. It's one I like to use as well.

I can't take credit for the following, although I read it recently and love it:

I see you driving
'Round town with the girl I love
And I'm like, haiku
P90
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June 15th, 2012 at 5:37:03 PM permalink
My previous haiku was in fact exactly about the topic of the thread this split from: https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/general/10214-so-whats-your-views-about-one-time-stand/


Quote: Mission146

I picked up the tab,
As dusk became day, quickly;
I called her a cab.


Fresh vanity plate
Dice adorning the mirror
A rare one it was

Yet mattered it not
As before eight we pulled up
To the house we sought

So eager to leave
Left the chauffeur a promise
Of smelling him yet

For but a minute
I observed my empire
The end of the road

As time came to be
Bethroned as the prince
Of the town Bel-Air
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June 15th, 2012 at 8:20:12 PM permalink
Here's my favorite:

Haiku are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
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June 15th, 2012 at 8:26:35 PM permalink
Big bellied gambler

Stinking stogie in his hand

Seeks a monster roll
"What, me worry?"
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June 15th, 2012 at 8:31:46 PM permalink
Man from Nantucket

Legendary length and girth

Never goes hungry
"What, me worry?"
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June 15th, 2012 at 8:33:04 PM permalink
Finally, a thread where anyone can do the math!

Shooter coming out
Where's that waitress with my Scotch?
No comped room tonight
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June 15th, 2012 at 8:36:47 PM permalink
While it violates the requirement that the subject be related to one of the four seasons (if I remember correctly without Googling it), here is my video poker haiku:

Four to a royal...
Only need the Jack of clubs...
Damn, missed it again.
Mission146
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June 15th, 2012 at 8:39:21 PM permalink
Quote: JB

Four to a royal...
Only need the Jack of clubs...
Damn, missed it again.



We have a winner,
But it's only six credits;
Hit the Deuce of Clubs.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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June 15th, 2012 at 8:49:07 PM permalink
Quote: JB

Four to a royal...
Only need the Jack of clubs...
Damn, missed it again.


You went for royal
At Indian casino?
You'll never get it
MrV
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June 15th, 2012 at 11:09:31 PM permalink
All these haiku suck

No poets here, just gamblers

Don't quit your day jobs
"What, me worry?"
98Clubs
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June 17th, 2012 at 1:07:47 AM permalink
The South Pacific
is Paradise in Wenches
with Gold in limbo.

These Wenches are strange.
For after sex on the beach,
we are now married.

I tried to explain
a Pirate can't be tied down...
we tie people up!

Her Father demands
I marry her in the morn
or into the flames.

She is quite angry
I chose fire not marriage,
she adds many logs.

Rum is my saviour!,
the Captain raises a toast.
Thirty bottles drunk.

The Natives passed-out,
I jump out of the kettle
and arrive on-board.

A true Ocean tale
Pirates, Wenches, Fire, Rum
the Rum was best ARRrrg.
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October 30th, 2023 at 5:39:07 PM permalink
Resurrecting an ancient thread since I saw it referenced in the new Limerick thread.

Trivia: Haiku aren't actually 5-7-5 syllables, they're 5-7-5 onsetsu, which are similar to syllables, but not quite. Take the word "ichiban". That would be 3 syllables in English, but 4 onsetsu (I-CHI-BA-N). Yes, they count the N separately, and even pronounce it separately in slow-read poetry and songs. (e.g., "Velvet Easter") Similarly, "kaiju" would be 2 syllables in English, but 3 onsetsu (KA-I-JU).

Also, true haiku involve nature, not just any random subject.

There, I ruined it.
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October 30th, 2023 at 6:44:07 PM permalink
I believe if the poem isn't about nature (but follows the other rules), it is senryu.
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October 30th, 2023 at 7:26:10 PM permalink
Roulette wheel spins fast,
Red or black, I choose precisely,
Chips stack high, I win
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