Re: Haikus
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:19 pm
Yes, the hidden fruits-
Revealed to some; still secret
to many others
Revealed to some; still secret
to many others
Started a new page
To fill with lots of haikus
What's the topic now?
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Re: Haikus
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:03 pm
Re: Haikus
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:10 pm
Guards the golden wood -
Place of light and memory
So young and so old.
Place of light and memory
So young and so old.
Re: Haikus
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:51 am
Seven pages long
Certain to be many more
Here begins our work
Certain to be many more
Here begins our work
Re: Haikus
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:00 am
I remember days
When two hundred characters
Gave you just one point!
Get off my lawn!
When two hundred characters
Gave you just one point!
Get off my lawn!
Re: Haikus
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:22 am
Mobile games, such fun!
But care I must take, because
They are addictive!
But care I must take, because
They are addictive!
Re: Haikus
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 4:29 am
I ate too much pie
Now I'm sleepy and drowsy
But work in an hour!
Now I'm sleepy and drowsy
But work in an hour!
Re: Haikus
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 4:32 am
Highlighting all the
haikus is just what Toasty
wanted. So I won't. jk I totally highlight them.
haikus is just what Toasty
wanted. So I won't. jk I totally highlight them.
Re: Haikus
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 5:15 am
I have had no pie
But still sleepy and drowsy
Happily 'tis night
But still sleepy and drowsy
Happily 'tis night
Re: Haikus
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 6:27 am
Wamba, we changed it
to give people a chance to
earn back old ranks fast
to give people a chance to
earn back old ranks fast
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:54 am
I remember days
When two hundred characters
Posted in threads!
When two hundred characters
Posted in threads!
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:41 am
Why does haikuu have
Two 'u's? Is this some secret?
What is the meaning?
Two 'u's? Is this some secret?
What is the meaning?
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:25 pm
@Nia
I noticed last night
And yes, I've posted haikus
Preceding last night!
@Aodh Hammerhelm
I doubt it is wise
To hope those days come again
(But part of me does)
I noticed last night
And yes, I've posted haikus
Preceding last night!
@Aodh Hammerhelm
I doubt it is wise
To hope those days come again
(But part of me does)
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:39 pm
it is no secret
haiku is haiku’s plural
and then we add u
haiku is haiku’s plural
and then we add u
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:03 pm
Sticks of hickory
Gutted head, a brazen crash
"... add u!" *Badum TSH!*
Gutted head, a brazen crash
"... add u!" *Badum TSH!*
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:43 pm
Wait, when did "haikus"
become "haikuu"? Have I been
oblivious? Hm.
become "haikuu"? Have I been
oblivious? Hm.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 7:20 pm
Never have I heard
"Haiku" in its plural form
Until just now. WHAT?
"Haiku" in its plural form
Until just now. WHAT?
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:02 am
Wait just a minute
Just how many syllables
Does a haiku have?
Just how many syllables
Does a haiku have?
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:06 am
We talk of plurals
What is best in plural form?
Probably it's meese
What is best in plural form?
Probably it's meese
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:49 am
To @Lucifer, I
say nay! For best of plurals,
See "sphinges". Odd word.
say nay! For best of plurals,
See "sphinges". Odd word.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:24 am
@Lucifer which meese?
No cheeses for the meeces?
Or “moose”’s plural??
No cheeses for the meeces?
Or “moose”’s plural??
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 2:20 pm
What of octopodes?
My spell-check tried to correct
To "octopuses"
My spell-check tried to correct
To "octopuses"
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 5:11 pm
My dog has a toy
octopus named Ocho. He
awaits surgery.
octopus named Ocho. He
awaits surgery.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:26 pm
@Sil- all the above
Meese: universal plural.
Works for everything
Meese: universal plural.
Works for everything
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:56 pm
There you go, Wamba:
The plural of octopus
Must also be “meese”
The plural of octopus
Must also be “meese”
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:37 am
That's exactly right!
Meese is the answer to all-
It's like forty-two
Meese is the answer to all-
It's like forty-two
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:44 am
Haikus can be dense
Packing in the wisdom close
Donuts in the gut
Packing in the wisdom close
Donuts in the gut
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:58 am
Yum! I love donuts-
Didn't know they were wisdom.
I must be so wise.
Didn't know they were wisdom.
I must be so wise.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:51 am
Round circles of dough
Are things I want to consume!
Delicious baked goods.
Are things I want to consume!
Delicious baked goods.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:32 am
A tasty subject
For Tara to write about.
Riddles and haikus.
For Tara to write about.
Riddles and haikus.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:38 am
you waken my hunger
For wisdom or for doughnuts?
Fill me up with both
For wisdom or for doughnuts?
Fill me up with both
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:52 am
But the real question
Is: how many syllables
In two U haikuu?
Is: how many syllables
In two U haikuu?
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:00 am
must be two or three
hai-kuu or else hai-ku-u
(not hai-ku-u-u-u-u-u-u-u)
hai-kuu or else hai-ku-u
(not hai-ku-u-u-u-u-u-u-u)
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:06 am
What on this green Earth
Is Andro waffling about?
Sorry, that was mean.
Is Andro waffling about?
Sorry, that was mean.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:35 am
Night rain, window pane
Duvet, donut and a book
Perfect before bed
Duvet, donut and a book
Perfect before bed
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:22 pm
I shan't tell a lie
At first I thought that "Duvet"
Was the book's author!
At first I thought that "Duvet"
Was the book's author!
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:40 pm
I want to write a
Poem here where each word is just
One bit of speech long
[dammit, I failed in my first attempt without even realising it until I read it aloud. Subbing in 'bit' for 'unit' ]
Poem here where each word is just
One bit of speech long
[dammit, I failed in my first attempt without even realising it until I read it aloud. Subbing in 'bit' for 'unit'
]Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:15 pm
Dwim, you weren't mean!
I was posting foolishness
(and cheating the beat)
I was posting foolishness
(and cheating the beat)
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:51 pm
@Wamba_the_FoolRe: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 4:21 pm
Coffee is the sludge
of life. I look forward to
it every morning.
of life. I look forward to
it every morning.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 4:23 pm
Coffee and pastries
That sounds delicious to me
Good morning to all!
That sounds delicious to me
Good morning to all!
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:04 pm
Good morning and good
afternoon and good night too!
(all time-zones welcome)
afternoon and good night too!
(all time-zones welcome)
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:02 pm
Time is a construct
Solely a human construct
Babylonian
Solely a human construct
Babylonian
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:26 pm
that doesn’t mean that
It’s any less relevant
We’re all human here
It’s any less relevant
We’re all human here
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:41 pm
The sun and the moon
Mark the times and the seasons
As we spin through stars
Mark the times and the seasons
As we spin through stars
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:42 pm
A haiku on time
I wanted to write about
time, but I - ran out.
I wanted to write about
time, but I - ran out.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:00 am
Time is not just a
Strict progression of cause and
Effect. It wibbles.
(And wobbles. Timey-wimey.)
Strict progression of cause and
Effect. It wibbles.
(And wobbles. Timey-wimey.)
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:34 am
Doctor Who! Egads!
One of my favourite shows-
I can't get enough.
One of my favourite shows-
I can't get enough.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:48 am
Exclaims with delight
at a show I have never
watched. Alas, poor me.
at a show I have never
watched. Alas, poor me.
Re: Haikuu
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:54 am
How sad is it, to
not revel in the joy of
Doctor and TARDIS!
not revel in the joy of
Doctor and TARDIS!