Haiku Contest! ^^

[Sparrowhawk]

Thanks for giving me
something fun to do during
second period.

There is much wisdom
to be learned from these contests:
Caves are bad for you.

I don't have feathers
So I guess this won't work out.
Thanks for the songs, though?

(I'm sorry, I had to. Maybe I will submit something more thoughtful later. But probably not ;P)

[Cairn Destop]

So that our two deceased contestants can see themselves given a eulogy as a poetic sendoff.  And with these two, I have posted one 5-7-5 for each contestant.



His fate poetic,
Temptation overrode senses.
Destiny, his balm

Spikedog lost her place
When her sharp words brought a sword.
Thrusting to her heart.

[Stonewall]

A captain in name
A poor puppet in practice
Stoat needs a new job

Miles and miles of sand
Miles and miles of cold tunnel
You just can not win

[Erethas]

Shipwreck and hot sands,
Maze of dark twisting tunnels,
Will they ever escape?


edit: sorry if this seems similar to yours, Stonewall.

[Cairn Destop]

Did one on the contestants, now one on the story to date.


Treasure hunters all,
Some for gold, others freedom.
None claims victory.

[Eliza Lacrimosa]

Hrm. I probably fail.

Bellona, Damask,
Eliza, Revel, Venril,
Deadtail, Rath. Who's next?

(Admittedly, my meter might be off on the last line, depending on whether you pronounce "tail" with one syllable or two.)

[Deadtail]

Definitely one.  :P It's weird even to imagine it as two...

[Opal]

Oh, details, schmetails. I still call them haiku, even if it's technically incorrect. :P

Oh and yes, how silly of me, forgot to say the deadline. The deadline is the same as when voting closes this week.

My most favorite haiku ever:

"Like the moon over
the day, my genius and brawn
are lost on these fools." - Bowser

:P

[Jarrtail]

Huh. Video game philosophy. Who woulda guessed.

[Sparrowhawk]

We're blind, end to start
Eyeless things in lightless wombs
Death, the final dark.

This is too much fun, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop. And I never heard the rule that they aren't supposed to rhyme - I thought it was more along the lines of they don't have to. I just have a rhyming sort of mentality right now, sorry. Womb-tomb and sightless-lightless were too tempting.

[Jarrtail]

Doesn't quite get it
Not a song nor poem anymore
Bard, not warrior.

Always makes it out
Will keep running forever
Has to stop someday.

[Stonewall]

Who's swinging that axe?
It's the Five-Time Champion!
Ready to rumble!

Not Al Pacino
But she is still a scar-face
Poor dame Eliza

[Jarrtail]

They are all dead. Gone.
Now all she has is herself.
Can she handle it?

[saffy]

Dripping, cackling things.
Darkness invitational-
And then there was one.

sorry, I'm not very good at these things. ^^;

[Erethas]

Many grains of sand
Itching sore and tender paws
Always in background.

Note to self - stop using 'Sand' in future haikus. I am tired.