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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gak The Great)
Subject: Shadowrun Haiku
Date: Thu Jun 13 15:55:01 2002
Sometime, somewhere down the timeline, Xian whispered:
>
> Chummer, Yer fragged.
> Mana flows on astral plane
> Gimme the nuyen.
>
>
> When I was big into Quake, we used to write Quake Haiku. Thought it
> might be fun to start this ball rolling with an easy one. Anyone else
> care to try your hand at some SR poetry?
>

Is there any other qualification for a Haiku other than the
5/7/5-syllable thing?

-- GAK THE GREAT
"Was groß ist am Menschen, das ist, dass er eine Brücke ist und
kein Zweck"
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, "Also sprach Zarathustra"
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Christian Casavant)
Subject: Shadowrun Haiku
Date: Fri Jun 14 03:40:01 2002
Gak,


> Is there any other qualification for a Haiku other than the
> 5/7/5-syllable thing?

I'm not aware of any other qualifications. 5-7-5 is the only rule that I
know.

Xian.
Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Shadowrun Haiku
Date: Fri Jun 14 06:00:01 2002
According to Gak The Great, on Thu, 13 Jun 2002 the word on the street was...

> Is there any other qualification for a Haiku other than the
> 5/7/5-syllable thing?

Not AFAIK.

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Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Shadowrun Haiku
Date: Mon Jun 17 00:25:01 2002
> Is there any other qualification for a Haiku other than the
> 5/7/5-syllable thing?

Yes, but it gets really complicated at that point. Basically, what you write
when you write this sort of thing is called 'senryu', a sort of mock-haiku.
Most people, though, don't know the difference, so ... :)



The Wyrm Ouroboros
'Half Russian mathemetician,
half Silicon Valley code freak.'

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