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Motek




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Jun 17 2007, 10:33 am
A haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having three
unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables,

traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the
seasons.

Haikus for Jews

Lacking fins or tail
the gefilte fish swims with
great difficulty.

Beyond Valium,
peace is knowing one's child
is an internist.

On Passover we
opened the door for Elijah.
Now our cat is gone.

After the warm rain
the sweet smell of camellias.
Did you wipe your feet?

Her lips near my ear,
Aunt Sadie whispers the name
of her friend's disease.

Today I am a man.
Tomorrow I will return
to the seventh grade.

Jews on safari --
map, compass, elephant gun,
hard sucking candies.

The same kimono
the top geishas are wearing:
I got it at Loehmann's.

The shivah visit:
so sorry about your loss.
Now back to my problems.

Mom, please! There is no
need to put that dinner roll
in your pocketbook.

Seven-foot Jews in
the NBA slam-dunking!
My alarm clock rings.

Sorry I'm not home
to take your call. At the tone
please state your bad news.

Is one Nobel Prize
so much to ask from a child
after all I've done?

Today, mild shvitzing.
Tomorrow, so hot you'll plotz.
Five-day forecast: feh

Yenta. Shmeer. Gevalt.
Shlemiel. Shlimazl. Meshuganah
Oy! To be fluent!

Quietly murmured
at Saturday Synagogue services,
Yanks 5, Red Sox 3.

A lovely nose ring,
excuse me while I put my
head in the oven.

Hard to tell under the lights.
White Yarmulke or
male-pattern baldness.

go ahead! Add some more!

(p.s. the previous weren't created by me)
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purplegirl




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Jun 17 2007, 10:42 am
In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction rules - each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, 5 in the third. They are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity.

Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.

With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.

The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao-until
You bring fresh toner.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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Motek




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 20 2007, 6:20 pm
those are great!

no originals from posters on imamother?

Did you know that Shema Yisrael is in haiku form?
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 20 2007, 6:29 pm
I wrote some in French and in English when I was a bored high schooler. They were BAD (imo).
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technic




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jun 21 2007, 3:48 am
I love this thread!!!

motek I knew u didnt make them up - I have the book Wink
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hadasa




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jun 21 2007, 3:57 am
Motek wrote:


Did you know that Shema Yisrael is in haiku form?


That's if you consider a Shva na a separate syllable, which, according to dikduk, it isn't.

(Sorry for nitpicking, I couldn't resist!)
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chen




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jun 21 2007, 9:53 am
Daily exercise
Bending, stretching,lifting weights
Why am I still plump?

supper, breakfast, lunch
never-ending meals to make
no one else will help.

did the daily wash
fresh, clean fabrics smell so good
now for coffee break.

shopping, washing, work
cooking, cleaning, baking, bath
Shabbos tomorrow

Song is more than just
Lines and syllables, you know.
Poetry must sing.
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chen




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jun 21 2007, 9:57 am
which, btw, is why a lot of homemade haiku isn't poetry at all. It's often just a collection of words. It takes talent--and work--to make it sing.
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Motek




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Jun 24 2007, 4:06 pm
good ones Chen Smile

nobody else?
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Lechatchila Ariber




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Jun 24 2007, 4:23 pm
not from me...that sort of thing gives me a headache...ouch
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