Oath Haiku (and other poetic forms)

[Kat]

I'll have a go:

In life's name wizards
protect us from entrophy
and the lone power

errrr.... I probally should not try poetry again. A Vogon could do better...

[Kathy Li]

No, see Vogon haiku would be something like:

Thy micturations
are to me as plurdled [stuff]
On a lurgid bee

MUCH MUCH worse.

talkingbeast, love your YW-themed haiku!!! The Ponch one is my favorite, but they're all great fun!!

BTW, DD did an Oath haiku (sorta) in the chat. Check PM's transcript.

Edited the URL since I rearranged my webspace - Peter

[Kathy Li]

I will use the Art
To preserve growth--make no change
But to prevent harm

Addendum: ---quick break---

O.M.G.

You have to see the "Nigerian Spam" poetry thread over on Making Light. You really do.

[seabiscuit1009]

To protect all life
And rid the world of evil
In name of Powers.

I was looking back through my writing notebook from, I don't know, maybe 5th grade? Wow, that's a long time ago, almost what, 5 years? Anyway, I found this. I must have written it when I first read SYWTBAW. Just felt like posting it, and it does fit with the topic, so...yeah

-seabiscuit, a.k.a. hungry

[wizardsrreal]

OK this is my shot at haikus:

She sits there...waiting
Dairine gets out her laptop
She is off to Mars

Dair, with her laptop
Quietly whispers Red Five
Mars, she went to Mars

Neets-the Silent Lord
The sacrafice must be done
Ed-the Master Shark

The price was paid, but
Ed with borrowed wizardry
Paid the price for her

Fred blew his quanta
Neets and Kit read from the book
Together, they won

Peach said, I'm needed
She was one of the Powers
Peach died, but came back

I made these up around 11:30last night!!

[Gigo]

There once was a drink called coffee,
which is surely much better than toffee.
So I set out one day,
in search of a way,
but returned with a turtle named Moffy.

*gags* Moffy, I ask you.

To save the universe, part at a time,
I sought to comprehend, in the space of a rhyme.
I have awesome powers, with the flick of a dime,
But I still don't enjoy eating a lime.
So here's the last sentence, with stuff and thyme.

XD

Coffee is some sort of poetry mastermind.

Saving the world, now.
With cool wizardly powers
Watch out, L. P. *POW*

I'm going to write a longish poemy thingy that rhymes a little.

*This Space For Rent*

[Angel]

Hahaha...I saw this forum, and I couldn't resist. First, here are the ones for YW:

Give Light to the Dark
To go heal the empty heart
And make the wrong, right.

In Life's name and sake
Must Wizards defend the Light.
Keep the Dark at bay.

And just for kicks...

"I hate the wizards
Especially small ones.
They pack a big punch."

^^ Now, for the ones that came out of nowhere!

High samurai tall
Or samurai not at all.
Giggling female.
(Okay, so this was an inside joke)

Llama, llama, duck.
Inside my brain is now stuck.
Shave me a llama.

[Caitlin]

<span class="ev_code_RED">WARNING</span>: Caitlin is not a poet. She does not claim to be. In fact, her poetry kinda stinks. Like four day old munster cheese. Proceed with caution.

If you're not careful,
The book will catch you-

Take the Oath;
The Lone One will watch you-

Speak the words
The spell will transport you-

Protect the life
The Powers will reward you

(woah- poetry ala Emily Dickenson (sort of)

[Kathy Li]

For life's name I said
And for life's sake I did swear
To guard growth and heal

Altering only
To bring natural order
Never sacrifice

Unless a greater
Battle against entropy
May be won by loss

This I swear to do
To choose courage over fear
Until it all ends

A few words is all
And the universe opens
I shall take the Oath

[magicalmike]

Wow these realy are hard. Oh well, here is the poeticly challinged persons atempt.

protecting all life
stopping the spread of all death
to this you abide.

[Shea]

Originally posted by kli6:
No, see Vogon haiku would be something like:

Thy micturations
are to me as plurdled [stuff]
On a lurgid bee

AH! Vogon poetry! It burns!

Umm, let's see.

In life's name and sake,
I'll put aside death for life,
against the Lone One

Wow, I'm cheap, I used I'll just to make things fit. XD

I'll think of more later.

[Mousey]

Life`s name, Life`s sake,
Make Life safe, make
Life wonderful, Life
Without any strife
That is what We like
All to have, share, give,
Keep safe, never dislike.
Do this, and forgive...

So it`s not haiku, so what? Haiku-version Wizard`s Oaths arn`t very good, IMHO. I`m not very good at haiku, anyway.

[Kathy Li]

I like haikus. They're a hecka lot easier (faster) to write than, say, Shakespearean sonnets. Then again, I could never figure out if a syllable was stressed or not. Counting syllables, now that I can do.

It's about healing
Helping hurt things to grow right
Fighting entropy

[ShadowWizard]

Originally posted by kli6:
I like haikus. They're a hecka lot easier (faster) to write than, say, Shakespearean sonnets. Then again, I could never figure out if a syllable was stressed or not. Counting syllables, now that I can do.

It's about healing
Helping hurt things to grow right
Fighting entropy

I don't know much about poetry but I have one more line for the haiku kli made

It's about healing
Helping hurt things to grow right
Fighting entropy
Each day and night

[Kathy Li]

ShadowWizard, sorry, a haiku is only three lines long . The first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables, and the third line is five syllables. Those are the only rules. (Ok, if you wanna be traditional, you can shove a season in there somewhere).

So, out of 17 syllables, you're already got 4. That's ~23.5% of the way done!

You could start by adding a syllable to "each day and night" or rewriting the same concept with words that fit the syllable count. I used to think writing haikus were hard, too, but then I just started doing it, and it got a lot easier.

It doesn't have to be poetic. It doesn't have to be profound. It doesn't even necessarily have to make sense as a sentence. You just have to (like any wizard) love words. It's kind of like fitting puzzle pieces together, and you look at words a little differently when you have to pay attention to how many syllables there are.

Listening rhythms
I hear in the Speech and spell
To steady the beat

Winter or summer
On watch against entropy
On my oath, I stand

My problem is figuring out iambic pentameter (blank verse). I'd love to tackle a sonnet or villanelle or sestina or something... but I can never get the words to go dee-DUM