Author Topic: Haiku Fu, And Limericks Too (Read 5566 times)

Karl Castaneda #2 · « **on:** March 26, 2006, 02:04:42 PM »

More haikus to share,
It'll be a lot of fun,
Because you all suck.

There once was a man from Lulu,
Who everyone thought was cookoo,
He liked little boys,
He trapped 'em with toys,
Of course, I'm talking about vudu.

ICE BURN.

Artimus · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2006, 02:18:44 PM »

I thought you had it, PGC's first successful limerick (excluding my own) but then the syllables are a bit off. Try:

There once was a man from LaLulu,
Who everyone thought was quite cuckoo.
He liked little boys,
So he trapped 'em with toys,
And insisted they call him Sir Vudu.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2006, 02:33:44 PM »

Quote
Originally posted by: Artimus

There once was a man from LaLulu,
Who everyone thought was quite cuckoo.
He liked little boys,
So he trapped 'em with toys,
And insisted they call him Sir Vudu.

ICE BURN x2!!!

Fixed

TMW · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2006, 04:05:47 PM »

There once was a Man from Nintendo,
he worked on the "Gamebox, Pretendo"
His names not important
but his works're of great portent
and he could kick your ass at kendo.

Yay for crappy limericks!!

wandering · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2006, 09:27:27 PM »

There once was a cat named Perrin
She spoke to reporters wherein
She hyped old sparkling innovations
Dodged questions with limericks
None cared since she's hotter than Sharon. Stone.

TMW · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2006, 05:46:53 AM »

Methinks your meter could use a little work, Wandering. =P

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2006, 06:47:53 AM »

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Originally posted by: TMW
Methinks your meter could use a little work, Wandering. =P

You're one to talk, TMW.
That one was worse, and I mean it, too.
You need to be smarter
Since meter's much harder
Than rhyming, and that's never untrue.

A proper lim'rick should be jokey.
But most just turn out to be hokey.
They should end with a twist,
But that point's always missed
'Cause most of our brains are too pokey.

TMW · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2006, 08:34:04 AM »

Ach. Limerick owned. : (

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2006, 11:54:07 AM »

Heh heh. Sorry. Allow me to apologize in limerick form, as well.

There once was a man from West Texas
Whose words stung his cohort like hexes.
No ownage intended,
Now let's be befriended.
Please don't kick me hard in the plexus.

Is it bad that I'm enjoying this thread so much? It probably is.

Artimus · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2006, 05:31:47 PM »

Quote
Originally posted by: TMW
Ach. Limerick owned. : (

Hardly, that first one of his is an abomination. The second one is better but awkward and the one directly above this is even worse!

Something here's terribly wrong,
Your lines are too short or too long,
Try reading out loud,
In front of a crowd,
And hopefully then they'll be strong.

TMW · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2006, 09:18:47 PM »

Quote
Originally posted by: PartyBear
Heh heh. Sorry. Allow me to apologize in limerick form, as well.

There once was a man from West Texas
Whose words stung his cohort like hexes.
No ownage intended,
Now let's be befriended.
Please don't kick me hard in the plexus.

Is it bad that I'm enjoying this thread so much? It probably is.

haha. No need to apologize, PB. I knew what I was getting into when I posted in this thread.

However, it will be much harder for a person from eastern New Mexico like myself to go so far and befriend a Texan. =P

wandering · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2006, 10:45:19 PM »

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Methinks your meter could use a little work, Wandering. =P

A rather harsh critic be am you
My dear old friend TMW
What you don't know is
Filters are bitches
Turning gimmick to nasty ol' poo

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #12 on:** March 28, 2006, 04:10:29 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: Artimus
Quote
Originally posted by: TMW
Ach. Limerick owned. : (

Hardly, that first one of his is an abomination. The second one is better but awkward and the one directly above this is even worse!

Something here's terribly wrong,
Your lines are too short or too long,
Try reading out loud,
In front of a crowd,
And hopefully then they'll be strong.

Oh, I agree they're terrible, but the lines are the right length. There's a lot of leeway in limerick writing, but generally, the a lines should be three feet of three syllables, and the b lines should be two feet of three syllables. Usually, the stress is on the middle syllable of each foot, but it can be on the last, too. It's also acceptable to drop either the leading or ending weak syllable on a line, as you demonstrated.

It can be difficult to tell which syllables are meant to be stressed when reading a limerick, and that's probably the biggest reason my own don't sound off to me, but they do to you.

keep post on topic
write a haiku in it, too
even though it sucks.

TMW · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2006, 08:29:10 AM »

Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November
The Time Travel theory and plot
I fail to see why Marty's travel through time
Should ever be forgot.

Marty McFly, by accident
To 1955 was sent
there to his mother met
and paradox create and fret!

By Doc's mercy he was saved
with a lightning bolt and wire catch
Holler boys, holler boys, with Biff did his father fight.
Holler boys, holler boys, he made it home alright.

Artimus · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2006, 09:37:21 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: PartyBear
Quote
Originally posted by: Artimus
Quote
Originally posted by: TMW
Ach. Limerick owned. : (

Hardly, that first one of his is an abomination. The second one is better but awkward and the one directly above this is even worse!

Something here's terribly wrong,
Your lines are too short or too long,
Try reading out loud,
In front of a crowd,
And hopefully then they'll be strong.

Oh, I agree they're terrible, but the lines are the right length. There's a lot of leeway in limerick writing, but generally, the a lines should be three feet of three syllables, and the b lines should be two feet of three syllables. Usually, the stress is on the middle syllable of each foot, but it can be on the last, too. It's also acceptable to drop either the leading or ending weak syllable on a line, as you demonstrated.

It can be difficult to tell which syllables are meant to be stressed when reading a limerick, and that's probably the biggest reason my own don't sound off to me, but they do to you.

keep post on topic
write a haiku in it, too
even though it sucks.

See, there's your problem, it's actually 5 for lines a,b and e, and 3 for lines c and d.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2006, 09:43:56 AM »

All definitions
Of Limerick I have found
Disagree with you.

Artimus · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2006, 11:02:13 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: PartyBear
All definitions
Of Limerick I have found
Disagree with you.

Indeed, I must have been confusing 3 feet with line 5, etc.

vudu · « **Reply #17 on:** April 27, 2006, 11:59:11 AM »

All hail Nintendo
Revolution is no more
Wii is the future

vudu · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2006, 10:20:12 AM »

death of the funhouse
wandering is a commie
god, please save our souls

couchmonkey · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2006, 10:23:19 AM »

A Nintendo wii
Is a mysterious thing
Window to my heart

ThePerm · « **Reply #20 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:09:49 AM »

its funny that in the later 2 versions of this thread Vudu shows up and refers to a previous thread

vudu · « **Reply #21 on:** February 20, 2009, 01:47:00 PM »

It's what I do best.

Quote from: vudu on April 27, 2006, 11:59:11 AM

All hail Nintendo
Revolution is no more
Wii is the future

Also, I think this haiku is brilliant. I was on fire that day.

D_Average · « **Reply #22 on:** February 20, 2009, 06:22:36 PM »

Doesn't look like any of these haiku's were prophetic.

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Author Topic: Haiku Fu, And Limericks Too (Read 5566 times)