The Infinite Haiku
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now in foreclosure
many coal mines being sealed
green energy now
many coal mines being sealed
green energy now
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
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green energy now
replace oil's domination
with other sources
replace oil's domination
with other sources
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redstudio wrote:green energy now
replace oil's domination
with other sources
and they say this thread is not exciting!
well done for your wonderfully inventive haiku and the last line is awesome!
"with other sources" - when they hand out the prizes for exciting writing you must be the favourite. I wonder what inspired you?
you could have gone for a dull closer like
green energy now
replace oil's domination
fuels the argument
or simply
green energy now
replace oil's domination
abomination
or a political take
green energy now
replace oil's domination
we may yet survive
or the double meaning
green energy now
replace oil's domination
a change of climate
but you ignored all those predictable easy lines and somewhere from within your wild imagination you blessed us by composing
"with other sources"
fantastic!
LONG LIVE THE INFINITE HAIKU (BY DEFINITION)
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with other sourcesredstudio wrote:green energy now
replace oil's domination
with other sources
and mother's horse-radish sauce
is, of course, endorsed
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You are correct. It is especially uninspired. I was merely moving on. But look, Goeffrey has done something amusing with it. All is not lost.
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there is no reason to "merely move on".redstudio wrote:You are correct. It is especially uninspired. I was merely moving on. But look, Goeffrey has done something amusing with it. All is not lost.
Geoffrey's attempt was not bad although it was rather predictable. his last line is decent but his mistake was to use the word "sauce" in the second line.
with other sources
and mother's horse-radish sauce
is, of course, endorsed
if you need to express the pun in this context it means you lack confidence in it.
I had in mind
with other sources
ok lets ketchup together
and cut the mustard
true, some countries may not have OK sauce, and others may use the word "catsup". the expression to "cut the mustard" may not even be familiar but I chose it for posters here who rush their writing just to move the thread on. It means "to achieve the required standard". The only way this thread has any value is if people make the effort to write inventively and "cut the mustard".
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is of course endorsedGeoffrey wrote:with other sourcesredstudio wrote:green energy now
replace oil's domination
with other sources
and mother's horse-radish sauce
is, of course, endorsed
redstudio's poetic
licence. next time Jail.
ok redstudio- that one, obviously, is for you. I don't know if you use the same expression of endorsing a licence for driving offences? anyway, consider yourself warned!
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licence, next time jail
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
there are much worse crimes
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
there are much worse crimes
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There are much worse crimes
Tinderella once called me
"A horse with no name"
Tinderella once called me
"A horse with no name"
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a horse with no nameMonday wrote:There are much worse crimes
Tinderella once called me
"A horse with no name"
the nearest thing to Silver?
the Lone Ranger's bum
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the Lone Ranger's bum
cousin rides horse, on the lam
yells "Hi-yo, Copper!"
cousin rides horse, on the lam
yells "Hi-yo, Copper!"
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
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yells "Hi-yo, Copper!"
from her cot in the jail cell
let me out'a here!
from her cot in the jail cell
let me out'a here!
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let me out'a here!
said Bob Dylan to the thief
I'm done stealing songs
said Bob Dylan to the thief
I'm done stealing songs
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
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I'm done stealing songs
no more Pirate Bay for me
conscientiousness
no more Pirate Bay for me
conscientiousness
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conscientiousnesstinderella wrote:I'm done stealing songs
no more Pirate Bay for me
conscientiousness
demands syllable re-count
tind's disqualified