Haiku

A haiku (plural: haiku or haikus) is a short, evocative poem of a particular form and style that is one of the most popular styles of original poetry in the One True Thread.

The form of poetry known as haiku originates from Japan. Its adaptation to the English language generally features three lines of five, seven and five syllables, respectively, no rhyme, an impressionistic, contemplative tone and elliptical syntax. These characteristics are normally also shared by haiku posted on the One True Thread, while other typical characteristics of haiku in general, such as a focus on nature and a juxtaposition of two subjects, are frequently omitted in the haiku of the OTT.

Accidental Haiku

Starting on newpage 385, OTTer Angelastic repeatedly posted collections of haiku-formed sentences that were automatically extracted from the OTT posts by means of a program (Haiku Detector) she had written. The results were usually not intentionally written as haiku, but nevertheless accidentally matched a pattern of seventeen syllables that could be grouped into lines of five, seven and again five syllables without breaking words across lines. On the other hand, the program is unable to detect actual haiku unless their punctuation contains exactly one full stop exactly at the end of the last line.

It seems that Angelastic's posting of the results to the thread played a part in the subsequent rise of actually composed haiku as a popular art form in the OTT.

The collections of automatically detected accidental haiku were posted on:

• NP385
• NP401
• NP409
• NP421
• NP488
• NP2307

Haiku composed by OTTers

Haiku Detector
starts a trend to make way for
my robot army.

Angelastic, signature as of 2015-05-16

Our Great Lord Randall
He gave us the One True Comic
and said: Wait for it.

Here we all are now.
Watching the Great SandCastle
and waiting for it.

The glorious TimeLand.
Where the River may be small,
but the Sea is big.

manvandmaan, NP310

And so castles made
of sand melts into the sea,
eventually... (sic!)

lmjb1964, NP390

Buffygirl makes hats
And they're really fabulous.
We love Buffygirl!

lmjb1964, NP405

The original
quote (with modifications)
I typèd below.

Like a game of 'phones,
you start out saying one thing.
The river is small!

Elmach, NP414

The nüpiks arrived.
Why does the Slöw Pixel stay?
Have a haiku DÖŊ.

Elmach, NP414

And the Sea is Big!*
*It does whatever it wants
Also, wait for it.

tman2nd, Elmach, NP414

I fixed your haiku.
Perhaps you made it by chance?
Five, seven, five, ¿no?

Elmach, NP414

That was a mistake.
I did not mean to Haiku.
Even just the start.

tman2nd, NP414

To haiku, or not?
Hello, I am a flower.
And there you have it.

But to Watch, to Wait:
Is that not the purpose here?
A moon passed, we Wait.

Hey, another one:
Blitzgirl will quickly arrive.
Five days, by other's maths.

Elmach, NP414

Somebody found IT?
Show me! / I shall, once I end
the Haiku above.

tman2nd, Elmach, NP414

What is IT, really?
IT is what we have searched for.
To find? Wait for IT.

Elmach, NP414

Such amazing thread,
But as I take Time to read,
I forget to post.

Kethryes, NP414

The format depends
on what your purpose will be.
Also, was ninja'd.

I had edited
as RECKONING a moon past.
Is is uncensored. (sic!)

I edit again,
as this is post one hundred.
Penis Vagina.

Elmach, NP414

Your one hundredth post
Is most glorious and true
Congratulations.

Kazza3, NP414

I find a new page.
I look at this; quick, edit!
And follow tradition.

With this post, a thought:
I've posted a century past.
A new one begins.

Asks: Why are there hats?
Hats betrayed us, long ago.
Buffygirl owns all.

To wear a hat, do:
Ask Buffygirl for one. But!
Beware the fine print.

Elmach, NP415

More waiting ahead,
now the sea conquers the sand
which was left behind.

Haikus are nice.
Especially in DarkTime,
I like poetry.

Confusing they are,
all these haikus. More so, if
write them, yoda did

manvandmaan, NP415

I see a haiku
And I want to paint it grey,
In this waiting Time.

KarMann, NP415

We've started a thing!
I hope BlitzGirl likes haikus,
or she is screwed.

Once there was a man...
Wait! Is this a limerick?
No, it's a haiku.

manvandmaan, NP415

Thanks for the congrats.
Will the sea reach the tower?
Only Time will tell.

Jonas79, NP415

But will it speak now?
Or forever hold it's peace,
binding us with "it"

manvandmaan, NP415

So when, those of you
looking into times ahead,
will the tower¹ fall?

1) The tower formerly known as the second from the right

Swein, NP415

The sea¹ is rising.
We are still waiting for it.
The newpix goes GONG.

¹It is big.

Edit to add sup.
This is the longest era,
of slowpix so far.

Jonas79, NP415

I like this idea!
It would be a great ending,
of the OTC.

Jonas79, NP415

Megan could break out
of the hypothetical
to be LaPetite.

Angelastic, NP415

I checked the color
and was very much relieved,
to see no fading.

Jonas79, NP415

Oh Great Buffygirl!
Maker of all Time's headgear!
May I have a hat?

Jonas79, NP415

The hash is changing.
Why can't I see it lightening?
Can anyone help?

Edit to add this,
the image is brighter now,
getting PNG.

Jonas79, NP416

Do not fade away,
Oh you great One True Comic,
I miss you always,

I will always wait,
Until the end of Time, which,
Might not be too long.

Curiousity,
Will my writing in haiku,
Mean I get a hat?

I hope this is so,
Forever I have waited,
For such an honour.

Roia, NP416

It makes my head spin
The implications dazing
I have to coma

Kethryes, NP417

The sand is lighter!?!?!
Will everything fade away???
Time's pixel puzzle...

A dove on a wire,
strung between two tall towers,
utters a high "coo..."

StratPlayer, NP417

I like your Haikus
They really are a nice touch
maybe I'll write some:

As the sea rises
And castles start to crumble
Time continues on

Though beautiful things
No castle lasts forever
The sea sees to that

What can all this mean,
"The pixels getting lighter?"
Has Time run its course??

I would like to think
that Time couldn't end so soon
Wait, its been a month??

Seriously though,
I'm really intrigued by this
What will Time bring next?

Purplepants77, NP417

Just think of it as
a lot of wibbly-wobbly
timey-wimey stuff.

San Fran Sam, mscha, NP417

Cow on scotch mountain
Scotsman was once heard to say
"Aye, that's a High coo"

Walk in motherland?
Well, in Soviet Russia
mountain trail hike you

SPACKlick, NP417

Not native speaker
does make the art of Haiku
a difficult one

Kethryes, NP417

Um, did you Haiku?
Or maybe it was "ah-choo?"
If so, Gesundheit!

StratPlayer, NP417

Gah!!! The R Diphthong!!!
R is not a syllable!
('less you're a pirate)

StratPlayer, NP417

I made a haiku
but I messed it up
so I wait for it.

airdrik, NP417

Dove on a wire
between two tall towers strung
utters a high "Coo..."

Kethryes, htom, NP417

Words play in Haiku
Feelings find their paths and climb
Flowers in our mind.

htom, NP417

Poetic license
means certain words can adapt
to make Haiku's work

Wire, so I've heard, can
be a one syllable word,
Think of "ne'er" and "o'er"

Purplepants77, NP417

Is our long Wait o'er?
When will we see our Time end?
I hope it is ne'er...

StratPlayer, NP417

The Haiku killer!
Oh god, my eyes are bleeding!
He has struck again

Kethryes, NP417

Subtle shade of gray
Could be failure of proper
Color management

cmyk, NP417

OK, I am through.
I will stop with the haiku...
Oh shit! I think I'm stuck!

ETA: Nope. Not stuck. Whew...

StratPlayer, NP417

With the O T C
Nothing is unintended
All is meaningful

Kethryes, NP417

Can't think of a BONG.
Shall I post or let someone
else do the honours?

mscha, NP417

Just one, wire may be
But my point remains the same
Poems¹ are like the sea²

² They do what they want
³ I know, my footnotes are out of order. Oh well
¹ Like what I just did here. "Pomes" makes this work, Poems, does not.³

Purplepants77, NP417

When you hear "haiku,"
it might mean "hello!" to you,
if your name is "Koo"

StratPlayer, NP418

Can be one or two;
it depends on your accent.
(Sometimes a triphthong)

Oh no, now I'll face
the fire of the flame wars/
the fire of flame wars

Angelastic, NP418

Edit: here's a site
to make you more uncertain:
Speech Accent Archive

Actual edit:
Oh crap, I clicked quote instead.
I fail at edits.

Angelastic, NP418

So many more hats!
Will I get them done in Time?
Still I wait for It.

buffygirl, NP418

"Before the Concert"

Teenagers in line,
all smoking weed as they wait.
They've formed a high queue.

StratPlayer, NP418

Cueball and Megan
Find out what sand is made of.
Don't want to hike, ew!

Angelastic, NP418

Time is fading 'way
Megan and Cueball return
Into a white space

Magdiragdag, NP418

Thanks for the haikus.
Can't help but add another.
Now I'm off to work!

lmjb1964, NP418

The saddest part is
by the time Blitzgirl gets here
Time will fade away.

Valarya, NP418

Once la petite came
but now each frame stays the same
will the end be lame

A rhyming Haiku
not what you're supposed to do
what is wrong with you

the short appearance
of la petite still bugs me
what purpose had she?

Do you doubt Randall
the future he will handle
Wait for it and dwell

aeglaeca, NP418

Color management
Failure of the whites and blacks
Not just the dark shades

azule, NP419

Haiku Grandmaster?!?!
Nah, I play Stratocaster
(...aural disaster...).

StratPlayer, NP419

time presses onward
eleven in the mob queue
where has my muse gone?

buffygirl, NP419

Some of us think
Eleven² lesser Forty-two¹
So there is still Time hope

¹: Estimated time (in Outsider days) to complete whitening (but the process is not behaving as we expected)
²: # of pages 'till the Archduchess' arrival

AluisioASG, NP419

So many haikus,
It makes the thread feel like a
Poem about Time

ChronosDragon, NP419

First sand, then water.
This uncolored comic dies
So beautifully.

AluisioASG, NP419

Sand then sandcastles
Trebuches and platforms built
Megan said bye. Fade.

Eliram, NP420

Fitting the meter
Does not excuse inserting
that apostrophe.

Smithers, NP421

Chrome brightens
More so than the fox
Whil'the blue stands in'ay

AluisioASG, NP421

Chrome: dark shade of grey
Firefox: very nearly black
IE10: more so

aeglaeca, NP421

Was it that haikus
ever rhymed in the first place?
I do not think so

ChronosDragon, NP423

Fearing Time fading
She still strides with steady steps.
Oh Anointed One!

higgs-boson, NP423

First I saw a glimpse
Of this sig, warning me of
A haiku-nami:

But yet I still read
All four hundred fifty two
Haiku in this post:

Don't be so silly -
I have read ALL the haiku.
A bard enjoys verse!

Hopefully sooner!
(Seasonal reference here)
Psst - check your last line!

I'm a connoisseur
Of poetry of all forms,
Including haiku!

This is probably
The saddest haiku of all
The hundreds I've read

I can't take a hint -
At least not one which asks me
Not to read it all.

These newpages are
Quite a beautiful journey
Along my great Quest

I recognize these
And smile because I was the
One who posted them.

Less steady, perhaps
Than hurried and rushed - at least
Along this past stretch.

BlitzGirl, NP438

Haha, yes, your¹ right.
How could I have been so blind?
I apologize.

¹ This is what I think:
One haiku with bad grammer²
deserves an other³

² Only really, I meant this one! Honest!
³ Ah! Stop judging!

Purplepants77, NP439

Sad is what I felt
when I thought of you missing
the present ending.

Valarya, NP439

I'm finally here
The past falls away from me
The future is Now!

BlitzGirl, NP443

washed up on the beach
waiting for the end of time
will we see it come?

Latent22, NP443

Yet I don't believe
That Time is going to end
Have faith, my new friends!

BlitzGirl, NP443

It's a new landscape!
Is it sea or sand^* or both
That we see in here?

^*semencaffeinatedcancerbaconbabies really, but I took some poetic license.

Lyoug, NP449

There are things besides
sea and sand in existence.
Like peanut butter.

Someguy945, NP450

I'm so excited
what is wrong with me now?
Still I wait for it.

SPACKlick, NP451

Humble beginnings,
A people rose from nothing
To watch over time

Copernicium112, NP451

For Blitzgirl I write
A haiku like no other
⁵

The next one's normal
but I'll finish this one first.
It only makes sense.

At Blitzspeed she zooms
flying much faster than Time
At last she arrives.

Follower of Time
BlitzGirl the devoted one
brought hope to us all

Purplepants77, NP458

Thanks for the haiku!
I don't have cable either
So don't you worry

Sitting on your couch
Sure is splendid; I needed
That after my trip!

BlitzGirl, NP458

Await dreams, loves, life;
There is always tomorrow.
Until there is not.

Grieving love unsaid.
Tomorrow will fail someday.
Tell them today, OK?

htom, NP465

Time is a river.
It's not moving very fast.
Also, it is small.

Angelastic, NP502

It is strange, Megan.
Rivers flow to meet the sea.
The sea couldn't wait.

mscha (paraphrasing the words of Cueball according to the GLR), NP515

Yeah, really. How could
he say that NOT in haiku!
That is heresy.

Angelastic, NP515

I fixed that for you
so that you would not also
become heretic.

mscha, NP515

I will not say it
for fear of getting stuck in
An infinite loop.

Angelastic, NP515

Your fear is well placed
If you are not a Loopist
Join and re-live Time

SWO Crash, NP516

Loopists live in Time
as much as the Finitists
or Infinitists.

jjjdavidson, NP516

IFTFY
So what you say is haiku
Leave payment in box.

My edit in bold
If my boldness is okay
Have a pleasant day

azule, NP521

This molpy is quite
riverish: one-twentieth
of a q high¹

¹high q?^2
2(it is if you pronounce the 1)

BlitzGirl, NP621

Yikes, this is so much
harder than writing haiku.
I think I'll give up.

mscha, NP657

Woo, I'm all caught up!
that was pretty quick because
I did skim a lot.

You can call LEGO
bricks "LEGOs" if you first call
a brick a LEGO.

Potato cakes or
Scallops? I always call them
Potato scallops.

Eternal Density, NP664

While waiting for It
Time is hunting from behind
Souls lost to autumn

Swein, NP673

All hail GLR
OTA of OTC
We all Wait for it.

BlitzGirl, NP762

Our buttermolpy
facebugbeesnake shining hope -
Goodbye, tasty friend.

thirds, NP864

Life has no meaning
Beauty and the beholder
Except what we give

ttscp, NP864

Beautiful our
Buttermolpybugbeesnake
But he flew too high

TimeLurker, NP864

Beauty reaches high,
Cavorts on wings of color.
One chomp. All is gone.

ucim, NP864

That is what she said!
While gazing off over trees
Into twilight sky.

taixzo (improving on ergman), NP919

gasp! I've been haiku'd!
such a claustrophobic fate,
chained to your structure.

ergman, NP919

You mean something like:
Oh drat that's five syllables.
Let's try this again.

But we could only
(for the smaller collider)
budget for two quarks

We could only bud...
[CHANGE!] I love our weird haiku
[CHANGE!]...get for two quarks.

Angelastic, NP935

Anybody up
for haikuing with me here
on this fine newpage?

BlitzGirl, NP997

Thanks for the smiley.
I knew that page existed,
But I forgot where.

tman2nd, NP997

What do we have here?
A papal promulgation?
I refuse! Oh wait.

thirds, NP997

Bloody flag sunset
Long night with comet shooting
Long morning of pain

jovialbard, NP997

Ugh,

Random sampling
Other department fails at
Need morning coffee

BigDaddy, NP997

Ah, forty-seven,
the most random of numbers
(chosen by dice rolls?)

Angelastic, NP997

I have been absent.
My last ONG was GOODBYEONG.
But now I'm back ONG

tman2nd, NP997

Welcome back to the
present, tman2nd! Here,
have (and share) some cake...

mscha, NP997

"How's your leg Megan?"
But silence is her reply.
Should we fear the worse?

TimeLurker, NP997

Megan pauses here,
Contemplating injury.
Worse? Hopefully not.

The best kind of ONG!
Though goodbyes are bittersweet,
Returns are treasured.

[Edit from future
To substitute new smiley
For a now-dead one.]

BlitzGirl, NP997

Like strange and charming
Molpy up and molpy down:
Sunrise and sunset.

Marsh'n, NP997

I don't know what has
happened to Cueball's body,
it looks really weird.

Ximenez, NP997

I think perhaps that
Cueball's arm is parallel
to his stick body

Up and at 'em, Cue
Slopes to climb and legs to fix
Lots of things to do

We should be fairly
safe until next Outside March
but you never know

BlitzGirl, NP997

But his torso looks
like it's way too short, and his
femur is too long.

(E. To Add that these
are haikus just for their length
but fun just the same.)

Ximenez, NP997

Now's my chance to use
The smiley eating a cake
That BlitzGirl gave me.

Thanks for the welcomes
Whether they be welcome back
Or welcome forward.

tman2nd, NP997

I've never written
A Haiku before this one
Is this then meta?

Febrion, NP997

How is Megan's leg?
Apparently it's OK.
I'd ONG but I can't.

I'm glad I couldn't!
I would have been ninja'd twice!
Her leg: still a stick.

nsub1, NP997

Hi future people
of page 997 you
guys are all awesome.

Valarya, improving on TheMinim, NP997

I, too, am going
away for 4 dips for the
holiday weekend.

Looks like Megan's leg
is doing just fine after
that long starry night.

Valarya, NP997

Here is my haiku
Posted on the sly from work --
Shhh! Don't tell my boss!

CasCat, NP997

nowhere to go now
riders down in front of me
falling in the road

charlie_grumbles, NP997

One thousand pages
A milestone looms up ahead
Who will get there first?

ucim, NP997

I may not post much
But I am compelled to say
This is amazing

maletero, NP997

Earlier I used
A smiley to eat a cake.
Now I'll use this one!

tman2nd, NP997

And you are just grand
for saying so! We love to
hear quiet voices.

It doesn't matter
if you lurk, post, read, or blitz...
we all Wait for it.

BlitzGirl, NP997

42 guests I
am full of admiration
for your clever name!

Tatiana, NP997

Hi maletero!
We are so glad you delurked
Fellow Timewaiter.^-25

^-25 Or, refrigerator, if you prefer.

Marsh'n, NP998

You say you don't post?
So how come I know that name?
Oh; a JoCo fan!

Dearest pope edo:
I can't do a mashup now;
I'm in haiku mode.

Angelastic, NP998

I posted an ONG.
I posted a SECONDONG
Now it's a THIRDONG

tman2nd, NP998

Incredulity
about Megan's patellar
stability, why?

thirds, NP998

Tatiana, thanks!
I too look forward with joy:
Millennial cake!

42 guests, NP998

Randamnit, I missed
The page of haiku writing
Here's one anyway

yappobiscuits, NP998

frosted haiku cake
sugar, eggs, flour, a few words
1000th page!

42 guests, NP1000

The raft is ready
The desperate journey starts
We wait, breath bated.

Red Hal, NP1228

The haiku return
A breath of fresh air within
An impatient Time

BlitzGirl, NP1228

A sea returning,
Reclaiming my land and home.
Shall I raft away?

b2bomberkrh, NP1228

A gentle coma
Drifting slowly away like
Sea-river debris

BlitzGirl, NP1228

The tide is turning
Excitement reaches a peak
The command is...run

moody7277, NP1229

Prodigal returns --
Let us shower him with Cake!
Welcome, welcome back!

CasCat, NP1229

And the newbie asks:
Has anybody noticed
that that's a haiku?

The next newbie asks:
Has anybody noticed
there's some JavaScript?

The third newbie asks:
Has anybody noticed
the image changes?

The fifth newbie asks:
Has anybody noticed
there's an FAQ?

The sixth newbie asks:
Has anybody noticed
there's no fourth newbie?

Then they ask about
finite possibilities
of plural Lego.

Angelastic, NP1229

Legoseseses.
Legoseseseseses.
Legoseseses.

taixzo, NP1229

Fair Angelastic!
Haiku giggles bubble up
A sprinkle of laughs

BlitzGirl, NP1231

Optional decree:
Add a haiku to your post
Because I like those.

BlitzGirl, NP1232

Is it the stump of
A tree that we recognize?
The neat tree? Hope not...

BlitzGirl, NP1232

I would comment on
the 'oof' but I will fail the
² papal decree

Sheldon, NP1232

The very right side
Of the newpix appears to
Be sloping upward

I take this as some
Evidence of solid ground
Rather than more waves

But, as with all things,
I could well be mistaken
I will Wait for it.

BlitzGirl, NP1232

I should note that the
far right slope is still static
Must be solid ground

BlitzGirl, NP1232

Might it be that the
Flags are rebounding from the
Impact, like the raft?

BlitzGirl, NP1232

It is possible
but the composite movement
of flag, raft and waves

makes definitive
answers to your flag query
near impossible.

Red Hal, NP1232

My ketchup is done.
55 newpages long.
That was quite a ride.

ZoomanSP, NP1232

Just like Washington
Crossing the Delaware wide...
Except for the "oof".

ggh, NP1232

Can't help but wonder
With all the water around
Where will they all pee?

rvloon, NP1232

Thank you for answers
(Or non-answers) given in
Haiku form, Red Hal!

BlitzGirl, NP1232

Does anyone else
think that Megan's head looks quite
small in this newpix?

ZoomanSP, NP1232

Page one thousand and
two hundred and thirty-four
Marked with this Haiku.

Red Hal, NP1234

Raft hits rock and skews.
Camera keeps a broadside view.
Background shifts behind.

ucim, NP1234

The Great Lord Randall
redacted the fourth newbie,
for xe was mustard.

The raft goes backwards!
An ingenious solution:
Let's call this the front.

Angelastic, NP1234

Here are some cupcakes
To celebrate the newpage
1234. Yum!

Valarya, NP1234

I have molpied up!
Oh look, they've found the others!
Now time to ketchup.

yappobiscuits, NP1235

Haiku is haiku
is haiku is haiku is
haiku is haiku

cellocgw, NP1235

A dream will come true:
our rope isn't long enough;
hold this or you'll fall.

A meme will haiku;
our thread isn't long enough;
post this or you'll fail.

Angelastic, NP1235

Turns out the newbie
Was not so lucky; transformed
Into raptorcat.

BlitzGirl, NP1236

eggs, milk, and flour
mix them together and bake
Valarya's cake

ucim, NP1241

In the Acts of the Clerics, a poetry form which used double dactyl (and haiku) was used for installment XXIII. It's seaish; you can read it here.

ucim, NP1346

I'm now near coma
My thoughts a confusing sea
I can't poetry

BlitzGirl, NP1401

What if we had ONGs
by Randall but different
posted three per week

Eternal Density, NP1401

This was not T▒▒ E▒▒
Look at us still talking here
Time is Still Alive

StormAngel, NP1401

...and then time ended.
We stuttered but kept going
like forced popetry.

Angelastic, NP1401

Don't worry BlitzGirl
I definitely noticed
your replying boobs.

Valarya, NP1446

I did search each post
But I seem to be having
Mammary failure

Eternal Density, NP1446

Once you get longpix
the boost named Active Ninja
makes it easier

Eternal Density, NP1498

Molpy down once more
And uncoma all alone
Find time's sea settled

ergman, NP1509

They dwelt beneath us
For a time, we thought they'd left
O, happy returns.

ChronosDragon, NP2146

What is this mirror?
When/why should I use it?
What is its locale?

HAL9000, NP2155

When posting comments
A haiku or two might be
Just the page ticket⁴.

⁴neat!

bmonk, NP2179

In hindsight, that looks
straightforward, so I wonder
why I failed at it.

Sustainabilizer, NP2179

I must now admit
That I have a fondness for
Japanese poems.

The sickle-sharp moon
Cuts through the dark, bare branches
Of the winter trees.

bmonk, NP2179

Appreciation
For decree of fall haiku
Manifests quickly

Riverish word-songs
That cascade from one brief line
Down to another

Structured and final
As two hovering words on
A new sea's border

Creative and wise
As a Time-drawn collective
Spanning the seasons

BlitzGirl, NP2179

President of Earth
Superseded by seaish,
Endish happenings

BlitzGirl, NP2179

This page is so much fun
when using a different font!
I'm using ― Gabriola.

AluisioASG, NP2179

My organised sand
Quickly disorganising
Mustardy Hard Drive >.<

Ubuntu CD
Allows continuation
Of OTTing for now.

karhell, NP2179

Hello OTT,
I'm rezilibaniatsuS,
from The ЯOЯЯIM TTO.

When there is mustard,
I'll do the mirror writing
for my mirrored self.

Now I'll be Waiting
For the next Forum Mustard
Mirror Party Trip.

rezilibaniatsuS, NP2179

Good morning molpies
OTT is slow today
Must be the wipend.

Earthling on Mars, NP2179

THE IMPORTANT FLOOD.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SAID WITH ORONGE "HERE".

balthasar_s, NP2179

Sorry to hear of
Unmolpish mustard, karhell.
Behave yourself, sand!

BlitzGirl, NP2179

Some mustard was found
by Sustainabilizer.
UAAAAAH! It's fixed now.

Edited to add:
ONGomome is sentient.
Who wants to doubt it?

SilentTimer, NP2179

Single bad sector
Had to be in boot sequence
Murphy's ch*rping law >.<

Factory defaults
The first backup is restored
OTTing may resume

karhell, NP2179

A well-Timed backup
Made last yip's death of my sand
Not quite so endish

ETA: Edit
by karhell synchronous to
this post... epsilon.

BlitzGirl, NP2179

Synchronicity
Is not unheard of by the
People of the ONG

karhell, NP2179

Ah, the Times when we
Set our posts free at the ONG
All aflight at once

BlitzGirl, NP2179

Punsaw to donut.
What might be the ratio?
Answered: 7:5.

Some OTTer said it.
Not sure who; they also said
It's the OTR.

And hence my question:
Why is this one ratio
One True Ratio?

Awesomeful panning
By Sustainabilizer!
Slinches solved puzzle.

bmonk ottified
"Keep Feelin' Fascination."
Such a treeish job!

BlitzGirl, our poet,
Created lovely haikus.
Such a fine wordsmith!

Search for vancastle
Takes way too much of my time.
Should lower standards.

Other stuff I saw,
All was truly awesomeful.
Know that i loved it.

As for the conference,
Attendance based on airfare.
I'm now at .9.

lmjb1964, NP2179

Ongomome? When did
this change, or is it just the
bot that's doing it?

BlitzGirl, NP2179

A haiku t'is not
Despite what it may look like:
Deceitful it is.

AluisioASG, NP2179

'Tis not the amount
of Time, but how we Wait for
it all together.

BlitzGirl, NP2179

Treeish workaround!
(Of course the new account still
has less than five posts.)

BlitzGirl, NP2179

BlitzGirl told it.
Thanks¹ for welcoming
my mirrored self.

These thanks¹
include our mods.
¹ means “big”.

By the way, “Haiku”
is not just “5–7–5”.
Is much more. And less.

Fieldraptors.
Apples. Golden sun.
Be our guests.

Sustainabilizer, NP2179

Thanks balthasar!
You have answered my question.
I should have known that.

Carcastle purchased.
It's a Honda Elephant.
I mean Element.

I named her Celeste.
Any guesses why that is?
Hint is up above.

Fun writing in haikus!
I should say "style of haikus."
There is more to them.

I know that this is
Not the decree for this page.
This is my last one.

lmjb1964, NP2180

Because the subject
was generated for me
I write in haiku.

Aaaah I tried clicking
that reflexively and missed,
then I read the post.

Eccentric donut:
Vital Hotdog Function has
a new single out!

Also, I know I
constantly spell Wittenberg
as Wittenburg. CH*RP!

Eternal Density, NP2207

AAA AAAA PAAANIC AAA
AAAAA AAALSO A PAAARTY AAAAA
NOW WITH HAAAIKU AAAAAA

BlitzGirl, NP2222

Tried to view the ONG
A dreaded message returned
“File Not Found.”

AluisioASG, NP2259

Wikification
of this thread's haiku: long a
glaring omission.

This state of affairs
shall continue no longer.
A start has been made.

Edited to add:
No more just a list, now an
own page of haiku!

Edit 2: Word changed.
The new choice sounds more natural
in the English tongue.

svenman, NP2300

I see that svenman
Has wikified the haiku.
He is awesomeful!

lmjb1964, NP2302

Bots are getting bored.
Haiku is in their crosshairs.
What will be the next?

ucim, NP2309

Bots may self-destruct.
Haiku are in their crosshairs?
Bots are making them!

Only possible
with a great knowledge of both
OTTish and English.

And the rest is a
bloodbath history. Bag pun? Bag
pun?! VITSSÅGEN, JA!

We slow up but we
never will stop, so let the
posts go up, go up…

I know CGI.
Let's do it! And I did it!
It took me some time.

Like strange and charming
Molpy up and molpy down:
Sunrise and sunset.

Thank you very much.
And with that, molpy down. ...but
I don't wanna sleep!

I'm looking for it.
I DON'T want to remember
the last butterflood.

Angelastic, NP2309

The haiku after
this has the correct number
of syllables, but —

The haiku prior
to this has the wrong number
of syllables.

mrob27, NP2310

Haiku all the things!
And in writing the haiku,
write some more haiku!

Angelastic, NP2310

Ni ni ni ni ni
Chupacabra ping pong ball
Moly grapevine molp

Soup, NP2310

welcome, Rosencrantz!
your avatar is so cute.
where is Guildenstern?

ergman, NP2310

Old project reprised:
Angelastic's detection
of chance-formed haiku.

svenman, NP2310

Should I wait for it,
Emoji Lucky 8 Ball?
Needs more Panther Salve.

Soup, NP2311

There are not many
Haiku with the word 'any'
[Spoiler:] Panther Salve.

Angelastic, NP2311

"Spoiler" must have two
syllables in your haiku
Tasty Panther Salve

Soup, NP2311

I Haiku badly
Will panther salve bring lost ones?
OTTers hope so.

SBN, NP2311

Will Panther Salve bring
charlie_grumbles back to us?
I really hope so!

Four legs, tail, claws, teeth.
Genus name is Panthera.
I'm Panther Savvy.

lmjb1964, NP2311

I linked the posting,
not the page. Pope position
was coincidence.

“Will there be Time 2?”
Maybe an alarm clock
gave the answer.

Sustainabilizer, NP2311

Jaromir Jagr,
Cam Newton and Lewis Brown
All use Panther Salve

ggh, NP2311

Still, I might start a
Panther Salve Ads wiki page
Just in case it works.

svenman, NP2311

Tanka

On Newpage 1243, OTTer Pikrass proposed the composition of tanka, another poem form of Japanese origin related to haiku. Unlike haiku, however, this art form found little popularity with other OTTers.

Tanka composed by OTTers

I see we are now
talking again in haikus
and that I find great
Although today I'd like to
Introduce a new art form

We had haikus and
double-dactyls until then
Here's one lesser known
It's again Japanese but
Is a bit more long and old

It's called a tanka
and is made of a haiku
preceding two lines
Those are seven syllables
or mores in Japanese

The two parts must be
well separated, each of
them are one subject
The first is kami-no-ku
The second shimo-no-ku

Pikrass, NP1243

The water rises
More tree trunks are floating by
The flood is coming
Will the Forty finally
reach the saving higher ground?

ZoomanSP, NP1243