Anyone interested in Republican Scandal Haiku?

[Rowdyboy]

Free form is fine, but basic form is 5-7-5 sylables with some seasonal reference....

For example....

"Leaves die in Autumn
tumbling, from dying oak trees
helplessly, like Rove"

or

"Bushie in freefall
alone, despised like Brownie
Give him some pretzels"

[Neil Lisst]

1. Haiku YOU.

I used Haiku in my 9-20-05 Neil Lisst comic, commenting abour racism in America.

I don't know if the link will come out right, but here it is:
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst/neillisst/series.php?view=archive&chapter=2215

If that doesn't work, you can go here
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst
and then go to the 9-20-05 comic strip.

I love haiku, and would use it more, but ....

[Rowdyboy]

2. The first link worked great,,,,

Very nice,,,,Thanks!

[Neil Lisst]

37. Thanks, Rowdy. The haiku was for the haiku market!

I figure I can get away with one haiku like that about every month to two months. I have found that writing a comic is like feeding a large group of people. You're fine as long as everyone has something to ingest that pleases them. No one has to like everything, but everyone needs something to like.

Some of Neil's fans like the really dark stuff, and don't like the lighter Neil. Some days are haiku days, some days are Bushism days, and some days are nihilistic days. Just like life.

I'm glad you started the haiku thread. I'm going to do the same for another poetic art form. There's no reason we can't have educate and fun at the same time!

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst

[Rowdyboy]

41. I really tried hard to come up with something original for your limerick

thread. I find the form difficult to successfully complete with but enormously fun to play around with. Best I could do was to rewrite some old ones otheres have written.

Hell, some night we should do sonnets (I can't remember the exact rhyme scheme but I do recall it was easy and they were lots of fun to compose)

And thanks for the link. I look forward to exploring it at my leisure.

[NMDemDist2]

3. ROFL RB that's a great way to spend a few minutes on a Friday night

Scotty swore it true
when Bush videoed the crew
but everybody booed

Katrina blew in
and all Brownie did was spin
we lost too many kin

I really really suck at haiku, but that was entertaining

hubby's are:

Bush is a big dick
a really really big schmuck
and an asshole too

W is a silly fuck
spinning Karl is deep in muck
Delay is just toast

[Rowdyboy]

4. I particularly like your first effort and your husbands second!

:thumbsup:

Can you tell I'm bored out of my freaking head tonight?

[KittyWampus]

6. well, how about you and me going out tonight. I'm a cheap date.

:) Some girls don't just eat much... unless we splurge on ice cream.

Halloween finds Rove
tricked by his own lies
treats for you and me

[Rowdyboy]

9. As one cheap date to another....lets do it!

And I'm definitely on for the ice cream. I LOVE in all forms-especially anything with chocolate! My BF will be back tomorrow but, until then we can trade haiku and-hell, who knows-maybe even limericks!

On Ice Cream

"Frozen Ecstasy
Orgasmic, yet unhelpful
to my growing butt"

[spuddonna]

15. LOL! Good one! :) n/t

[WiseButAngrySara]

16. These are hysterical!

:rofl:


:rofl::rofl:


:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Jim Sagle]

5. A less optimistic one here:

Although Rove is toast
The Democrats are yellow
So nothing will change

[Rowdyboy]

7. There is an alternative....

"A new day begins
When leaders are reminded
who gave them plush jobs"

[malmapus]

8. Hrmm think I got it

House of cards stands high
On lies and blood it's been built
Watch it blow down now

[Rowdyboy]

10. Yes, you definitely have it....Actually, thats really good...

Damn I love DU! You meet the most interesting people here.

[ashling]

13. Hey Rowdy

you going to homecoming at Saps this year?

[Rowdyboy]

17. Received my invitation just the other day and am still pondering...

Last February I saw a dozen friends I hadn't seen since '76 at a birthday party in DC (including my former fiance). It was really wonderful so I suppose I should bite the bullet and just do it.

How about you? Any plans?

[ashling]

19. I don't know

this would be 30 yrs for me - got invitation and some stuff (some names I hadn't heard in a long time and, to tell the truth, don't really remember who they all are)

Also, we are supposed to close on our property her in Texas soon and will probably be mooving to Oregon. A lot of things up in the air right now

[Rowdyboy]

22. 29 years for me...I don't remember many of those guys either

I will probably go to the lunch on campus just to show off the fact that I wound up with a good looking, professional man. Thats about it-I never went to a single football game when I was going to school, why should I go to one now? And I don't know the people hosting the dinner/dance at all so I doubt I'll participate.

[Stephanie]

11. .

The wind blows cold in
Washington against the chins
of the pig-faced man

Smirking idiot
had his last summer dance with
mistress Katrina

A sick Dick walks the
halls at night afraid of who
will betray him first

[Rowdyboy]

12. Damn, these just get better.....Numbers 1 and 3 are great but....

the middle one is far and away my favorit. Wonderful imagry....Thanks

[Loge23]

14. from an amateur

I love all of them so far! Great stuff!
It's not a keeper, but it's the thought that counts...

Fitzgerald searches
for time truth to be revealed
In autumn lies fall

[Rowdyboy]

20. Its a fun form of verse to play around with....Traditional Japanese

haiku is far more complicated and bound by rules. DU Haiku, however, is much looser and open to compromise. And it is, indeed, the thought that counts.

"In autumn lies fall".....gotta love it

[Mandate My Ass]

18. He he

Scooter is a putz
The aspens are turning and
Fitzgerald's screws too

Judy Miller sang
Turdblossom cannot escape
Flatline Bush's brain

[spuddonna]

32. I love the second and third line!

"The aspens are turning and
Fitzgerald's screws too"

That's awesome! lol

"turdblossom cannot escape!" hee!!

[omega minimo]

21. Scandalous

Child Trying To Catch
Bug In Jar Dies In Gunfire
In Dubya’s Homeland

:evilfrown:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5065656


Child Trying To Catch Bug In Jar Dies In Gunfire

POSTED: 10:22 am EDT October 14, 2005

ST. LOUIS -- An 8-year-old boy who stepped outside to try to catch an insect in a jar was killed in a hail of gunfire, and his adult cousin was wounded.

It was not immediately clear whether Craig Collins Jr. and his 25-year-old cousin Freddie Pitts were the targets of the shooting or were caught in crossfire. Police said they believe there was more than one gunman.

Investigators said they did not know the motive for the shooting Wednesday. But relatives said they believed the shooting was retaliation for their efforts to report drug dealers in the neighborhood.

The cousins were hit just after leaving their grandmother's house in hopes of catching a praying mantis, family members said. Pitts was shot in the mouth, they said.

http://www.local6.com/news/5098740/detail.html
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[spuddonna]

30. Argh! That's so sad...

"...they believed the shooting was retaliation for their efforts to report drug dealers in the neighborhood."

These people were doing the right thing... It's so unfair. I'll keep that family in my prayers...

You know, these people are heroes. They are stuck on a battlefield as much as our soldiers are... and they're fighting to keep their homes free from violence and real terrorism... :(

[Hardrada]

23. My contribution

Cruel faces upturn
Indictments fall on them,
Cold wet autumn leaves.

[Stephanie]

24. .

Fall is falling down
on the Administration
caught in damning lies.

Ass kissing woman
would you like to sit on the
U.S. Supreme Court?

Oh to be a fly
on the wall of that man's room,
hot prosecutor.

[Cats Against Frist]

34. AWESOME..ROTFL

"hot prosecutor" -- and I've been reading your posts, I know you love him.

:rofl:

[ashling]

25. ok, here goes (don't laugh)

Not really haiku. I refer to this art form as DUku.

Bush shows utter contempt
Scotty lies too
They hate us for our freedoms

[spuddonna]

31. oooh! I like it!

"They hate us for our freedoms"

yeah, that's for sure! :) good one!

[spuddonna]

26. Ode To Scott McClellan Haiku

Setting: Before yesterday's press conference...

"Time to spin again...
Steel myself to the questions
God, I hate this job!

(NEW STANZA! To include fall reference...)
Last fall, so long gone
Jeffy on my pillowcase
Nights of secret love!

Gannon is gone now
I am alone with my fears
My bed is so cold.

I stand before them
They snigger and stare at me
Catapult away!

Spouting talking points
Helen Thomas assaults me!
She has not learned yet...

Call her a traitor,
Now Moran is on my case!
Must escape this hell...

How many more days?
I wait for Fitzy to call
Let the lies end now..."

:)

ETA: DOH! I just realized I was supposed to include a fall reference! I'll have to add an extra stanza... lemme think...

[Stephanie]

27. "My bed is so cold."

:rofl:

[spuddonna]

29. I was moved by Scotty's 'Eyes of Death' today when he looked at Helen...

I mentioned in another thread that he looked like he was ready to vault the podium and strangle her! lol Wow, inspiration for my muse! lol

[Rowdyboy]

33. Totally unnecessary.....These stand by merit alone!

"Gannon is gone now.....

I'm still laughing!

[spuddonna]

36. Yeah, but it's a challenge! :) n/t

[spuddonna]

38. There! Now it has a fall reference! n/t

[tinfoilinfor2005]

28. Never tried it, but sounds like fun...

Two suited liars
exiting courthouse chambers
Jack-O-Lantern grins.

[spuddonna]

35. LOL

"Give him some pretzels"

Your second haiku is hilarious! I'm impressed with all the great imaginative poetry here...

[trackfan]

39. toast

I really hope that
Bush is fucking toast, and that
the other shoe drops.

[Rowdyboy]

42. Well said!

I like the image of stepping on toast

[applegrove]

40. Aspens turn together

Aspens turn together
like patsies do
greatest generation grandfather
slips into canoe away with shame
paddles, paddles, paddles as far as he can - not the shore he knew

[not fooled]

43. For our freeper friends

freepers and george bush
chickens and colonel saunders
both feel autumn's chill

kissing chimpy's ass
leads only to disaster
will they ever learn?