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Date Posted: Fri, Nov 14 2003, 18:46:58
Author: Anne Rose
Subject: Uhm, I wonder if i should admit this...
In reply to: ohsolurid 's message, "Well, "Winner" certainly is a loser when it comes to Haiku . . ." on Wed, Nov 12 2003, 22:45:07

>I don't know anything about Voyager, so I can't judge
>any of the fics, at least in terms of plot and
>characterization. "Winner's" haiku, however, is some
>of the cheesiest stuff I've come across.
>

...

>
>Japanese literary historians would be gouging their
>eyes out right about now. Haiku just doesn't
>translate well to aliens and starships.
>
>And if I'm not mistaken, she has her formatting wrong
>on a few of these. Isn't haiku supposed to consist of
>17 syllables (5 in the first and last lines, and 7 in
>the second)? I checked it out here
>(<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/)">http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/)</a> and they seem to
>think so. I guess with all the bitching and fangirl
>packing, "Winner" just didn't have the time to commit
>to either research or good writing.
>
>--osl

Umm, the haiku is probably, actually, sorta, all my fault.

*Anne ducks to avoid flying tomatos.*

You see I like haiku, and I had this really clever idea (you know how those always work out), that it would be fun to have Voyager haiku. So, I hold a haiku contest on my site each year in the hope that people will decide they like haiku and learn to write it.

This has met with limited success but much enthusiasm. I had 171 entered one year. I archive the haiku so all the past entries are up with the author's credits.

And so this isn't totally OT, my favorite category is "Mary Sue Haiku". I rationalize it -- I'm doing my bit to make fandom safer by giving people a 17 syllable opportunity to get it out of their systems. ;-)

I also wrote some Haiku. Feel free to have fun with my meager offereings. I'm definitely an amateur poet, and I think Squirrelly has all but lost hope. <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://annerose.cjb.net/contests/haiku_main.html">http://annerose.cjb.net/contests/haiku_main.html</a>

- Anne Rose

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Replies:

Haiku is evil... -- Squirrelly, Fri, Nov 14 2003, 21:13:50
- Re: Haiku is evil... -- AnneRose/KJ/Spiletta, Sat, Nov 15 2003, 17:16:10