Do you haiku? Well, you should.

An ancient Japanese art. Pure beautiful poetry in a simple and elegant form, just perfect for your digital needs.

Haiku is a simple but difficult artform.

It goes like this:

A 3 line poem which doesn't rhyme (but rhyme is not the point).

The first line is 5 syllables
The second line is 7 syllables
The third line is 5 syllables

Be somewhat obscure, be somewhat abstract. Think Zen on wheels and you got it.

I wish I could take credit for the following. I can't; they're all taken from copyright free contributions.

Enjoy, laugh and contribute.

Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.

Windows has crashed now.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.

With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.

The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao-until
You bring fresh toner.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
-------- A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

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Poser is painful. Clothify? And render? Ha! There is no chance.

Almost. You have only 6 syllables in your second line. May I suggest: Poser is painful. Clothify? And then render? Ha! There is no chance.

Damnit, I meant to do that. Can I plead no sleep and pregnancy?

Yep, but I could also say you have an unfair advantage, due to there being the two of you working on it. :)

Alas! Triumphant! Nude Vicky in a temple. The scene has rendered.

The newbie querry.
How do I do this or that?
But who knows? Dr Geep.

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Message edited on: 01/23/2005 22:36

Good haiku also sets the message in either time or space by inference. If the full moon is as white as a fox's tail, you know it is night-time. If a startled frog croaks his last, you know that you are near water. The impatient man Foot tapping like beating rain Hydrokinetics? Carolly

No money for clothes, but - a free temple and sword... Blank-faced, in twilight.

Attached Link: http://origamiboulder.com/

Wow, thanks Phil! I just ordered five of these. My wife and friends will love 'em!

Yeah thanks a lot Phil. That's the end of my work for the day. That's one of the funniest sites I've ever seen.

Q: What is the Performance Art option? A: This brand new innovation in Origami Boulder wadded paper art! You buy Performance Art option. Then artist wad up artwork create custom for you, and throw directly into waste basket. You just paid for custom performance art! This guy is a mega-genius. Pure and simple. ;-)

Dang, I got a whole pile of them Origami Boulders right her under my desk...been wondering what they where called :?

Discussion begins Phil C wanders off topic What chance Haiku now?

Pressed against the glass Monitors stop my fleeing words - Fireflies trapped and tamed.

NetPositive, the web browser of BeOS/Zeta is giving its error messges in Haiku. :)

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This forum topic It doth reign Victorias(ous) Amusing us all well....I tried! :oD I haven't posted for a long time in this forum but just on reading through this I just had to try something...Poser can do with an injection of humour sometimes. Thanks for the fun and introducing this aside SamTherapy. I wonder if you can actually make a humour.inj file?...worth a thought.

The snow is falling
Temple and Sword grow colder
Where are Vicky's clothes?

;)

I sit by the screen Making beautiful pictures - No cleaning is done.

Pakled is not smart Vickie, her face shaven bare Render, Materials?

Moonlit rendering
She descends from upper room
"It's gone one o'clock!"

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Don arrived nekid
Don magnificent raiment
Don where are you now?

Manual useless
Man y'all know what to do now.
Ma 'n you'll teach me?

Poser is too slow I tell Firefly many things Unrepeatable. Eyes glazing over Lots of reflections this time Fifteen percent done. Pz3 takes long Monitor in mid air now Texture file not found. My lovely render A sad reminder of haste Saved in wrong format. Casting no shadows Inches off the stony floor Newbie's painful trials.

Woke up this mornin' My dog was dead..... ...uhhhhh.....waitaminnitt.... Woke up this mornin' Poser finished rendering Damn, it lost her clothes