Ah yes. List haiku competition. Only on the Leeds-list! The results are poor. New signings fail to impress. Next year - the same league.
G On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:20 PM, n...@6haroldplace.co.uk < n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote: > > Good grief - haikus are 17 syllables, 3 lines - usually arranged 5-7-5 > (although > if Colin was in charge of that as well god knows what the formation would > be...the words wouldn't know if they were in a sonnet or being > iambic)...anyway, > not 3 sentences... > > we languish mid-table, > the argentine departed, > barn doors sleep easy > > Ta da > > N > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > > > From Wikipedia: > > A Haiku in English is a short poem which uses imagistic language to > convey > > the essence of an experience of nature, or the season intuitively linked > to > > the human condition > > > > LUFC's performances this season cannot in any way be described as > conveying > > the essence of an experience of nature, so I presume that from the > Wikipedia > > definition we are talking about the latter, aka the season intuitively > > linked to the human condition? > > > > The Haiku therefore as a summary for DRB is: > > > > <haiku> > > The List Digest is long and arduous, > > Our new signings are not so wondrous, so yea shall we endure the curse of > > the Malignant Stoat, > > I informed you thusly > > </haiku> > > > > > > For a definition of ' I informed you thusly', please read on from here, > it's > > not available on Wikipedia: > > > > Under normal circumstances I'd say I told you so. But, as I have told you > > with such vehemence and frequency already, the phrase has lost all > meaning. > > Therefore, I will be replacing it with the phrase, I informed you thusly. > > > > And, for all you pedantics out there, I kept the Haiku to the original 3 > > sentence rule applied by Mr Walmsley, if you consider each line to be a > new > > sentence... > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
