DDO Haiku

[SniptheShadow]

We all wrote haiku poems as a kid, right?

Well, maybe not everyone but they are easy to do.

The way I was taught as a child was to write them in three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second line has seven and the third and last line of the haiku has five syllables again. And they are always about nature and the natural world.

That's one way to write them. The Beat poets experimented in other ways later. For the real deal, for the true Japanese Haiku you can check the wiki here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

but for this this thread all that is needed is for it to be about DDO. If you can work in nature as well that's awesome.

I'll get us started with a few:





two moons in the sky
I sharpen my Vorpal blade
whetstone grinds at night



The Cult of the Six
Fire Wall, Good Hope & Haste
bloody Sorrowdusk



Where has Nat Gan gone?
I miss his repeating act
standing on a stick



Undead of Stormreach
it really is out of hand
clogging every tomb



The Menechtarun
sand slides and pours through dead bones
skeletons rising



the Phoenix Tavern
a Dirty Kobold from Cog
so busy Thursdays



Airships in the sky
bound Elemental insane
waiting to break free



Where are the Druids?
such an Eberron staple
tired of waiting



A plus three Con Tome!
Who would really eat a book?
nomnomnomnom -- burp



held breath, dancing eyes
you open the treasure chest
pretties on velvet




Give it a try. I find writing this way very meditative and it is easy to catch the pattern.

Thanks.

Snip

[Bloodhaven]

old game . . .
a noob leaps in
dieing sound

[dranreb]

Guild shroud run. What fun!
I sit at gate, patiently.
Bad Dran. On timer.



To The Sir Rohine,
Still need 5K necro kills.
A long grind ahead.



Dear Coal Chamber Dev,
I despise you forever,
As I feather fall.


Thanks, Snip -- great topic.

[Newtons_Apple]

Shroud on Casual
Backpedal Repeater Bard
Con is a Dump Stat

Behind Tempest Spine
Tab awaits a lucky soul
To be his new friend

An elite Shroud raid
The cry issues forth anon
Keep firing ********!

[Grosbeak07]

Titan Raid with Umber Hulks,
Beltakorr the Golem Foe
Technologies Revenge

[SniptheShadow]

Titan Raid with Umber Hulks,
Belkator the Golem Foe
Technologies Revenge

Hehe.

Next time we'll get the Titan too!

Snip

[Talon_Moonshadow]

Someone once told me
My posts resemble haikus
From now on they will.










jk

[Nuralanya]

This was fun... I may write more!


"Butterfly Hunters"
are common on Thelanis.
Roleplaying is fun.


The Phoenix rear bar:
Cog scrubs all day to remove
stains on his counter.


The Market at night,
all pools of light and shadow -
love the new graphics.


Drunken beholders.
Insanity reigns supreme.
Embrace the madness.


Jumping skills in quests?
My name is not Mario.
Please, no more torture!


This has always been one of my favourite examples - although not DDO related, I'll share it anyway! (I have no idea who wrote it.)

To express oneself
in seventeen syllables
is very diffic-

[KingOfCheese]

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