July 26, 2007
A haiku is a Japanese short poem. In English, it is divided in three lines, of respectively 5, 7, and 5 syllables. I was doing a little research on the Japanese poets and the form of the haiku (thanks to Salinger) when I found those "random haiku generators". Naturally, I couldn't resist. One of my favourite games is Exquisite Corpses, but I never have anyone to play with me.
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The old pond: |
Not bad eh? Well I like it. Have another: |
With every gust of wind, |
I love the "detail" attitude of the haiku. I find that very interesting. But let's now see the children of Randomness I came up with on various sites. |
The loquacious nurse |
Who knows indeed. |
His neighbor's young wife |
One more at least. |
The shy cartoonist |
I especially like this one. |
The sly lunch lady |
I sense some eroticism in the air... The removing of that prosthetic leg obviously affected the "he" very deeply. And she's sly, don't fail to notice! |
The clarinetist |
She doesn't, you're gonna have to check another shop. |
Clouds form. The pornstar |
I suspect the pornstar expects that medical seed to grow into a full pack. I never thought of that! And given the price of medication, that's quite a brilliant idea. And "It's all circular", how poetic! |
The reclusive aunt |
Not that crazy about the third line, but fun. This generator uses premade lines rather than premade words, mostly. |
The banker's mistress |
Prosthetic leg again. I didn't save all the haikus where prosthetic legs showed up, but there have been quite a few. |
The divorcee sighs, |
I love this one! It's like: "Fuck it, I got dumped by my wife, now I don't even count on that Goddam lottery ticket; check this out, I so don't even hope to win, I'm just gonna eat it! Even the night betrays me!" I love it. |
His virgin great-aunt |
No room in the inn you deaf baldheaded fools! Get some hair over there or wear hats, the cold is getting to your brains! Besides, I'm a virgin and I'm sexually frustrated, that's why I shout! |
The pianist's niece |
Yes, when you see a girl with coins spilling from her ears, snow is most likely falling in Utah. That's one for you Shelly! [A friend of mine living in Utah.] |
The stripper pauses, |
Along with prosthetic legs, you find a lot of crocodile tears baths. But I liked this one too much not to include it in my selection. |
The loquacious nurse |
The loquacious nurse once again, and this time his gender is revealed! Probably the leg was connected to the ears in some eerie way... |
Clouds form. The pornstar |
You bet your life he gots no fleas. To be continued! |