Thursday, March 27
And Now for the Middle School Category...
These are some haikus from The Academy's 7th graders - Haiku for You approved [there seems to be a reoccuring theme...2 points if you can guess what it is]:
Muffins are the best
I eat a lot of muffins
you must eat muffins
Martel is the best
he saved Europe from Islam
he beat the Muslims
Charlemagne is cool
he fought a lot of battles
he never could read
Crusades are pointless
they failed to get Holy land
they were big failures
I don't like muffins
how can you not like muffins,
when they are yummy
Get up for the bee
answer all the questions right
I got all the points
I can't answer it
I am going to sit down
oh no, I will fail
Knights wore shiny stuff
they were jocks in plate armor
knights were dumb farm boys
I eat the muffin
why don't you eat the muffin
we all eat muffins
Bushido is cool
Chivalry sucks majorly
the samurai rock
The heavenly song
the dragonflies' melody
soothing in the breeze
Listen to the creek
it flows softly through the town
it has pure water
Let's get some muffins
we will eat them all day long
yum, I love muffins
Must make this haiku
I must cram words into it
it has a pattern
simple machines stink
I hate calculating stuff
my brain is tired
My brain hurts so much
it is full of useless junk
school is the devil
Why eat the muffin
because it is so scrumptious
I want that muffin
Why muffins? i have no idea.
Tuesday, March 25
The Death Rattle
The haikus are becoming old and I fear I might have to retire this site unless we find another poetic form to imitate and latch onto. This batch is fairly old but what with the war and all...[now that I have a cheap excuse to slack off, I shall exploit it to the fullest extent] I have been busy. An interesting mutation of the haikus of C309 is the haiku battle...perhaps that will take off:
It's the same old grind
Bellows, Rants, and the T.V.
Ah, education
Girl found in Utah
alive and wealthy, they say
well, duh. It's UTAH.
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
he is talking in circles
and saying nothing
I did my math homework
but I'm in history class
I must have dozed off
Ladadidada
Singing in my head is fun
it's not when he sings
My head hurts a lot
damn, I don't have advil
Brooks keeps yapping
How is Brooks not cool?
He's really just an old teen
and he sure can sing!
Blue, purple, or green
Nalgene bottles everywhere
why so popular?
Oh, I hate this class
with a fiery passion
that burns through my heart
Big black opera man
bouquet of flowers on desk
Emma turns bright red
Teacher sits in chair
hides from the view of the class
tells kids to shut up
"I'm not saying that
I subscribe to this theory..."
droning and blinking
Staying awake
Throughout this terrible class
is such a struggle
This medium has
grown boring with the class, no?
well then, what's next?
Haiku Battle
I just realized this
reporters are paid to talk
so...where's my paycheck
One is only paid
when people would like to hear
what they have to say
I wonder if it's
possible to remove my
brain through my eyeballs
It is possible
to remove one's brain, well to
be specific - yours
