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Jeremy McCreary

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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2021, 01:21:43 PM »
Battling tops circle
Thrown together by forces
They can't understand
« Last Edit: April 18, 2021, 10:15:20 AM by Jeremy McCreary »
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2021, 02:14:11 PM »
A scribbling wobble
Ruins the grace of the flow
I will hunt you down
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2021, 03:11:17 PM »
Mike got a buddy
Together they rescued this
From NSTR

 :D :D :D
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2021, 04:21:48 PM »
Wrap the string tightly.
A flick, A hum, and sparks flung.
Cheer! Beigoma Fun!
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2021, 04:23:22 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy McCreary on April 17, 2021, 01:21:43 PM
Battling tops circle
Thown together by forces
They can't understand
Very nice!
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2021, 04:25:11 PM »
Quote from: the Earl of Whirl on April 17, 2021, 10:57:26 AM
I threw a spin top
It went high into the air
Splash, it's in the Seine
Nice! Very relatable I've lost a top or two in the Fingerlakes.
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2021, 04:26:12 PM »
Quote from: ta0 on April 17, 2021, 09:58:13 AM
This will go to NSTR unless we have several really good spinning-top-related contributions.

For those who are not native English speakers, the division of English words into syllables is surprising and the rules of thi haiku would be kind of a mystery. So let me explain:

I-like-to-spin-tops  => 5
They-dance-so-e-le-gan-tly => 7
Time-and-time-a-gain => 5

 ::)

Great explanation Ta0!
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Jeremy McCreary

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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2021, 06:41:30 PM »
Funny, a local weathercaster /storm chaser likes to start his reports with a summary in haiku. Pretty good at it, too.

After one such summary just last week, found myself thinking that I should give haiku a try. My summary:

This haiku is fun!
What you say and how you say
Made to coevolve
« Last Edit: April 17, 2021, 06:46:58 PM by Jeremy McCreary »
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2021, 07:04:02 PM »
Quote from: the Earl of Whirl on April 17, 2021, 10:57:26 AM
I threw a spin top
It went high into the air
Splash, it's in the Seine

Great visual! The LEGO version...

Connect all the parts
Spin the top fast as you can
Duck flying shrapnel
« Last Edit: April 17, 2021, 07:06:17 PM by Jeremy McCreary »
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the Earl of Whirl

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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #24 on: April 17, 2021, 07:12:43 PM »
Walking with my top
I do enjoy it a lot
I finished a mile
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Happiness runs in a circular motion!!!

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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #25 on: April 17, 2021, 08:13:18 PM »
Alabama wow
A very nice state indeed
With great top spinners
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #26 on: April 17, 2021, 08:15:24 PM »
Big tops are for me
I make ‘em and watch them spin
Show me what you got
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #27 on: April 17, 2021, 08:22:19 PM »
Gay Parie for me
I live there and love it all
And toupie adds more
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #28 on: April 17, 2021, 08:23:43 PM »
Another great city
Marines is the place to be
To spin a toupie
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Re: Today (April 17) is international haiku poetry day!!!
« Reply #29 on: April 18, 2021, 12:14:52 AM »
It’s after midnight
Haiku day is over or
Does it ever end?
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