An Ancient Art

Why We Should Haiku

from JoeUser Forums
Is that a verb? If it isn't already, consider it verbed, in the proud Army tradition of verbing (e.g. "We have to SP at 0500").

We used to do a lot of Haiku on the last mission we had. It was a way to relieve some stress. This is until a Haiku written by then SGT Estrogen Lass was read by then SSG Calangelo... he felt that it could have an impact on the morale of lower enlisted troops, specifically hers. The joke was on him (well, really us); banning Haiku ruined Van 1 morale, while her soldiers in Van 2 continued to struggle to be able to read the poems.

I've made a stab at some Haiku here (my IMHO genius use of the 5[headline title]-7[sub title]-5[blog body] was unappreciated) Link , and Negrodamus gave a take on his style Link

I also recently came across this Link.

I now feel that the appropriate protest of the hat incident Link is... more cowbell. And more Haiku!
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Not to bring you down,
a verb you can call it, but,
Haiku is a noun.

IG
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
What was the acronym you used on my page?
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
more cowbell


Hell, yeah, if pseudo
says it needs more cowbell, then
it needs more cowbell!
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Alpha Golf was banned,
No more hat wearing backwards,
Barbie can cram it sideways who the hell does she think she is *&&%%!!!!!!,death to the infidel dog...crap...crap....ummm, free form haiku?
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ok... I see ....blame little ol' EL for everything. I got a counseling statement for it. Eh.

I wish for the life of me that I could remember that stupid haiku. Its written down somewhere. Speaking of writing stuff down....where is our haiku book? It should be published.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, EL... I'm sorry if it looked like I was blaming you for it. Seriously, I mean that part to be pointed at the *other* named character in the story (because his actions had the opposite effect of what he said he wanted).

I was pretty unclear on some of our haiku history, yes. We did continue to populate that book with haiku. Unfortunately, some time between the end of mission and the beginning of our train up this past year, the book disappeared. Big frown about that.

But what I was also getting at in the end was that we already have another book...
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
The book is gone? Damn! That also had the proposed unit crest in it. Not to mention some really fine haiku, some of which was by yours truly.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
We discovered the absence of the book when on a training mission. Feeling down-trodden, I recalled with fondness the uplifting effects of haiku. Alas, someone had absconded with our book. Oddly, it wasn't as if the drawer had been cleaned out; there were still papers in there that we weren't supposed to have stored there at all, and they were as old as some of the entries in the book.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, more cowbell.

There just aren't enough songs that use the cowbell.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Guys... I have a fever...

and the only prescription... is more cowbell
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
The ghoddammed new haiku book has been lost...
and found...
and lost...
and found...
and lost...
and found...

but I never did figure out who took the old one.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
The haiku has become... strange as of late. There's one contributor who can't seem to leave sexual frustration out of their art.
"Butter your buns," indeed.