Martha, thank you! I'm dining out on it with relish!
Sophie
----- Original Message -----
From: Martha Kolln <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: Haiku


> Those of you who use technology in your classes--and, perhaps, teach
poetry
> as well--might enjoy these examples of Haiku!
>
> Martha
>
>
> In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error
> messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction
> rules. Each poem has only three lines, 17 syllables: five syllables in the
> first line, seven in the second, five in the third. Haiku is used to
> communicate a timeless message often achieving a wistful, yearning and
> powerful insight through extreme brevity -- the essence of Zen
>
> --------------------------------------
> Your file was so big.
> It might be very useful.
> But now it is gone.
> --------------------------------------
> The Website you seek
> Cannot be located, but
> Countless more exist.
> --------------------------------------
> Chaos reigns within.
> Reflect, repent, and reboot.
> Order shall return.
> --------------------------------------
> Program aborting
> Close all that you have worked on.
> You ask far too much.
> -------------------------------------------
> Windows NT crashed.
> I am the Blue Screen of Death.
> No one hears your screams.
> -------------------------------------------
> Yesterday it worked.
> Today it is not working.
> Windows is like that.
> -------------------------------------------
> First snow, then silence.
> This thousand-dollar screen dies
> So beautifully.
> -------------------------------------------
> With searching comes loss
> And the presence of absence
> "My Novel" not found.
> -------------------------------------------
> The Tao that is seen
> Is not the true Tao-until
> You bring fresh toner.
> -------------------------------------------
> Stay the patient course.
> Of little worth is your ire.
> The network is down.
> -------------------------------------------
> A crash reduces
> Your expensive computer
> To a simple stone.
> -------------------------------------------
> Three things are certain
> Death, taxes and lost data.
> Guess which has occurred.
> -------------------------------------------
> You step in the stream,
> But the water has moved on.
> This page is not here.
> -------------------------------------------
> Out of memory.
> We wish to hold the whole sky,
> But we never will.
> -------------------------------------------
> Having been erased,
> The document you're seeking
> Must now be retyped.
> -------------------------------------------
> Serious error.
> All shortcuts have disappeared.
> Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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