Geoff:  They're not MY poems.  They were sent to me, and I just sent them
on to my poetry-loving ATEGers.  Don't give me the credit.

Martha




>Martha - Wonderful!  Your poems have been e-mailed, printed, copied, and
>otherwise duplicated for the widest possible distribution.  They will
>certainly show up in my World Lit class where we study and write Haiku.
>
>Thanks, Geoff Layton
>
>At 06:41 PM 7/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>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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