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. >>______________________________ >> >>To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface >at: >> http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >>and select "Join or leave the list" >> >>Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ >> > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/