I thought you would enjoy the response from a friend of mine . . . Reply to: RE: FW: Haiku THIS IS BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT, DO YOU HEAR ME??? I am laughing out loud--HOWLING actually, and forwarding it to anyone I can think of who is worthy of the laugh and can understand the sheer BRILLIANCE of these haikus. Thank you, thank you. > From: Martha Kolln <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar > <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 18:41:47 -0500 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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. > ______________________________ > > 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/