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Subject: MG Haiku
From: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 21:32:29 -0400
I'm surprised we've never done any MG Haiku (at least not that I've found 
in the last couple years of archives).

Haiku is a traditional Japanese "poem" that is more zen-ish than 
rhyme-ish.  It has a very rigid format - a 17 syllable verse:  First line 
is 5 syllables, second is 7, last is (again) 5.

Example:


My convertible
Sits so still in my driveway
Lucas electrics

or:

It seems to be stuck
Makes a god-awful squeal
That f*cking starter

or:

Autumn leaves now fall
I thank God for overdrive
Speeding on curved roads

or:

I love my MG
I would take it everywhere
Alas it seats two.

or:

Always dripping oil
It doesn't go up in smoke
Leaks like my mother


And so forth.

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