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Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

howdy, i remember a haiku related thread here a while ago, and i was sorta inspired to do something Haiku related for one of my short Uni projects, i ended up creating a wee desktop calender.

i used my own photography and tried to do some reasonably creative stuff with type, while still keeping it simple.

i didnt write the Haiku's (sp?) though, i found them all on the internet, some dont follow the traditional 5-7-5 line thingy either.

im not too sure of how well it looks as i dont do that much graphic design/type related stuff. would like to hear opinions...

check out the pages at.. www.brokenpixel.co.uk/haiku

cheers

[edit: oh and cus its design and photography i didn't know whether to put it in the finished works or not]

[ February 28, 2002: Message edited by: shamhead ]

Rat · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2002 5:38 pm

Wow. Those are amazing.

I have a few haikus hidden somewhere. I should go dig them up. They're really bad, though.

Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

cheerythanks!

Rat · Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2002 10:07 am

If you really want to read it, here's one of my better half-assed ones. It sucks, but...

Darkness seeping in
It quickly engulfs us now
The light can't stop it.

Light is abolished
Kept out from the world of dark
It never creeps in.

Darkness is the death
We all have to face some day
It will stay for good.

That was written for a class assignment last year. We had to write a poem based on one of the "shadow emotions". I don't think it ever got handed in.

I dunno if you really wanted it, but I kinda felt like posting some "poetry".

christian cox · Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2002 10:44 am

Beautiful Haiku's and artwork, I am very impressed with it. I like all of the design, they are very well done and eloquent. Great work!

Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

I like to make noise
So come listen to the sounds
and visit my site

It's not spam...it's haiku.

Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

hehe, very inventive spam there mr hamster

thanks for the kind comments christian, anything to boost the deflated ego.

i like them Rat!, their meant to be read as a set right? - i like the last one the most, although i think the middle line could maybe be improved. nice work all the same

i wrote one haiku for the packing of my calender, seen on the back cover.

it was ...

Haiku on my mind
as the sandman beckons me
Dawn will soon approach

hehe kinda shit, written at 6 am, 3 hours before the project had to be handed in.

[ March 02, 2002: Message edited by: shamhead ]

Rat · Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2002 8:21 pm

It's a single 3 verse poem. I liked it cuz it wasn't written in gr 5.

Shamhead - yours is pretty good. Better than most of mine.

jome · Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2002 2:04 pm

Hey, these are finished works! I like them. Some are stronger than others, but none are bad.
I have a couple of postersized poems and haiku here at home, but none so beautiful as yours. I know shops where they would fit right in.

ken · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 9:46 am

woah. hey, that's absolutely brilliant! exquisite photography. i seriously want to buy this calender, info info info!

anyone remember the url for all those spam haikus? y'know, the tinned meat.

-Ken

Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

hey thanks! especially since all the photography is mine.

ill maybe think about making another calender or something to sell from my website when i finish university cus ive had a few other people tell me they'd like to buy it.

and spam haiku? - i found THIS page from google.

also have a look at "Gooptie-Goos Haiku's" on bullseyeart In the classic cartoons site. Pretty damm funny!

cheers