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Go Haiku
    Keywords: Humour
 A page to compose
 haiku in homage to go
 begun by Scartol.
 {For those who don't know,
 A haiku is a poem
 in five - seven - five.)
 To be technical,
 haiku is about nature.
 This is senryu.

 A high kyu player,
 Hesitant to comment on
 Games, writes poetry.
 Were I a stronger
 Player, I would play instead
 Of entertaining.
 New players: take care
 When first playing Go online -
 IGS addicts.
 Anti-haiku about Go
 Mirror the subtle
 Intricacies of the game.

--Regyt


 Our words show our love
 Love for go breeds devotion
 Devotion breeds skill

-- Scartol


 Winter frost outside
 Frozen fingers click the mouse
 Playing Go on-line

--MtnViewMark


Japanese syllables are shorter than Engish syllables, and carry less information. So the 5-7-5 form in English is not as terse as in Japanese. For Haiku in English, I think 3-4-3 is better.

So:

 Atari!
 Before dying,
 Kikashi.

-- Bill Spight

So I mixed languages. So sue me. (Japanese-Jewish restaurant: Sosumi.)


 suji sleeps on dry
 goban--now the dragon wakes
 and looks for a meal

-- Nonny


 a lesson in life
 exposes images of
 death in black and white
 attacker becomes
 involved in capture, ends up
 victim of trap sprung
 arrangement of stones
 evolve in patterns that please
 the eye and the mind
 the framework is set
 the blueprints detailed with care
 the earthquake destroys
 bite off too much and
 your belly will explode leaving
 guts exposed, naked
 truth seeks a balance
 fifty-one percent is all
 you need to conquer
 -- BenShoemaker

 Need to do laundry
 I really should walk my dog
 Oh, just one more game...

-- Scartol


(A game, briefly)

 Fuseki chuban
 moyo invasion yose
 filling in dame

(Something all beginners are familiar with)

 Damezumari
 The agony of being
 One liberty short

(I like Bill Spight's thought, though. Much more of a challenge that way. Let's try: )

 Have sente?
 Make the big play:
 Tenuki.

-- KarlKnechtel


 1. My foe placed a stone,
    He is attacking that group.
    Outcome is futile.
 2. I’ve read that move wrong.
    Preparation for the left (side of board).
    Can I defend it?
 3. He controls this game,
    We have both read to the end.
    I must now resign.
 4. Go is very fun.
    Was made in early China.
    You should try it soon.
 5. Beautiful Go Stones
    Are shimmering black and white,
    Contains heart and mind.

--Toorima


Andrew Grant

 Sometimes you can win.
 Mostly you just get beat up.
 That's what go is like.
 Nine stones on the board.
 My opponent is a pro.
 Might as well resign.
 All beginners think
 Go is about taking stones
 This is why they lose.

Benjamin Geiger:

Who needs slate and shell?
Plywood and some bits of glass
Work just fine for me.

Oriental game,
Oriental poetry.
It's a perfect match.

And a SL double meta-haiku:

Don't use fixed-width fonts
When you typeset poetry.
It just looks like crap.
Triple percent signs
Work just like the BR tag:
"Start a new line here."



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