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Title: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Mitchewawa on February 28, 2012, 03:44:37 pm
Just for shits and giggles, type up a random dwarven anecdote. In haiku/limerick form.

Embark evil land
It is raining heinous goo!
Immediate dead

Oh yeah, and don't spend too many posts correcting other's work.
Go!
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: EmperorJon on February 28, 2012, 03:48:56 pm
Blood splashed in the well,
Entire fort now undead,
I was unaware.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Loud Whispers on February 28, 2012, 03:55:11 pm
Party of seven,
Take evil, take good, treasure.
Go Dwarfs! Strike the Earth!
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: ASCIt on February 28, 2012, 03:58:59 pm
So many of them
Silk, cloth, or plant, take your pick
How I love these socks.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: EmperorJon on February 28, 2012, 04:04:02 pm
Job needs to be done,
I am not available,
Yeah, attend party.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Dalkar on February 28, 2012, 04:05:42 pm
Hole in wall,
Goblins arrive,
Carpenter on break.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: VerdantSF on February 28, 2012, 04:13:33 pm
In need of stitches
And what does the doctor choose?
Argh, adamantine!
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Loud Whispers on February 28, 2012, 04:17:28 pm
Quote from: VerdantSF on February 28, 2012, 04:13:33 pm
In need of stitches
And what does the doctor choose?
Argh, adamantine!

In need of healthcare
And what does the doctor do?
Sew both my eyes shut.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: doublestrafe on February 28, 2012, 04:19:17 pm
Haiku are for elves. Real dwarves write villanelles on the spot.

A vile force of darkness has arrived.
The threat is distant, but another's near:
My arm, once severed, now has been revived.

Until this moment, we might have survived.
But now this truth seems eminently clear:
A vile force of darkness has arrived.

A fortnight back, a bustling fortress thrived;
But darkness lurked within its walls, I fear.
My arm, once severed, now has been revived.

To rule a lifeless army he contrived,
But as he struck at all that we hold dear --
A vile force of darkness has arrived.

I did my best, but now am limb-deprived;
A common fate for those who volunteer.
My arm, once severed, now has been revived.

Besieged inside and out, our hope's nosedived --
The Duke just drank our final drop of beer.
A vile force of darkness has arrived.
My arm, once severed, now has been revived.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: ASCIt on February 28, 2012, 04:20:28 pm
Quote from: Dalkar on February 28, 2012, 04:05:42 pm
Hole in wall,
Goblins arrive,
Carpenter on break.

Close, but it has to be 5/7/5 syllables.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Loud Whispers on February 28, 2012, 04:21:16 pm
Quote from: Mitchewawa on February 28, 2012, 03:44:37 pm
Oh yeah, and don't spend too many posts correcting other's work.

har har
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: martinuzz on February 28, 2012, 04:21:49 pm
In mountain, deep cave
I bring my old iron pick
glorious death waits
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Death123 on February 28, 2012, 04:23:22 pm
A thriving city,
Boozesupply are dwindling,
bloody hell, not good.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: martinuzz on February 28, 2012, 04:23:35 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on February 28, 2012, 04:17:28 pm
Quote from: VerdantSF on February 28, 2012, 04:13:33 pm
In need of stitches
And what does the doctor choose?
Argh, adamantine!

In need of healthcare
And what does the doctor do?
Sew both my eyes shut.

on the topic of healthcare, click link in my sig
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Talvieno on February 28, 2012, 04:27:22 pm
Quote from: doublestrafe on February 28, 2012, 04:19:17 pm
Haiku are for elves. Real dwarves write villanelles on the spot.
*poem snip*
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=96290.msg2754029#msg2754029 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=96290.msg2754029#msg2754029)
Bahaha. :D Real dwarves, you say?

I found a kitty!
I think I'll name him Snowball.
*catsplosion begins*
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Flying Dice on February 28, 2012, 04:31:07 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on February 28, 2012, 04:21:16 pm
Quote from: Mitchewawa on February 28, 2012, 03:44:37 pm
Also, please refrain from spending too many posts correcting others' work.

har har

ftfy


Friendship is magma
What does everypony do?
Kill violently.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Talvieno on February 28, 2012, 04:33:46 pm
Quote from: Flying Dice on February 28, 2012, 04:31:07 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on February 28, 2012, 04:21:16 pm
Quote from: Mitchewawa on February 28, 2012, 03:44:37 pm
Also, please refrain from spending too many posts correcting others' work.

har har

ftfy


Friendship is magma
What does everypony do?
Kill violently.
Friendship is futile
Go for the heart, stab them through!
Better when they're dead.
 - a loyalty cascade
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: EmperorJon on February 28, 2012, 04:40:04 pm
Mandate your new bed?
Adamantine, are you mad!?
Please pull this lever.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: SixOfSpades on February 28, 2012, 11:29:28 pm
Why does my new bed
Menace me with spikes of steel?
Did a dwarf make this?
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Tripsky on February 29, 2012, 12:05:54 am
the work never stops
all i think about is booze
booze booze booze booze booze
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Talvieno on February 29, 2012, 12:10:21 am
Quote from: Tripsky on February 29, 2012, 12:05:54 am
the work never stops
all i think about is booze
booze booze booze booze booze
this is gold. I lol'd.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: acetech09 on February 29, 2012, 12:35:05 am
Quote from: Tripsky on February 29, 2012, 12:05:54 am
booze booze booze booze booze

Close, but not quite. Has to be 5/7/5. I count only 2 there.


Notification?
FB Coming Up Stairwell?
Should have used floor hatch.

Struck Adamantine!
A dwarf started digging it.
Shit. Novice miner.

What is this new thing?
A thrall? Caught the caravan?
Mad, steel clad undead.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Dr.Propz on February 29, 2012, 12:45:38 am
Why is it haiku?
Why can't it be limericks?
I find them better
cwutididthar?

Now then, for limericks...

I am a drunken dwarf
I can and will always barf
I drink lots of booze
Then I go snooze
I die near things that sound like carf
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: tahujdt on February 29, 2012, 12:53:35 am
I swear, i was just about to make a haiku thread! Anyway: Your razor sharp wit/can't stand up to my shiny/ candy battle-axe.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Talvieno on February 29, 2012, 01:03:01 am
"Yes! Adamantine!"
Cheered all the excited dwarves.
Then they dug too far.

Invaders approaching!
Somebody, pull the lever!
(Dining hall caves in)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: NemoVonFish on February 29, 2012, 01:11:22 am
Quote from: tahujdt on February 29, 2012, 12:53:35 am
In nomine impetu Immortalis!

That phrase has eluded me for so long, I have it written down somewhere and I have no idea what it means, and even google fails me. Please, for the love of Armok, what does it mean?!
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Talvieno on February 29, 2012, 01:15:08 am
Quote from: NemoVonFish on February 29, 2012, 01:11:22 am
Quote from: tahujdt on February 29, 2012, 12:53:35 am
In nomine impetu Immortalis!

That phrase has eluded me for so long, I have it written down somewhere and I have no idea what it means, and even google fails me. Please, for the love of Armok, what does it mean?!
I don't know, I'm guessing "attack in the name of the gods" or something... I'm probably wrong. Google says "In the name of the attack area!" which can't be right.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: tahujdt on February 29, 2012, 01:16:53 am
I'm glad somebody noticed! It means, "In the name of the Immortal Onlaught!" It is the motto of the Order of Cacame Awenimade. Please join the order and sig it. (I used google translate, so...)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: tahujdt on February 29, 2012, 01:21:03 am
The kickass elven king/Cacame Aweinimade/rides a zombie beast!
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: doublestrafe on February 29, 2012, 01:32:30 am
Quote from: Dr.Propz on February 29, 2012, 12:45:38 am
I am a drunken dwarf
I can and will always barf
I drink lots of booze
Then I go snooze
I die near things that sound like carf

This is why it can't be limericks.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Talvieno on February 29, 2012, 01:34:54 am
When the duke asks
What I do while I'm on break
I tell him, "Don't ask."
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: tahujdt on February 29, 2012, 01:38:13 am
I need a cool quote/to hell with you, sig limit/spoiler function rocks!
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: doublestrafe on February 29, 2012, 02:04:38 am
Ok, maybe it can be limericks; it just can't be that one.

There was a young dwarf from the mountain
Who was blind when it came down to counting.
His stack went so high
That it tickled the sky;
It was his first and last magma fountain.

Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Talvieno on February 29, 2012, 02:06:20 am
Quote from: doublestrafe on February 29, 2012, 02:04:38 am
Ok, maybe it can be limericks; it just can't be that one.

There was a young dwarf from the mountain
Who was blind when it came down to countin'.
His stack went so high
That it tickled the sky;
'Twas his first and last magma fountain.
Yeah, see, that was nice. lol
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: Mitchewawa on February 29, 2012, 02:11:18 am
Quote from: acetech09 on February 29, 2012, 12:35:05 am
Struck Adamantine!
A dwarf started digging it.
Shit. Novice miner.

Adamantine, IIRC, has a 100% mining chance.

Anyway, limericks all up in this thread.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Schizotek on February 29, 2012, 03:21:52 am
Marblewine, a white spire
To farm unicorns I desire
'Las, tonight I do tire.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: TinyPirate on February 29, 2012, 04:40:55 am
Found some other Haiku threads!
One (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=85867.0)
Two (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=54681.0)
Three (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59371.0)

Why have I been looking? Well, I'm considering sticking a haiku on the first page of each chapter of me book - borrowed with permission from you lot.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: TinyPirate on February 29, 2012, 06:36:32 am
To every question
The answer: "MAGMA LANDMINES"
The problem is gone
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: daggaz on February 29, 2012, 07:30:43 am
use ansi graphics
include badgers, socks and dwarves
awesomeness achieved.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: miauw62 on February 29, 2012, 07:33:26 am
magma magma magma
magma magma magma magma
bay12forums in nutshell

(i suck at these things, i sometimes have inspiration, but usually i dont. :P)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: EmperorJon on February 29, 2012, 07:40:02 am
6 8 8 instead of 5 7 5 I see... ;)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: ASCIt on February 29, 2012, 08:06:04 am
There once was a man from Nantucket-
ASCIt has been struck down.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Angel Of Death on February 29, 2012, 08:10:50 am
I am so hungry
*goes and drains the insane king*
It was the cat's fault!
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Henrik Undrgrim on February 29, 2012, 08:46:46 am
There once was a dwarf named Urist
Now in the military but once a brewerist
The goblins did come
And Urist did run
And now the poor dwarves are fewerist   :'(

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYgZFm43ZN4 (link for a guide to Limerick(City) :))
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Darchitect on February 29, 2012, 10:21:10 am
Quote from: ASCIt on February 29, 2012, 08:06:04 am
There once was a man from Nantucket-
ASCIt has been struck down.

Bwahahahaha!!!!

Well done.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku
Post by: acetech09 on February 29, 2012, 10:40:51 am
Quote from: Mitchewawa on February 29, 2012, 02:11:18 am
Quote from: acetech09 on February 29, 2012, 12:35:05 am
Struck Adamantine!
A dwarf started digging it.
Shit. Novice miner.

Adamantine, IIRC, has a 100% mining chance.

... and leaves me in utter suspense while I wait for him to slowly and gingerly tap the walls instead of a legendary +5 doing what he does best.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Alastar on February 29, 2012, 11:37:07 am
There once was a stout dwarven lass
With a truly magnificent ass
Her rejection most rude
Put me in a fell mood
And they claim my new codpiece is crass
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: ASCIt on February 29, 2012, 11:47:10 am
Quote from: Alastar on February 29, 2012, 11:37:07 am
There once was a stout dwarven lass
With a truly magnificent ass
Her rejection most rude
Put me in a fell mood
And they claim my new codpiece is crass

+1 fortresses
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Gizogin on February 29, 2012, 01:01:56 pm
Quote from: Alastar on February 29, 2012, 11:37:07 am
There once was a stout dwarven lass
With a truly magnificent ass
Her rejection most rude
Put me in a fell mood
And they claim my new codpiece is crass

Bwahaha

I lived in the fortress Hellcannon
It used to be a fort free of salmon
My turn came around
I put spikes in the ground
They sent me up to die anon

(slant rhymes are rhymes too!)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Mitchewawa on February 29, 2012, 02:51:41 pm
Here rains an evil rain
A goo that is quite heinous
On the map its a great stain
It's truly truly truly outrageous
And ugly 'cos I'm vain
But I lol when elves turn inside-out through their anus
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: wierd on February 29, 2012, 03:51:51 pm
Ok. I'll bite.


T'is a a tale of Urist McMiner,
Who longed for plump helmets inside her.
Seems she fell down the well, where they grew quite swell,
But she died from a giant cave spider.

A noble, bearded and clever,
Happened on a mysterious lever!
But when let fly, magma fell from the sky
Ending his curious endeavor.

Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: martinuzz on February 29, 2012, 04:10:15 pm
New version comes out
I think I need to sleep soon
I can't stop playing
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: wierd on February 29, 2012, 04:20:55 pm
There once was a fort of prospectors,
Overrun by small animal dissectors.
A titan came by, and then they did die,
In a valiant game of dwarf checkers.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Silleh Boy on February 29, 2012, 05:06:41 pm
Oh man. A haiku thread. I'm so rusty it's not funny.

Oh well, I always did have fun trying these, so, here goes.

Spoiler: Limerick? (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Haiku's? (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: doublestrafe on February 29, 2012, 05:08:41 pm
In the interest of edification and intellectualism, I have attempted to illustrate the proper form of the haiku. Please read and be enlightened.

In the murky pool
A cave crocodile leaps in
The sound of water

Moonlight filters through
The vast wormy tendril grove
A werepenguin cries

Fields of longland grass
Nothing else is left behind
Of a warrior's dreams

Along this wide road
None go past this autumn eve
It is above ground

Butterfly perfumes
Its wings in the heady scent
Of the miasma

Spring has now arrived
This morning a nameless hill
Bathes in evil mist

It is deep autumn
I think about my neighbor
Is he a vampire?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Darchitect on February 29, 2012, 06:22:00 pm
Quote from: doublestrafe on February 29, 2012, 05:08:41 pm
In the interest of edification and intellectualism, I have attempted to illustrate the proper form of the haiku. Please read and be enlightened.
-snip-



Now that's some proper haiku! Love it!

Big props for the Basho reference.

Caravan unpack'd,
Dry earth crumbles underfoot
Scorching desert winds

Deep caverns calling
A lone dwarf's echoing gasp
Silence in the earth

Cool evening breeze
Weary miners return home
Water drips softly
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: doublestrafe on February 29, 2012, 06:57:29 pm
Quote from: Darchitect on February 29, 2012, 06:22:00 pm

Now that's some proper haiku! Love it!

Big props for the Basho reference.

Full disclosure, especially now that I remember that TinyPirate is scouting:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: wierd on February 29, 2012, 07:02:31 pm
I always hated haiku. (A bias I still harbor too...)

They strike me as needlessly cryptic, disjointed, and unnatural forms of communication.

I won't hate on people who like them... just that I personally don't. I prefer the limmericks, which are quirky, silly, and fun. Haiku are dry leaves in a cold wind next to the drunken party at the pub of limmericks.  *shrug*
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: doublestrafe on February 29, 2012, 07:23:40 pm
Quote from: wierd on February 29, 2012, 07:02:31 pm
I always hated haiku. (A bias I still harbor too...)

They strike me as needlessly cryptic, disjointed, and unnatural forms of communication.

I won't hate on people who like them... just that I personally don't. I prefer the limmericks, which are quirky, silly, and fun. Haiku are dry leaves in a cold wind next to the drunken party at the pub of limmericks.  *shrug*

Ooh, hey, dry leaves in a cold wind--that would make a great basis for a haiku!

Withered leaves blow by
Cold wind drives them with the dust
The husk does not see

But how about a limerick?

Cried Thob as he worked at the mill,
"There's a pigtail sock on the hill!"
As he crunched through dry leaves
Wind blew dust in his greaves--
So his husk is out roaming there still.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Teneb on February 29, 2012, 09:11:31 pm
Here goes one. And before someone says something about syllables, I don't really understand how you tell each of them apart in english (and I am not sure I want to).

Butcher in his shop
Horse got butchered
Horse head hair attacks
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: tahujdt on February 29, 2012, 09:50:57 pm
There was an old dorf named Urist                                     Who loved alcohol in the purest                                           But when he tried to go sober                                              He tipped  a shop over                                                           Said the Hammer, "3 hammer strikes, Urist!"
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Nyxalinth on February 29, 2012, 10:08:24 pm
Cavern deep and vast
Too soon a forgotten beast
Start another fort
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Angel Of Death on March 01, 2012, 10:24:39 am
Oh god, my liver
Urist has suffocated
Deadly blood; Not good.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: doublestrafe on March 01, 2012, 11:00:29 pm
Dwarven poetry--this cannot be left to die. Here's another one.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Oh, and this seems appropriate:

Brilliant sunbeams blaze
Scintillate on summer grass
I'm gonna blow chunks.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Tripsky on March 02, 2012, 04:59:20 pm
i agree with doublestrafe! long live the dwarven haiku! in lieu of that, here's a limerick

there once was a dwarf from the mountainhome
who embarked in an evil biome
his skin did harden,
so he was placed in the garden,
now all refer to him as 'gnome'
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: Owly on March 02, 2012, 06:26:09 pm
There once was a party of seven
Who had thought their embark was like heaven
But their iron and flux
Couldn't stop Zombie Ducks
And soon all the dwarves were undeadened.

EDIT:

Waning gibbous moon;
The once-dwarf stalks the fort
An age is over.
Title: Re: Dwarven Haiku, Limerick Edition! (With bonus limericks)
Post by: TurkeyXIII on March 10, 2012, 09:28:06 pm
A dwarf named Urist McFickle
Wants ice to put in his tipple
The ice wall he'd dig
Aquifer it hid
Now Urist becomes a popsicle.