VAfan Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Last season in May, someone started a Sox Haikus thread on the main Sox site. I wrote a bunch of them about us winning the World Series. Yesterday, in response to Beck 72's thread about hope for this season, I penned the following new ones. I decided they deserved their own thread since no one responded in kind on that thread. Feel free to add your own. Remember, Haikus follow the 5-7-5 syllable format. (P.S. I stand corrected on the form by Misplaced Sox. Thanks for the information!) ***************** We are just lulling Other teams into thinking They can beat the Sox In fact, the White Sox Are still baseball's best team And we will prove it Have no fear Sox fans Would you swap our warriors For another team? Winning July games Is not essential prelude To October wins Pitching and defense Will reemerge and become Our team theme again Until it comes back Power bats will carry us Into the playoffs Once in, we won't care If we have the Wild Card slot Or win the Central No team can stop us From repeating as World Champs We will find a way Ya gotta believe In this solid White Sox team To go all the way! Back-to-back titles Flying over the South Side It's gonna be sweet. Edited July 18, 2006 by VAfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misplaced_Sox Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Its all good and all but the Haiku is a different technique. I know your having fun and it is amusing but Im just being technical here. What you have provided is a "Hokku" a starting chain. Normally a Haiku is composed a single thought between two distances and it stops..... it also hints or winks at the season in which it was written as in "fresh" for spring..... "warm, moist" summer..... "dry, leave" fall and "sleep, alone" winter..... Anyways I it is a nice idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 When the Sox come back And start to turn things around Many here eat crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Not Sox related, but I wrote this a while back. It's probably the greatest haiku ever written. A haiku is a poem with seven sylla bles in the middle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 When at Cell Field Action right in front of me Blonde Chevy Pride girl ::snap snap snap snap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) These threads are getting wierder by the day. Nothing screams to me more for american baseball, than Japanese poetry. Edited July 18, 2006 by southsideirish71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAfan Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 17, 2006 -> 09:39 PM) These threads are getting wierder by the day. Nothing screams to me more for american baseball, than Japanese poetry. C'mon. Haven't got the creativity to pen a few lines to the success of your favorite team? I'm actually pretty disappointed that so few Sox talk posters seem to be able to conjure up odes to the success of the Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Rooney used to say And thats a White Sox winner Let's hear it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 People want him back Well guess what you Rowand fans He's not coming back Anderson's to stay He is twice the defender Bat's coming around Garcia is not good He is the one that should go Your velocity sucks Bring me the Flash Bring in Duaner Sanchez McCarthy will start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoota Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Pods is my hero Steals like a Detroit felon Goes home to Dergan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 QUOTE(VAfan @ Jul 17, 2006 -> 10:25 PM) C'mon. Haven't got the creativity to pen a few lines to the success of your favorite team? I'm actually pretty disappointed that so few Sox talk posters seem to be able to conjure up odes to the success of the Sox. I can honestly say the last possible thing I ever thought I would see from sox fans is "Please recite your victory haiku". Its almost creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Goat cheese pizza sucks Bottled water is lamer Chevy can bite me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Rally Crede Rules He brought us a World Series You all should bow down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoota Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Detroit will soon fade Where's the unemployment line We build crappy cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Regarding Soxtalk All I want to say is this: Game threads are teh suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsox08 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 this thread is freaking me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 The Sox wear the crown hence, the inevitable Detroit will go down!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 09:08 AM) The Sox wear the crown hence, the inevitable Detroit will go down!! The only true Haiku in this thread.^ 1st line, 5 syll 2nd line, 7 syll 3rd line, 5 syll 1st and 3rd lines must rhyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 09:16 AM) The only true Haiku in this thread.^ 1st line, 5 syll 2nd line, 7 syll 3rd line, 5 syll 1st and 3rd lines must rhyme I'm hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 09:16 AM) The only true Haiku in this thread.^ 1st line, 5 syll 2nd line, 7 syll 3rd line, 5 syll 1st and 3rd lines must rhyme Rhyming's over-rated That's why I never do it It sounds tired and dated Well, that sucked, the first line is 6 syllables. Edited July 18, 2006 by The Critic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAfan Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 10:16 AM) The only true Haiku in this thread.^ 1st line, 5 syll 2nd line, 7 syll 3rd line, 5 syll 1st and 3rd lines must rhyme What if the second line rhymes too? I wrote this one last year: Great Ozzie man say Pitching and defense the way To World Series play! It still applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangar18 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Just Win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 QUOTE(VAfan @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 11:18 AM) What if the second line rhymes too? I wrote this one last year: Great Ozzie man say Pitching and defense the way To World Series play! It still applies. Nah, that's closer to a lemerick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Who is this Widger? Calls nothing but bad games Blanco should come here BTW LMB, haikus do not have rhymes. I just wiki'd it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 11:43 AM) Who is this Widger? Calls nothing but bad games Blanco should come here BTW LMB, haikus do not have rhymes. I just wiki'd it. We all make mistakes Next time I'll do more research Will you forgive me? Doesn't even look like any kind of writing style without the rhyme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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