hiaku to the wagon

well, i'm back on the wagon until february at least having just purchased a budget byznatine coin for 2014.

may i present to you a hiaku, to the wagon...



wagon, i am sad
new coin, not for a while now
ebay, may fall off

 

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=> the artwork, combined with the amazing poem, really hits home

 

Bravo!! Haiku humor is fabulous.

 

That brought a tear to my eye...

 

Auction fever hits
Tradart Triton Gemini
The wagon be damned

 

Since I'm also on the wagon, here's mine:

From Rome to the Kush
Over everyone it rolls
Cruel is the wagon
(oh, but not over TIF)

Dammit, TIF, you broke my haiku!

 

Here's mine...

Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend.
Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend.
Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend. Spend.

 

The coin wagon!
stevex jumps on -
the sound of toppling.

 

I don't think I am very good at this, but here is a shot at it:

I'll gladly pay
On Tuesday
For an Ancient coin today

 

Best one yet, lol. I'm not sure the younger folk will get the reference. Our generation had the best cartoons.

 

I think so far only chrsmat and TIF have gotten the haiku in the proper form. Everyone else, back to coin-collecting!

 

on the contrary => I modelled my version after a famous poem:

An old pond!
A frog jumps in—
the sound of water.

 

Steve's correct. While in school we were taught to use a strict 5-7-5 syllable structure, apparently traditional haiku is more about obliquely evoking a scene with a minimum of words.

JA's most accurately represents my current situation though

Edited: the syllable count variance may be due to translation issues.

 

Damn, Steve, there's a dude called Basho who stole your poem about 300 years ago .

 

As you can see, Steve's syllable count is clearly correct when translated to Japanese.



コインワゴン！
stevexは上のジャンプ -
転倒の音

 

I'm glad someone got the reference.

 

Just so we can also keep it about coins, does anyone have that Smyrna issue showing Homer? Uhm, the poet that is, not the Simpson.

 

No, but getting a Homer portrait coin is high on the list.

 

great poems everyone!

ah, i remember wimpy...good times.

i was hoping we would see a work about a coin from nantucket.

 

Psst guys. I can, umm... make anyone's wagon "go away" for good if need be... For the right price.

(Your friendly neighborhood wagon hitman)