The Iliad in Haiku

For a recent Muse contest, three talented lasses in Virginia condensed the Iliad into haiku: one verse per book, plus a conclusion. The magazine didn't have room to print it, so the editors sent it to be posted on the blog. Herewith, this amazing feat of distillation, in honor of MuseBlog Haiku Day (Friday, May 19). Respond in haiku, please!

Dear Muse Contest Judges,

The authors of these
Three ladies most beauteous
Sent their warm regards.

These poems are long
But sum the Iliad well
In perfect Haiku!

Sincerely,

Carrie F., 15
Emily F., 16
Grace F., 15

Book I
Runner Achilles
Makes Agamemnon real mad
Rage is felt by all

Book II
Catalog of Ships
Is at the end of this Book
We skimmed the surface

Book III
Paris Duels Greek King
Aphrodite saves the prince
Helen laughs at him

Book IV
Trojans break a truce
Quite a large battle ensues
What a big surprise

Book V
Fighting once again
Canâ€™t they all just get along?
Someone dies–guess not.

Book VI
The domestic book
Where we see Hector in Troy
And Paris acts dumb

Book VII
Hector fights Ajax
But donâ€™t get too excited
It ends in a tie

Book VIII
Lightning sent by Zeus
Stops the fighting for awhile
Believe me, not long

Book IX
There is a meeting
They want the runner back now
Achilles please fight

Book X
Two Greek Captains sneak
To the Trojan camp at night
Like little children

Book XI
The fighters make war
Trojans die along with Greeks
â€œNo way out–no end–â€

Book XII
Trojan soldiers fight
Despite an evil omen
They really shouldnâ€™t

Book XIII
Sneaky Poseidon
Starts the skirmish up again
Still fighting they are

Book XIV
This book is filled with
Seduction, deceit, and death
This sounds like a soap

Book XV
Hector was wounded
We forgot to mention but
He still kills people

Book XVI
In Runnerâ€™s armor
Patroclus will fight and die
His friend will be mad

Book XVII
Ajax slaughters foes
Defending buddyâ€™s body
The Gods help him win

Book XVIII
Patroclus has died
Achilles goes all emo
Thetis gets armor

Book XIX
Achilles gets dressed
While all the other Greeks eat
His armorâ€™s shiny

Book XX
Zeus lets the Gods fight
Playground bullies once again
Stealing lunch money

Book XXI
The river is full
Choked with the corpses of men
Such great imagery

Book XXII
Poor Hector is dead
As if we couldnâ€™t have guessed
Blame foreshadowing

Book XXIII
Funeral games start
The end is drawing closer
Only one more Book

Book XXIV
Why is this book here?
A question much debated
Was Homer crazy?

Conclusion
Summary of Book:
Greeks kill many Trojan guys
Trojans kill Greeks too

Date: May 19, 2006

Author: Rosanne Spector (Administrator)

Categories: Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction

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Otzi

in May 19th, 2006 @ 00:23

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The Stalking Yeti of Knottingham (formerly Copper Bigfoot)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 06:41

*applause* WHOOOOOT! Great stuff!

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Purple Panda

in May 19th, 2006 @ 06:41

Say what is this thread for?
I don’t really understand
But I wrote Haiku!

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 08:08

Well, the magazine
Didn’t have room to publish
This contest entry.

Meanwhile, somebody
Asked for a blog haiku day.
The result: this thread.

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The Stalking Yeti of Knottingham (formerly Copper Bigfoot)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 12:31

I wrote a Haiku for the skool social worker whos getting hip surgery. Want me to post it?

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 12:35

Sure, go right ahead!
That’s what Haiku Day is all
About, isn’t it?

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Purple Panda

in May 19th, 2006 @ 12:49

What magazine? Muse?
was there a contest type thing?
I still don’t get it.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 13:08

“Ultracondensed Books
and Movies” was the contest
for February.

The other winners
will appear in the July/
August magazine.

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elassÃ«~adael

in May 19th, 2006 @ 15:09

I like it a lot
I am attempting to write
haiku yes I am

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Ebeth The Stalker

in May 19th, 2006 @ 15:13

Aww man! I meant to
Do that one. *sigh* Another
Muse Contest gone. Darn.

Oh well, can’t wait ’til
I see the other winners!
This one should be good…

This thingy here is
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!
*bows to the authors*

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kiki_the_great

in May 19th, 2006 @ 15:22

It’s so amazing
That I actually just
Read a haiku book.

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Sweet Melpomene

in May 19th, 2006 @ 15:39

grounded, i have been.
o, happy blog haiku day!
yes, i have returned.

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Dragonsrock828

in May 19th, 2006 @ 16:17

Haiku is hard to
write I feel you are taking away
the fun of blogging.
(at least on the part of the blog. Oops, that wasn’t haiku. sorry.)

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Ebeth The Stalker

in May 19th, 2006 @ 16:58

Haiku’s easier
If you just write a sentence
Then divide it up.

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Ebeth The Stalker

in May 19th, 2006 @ 16:59

I hope the smiley
Doesn’t count as an extra
syllable. It’s not.

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Eccentric the Afterthought

in May 19th, 2006 @ 17:07

I love this haiku
The authors deserve great praise
I applaud for them!

If I had studied
this haiku the book would have
been clearer to me.

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Kali Î”.

in May 19th, 2006 @ 19:06

writing a hiky
with seventeen sylables
is very diffic

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Purple Panda

in May 19th, 2006 @ 19:37

I remember now!
The February contest!
I do understand!

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â™¥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica â™¥

in May 19th, 2006 @ 19:39

the authors are great
very creative in ways
ingenious haikus

deserves to be
put in the Muse magazine
but, alas, too long

it is a shame, though
our haikus only serve as
comments in response

why do we not
come up with our own haikus
about other things?

so, this poetry
is the music of the pen
or, here, the keyboard

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kiki_the_great

in May 19th, 2006 @ 19:42

Harry Potter in Haiku
a great undertaking

Book 1

Harry finds out that
he is a wizard, and he
has lots of fun at

His new school Hogwarts
Has an awesome adventure
against a Dark Wiz.

Book 2
Harry is back, and
saves his best friend Ron’s sister
from an evil wiz.

Book 3
This time Harry is
finding a new godfather
and fighting scaries.

Book 4
The Quidditch World Cup
and a special tournament
Evil Wiz is back!!

Book 5
Oh, where is Hagrid?
The Order saves the day again!
SIRIUS IS DEAD!!

Book 6
Harry is angsty
The Half-blood Prince- who is he?
DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD!!

Book 7
Nobody knows what
this book is going to be
but we’ve got ideas!!

TADA!!

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Quintessentia

in May 19th, 2006 @ 20:27

I applaud greatly
The Harry Potter haiku
I liked it a lot.

Quintessentia
My name is one line of this
Off-topic haiku.

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Eccentric the Afterthought

in May 19th, 2006 @ 20:31

George Orwell’s 1984 in Haiku

Winston is alone
He has nothing to live for
What is he to do?

Julia appears
Suddenly Winston feels love
Winston will rebel!

Two heroes unite
Fight an evil dictator
But in the end, lose.

The heroes part ways
Winston is alone again
Nothing really changed.

The End

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Yup

in May 19th, 2006 @ 20:37

if only they had
done that for the odyssey
it is very good

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 20:43

The GAPA wonders:
When Haiku Day is over,
Should I close this thread?

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The Skipper Nancy

in May 19th, 2006 @ 20:51

kiki, your haikus
are great. I like the one at
the top too it’s fun

I wanted to try
to enter that contest, I
had some good ideas

I have a book of
Haiku versions of great books
here are some I like

The Inferno, Dante:

Abandon all hope!
looks like everyone’s down here
Omigod- The Pope!

The Odessey, Homer:

Aegean forecast:
storms, chance of one eyed monster
delays expected

There are more, but I
would have to find the book to
remember them, yes.

Dante on the Role
Play thread can only write in
Haikus, it’s a curse

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kiki_the_great

in May 19th, 2006 @ 21:46

21 and 25-
thank you so much, I
think you should write down some of
your favorite books

in haiku too, it’s
so much fun and it can be
very humouros!!

Thenk ya, thank ya very much…

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Pentatonikk

in May 19th, 2006 @ 21:51

I tried in vain to
Access this thread late last night
It was annoying

However, the poems
Were amusing and quite good
Yaay for the authors

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Ebeth The Stalker

in May 19th, 2006 @ 21:51

24-No, i missed most of
Haiku day, despite that it
was my invention

I would like this thread
to stay open a bit more
if that’s fine with y’all.

Yes, i meant y’all as
just one syllable, not two.
Just pretend. I’m tired.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 21:58

O.K., we’ll keep it
Going for as long as “y’all”
Keep posting on it.

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Ebeth The Stalker

in May 19th, 2006 @ 22:09

Hey, I am southern
so there! Actually Ohio,
but that’s south to me.

People say soda
anyway, so whatever
Night everybody

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 19th, 2006 @ 22:19

(27)

I set the thread to
stay offline until midnight
(stupid GAPA trick).

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Otzi

in May 19th, 2006 @ 22:44

I am not Southern.
I live far from there
And I am rawther annoying.

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elassÃ«~adael

in May 19th, 2006 @ 23:42

Lord of the Rings

Frodo gets ring of
doom goes on quest to destroy
ring his friends help him

I am not from the
south. I am from the north. I
have a small accent

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The Skipper Nancy

in May 20th, 2006 @ 00:46

Skipper wonders this:
What qualifies as southern?
Does Arizona?

Yes, it is southern
but we don’t have the accents
nor do we say y’all

So is it where you
live, or your manner of speech
that qualifies you?

Catch 22 in Haiku

Cathcart wants to be
general, Yossarian
wants to be released

Milo can buy eggs
for seven cents in Malta
and sell them for five

He still makes profit
Yossarian wonders how;
Capatilsm?

Snowden freezes to
death, and gets all over Y,
Orr crash lands again

Sad stuff, Bad stuff, yeah
cry, laugh, sob, giggle, gasp, choke
Chronilogical

Order is over
rated! So is sanity
It all ends well, though.

That wasn’t very
good, but if youhave read the
book, you’ll understand

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tenrec speaking wierdo,weeeeeeee

in May 20th, 2006 @ 07:42

so many haikus
they are all so wonderful
harry potter rox

now it is time for
yes now it is time for a
haiku of my own

first i must think one
up, but my mind is blank and
i cannot, oh well

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 20th, 2006 @ 07:59

How about haikus
for HP7? Closest
guess wins. Example:

“Voldy is Harry’s
father. He repents and dies.
Ewoks help burn him.”

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the pink stalking penguin of penzance

in May 20th, 2006 @ 09:54

this is a haiku
it is written by zoe
i hope you like it

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Purple Panda

in May 20th, 2006 @ 12:07

Thank you for keeping
After Haiku day!
It is very fun.

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Quintessentia

in May 20th, 2006 @ 12:46

Mrs. Norris is
Voldemort’s mom, Merope.
An Animagus.

I am wondering
when the seventh book comes out?
I wait and hunger.

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in May 20th, 2006 @ 13:36

At least one person
Dies a tragic, icky death
Thanks to Vold. and Crew

There’s some big problems
With those Inferi-type dudes
Vampires, too

Weasly and Granger
Get caught up in their romance
And desert Potter

Potter goes emo
Voldy nearly destroys him
Friends don’t come in time

To completely save
Potter is there physic’ly
But goes sorta nuts

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Purple Panda

in May 20th, 2006 @ 14:16

Is J.K. Rowling
Writing an epilogue to
Go after book seven?

I heard that somewhere,
But it might just be a false
Rumor being spread

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Ven

in May 20th, 2006 @ 15:27

36-

Seeing the simil-
arities to Star Wars too?
They are obvious.

Such as Ron and Herm.
Who are like Leia and Han, duh.
In love forever.

I know my haikou
Is bad. So what. I don’t care.
La La La LA La

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Pentatonikk

in May 20th, 2006 @ 16:51

Ron the sidekick dies.
Hermione angsts a lot
What a big surprise.

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Der Wachtelschlag (Queenie's other name)

in May 20th, 2006 @ 18:56

Potter is a nut
Hermione’s a total weed
I am very shocked.

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Otzi

in May 20th, 2006 @ 19:15

Harry runs away.
Hermione loves draco
The siries continues

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in May 20th, 2006 @ 19:33

So totally shocked
Am I to the high extreme
That Ron die Die DIES.

Shocked also I am
That Hermione flips out
Those two are really

Really too sappy
J.K. Rowling is slipping
In a real bad way

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Eccentric the Afterthought

in May 20th, 2006 @ 20:29

KY is Southern
We say y’all and howdy lots
It’s a friendly state.

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Purple Panda

in May 20th, 2006 @ 20:46

I think the author
(J.K. Rowling) is writing
the books to fit the

movies. you agree?
I have a friend who came up
with that idea…yep.

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kiki_the_great

in May 20th, 2006 @ 20:49

I seem to have sparked
A lot of Harry Potter
haikus. Very cool.

Dude. there’s like, what, 11 post about Harry Potter now.
sorry thats not in haiku.

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MontgomeryGurl The Completely Evil and Psychotic Stalker

in May 20th, 2006 @ 23:33

I didn’t mean to post
But the haikus were awesome
So I say one thing

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MontgomeryGurl The Completely Evil and Psychotic Stalker

in May 20th, 2006 @ 23:50

^Okay, that comment didn’t make a ton of sense (maybe it’s just because I’m reeeeally tired that it doesn’t mean anything whatsoever to me). Anyway, the general thrust of my gist was that I did not come intending to post, but that nerd Ebeth MADE ME come here and read this thread, and I couldn’t resist posting just one thing. Now I go back to a life of obscurity.

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Purple Panda

in May 21st, 2006 @ 06:51

Yay! MG posted!
Thanks, Ebeth, for making her.
Was it fun, MG?

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 21st, 2006 @ 07:50

My fearless forecast
about book number 7
(we’ll see how I do):

Neville shines somehow.
Slytherins finally prove
They’re not just Nazis.

Two thousand pages.
Harry’s the seventh horcrux,
Slays V. but dies too.

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in May 21st, 2006 @ 08:03

Someone kills someone.

So short it doesn’t need to be in haiku.

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Taiwan Hippo Fan

in May 21st, 2006 @ 08:13

What is the rule for
(meter–wise, that’s what I mean)
a perfect haiku?

R. Coontz, your theories
For book number seven
sound good to me, too.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in May 21st, 2006 @ 08:16

(a)
First, five syllables.
Second, seven syllables.
Third, five syllables.

(b)
We’ll see. Or maybe
she’ll give us Darth Voldemort
and Ewoks. Who knows?

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kiki_the_great

in May 21st, 2006 @ 08:49

omg, I just woke up.
today is my brother’s birth-
day. He gets presents.

Seriously, I
am falling asleep
on top of my keys.

*zzzzz* off to post on the dream thread!!

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Ebeth The Stalker

in May 21st, 2006 @ 11:24

Yay, it is monty!
She read the haiku thingy!
Go Montgom’rygurl!

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Eccentric the Afterthought

in May 21st, 2006 @ 12:45

MG! You have re-
Turned! I am glad to see a
Post from you today!

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Quintessentia

in May 21st, 2006 @ 13:41

Two thousand pages
sounds so very wonderful
to me, a bookworm.

We rejoice greatly
That MontgomeryGirl is
back for a little.

I must leave. Brother is ratting me out for not doing my homework like I’m supposed to.

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in May 22nd, 2006 @ 15:22

We’re doing Potter
I’ll do Charlie Bone because
the plots are REAL close
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mr. Pilgrim is
Charlie’s father, I am sure.
Happy Ending, C.

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Taiwan Hippo Fan

in May 22nd, 2006 @ 16:48

I’m glad that you like
The Charlie Bone series, and
I hope others do.

They are fantastic.
I am not sure with your thought,
Though, GES. (syllable here)

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emogrl

in May 22nd, 2006 @ 17:37

i told all my senior friends that id write them haikus for farewell notes…theyll probably turn out quite interesting

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Andromeda Pineapple-duck

in May 23rd, 2006 @ 16:20

The haiku style is
rather tranquil. It makes me
feel calm and relaxed.

Post 53 I
agree with. It will happen
like that. It seems right.

The Iliad was
beautiful. Hooray! Brava!
A work of genius.

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Purple Panda

in May 23rd, 2006 @ 16:39

I liked Charlie Bone
But I haven’t read the books
Very recently.

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Andromeda Pineapple-duck

in May 23rd, 2006 @ 16:40

Writting in haiku
is adicting. Now I will
Write this way always.

The place called Haiku
is about ten miles from where
I sit right now. Cool!

Well, maybe more like
twenty. I exagerate.
(or inxagerate?)

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Taiwan Hippo Fan

in May 24th, 2006 @ 14:23

Impossible? Yes.
Boring? Definitely not!
We should try to set

A world record! Or
Aim for USA. The most
Haiku written with

No breaks! (That means no
Non-haiku writing on here)
Where are you sitting

Right now, AP-d?
(66). That is cool, I must
Admit. Very cool.

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kiki_the_great

in May 24th, 2006 @ 20:27

Charlie Bone cannot
ever live up to Harry
Long live Harry P!!

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Der Wachtelschlag (Queen J)

in May 25th, 2006 @ 10:22

Haiku writing is
Something of a stress on my
Guidance circuits. Ow.

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Der Wachtelschlag (Queen J)

in May 25th, 2006 @ 15:24

There isnâ€™t any
Milk in the fridge this morning
Oh what shall I do?

Behind the juice
Leftover hunan kung pao
Last night I ate some

Untraditional
Breakfast ensues with chopsticks
I have heartburn now

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amethyst

in May 25th, 2006 @ 17:20

69- SO right.

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Andromeda Pineapple-duck

in May 26th, 2006 @ 14:49

Tiawan Hippo Fan,
I don’t know if I can say.
I fear getting snipped.

I’ll try though. I am

[Please don’t tell us the name of the town or city you live in unless its population is REALLY large (over 250,000 people). â€” Rosanne]

(did it work?)

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Andromeda Pineapple-duck

in May 26th, 2006 @ 23:21

Oh well. I’m sorry
Rosanne, for trying to say
where I am. I won’t

do it again. It
wasn’t really a town so
I thought it was fine.

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Darth Yoda

in May 27th, 2006 @ 08:46

67 how
about we start a thread for
that? -From Darth Yoda

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Taiwan Hippo Fan

in May 27th, 2006 @ 11:01

I am sorry, AP-
d, for forcing you to say
Where you were/are, etc.

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Taiwan Hippo Fan

in May 27th, 2006 @ 11:06

You know whose pop. is
Really big?! Kockle-Shnockle, where
I used to live. It

Has seven million-
kajillion people per
Square inch! Amazing!

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Rosanne Spector (Administrator)

in May 27th, 2006 @ 16:00

[Don’t worry, Andromeda Pineapple-duck. No harm done. We just want to keep info about where MuseBloggers live to a minimum so no crazy stalkers who take a fancy to any of you will be able to track you down.]

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The Skipper Nancy

in May 27th, 2006 @ 17:31

Like Ebeth, for example.
jk.

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Quintessentia

in May 27th, 2006 @ 20:36

I am unhappy.
A certain guy hasn’t emailed
me in far too long.

Was it what I said?
Silly me, thinking that I
had a chance with him.

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::DandelionsAreWildflowers::

in May 28th, 2006 @ 14:05

‘Twas Once a mag’zine
Whose Charaecters made us gleen
Bo Has gave us facts

Urania fair
Watched the stars twirl through her hair
Then Koko threw pie

now her rage ensued
The great struggle had begun
Pie whizzed through the air

Struggle has not ended
Many Have been lost to the GPW
They struggle on today

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NostradamusRocker

in June 9th, 2006 @ 16:14

This
Rocks.

If only I could
Write Haiku.

Oh well.

Mooooooooooooooo

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NostradamusRocker

in June 9th, 2006 @ 16:18

I have a little book of cat haiku and i wonder if i could post some or can i not because they are copy-righted? Please let me Know GAGAs— oooooooooooooops I mean GAPAs.

meeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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NostradamusRocker

in June 9th, 2006 @ 16:18

wooooooooooooffffffffffffffff

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NostradamusRocker

in June 9th, 2006 @ 16:20

the above was so i cud have 3 animal sounds and that last one was my 1/4 woolf Estrella (ehs-tray-yuh).

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in June 9th, 2006 @ 16:29

Posting a few selections should be all right.

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NostradamusRocker

in June 9th, 2006 @ 17:26

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ebeth the Stalker

in June 9th, 2006 @ 17:48

78-true,
but online is more my line
Em gets the phone books.

Stalking’s addicting
I must admit. Maybe we
should join the S.A.

(That would be Stalkers
Anonymous in case you
didn’t figure that out)

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Em

in June 9th, 2006 @ 17:59

stalkers anonymous! ” hello, my name is em, and it has been seven weeks since i googled a complete stranger.”

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seamonster

in July 2nd, 2006 @ 11:17

i haven’t read it
but my dad said it’s perfect
limericks next, please

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curious and questioning

in August 9th, 2006 @ 18:49

Isaac Asimov’s
Tales of the Black Widowers
Homer limericks

A character wrote
One for each book in stories
I read this summer

Sorry for tangents
I saw the word Iliad
Thought that you should know

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Cat's Meow on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Wow, I'm glad you got to see the eclipse, but that housing situation sounds wild. How old are your kids now?
Cat's Meow on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???re: socializing in-person and making friends I can sincerely recommend Bumble BFF, trivia, and book clubs. I moved to my current city about 15 months…
Piggy on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Hello everyone! I've read all these comments the day (perhaps hour) they were posted, but never managed the gumption to reply to them, sadly ("sadly"…
gimanator on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Salutations! There's a little bit of explanation in the HG2MB (in particular an explanation for the email), but I think the 'blog has shifted a bit in…
gimanator on The Hare & Hedgepig, v. VINever fear, there's always some unexpected comestible about! How about one of these green pastry things? I think they're avocado flavored, but you nev…
gimanator on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???My, what a lovely flurry of activity here! Although I'm a little slow to reply to it, as usual. Funny to see our project as a sort of subject of paleo…
Robert Coontz (Administrator) on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Welcome back, Cat's Eye, and thank you for the fascinating update. (Fun factoid related to Life on the Mississippi: as Piggy noted, my great-great-gra…
Robert Coontz (Administrator) on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Hm. Not exactly. Maybe I'd better let Piggy explain.
Robert Coontz (Administrator) on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Sorry about that! We were besieged by spambots and had to do a lot of preliminary moderating before we could even see your posts. Welcome!
Cat's Eye on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Hello, all! I've had a busy few years since I last dropped in - published a book, wrote a sequel, endured a few rounds of COVID, and got top surgery!…
Sinusoidal Polyglot on Welcome, Neophytes!Hi! I’m new to MB. Can someone explain how this works? It is chaotic compared to CB (Chatterbox) the place I come from originally (tragically it is sh…
Sinusoidal on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Can someone create a guide on how MB works and how to use it and post and all that? What are the kinds of topics MB talks about?
Sinusoidal Polyglot on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Hi! Sinusoidal here! This is my first post on MuseBlog. I come from ChatterBox (See my posts there). If I’m not supposed to give my email, why is it r…
You can call me "Fitzy" on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???I sent a post a few weeks back, but I don't think it was approved. I stumbled across this place a few weeks ago and did some brief digging into it. It…
Piggy on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Hello friends! I've been trying to think of something meaningful to say for the last couple weeks, but nothing quoteworthy has come to mind. When peop…
You can call me "Fitzy" on The Hare & Hedgepig, v. VIAlas, I fear I am too late to assist with this food. Surely it must have spoiled by now? It's a shame. This is a lovely-looking spot, and quite cozy t…
You can call me "Fitzy" on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???I was never a user of this site. Never a user of any blogs or forums on the internet really. Never got the hang of the social internet, and ADD means…
ibcf on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Same problem has kept me away like a pool of flesh eating bacteria, ha. Never mind what I've had to show for myself since; the ignominy of the nonsens…
ZNZ on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???I'm not sure exactly how I ended up back here, but I was so pleasantly surprised to see posts as recent as these last! It makes me happy to think of y…
Piggy on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Well, today marks my 17th 'Blogiversary. Somehow that number, anything less than my current age, sounds too small, as though my self and my MuseBlog s…
Piggy on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???I ought to pick out some Twain to read myself. One of my half-treasured possessions is a dark green hardback set of his works published in the 1930s o…
gimanator on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Now that I'm here, I also have a long overdue thanks for the recommendation of Life on the Mississippi: it was the perfect suggestion. It had been a l…
gimanator on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???Goodness, that's an anagram I haven't seen in a long while! I've been watching for your resurfacing, Piggy. I even (briefly) wondered if the site outa…
Piggy on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???I've realized that since my employer finally made me take a company laptop a few months ago, after a few years of using my personal computer to work f…
Piggy on The Hare & Hedgepig, v. VIIf anyone has an appetite, the wungs are getting impatient at how long it's taking me to eat the loaf of pumpkin bread they've baked to match (in shap…
gimanator on Random Thread: Spring 2023 to ???I'm back for the latest dispatch! I was mistaken about two things: I thought this post would be about two months earlier and I thought I would have fi…
Piggy on The Hare & Hedgepig, v. VIOh dear, they've done milkshakes now. Where did that mop go....

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