tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38872011384004333042024-03-08T05:10:51.508+00:00HAI-ku!Doctor Who poetry. We write it and read it. We describe Doctor Who in haiku.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-26371780615260885112012-02-18T10:28:00.001+00:002012-02-18T10:28:43.771+00:00HAI-ku! (8)<span style="font-size:130%;">By Steven Sautter<br /><br /></span><h6 style="font-weight: normal;" class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}">The giant pink brain<br />Awaits your contribution<br />At last, Loyhargil!</span></span></h6>cackle_jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046666486440987155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-88779632627994713402012-02-18T09:52:00.002+00:002012-02-18T09:54:17.819+00:00The Terrible Zodin<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}"><span class="messageBody" style="font-size:130%;">There once was a terrible Zodin<br />With wrath worse than that of the great Odin<br />All colourful stripes<br />And claws in the night<br />she fills us all up with foreboding</span></h6>cackle_jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046666486440987155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-78503007534768192462011-08-06T22:58:00.000+01:002011-08-06T22:59:06.983+01:00Sonnetby Steven Sautter<br /><br />To wit, to hold, to write in my blank verse;<br />A task too much for a poor poet's pen.<br />Naught but poetry can describe the curse<br />Of the Carrionites on mortal men.<br />The comely Lilith, hair like night's pitch dark,<br />Bewitched the senses of Avon's sweet swan<br />And thus compelled him to write-not a lark!<br />Lex'graphic wonder as only he can.<br />A portal to open, that hag's domain,<br />There by the time Lords they were banish'ed.<br />Lo, a wand'rer comes, evil creatures' bane.<br />he doth bind them by name, not cold hard lead.<br />Hell emptied and all the devils are near.<br />But be not afeared, the Doctor is here!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-38517472706777047842011-08-06T22:57:00.000+01:002011-08-06T22:58:06.099+01:00HAI-ku! (more from Steven)by Steven Sautter<br /><br />Do you want to come<br />Through the coloured door of time<br />Eternity waits<br /><br />Wilted celery<br />Pleasant open face in pain<br />Moment too soon<br /><br />Abandoned planet<br />Ideal spot for disco with<br />Black light converter<br /><br />Shouty beardy man<br />With a sword against your throat<br />Ask him no questions<br /><br />Veggies in track suits<br />Threaten Hyperion III<br />Bleeding carrot juice<br /><br />Sinking into sand<br />Hands pulling the Doctor down<br />Even orange spats<br /><br />Melted face of Kane<br />Final mark comes not by cold<br />But by the sun<br /><br />Bristles of orange<br />Androgum inheritance<br />Gastronomical!<br /><br />On the balcony<br />Philosophies are exchanged<br />Throw away your gun<br /><br />Yartek fools no one.<br />This best you can come up with?<br />You have flippers, man!<br /><br />Cross acidic sea<br />To the home of Arbitan<br />Please bring your own robe<br /><br />Hydrogen influx<br />If you check the index file<br />You find beginnings<br /><br />Dark and stormy night<br />Lightning illuminating<br />Curse of Peladon<br /><br />Enigma rattles whirring<br />Waiting to let loose the wolf<br />And the word is love<br /><br />Grim visage of war<br />Playing with its toy soldiers<br />Too big. Must get help<br /><br />Arton particles<br />Build up on the shores of space<br />And oceans of time<br /><br />Oh arr, Jim me lad<br />Sitting on the becalmed sea<br />A siren, say ye?<br /><br />Out of the junkyard<br />With polycarbide armour<br />Emerging DalekUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-19123345209756699392011-07-29T16:44:00.000+01:002011-07-29T16:46:05.469+01:00BEHOLD THE EPIC FIVE DOCTOR HAIKU CYCLE!by Steven Sautter<br /><br />Walking in roses<br />A pleasant afternoon out<br />The shadow passes<br /><br />Trusted warrior<br />Past is catching up with us<br />Now we are taken<br /><br />Full spedometre<br />Still cannot outrace the dark<br />Great balls of fire<br /><br />Between life and death<br />I exist in quantum flux<br />Left without a punt<br /><br />I stand with myself<br />Together we will play the<br />Game of Rassilon<br /><br /><br />Shatter the chains that bind<br />Confront your past, embrace it<br />Now the Wolf is free<br /><br />Stormy Avalon<br />Break through to the other side<br />Remember Badon<br /><br />Where are you going<br />Strange little girl at the gate?<br />Daleks don't hop scotch<br /><br />Do whap be do wah<br />The green baby alien<br />Will have hybrid dad<br /><br />Hark! the unicorn!<br />Am I dreaming? Is this real?<br />Suspicious stampede<br /><br />To lose one's face once<br />Is perhaps unfortunate<br />Twice is carelessness<br /><br />Timeless Mandarin<br />Trap you, catch you. Play with me?<br />Let the games begin.<br /><br />Yellow brimmed fire<br />Expands to engulf the world<br />Earth resigned to flames<br /><br />High above the earth<br />Sits silent humanity<br />Indomitable<br /><br />From Neutrogena<br />T-Mat! Transport your dandruff<br />To the moon and back<br /><br />Frozen carapace<br />Are you lonely in the ice?<br />The warrior waits<br /><br />Clacking of the claws<br />Skittering through the darkness<br />Macra come for you<br /><br />On glacial Telos<br />Cybermen await the call<br />To wake, rise and rule<br /><br />We will survive<br />Enhancements cybernetic<br />But is this living?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-69115910819752818922011-07-29T16:39:00.002+01:002011-07-29T16:43:54.672+01:00I Lost You Along the Wayby Alies Bruinsma<br /><br />Could you, lonely Time Lord?<br />O, tell me, pretty please!<br />How it somehow came to be,<br />That our friendship had started to cease?<br /><br />O, how I remember those silly walks.<br />Under the moons, with grasses red.<br />Where we shared those hopeful thoughts.<br />About the beautiful times ahead.<br /><br />How did that come to vanish,<br />When we started growing old?<br />I took it for granted but now I wish<br />Your thoughts of me had not turned so cold.<br /><br />Your love goes to this rotten earth,<br />Where you have all forgotten me,<br />Forgetting what we shared from birth.<br />Time Lord, are you unable to see?<br /><br />To see what you have done;<br />You were gone and I was there.<br />Singing the lonely man's song;<br />For you to answer my prayer.<br /><br />Time Lord, you were my friend!<br />You were the only I ever had.<br />And this lonely time I've spent,<br />Turned on me to drive me mad.<br /><br />Time Lord, it’s not that I hate you.<br />Really, it's the other way around.<br />Don't you have the smallest clue.<br />About the offspring of the sounds?<br /><br />Time Lord, I'm nearing my own my end.<br />I really don't know what to do.<br />I need you to love me as a friend.<br />Because that's how I love you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-6200158943449830522011-07-28T22:31:00.003+01:002011-07-31T15:11:21.464+01:00Torchwood Tongue TwisterBy Simon Bromley,<br /><br /><br />There once was a Welsh Pterodactyl<br />And that really extraordinary fact'll<br />send dear little Simes<br />to his Big Book of Rhymes<br />to try to end it intact-ylcackle_jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046666486440987155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-72134810059581446122011-07-27T14:07:00.001+01:002011-07-27T14:11:05.101+01:00Poems from Alpha CentauriBy Jamie Beckwith<br /><br />There once was a hexapod creature<br />Who had a distingushing feature<br />It looked awfully rude<br />This he/she non dude<br />Running foul of Hepesh, a manic Pel preachercackle_jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046666486440987155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-68232464908027247102011-07-27T14:04:00.002+01:002011-07-27T14:10:43.172+01:00HAI-ku! (6)By Jamie Beckwith<br /><br /><br />The New Adventure<br />snatched furtively from the shelf.<br />Too broad and too deep.cackle_jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046666486440987155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-34977443717259947472011-07-25T21:17:00.000+01:002011-07-25T21:18:43.405+01:00HAI-ku! (5)by Bob Davies<br />www.bob-davies.co.uk<br /><br /><br />Mona Lisa smiles<br />with her sisters; Scaroth's selves<br />ripple time's waters.<br /><br /><br />Ancient reptiles slept.<br />Squatters sprouted overnight,<br />beds became mass graves.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-88542619650427443262011-07-25T21:16:00.001+01:002011-07-25T21:17:37.709+01:00HAI-ku! (4)by Steven Sautter<br /><br />No escape, white walls<br />These are your consequences<br />Champion of Time<br /><br /><br />The all-seeing eye<br />Gazes unblinking into<br />Your abysmal heart<br /><br /><br />The clown cannot stand<br />Smiles in the forever dark<br />Thus starts Ragnarok<br /><br /><br />Oh no! Did I blink?<br />The angel seems no closer<br />I thought I was bug-<br /><br /><br />Lost in the fire<br />My old trusty companion<br />Sonically bereft<br /><br /><br />Green spaghetti-ied head<br />Save the Jagaroth in style<br />Add matching cravat<br /><br /><br />It's an elephant!<br />In Television Centre!<br />Monoids too. Who cares.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-15421704471438861752011-07-18T22:44:00.001+01:002011-07-18T22:46:09.826+01:00HAI-ku! (3)by Steven Sautter<br /><br />The girl, brave and bold<br />Against the basement lurker<br />Grip of ice hot death<br /><br /><br />Fight against the change<br />Resisting evolution<br />I live in the Light<br /><br /><br /><br />Swirling sands whip round<br />Implacable art deco,<br />Throwing hands at you<br /><br /><br /><br />A clan of Clantons<br />Stand firm in the tumbleweeds<br />Does your tooth ache, Doc?<br /><br /><br /><br />Pink and orange sky<br />The world breaks up around you<br />Animal embraceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-46448385144039999292011-07-17T11:08:00.002+01:002011-07-17T11:11:49.760+01:00HAI-ku (2)by Leslie McMurtry<br /><br />all bright eyes and hands,<br />he leads them to a wasteland.<br />ancient and gnarled trees<br /><br /><br /><br />a cloud of white disdain,<br />temperamental Time Lord,<br />a guardian's safari.<br /><br /><br /><br />crimson searchlights bi-<br />sect future suspended<br />barrage balloonerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887201138400433304.post-54618668909008894102011-07-14T19:14:00.003+01:002011-07-14T19:17:04.053+01:00HAI-ku! (1)By Jamie Beckwith<br /><br />Incongorous Box<br />just there in the cluttered yard<br />A legend is born<br /><br /><br /><br />Za will bring fire<br />Orb has promised it to him<br />Soon Hur will be queen<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />CANNOT COMPREHEND<br />THIS STRANGE CREATURE BEFORE ME<br />EXTERMINATE IT!cackle_jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046666486440987155noreply@blogger.com0