Which forumer wrote - the best haiku of the day - time to pick the best

Raijin Quickfoot

Which one of these individuals wrote the best Haiku?
Up for grabs is a free copy of The Green Knight on 4k UHD BluRay

At no point did I instruct anyone it had to be about The Green Knight though many chose to go that direction
There was really only 2 rules. Has to be a haiku. Has to be sent to my PM inbox. That was it

VOTING ENDS AT 7AM TOMORROW MORNING

Here are the entrants

PINFELDORF

I don't like haikus
they are super difficult
I'll never write one

Houk the Namebringer

Hey there, Dev Patel
Could you chop my head off, please?
I'm still alive? Fuck...

Astrobstrd

Is Dev Patel's dick
seen onscreen in this movie?
I'd like to know, please!

DarkPrimus

Bandits be merry
and young ladies are wary
Gawain is coming

Endless_Serpents

The tip of an axe
Head given, a game begins
Homoerotic

Green

Gawain, brash and bold
No longer, faced the Green Knight
and let his sash fall

3cl1ps3

Green Knight: story light
More evocation than plot
But! Everyone's hot

Raijin Quickfoot

I should note DarkPrimus is the only one who sent it to be in both English and..Chinese? I’m not sure but it was bilingual.

This should in no way get him bonus points. I just wanted to mention it

Raijin Quickfoot

Also do not be fooled and vote for Green just because this is a competition for The Green Knight and their name is in the title of the movie.

Elaro

Pinfeldorf

I like Pinfeldorf's haiku, because it doesn't talk about a movie I haven't seen.

Hey look, my dude is in the lead!

Douglas

Endless_Serpents

This is a very nice thing you're doing, @Raijin Quickfoot

Raijin Quickfoot

DouglasDanger wrote: »

This is a very nice thing you're doing, @Raijin Quickfoot

The serotonin is my payment

Shadowfire

3cl1ps3

Christmas approaches
Holiday forum draws near
Have sufficient cheer

Houk

Houk

voting for myself so I get at least one vote

no that doesn't seem sad at all, why do you ask?

Raijin Quickfoot

I am abstaining from voting.

But there is 1 I would definitely pick.

Green

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Also do not be fooled and vote for Green just because this is a competition for The Green Knight and their name is in the title of the movie.

Counterpoint; do.

Peen

Pinfeldorf

I can't even vote for me this poll is bullshit

Raijin Quickfoot

Peen wrote: »

I can't even vote for me this poll is bullshit

Where was the PM!!!??? You never slid into them!

Captain Inertia

astrobstrd

I’m curious too
Does Dev’s dick display onscreen
Picked astrobstrd

Jedoc

Endless_Serpents

My haiku start strong
But I can't write good last lines
Butts butts butts butts butts

DarkPrimus

DarkPrimus

@Raijin Quickfoot hey now how come you didn't post my haiku with the Japanese as well?

さんぞく メリー
Bandits be merry

また おじょう あぶない
And young ladies be wary

ガウェイン くる
Gawain is coming

Edit: Hey, you even altered the text of my haiku, changing the "be wary" to "are wary."

smof

Should have been anonymous imo. Now it's just a popularity contest. And I don't like any of these people!

Raijin Quickfoot

DarkPrimus wrote: »

@Raijin Quickfoot hey now how come you didn't post my haiku with the Japanese as well?

さんぞく メリー
Bandits be merry

また おじょう あぶない
And young ladies be wary

ガウェイン くる
Gawain is coming

Edit: Hey, you even altered the text of my haiku, changing the "be wary" to "are wary."

Because I hand typed them back in…

DarkPrimus

DarkPrimus

Memos app is great for crafting threads on mobile. Can easily copy-paste multiple sources together that way.

RMS Oceanic

Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar
Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar
Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar Larlar

(The Lar in Larlar is silent)

Munkus Beaver

3cl1ps3

Time to share this neat bit of haiku trivia I randomly came across during a wiki dive

Although the word on is sometimes translated as "syllable", the true meaning is more nuanced. One on in Japanese is counted for a short syllable, two for an elongated vowel or doubled consonant, and one for an "n" at the end of a syllable. Thus, the word "haibun", though counted as two syllables in English, is counted as four on in Japanese (ha-i-bu-n); and the word "on" itself, which English-speakers would view as a single syllable, comprises two on: the short vowel o and the moraic nasal n̩. This is illustrated by the Issa haiku below, which contains 17 on but only 15 syllables. Conversely, some sounds, such as "kyo" (きょ) may look like two syllables to English speakers but are in fact a single on (as well as a single syllable) in Japanese.

Depressperado

Endless_Serpents

one of my favorite parts of Ghost of Tsushima is the haiku spots

I love being Jin, making a thematically appropriate poem and then it gets put in the description of the headband you get, hell yeah.

DarkPrimus

DarkPrimus

Yeah I didn't follow the rules for written Japanese syllables because it was difficult enough constructing a tporm where it was 5/7/5 when spoken in either language.

Munkus Beaver

3cl1ps3

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Yeah I didn't follow the rules for written Japanese syllables because it was difficult enough constructing a tporm where it was 5/7/5 when spoken in either language.

There's also an extra bit about using a 'cutting word' that has no direct translation in English, nor an English equivalent at all.

It's very interesting stuff that they never bothered mentioning word one of in school.

Jasconius

Pinfeldorf

this should be a landslide

Captain Inertia

astrobstrd

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Yeah I didn't follow the rules for written Japanese syllables because it was difficult enough constructing a tporm where it was 5/7/5 when spoken in either language.

There's also an extra bit about using a 'cutting word' that has no direct translation in English, nor an English equivalent at all.

It's very interesting stuff that they never bothered mentioning word one of in school.

Word on, more like

tynic

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

At no point did I instruct anyone it had to be about The Green Knight though many chose to go that direction
There was really only 2 rules. Has to be a haiku. Has to be sent to my PM inbox. That was it

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

All you have to do is PM me the best haiku you can write about The Green Knight.

Alright, grandpa,

Houk

Houk

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Yeah I didn't follow the rules for written Japanese syllables because it was difficult enough constructing a tporm where it was 5/7/5 when spoken in either language.

There's also an extra bit about using a 'cutting word' that has no direct translation in English, nor an English equivalent at all.

It's very interesting stuff that they never bothered mentioning word one of in school.

It's probably better that way, because without at least a more-than-basic understanding of Japanese language in general, none of that shit would make a lick of sense and wouldn't help with constructing English haikus anyway.

Like I studied Japanese language and history in college, and one of my classes was a historical Japanese literature survey. For part of it, we covered the haiku and how it actually worked in Japanese, then spent a class trying to construct our own. And even with everything I'd covered, I felt like a 5-year-old trying to do trigonometry.

Munkus Beaver

3cl1ps3

Houk the Namebringer wrote: »

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Yeah I didn't follow the rules for written Japanese syllables because it was difficult enough constructing a tporm where it was 5/7/5 when spoken in either language.

There's also an extra bit about using a 'cutting word' that has no direct translation in English, nor an English equivalent at all.

It's very interesting stuff that they never bothered mentioning word one of in school.

It's probably better that way, because without at least a more-than-basic understanding of Japanese language in general, none of that shit would make a lick of sense and wouldn't help with constructing English haikus anyway.

Like I studied Japanese language and history in college, and one of my classes was a historical Japanese literature survey. For part of it, we covered the haiku and how it actually worked in Japanese, then spent a class trying to construct our own. And even with everything I'd covered, I felt like a 5-year-old trying to do trigonometry.

I don’t dispute any of that, but it would certainly give it more context as to why it’s difficult to do well when in English it’s just 5/7/5

Raijin Quickfoot

tynic wrote: »

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

At no point did I instruct anyone it had to be about The Green Knight though many chose to go that direction
There was really only 2 rules. Has to be a haiku. Has to be sent to my PM inbox. That was it

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

All you have to do is PM me the best haiku you can write about The Green Knight.

Alright, grandpa,

Well…shit

Platy

Endless_Serpents

Man the original 14th century romance really invites you to wonder about the Green Knight/Gawain slash pairing

MegaMan001

astrobstrd

@astrobstrd is asking the real question and thus deserves the reward

Raijin Quickfoot

Unless 11 people all vote for 1 of the 2 people with 7 votes in the next 2 minutes we have a clear winner

Raijin Quickfoot

@Endless_Serpents

You have won.

PM your address to receive your…prize

Platy

Endless_Serpents

Heavy risk, but... the prize

Endless_Serpents

Thank you one and all, except the people that didn’t vote for me. I think I really knocked it out of the park on this one. However, I’d like to bequeath my winnings to another participant because I am awesome.

Raijin Quickfoot

The winner of the pity prize because they ACTUALLY came in second is @3cl1ps3

Whose forum handle i fucking hate trying to type in but I’m going to let him have it anyway.

I need an address so I can drop this off at the local pony Express

SirToasty

3cl1ps3

I don't think Green should have gotten bonus points for sharing a name with the movie but I do think they deserve points for their poll option also being green.