Haiku Game

[Igtica]

Okay I really wanted to make up a game and some how I came up with this. It's probably a bad idea, but that's me all round. The idea is to write a Haiku that has something to do with the person's before. If you don't know a haiku is a poem with 3 lines ,with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the next and 5 in the last. I'll show what I mean by this with my Haiku. My Haiku is about Shadowfax, so the next will have to be about something that has an association with Shadowfax ie Gandalf, Rohan etc
So here's mine:

Above all other horses,
Shadowfax gallops gracefully across all
The plains of middle earth

[Lasgalen]

so the next will have to be about something that has an association with Shadowfax ie Gandalf, Rohan etc

Rohan, grassy plains
Eowyn and Eomer
both live in Rohan

BTW I think you have more than 7 syllables in middle line

[A! Elbereth]

The King Theoden
Whom once fell into shadow
Rules quite mightily

[Little Devil]

Frodo the hobbit
bares the one ring of power
then destroy evil. :)

[Caligula]

The quest was made clear-
The One Ring must be destroyed
To save Middle Earth.

[Lasgalen]

Nine in Fellowship
Seeking to destroy the Ring.
Will they achieve goal?

[Caligula]

Their quest will be hard.
They must travel to Mount Doom
To end Sauron's rule.

[Igtica]

Originally posted by Lasgalen
so the next will have to be about something that has an association with Shadowfax ie Gandalf, Rohan etc

Rohan, grassy plains
Eowyn and Eomer
both live in Rohan

BTW I think you have more than 7 syllables in middle line

Hmmm I count seven Shadowfax has 2, gallops 1,gracefully 2, across 1 and all 1. I guess it depends how you count the syllables. Some names don't have as many syllables as words they use and it can depend on the accent you say it in too. This is the only problem with haikus, but well done on yours and thanks for playing!

With a finger and
A ring Gollum fell into
the depths of Mount Doom

[Caligula]

Poor little Smeagol!
He was seduced by the Ring
Now he is Gollum.


Shadowfax has 2, gallops 1,gracefully 2, across 1 and all 1.

I think there is 11--> Sha-dow-fax (3), gall-ops (2), grace-ful-ly (3), across (1), all (1).

Oh well, not that it matters now!! ;)

[A! Elbereth]

The Misty Mountains
Was all and all Gollum's home
Alone in the dark.

[Caligula]

Bilbo found the Ring
In the depths of the mountains
And won it by tricks.

[Igtica]

Bilbo Baggins would
Rather be eating breakfast
Than still travelling

[A! Elbereth]

At the Party Tree
Bilbo left Frodo Baggins
To live in Bag End

[Caligula]

Bilbo left the Ring,
After internal struggles,
In Frodo's good care.

[A! Elbereth]

Frodo was fifty
When he left his home for Bree
With friends along side.

[Caligula]

Young Peregrin Took
A foolish, stupid hobbit
Also called Pippin

[Lasgalen]

Pippin and Merry,
Hobbits of the Fellowship,
Play important roles.

-Lasgalen

[Caligula]

Sam, the gardener,
Threw down his rake and shovel
To follow Frodo.

[Lasgalen]

Wow. That Sam the gardener Haiku was good!

-Lasgalen

[Little Devil]

I liked it! ;)

Eowyn shield-maiden,
for Golden Halls of Rohan,
is fair like cold spring.

[A! Elbereth]

Eowyn's brother...
Eomer: strong-willed and wise;
Loyal to Rohan

[Lasgalen]

I'm plagiarizing just a wee bit here.

Legolas Greenleaf
Long under trees of Mirkwood
Beware of the sea.

-Lasgalen

[Glarawen]

can i play! :grin:

Legolas' great bow
shoots strong and true above all others
See that arrow fly!

[A! Elbereth]

The bows of the Orcs
And though evil, they may be
An elf's arrows win

[Igtica]

Anyone can play, Glarawen08,

Gimli's axe swung as
Legolas' arrows flew,
As they fought on

[Lasgalen]

Saruman the White
Evil Wizard of Orthanc
Istari traitor

-Lasgalen

[Frodo's Love]

Frodo feeling scared
Wise, gentlehearted hobbit
In dark, cold visions

[Glarawen]

Samwise great and brave
Wonderful and true always
Helping Frodo's quest

[A! Elbereth]

The one and true quest
To save Middle Earth's people
Was fellowship lead

[Lasgalen]

Prancing Pony Inn
A good place for food and ale
In the town of Bree

-Lasgalen

[A! Elbereth]

Bill, a brave pony
Was set loose by Aragorn
To roam free from Moria

[Igtica]

On entering Moria
The evil of the lakes depths
Tried to capture them

[Glarawen]

The hall of the dwaves
Are grandly lit and light
they are beautiful

[Caligula]

Originally posted by Lasgalen
Wow. That Sam the gardener Haiku was good!

(*sniff, sniff*) Thanks!! (*overly dramatic*) I never knew anyone cared.... ;)

The deep, dark tunnels
Hide truly awful creatures
The Balrog attacks.

[Lasgalen]

Thirteen Dwarves visit
Bilbo Baggins the burglar.
What an adventure.

-Lasgalen

[Little Devil]

A Balrog unleashed
from the dark shadows of Moria
to battle with Gandalf

[Glarawen]

The Great Belrog Battle
Lasted for all day and night
Gandalf won the Battle

[Caligula]

During the battle,
Both wizard and creature fell.
One returned in white.

[Little Devil]

As the White Wizard
He went to Fangorn Forest
And there saw the three.

(we're bascially telling the story here! lol)

[Caligula]

On the wind they rode,
The wizard and hunters three,
To advise the king.

Is anyone else randomly writing haikus at school/work now, after this game? For some reason, haikus are popping up everywhere in my notes and papers at school.... ack.....

[Little Devil]

Theoden was the King,
but a shadow lurked in the halls
Wormtounge the sly snake

[Caligula]

Pretty Eowyn
Lusted after by Grima
She did not succumb

[Glarawen]

Then Grima Wormtongue
Refused her stuberness and fought
Grima lost the battle

[Caligula]

Devoted siblings
Eowyn and Eomer
Loyal to the King.

[Lasgalen]

Three hunters give chase
Hoping to rescue Hobbits
From mean nasty orcs

-Lasgalen

[Little Devil]

Two lonely hobbits
stumbled in Fangorn and there
they found Treebeard ent

[Caligula]

Puppet of Sauron
Saruman builds an army
Worthy of Mordor.

[Lasgalen]

Theoden looks old
Gandalf smacks him against throne
Theoden looks young


-Lasgalen

[Glarawen]

the throne is now new
rebirthed from the dark,dark shadows
It is now reborn!

[Caligula]

I played off the 'throne' part.... I couldn't think of another haiku about Theoden....

As Isildur's heir,
Aragorn chose his exile.
Will the King return?

[Lasgalen]

Treebeard takes them south
It feels like going down hill
Treebeard gets a shock

-Lasgalen

[Little Devil]

Evil is coming,
City of Rohan emptieds,
Safety at Helms Deep

[Roxanne Elessar]

Heh, heh...I have a few...

Quickly staggering
The four hobbits run from Wraiths
To the Inn of Bree

Prancing Pony Inn
They encounter whom? Strider
In the end, a friend

Stabbed by Morgul blade
Poison spreading within hijmj
He'll become one of them

Pip, youngest hobbit
Always a fool of a Took
But always loyal

Gandalf the Grey
Leader of the Fellowship
Forever a friend

A promise he made
He will always keep it true
Faithful little Sam

I'll give more soon...I have a ton!

[Caligula]

Er.... so we're not following the rules anymore? Alrighty!

At Elrond's Council,
Frodo accepted his fate
To free Middle Earth.

[Roxanne Elessar]

OOHH!!!! It was a game to form the story in haikus? Ok! I didn't know.....Sorry...Well, in that case...

The Black Gate opens
Frodo races to enter
But stopped by Gollum

[Caligula]

It's alright! I guess it doesn't really matter. Anyway, I like the free-for-all better. :thumbs:

Arwen was prepared
To sacrifice her long life
For her Aragorn.

[Nessa the Dancer]

Woa guys woa!!

Before you get carried away and turn this into a free for all, it might be nice to consult the thread Mistress first.
The idea is not to compose a story out of haikus but to write a haiku that has something to do with the one that was writen before.

These are the rules as they stand at the moment:

The idea is to write a Haiku that has something to do with the person's before. My Haiku is about Shadowfax, so the next will have to be about something that has an association with Shadowfax ie Gandalf, Rohan etc


So the next haiku should either be about anything to do with Aragorn, The Elves (for long life), Elrond.....if Miss Igtica gives the go ahead for a 'free for all' so be it...but unitl then we stick to the rules okay? :grin:

[Igtica]

Thanks very much Nessa for watching this for me whilst I've been thinking about my other game LoTR Surivior. The idea was to try and link up the Haiku's so that it created a challenge to write about something to do with the person's before. If it was a free for all would it not be a game? I don't mind if you all wish to do a free for all as your the ones using the thread. I'm glad that this thread is used in the first place. But if it is a free for all, Nessa may have to consider moving this thread to a Poety section as it won't be a game anymore.

Igtica ;)

[Lasgalen]

I like the idea of keeping it a game. Hmmm. something to do with previous haiku. ummm.

Aragorn was king
Arwen became Gondors Queen
Arwen bore a son

[Nessa the Dancer]

Originally posted by Igtica
Thanks very much Nessa for watching this for me whilst I've been thinking about my other game LoTR Surivior. The idea was to try and link up the Haiku's so that it created a challenge to write about something to do with the person's before. If it was a free for all would it not be a game? I don't mind if you all wish to do a free for all as your the ones using the thread. I'm glad that this thread is used in the first place. But if it is a free for all, Nessa may have to consider moving this thread to a Poety section as it won't be a game anymore.

Igtica ;)

No problem sweetie, that's my job ;) and you are quite right ofcourse, if this becomes a free or all then It's moving to Poet's Corner, as it would be strictly poetry and the game aspect would be gone. I can't move it back if it goes over there though, my powers are limited lol
So either it's one or the other!
~ ~

Arwen had dark hair,
She died in Lothlorien
Mourning for her fate

[Lasgalen]

Please lets keep it a game. More fun that way. Honest.

Trees of Lorien
Beautiful to look upon
Golden leaved Mallorns

[Nessa the Dancer]

Mallorns grand and tall
Elves make homes in their branches
Hobbits don't like heights.

[Igtica]

Home is seen to be
The high branches of the trees
In Lothlorien

[Rumil]

Does Galadriel
ever see just reflections
in her own mirror?

[Lasgalen]

Celeborn married
Galadriel the Noldor
They had a daughter

[Little Devil]

Celebrian was fair
she wed Elrond of Rivendell
and they were happy...

[Glarawen]

Elrond had a child
Arawen was her true name given
Arawen grew up quick

[Rumil]

Generous lover
the Evenstar, who gives up
immortality.

[Lasgalen]

She had two brothers
Elladan and Elrohir
They help Aragorn

[Glarawen]

Aragorn wise, brave
He travels fearlessly threw
the dark, dank forrests

[Lasgalen]

focusing on the word 'forrests'

Was once called Greenwood
Sauron came to Dol Guldur
Now it is Mirkwood

[Rumil]

Light in a dark place
Gandalf searches Dol Guldur
Sauron is revealed

[Glarawen]

Sauron the meanie put
fear into many brave hearts who
will be defeated!

[Igtica]

Sauron created
A ring that caused destruction
And would bring darkness

Igtica
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Survivor letter: A

[Lasgalen]

Three rings for the Elves
Were made by Celebrimbor
Without Sauron's help

[Rumil]

Three rings; three keepers
to heal, make and understand.
They pass in sorrow.

[Lasgalen]

Cirdan had a ring
Narya, the red ring of fire
Gandalf has it now

[Glarawen]

the one ring of hell
found its way to unintended
hands Frodo has it!

[Lasgalen]

Frodo and Samwise
Are now heading for Mt Doom
A dangerous path

[Igtica]

Mt Doom holds the key
To get rid of the One ring
When it's thrown within

[Rumil]

Gollum reaches out
and thus, with his lust, destroys
that which destroyed him.

[Lasgalen]

Bilbo found the ring
Bilbo met up with Gollum
They played riddle game

[Nessa the Dancer]

Bilbo won the game
Gollum showed him the way out
Bilbo fooled the Dwarves.

[Rumil]

Dying, Thorin learrns
That which is worth more than gold.
Bilbo mourns for him.

[Amithrellas]

Smelly Smaug the Great
Galloping, grumpy old worm
Singed poor Bilbo's feet!