Instaku v.2.0
by beatvibe
Posted to Haiku Board on 2003-04-16 18:36:00
Instaku Basic™ v.2.0 from PoeTroniks is the fun and easy way to compose authentic haiku! Over 4,095 distinct poems can be rendered using the Basic kit1. Precision tempered components ensure safe and accurate haiku construction without the need for weights and measures. Best of all, there’s no mess to clean up!
Instructions: Select one pre-rationed line from each group (A, B, and C). Assemble haiku, inserting punctuation as needed2.
GROUP A:
ashes whispering
detritus abounds
dissonance resounds
icy floes advance
inviting Death in
my dominatrix
my new mobile home
on final descent
passions untethered
slumber uneven
spewing angst and time
this jar of ether
traded her kingdom
untold misery
void of nutrients
watching CNN
GROUP B:
a bridge not quite far enough
a tool on the cobbler’s bench
another destitute whore
as entropy settles in
broke three ribs in the process
c divided by two r
death has less finality
diluted nitric acid
equations left unresolved
I am not a substitute
magnetic fields disrupted
Monk would not have played that note
train whistles in the distance
unbeknownst to the other
witness to a castration
yellow tape around her house
GROUP C:
a pillar of salt
alone in her cage
computers failing
disintegrated
don’t look at her face
English rose in bloom
film undeveloped
labyrinth of fear
like vials of anthrax
my rose without thorns
neither sharp nor flat
prey to the black arts
still unresponsive
the seventh planet
unbridled passion
warning signs ignored
1) 4,096, to be precise. (If elements of groups A and C are intermingled, then 15,872 possibilities exist without line repetition or 16,384 with repetition. However, the resulting haiku might be unstable.)
2) Punctuation sets available for download at http://www.poetroniks.url/instaku_2_0/puns/~lchoice?=eng/sets.ldd.
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