cephaikus

[Steve O'Shea]

If Diamond were One,
wouldn't Barry Manilow
be real Number Two?

Heavens, we had this discussion yesterday in the office; the when to use 'were' and 'was'. Is there a portal into my mind on TONMO somewhere? No wonder things are so messed up in there!

I am deeply hurt my dear Tani! Of course you had meant was!

Steve O'Shea DhP (Dr of hypocracy)

 

[Clem]

Too far gone my eyes
Stare my pallor dims time to
Swim beyond the reef

No, not the Innsmouth
Look but the contagion of
Haiku steals me there

Borne down into dark
Architeuthis greets me and
He says I look sick

 

[tonmo]

And now a great treat
Tani's haiku from archives
of the old board vault

Haiku (for Dr. Mike Vecchione & colleagues)

DEEP MYSTERY

Graceful benthic ghost,
cephalopod archangel:
You, your dance....nameless.

by Tani
20 April 2002

 

[WhiteKiboko]

I will not point out
imagination awry
oops i just did heh

well done..... i was worried no one would catch that

ps- self proclaimed master of course, just like all the other well balanced people out there

 

[WhiteKiboko]

gassy cattle
and sheep causing a problem?
how about the squid?

CNN Story

dont count syllables
you would not like me angry...
hulk? hah.... a weakling

had to throw that in there...just a joke...i dont need to be ripping off my shirt anytime soon.... maybe after a little more time in the gym...

 

[WhiteKiboko]

tonmo denizens
oh the fickle folks they are
haikus no longer

 

[Clem]

If splitting, verse-born
Headaches mark me a fickle
Squid fine be that way

ow.

 

[WhiteKiboko]

a hangover cure
is to never stop drinking
HA! i have you now!

dont stop suddenly
or your brain will surely blow!
tis too late for me


Mu ha ha ha haaaaaaa!

 

[Clem]

Drinky Crow says to
Uncle Gabby: I cannot
Stand these hangovers

Uncle Gabby says:
Well Drinky Crow, perhaps you
Ought to quit drinking

And Drinky Crow says:
I have tried that, but I found
It made me sober

Ow.

 

[nanoteuthis]

And Drinky Crow says:
I have tried that, but I found
It made me sober

Ow.

So reminiscent
of a Clancy Brothers tale
I heard long ago:

The elder Clancy
called his young sons together
saying, "Boys, take note!"

then dropped an earthworm
into a glass of whiskey.
Worm struggled, then died.

"There's a lesson here,"
said the somber Clancy père,
"can ye guess it, boys?"

Silence fell -- and then
young Tom spoke: "If ye've got worms,
don't fret.... drink whiskey!"


The Levantine Colleen

 

[Clem]

Silence fell -- and then
young Tom spoke: "If ye've got worms,
don't fret.... drink whiskey!"

Wee young Tom Clancy
Grew up worm-free, wrote books and
Now shoots guns at home

Dammit.

Clem

 

[nanoteuthis]

Wee young Tom Clancy
Grew up worm-free, wrote books and
Now shoots guns at home

Dammit.

Clem

Unless you jest, Clem,
you've got the wrong Clancy clan:
I meant the singers:

Tom, Paddy, Liam,
and their mate, Tommy Makem.
(My age is showing!)

Taningia O'Danae
(who attended several Clancys & Makem concerts back in ancient times)

 

[WhiteKiboko]

Taningia O'Danae
(who attended several Clancys & Makem concerts back in ancient times)

how much did caesar
pay for the tickets back then
when he took you out? :P

insolence of youth
can still be found in my words
and boy, it feels great!

 

[nanoteuthis]

how much did caesar
pay for the tickets back then
when he took you out? :P

insolence of youth
can still be found in my words
and boy, it feels great!

Ten denarii,
but Julius got a discount
for his pic on coins.

After the concert
we went back to his palace
for a royal feast.

I made the salad,
he asked for the recipe.
I complied, of course.

Many years later,
I found it on a menu....
O foul plagiarist!

For Julius Caesar
had stolen my recipe,
and gave it his name.

(Get it? Caesar salad? How about an "E" for effort? Peasants!)

8)

 

[nanoteuthis]

Wouldn't ya know it,
After months of a "dry spell",
my first real haiku

was about a ceph
and in Esperanto, too!
Behold, it follows:

• Gracia polpo,
  vi faras en la maro
  dancon misteran.
  
  -- TD, 6/25/03

Pronunciation (just in case anyone gives a coprolite ):

graht-SEE-ah POHL-poh
vee FAH-rahss ehn lah MAH-roh
DAHN-tsohn meest-EH-rahn

(Actually it is similar in content to my "Deep Mystery" haiku, except about an Octo. Literal translation: "Graceful Octopus, you do a mysterious dance in the sea.")

The Tanster
TONMO's one-and-only (as far as I know) card-carrying Esperanto Nerd