Masaoka Shiki,

September 19, 2002 10:28 AM

Masaoka Shiki, the Japanese poet who revived the haiku, died one hundred years ago today, at the age of 34.
posted by Silune (21 comments total)

*sits and waits for coldchef to start the haikuing*
posted by eyeballkid at 10:31 AM on September 19, 2002

Masaoka Shiki
Why did you bring back this crap?
Sorry your still dead
posted by KnitWit at 10:40 AM on September 19, 2002

got a 575 at the corner of me and fi
posted by the aloha at 10:46 AM on September 19, 2002

knitwit: the rule is:
"your" is a posessive word.
"you're" is what you meant.
posted by interrobang at 10:49 AM on September 19, 2002

he was the fifth child
coughed up blood, just like a bird
wrote up to his death

(paraphrased bio)
posted by mathowie at 10:53 AM on September 19, 2002

Yea, I caught that as soon as I hit 'post.' Your right, it won't happen again.
posted by KnitWit at 10:55 AM on September 19, 2002

stupid buddha house
for 50 days together
Soseki Shiki
posted by gen at 10:58 AM on September 19, 2002

Metafilter link
To haiku master's death; where
Is Sensei ColdChef?
posted by gottabefunky at 11:05 AM on September 19, 2002

His body wracked with
Small coughs: first five, then seven.
Finally five more.
posted by Kafkaesque at 11:22 AM on September 19, 2002

A bad Haiku:
Writing good haiku
Means following many rules
Heed rule number one.
posted by Fabulon7 at 11:25 AM on September 19, 2002

Hey, this is pretty cool. (It's a haiku/photos site. Looks nice.)
posted by Fabulon7 at 11:27 AM on September 19, 2002

Witty haikus may
be bad poems, it is true
but good wholesome fun.
posted by readymade at 11:32 AM on September 19, 2002

I agree with you
However, these people won't.
They aren't much fun.
posted by Fabulon7 at 11:35 AM on September 19, 2002

Literary home
Purple prose of elements
This Stupid Buddha
posted by ColdChef at 11:45 AM on September 19, 2002

"(Shiki liked the baseball)"
incongruous, this line
next to his frail frame.
posted by readymade at 11:50 AM on September 19, 2002

September nineteenth:
Sponge gourd anniversary.*
Sponge gourd-worthy? Yes.
posted by onlyconnect at 11:52 AM on September 19, 2002

long before daybreak
the local rooster
starts warming up

-Barry George
TinyWords
posted by jazon at 12:49 PM on September 19, 2002

Avast ye mateys
We're supposed to speak pirate
Mixing memes is fun
posted by KnitWit at 2:16 PM on September 19, 2002

I guess I'm the only person that despises mock-haiku masters.

I guess I'm also too stupid to avoid threads about topics I despise. At any rate, I feel better.

Continue.
posted by Dark Messiah at 4:27 PM on September 19, 2002

Dark Messiah leaves
Instructions to continue
Though he hates the game

One so conflicted
Might benifit from haiku
Or medication

Snarkiness aside
Shiki is well remembered
A Mefi patron saint
posted by Nothing at 11:48 PM on September 19, 2002

Summer's semi dead
Kyoto's iron skillet cools
Autumn brings more death
posted by planetkyoto at 6:21 AM on September 20, 2002