Wimbledon Haiku

[Mirar Baseball]

So my sister's birthday is today. She teaches Japanese.

I made her a haiku

It was about today, about her. It wasn't very good

So I wrote another one after four grueling hours at work. It was about vapidity of my job. About how tedious it is to sit at your computer (not making bets or watching sports) 9 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. She liked it a lot more.

The point is — you are more likely to come up with a good haiku poem if you are passionate about the subject.

So I'm going to use this thread to post a bunch of haikus. About Wimbledon. About tennis. About gambling.

I'm almost finished with my first couple of poems. Will post before lunch break is over. Obviously, it's about rain.

Everyone is welcome to join!

[Mirar Baseball]

for those too lazy to read that wikipedia article and willing to try...

HAIKU is a short poem usually (but not necessarily) following the 5-7-5 pattern (or 5-7-5 5-7-5 pattern)... ideally, it's about nature, about nature changing (e.g. winter coming after fall), about sound or light (e.g. a sound of a frog jumping into the water), and about human emotion reacting to the above (e.g. becoming sad because of thick fog coming down)

here are some examples:

old pond...
a frog leaps in
water’s sound

the first cold shower
even the monkey seems to want
a little coat of straw

'Sky, don't hog the moon,'
says Michael Beasley,
'I'm open!'

Sunset reddens
both the wheat fields
and Javale McGee

Swifts
circling the chimney—
Derrick Rose.

Flowers offered
to Joe Crawford
dropped into a basket.

[Mirar Baseball]

Roehampton, green tents
on garment of emerald,
tennis players eat
punnets of strawberries,
the rain has arrived

[Mirar Baseball]

on Date-Krumm:

an aged battle hawk
soars under the closed roof
Centre Court shocked

[gregm]

Roehampton, green tents
on garment of emerald,
tennis players eat
punnets of strawberries,
the rain has arrived

This a very good Mirar. Good job

[Mirar Baseball]

sports forum
SBR and haiku
be creative. Bump

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sombre clouds over green courts
a throng of fans
roars goodbye to Juan Martin

(Simon +6.0 and +384)

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(25 minutes ago) 11:26: The Queue Today has captured the public’s imagination. News just in: the Queue is packed and turning people away. Wimbledon will be completely full to the brim today.

a Sterling sun is bright
she longs to get inside
a mile long queue
makes me regret
it rains no more

[Tommy_de1st]

Great poems Mirar, i mean it

[Mirar Baseball]

cytherean goddess
at the conjunction
obscuring her opposition
and celestial bodies

(Venus Williams to win 2-0)

[Mirar Baseball]

It's very plain sailing for the lady who has been digging deep in this tournament so far

Venus

[encephalization]

The sound of contempt
The heavens are opening
Oh English weather

[Mirar Baseball]

sixth day of summer tennis
picnic on henman hill starts early
promise of a roasting saturday

failing

[their]

Thank you, so strange!!

[encephalization]

Who is this Muller
With grace and great speed he hits
The end of Nadal

[Mirar Baseball]

(the Murray interview after beating Ljubicic)

the first sun's ray
emerged over Putney
no one awake; the grass pristine
only a cheeky scott
asks Deliciano Lopez
for a picture with mom

[Mirar Baseball]

squeezing life
out of Gasquet
not squeezing shaving cream
out of a tube
sweaty hairy man
meets the duchess

[Mirar Baseball]

tanned bodies
with tennis rackets
I can't stop looking

[Mirar Baseball]

bouncing breasts
just singing in the rain
as Tamira steps off the court

[montalban]

Strange, but very interesting thread
Thank you

[Mirar Baseball]

a tidal wave
darker than oak
destroys a swiss rock
extraordinary is
tsonga tsunami

[Mirar Baseball]

the latest update
found by sweaty palms.
Wikipedia: Nole ranked first

[dzzznutz]

nadal a homo takes it hard in the kesster novak thrustin hard

[Mirar Baseball]

a list as long as
a rainy day in june:
shari's spreadsheet

[Mirar Baseball]

joyful scream, louder
than mighty lion's roar
tacchini-clad and
top of every order
is Novak Djokovic

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F. Pennetta def. M.Sharapova:

Two handed backhand
down the line.
A primal scream.
The Knight of Order
knocks off the Russian Queen

[Mirar Baseball]

Short points,
confident shots.
The recipe to success
of Del Potro.

[Mirar Baseball]

Short points,
confident shots.
The recipe to success
of Del Potro.

oops, out to Simon.... let's try another one:


Hot summer night
descends upon New York.
Too hot to handle is
Sabine Lisicki.

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A cloud rises
over Arthur Ashe bowl.
A hundred million dollar roof
is wanted.

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New York. It rains no more.
With sun
comes expectation.

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As Sammie smashes
another backhand
the crowd gasps,
opponent left amazed.
Australia rules the day.

[Mirar Baseball]

Swiss watch precision.
The power of service game:
John Isner

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The heart of Arthur Ashe
beats faster every minute
until the final.

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Like Japanese love tofu,
Wozniacki loves
three setters

[Mirar Baseball]

Typhoon from Denmark
cannot scare
an Estonian sniper

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