[Lytspeed]

Who says poetry is just for English majors? Let's have some Hold'Em Haiku!

For those who don't know, haiku is a poetry form that originated in Japan and has become popular in the English speaking world because of its ability to convey significant meaning in a short space. (Or maybe it's just because us Americans have short attention spans.) Traditionally, haiku is nature-based, and the English version has strict rules about the number of syllables allowed in each three-line poem. The first line is limited to five syllables, the second to seven, and the final line to five again, for a total of 17 syllables. In a good haiku, the first two lines describe a situation or event and the final line comments upon that situation or event.

In recent years, there has been an explosion of themed haiku in America. A popular Internet e-mail reinterprets computer system error messages in haiku form, Random House is publishing a book of Hipster Haiku (for and about all the Vespa-riding, latte-drinking, pseudo-Bohemian American youths), Internet maven Anne P. Mitchell, Esq., has started a thread of Starbucks Haiku on her personal blog, and even Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company got into the act a couple of years ago with a series of commercials featuring Budweiser Haiku.

I think it's high time for us to have a Hold'Em Haiku thread. I'll start it off; feel free to jump in with your own contributions at any time.

[Lytspeed]

Ten and two offsuit
Don't play this hand unless you're
Doyle "Dolly" Brunson

Donkey player joins
Runner runner river flush
Pocket rockets cracked

Hand hits ev'ry time
Be afraid, very afraid
Thinkerbell's K 9

BBP forums
Friends and freerolls, having fun
Learning how to fish

[elon05]

ELON05 Leads
The BBP Forum League
The Luck Soon Will End

[Lytspeed]

Very nice, Elon.

Let's hope the poem's prophecy doesn't come true.

[Lytspeed]

Senator Bill Frist:
Making poker illegal
Violates our rights

[iceberg]

Whatsup Tree Huggers
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sawdust bad for me.