I need new poetry for my signature.

And I'm really bored and we've apparently exhausted all strategic discussions.

Oh wow, wait, I don't have a sig anymore. =C

Turn with Jerjerrod

Only one point of damage

Get out of trouble

Prepare for trouble and make it double to protect the empire from deviation make all submit to a humble station to denounce the evils of slow turning ships to extend the reach of our front facing arcs Jer.. Jerrod the empire blasts off at the speed of light surrender now or prepare to fight Motti that's right!

Two maneuver ticks

You thought you'd gotten away

Now it's in your face!

The Emperor, here?

We redouble our efforts!

Inspect in person.

37 minutes ago, xero989 said:

Prepare for trouble and make it double to protect the empire from deviation make all submit to a humble station to denounce the evils of slow turning ships to extend the reach of our front facing arcs Jer.. Jerrod the empire blasts off at the speed of light surrender now or prepare to fight Motti that's right!

THIS

Technically it isn't poetry, and definitely not a haiku, but this is my ode to Jer:

To Jer, or not to Jer; that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the game to suffer the slings and arrows of a sub-par admiral, or, to take Jer against a sea of Rebels, and, by superior maneuvering, end them.

Wait, we have signatures? I haven't seen a single one since the great forum changeover a few weeks back...

Tried to outrun him

But Jerry had other plans

Now my fleet is gone

49 minutes ago, Warlord Zepnick said:

Tried to outrun him

But Jerry had other plans

Now my fleet is gone

dis gut =)

Double our efforts

means resolve any order

but nav like a boss

<3

How about we open up to "word art/poetry", and not just haikus in the literal numerical counting sense.

There's another idea of haikus also: The concept of taking two conflicting/unrelated/opposite images, and the third image as the interaction of the first two. The knife edge.

I'm also a sucker for energy and motion from the words. emotions, biting juxtaposition, etc.

In that sense, I love that xero didn't use punctuation, used the wrong number of spaces. (and yes I thought it was also funny he borrowed Team Rocket's speech, but that's personal)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

Haiku (俳句^?) listen (help·info) (plural haiku) is a very short form of Japanese poetry. It is typically characterised by 3 qualities:

• The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru).^[1] This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between them,^[2] a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
• Traditional haiku consist of 17 on (also known as morae though often loosely translated as "syllables"), in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 on respectively.^[3]
• A kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such terms.

Modern Japanese haiku (現代俳句 gendai-haiku^?) are increasingly unlikely to follow the tradition of 17 on or to take nature as their subject^{[citation needed]}, but the use of juxtaposition continues to be honored in both traditional and modern haiku.^[4] There is a common, although relatively recent, perception that the images juxtaposed must be directly observed everyday objects or occurrences.^[5]

In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line while haiku in English often appear in three lines to parallel the three phrases of Japanese haiku

Ackbar didn't yell,
He didn't cry,
He just vaporized,
And waved goodbye.

- Xwing forum, Three Word Story.

This to me has a funny image, and according to English use of accents has a meter that I really like. Created by the random-off-musings of 4 random people, it reads with that great rhythm that has a very natural, uncontrived motion. And the first two lines being the same use of "didn't" tickles me.

Royal guard crimson,

Lambda lands graceful terror,

Jerry starts to cry.

Turning, turning hard,

All for just one damage card

Good ol' Jerjerord

14 hours ago, Snipafist said:

Wait, we have signatures? I haven't seen a single one since the great forum changeover a few weeks back...

No, but seriously.. Are Snip and I the only ones not seeing signatures?

1 hour ago, Ardaedhel said:

No, but seriously.. Are Snip and I the only ones not seeing signatures?

We're lost and can't find our way home.

(No one can)