CH Haikus

Anything that doesn't fit anywhere else, but that's still CH related.

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CH Haikus

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Here's a challenge! Can you sum up your CH experience in Haiku form??
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Rules. Love of learning.
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NO ! ----- I havn't the faintest idea who Haiku is ! :oops:
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"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
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Garden Quad sunshine
on bright pages of poems
and library's red bricks
Jé l'dithai acouo eune fais: séyiz heutheurs!
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Darkness pierced by rising bell

Then the lav end chill

Ere march to breakfast
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"The heel!" shouts Keeley,

Another Housie try

Then in House, brew room tea


EDIT: Writing these would be a bloomin' sight easier if I could count to 17 properly :evil: :wink:
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Vièr Bliu wrote:Garden Quad sunshine
on bright pages of poems
and library's red bricks
Geraint,

that took me right back there.
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Morning rising bell
Bokka, crud, flab, muck and kif
Chapel words and prayer
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Punishments!

Miles, loops, drills and cracks

and for Art School collecting cow pats!
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Cold, hungry. Rain dripping
Running in thick clay. Reward?
Marmite fritters.
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Straw hat, summer best
Chapel cap, everyday,
Velour, winter smart.
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Hertford abandoned
and the field has fallen off
the edge of our world.
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MKM wrote:Hertford abandoned
and the field has fallen off
the edge of our world.
Brilliant - thanks Mary.
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LongGone wrote:Cold, hungry. Rain dripping
Running in thick clay. Reward?
Marmite fritters.
Again I'm transported nearly 40 years back in time!

This is a great thread idea! The Hertford ones are interesting too.
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