Haiku Competition

TheFatBuoy · Post by **TheFatBuoy** » 15 Jun 2006, 22:19

Let's have an impromptu tube-related Haiku-writing competition.

I like to change train,
To travel the whole network,
Hoping for record.

Can you do better than this work of genius? Probably. So have a go.

Soup Dragon · Post by **Soup Dragon** » 15 Jun 2006, 23:07

Think I understand the rules, this is my first ever Haiku so please let me know if I got it right

Leaves fall on the track,
Frozen points at Aldgate East,
No record today.

Post by **tubeguru** » 16 Jun 2006, 09:07

Eighteen, thirty-five
And five seconds less than us
That's how close it was

editorsfoot · Post by **editorsfoot** » 16 Jun 2006, 09:24

This is all a bit too much Radio 4 high brow for me, much easier to discuss smells on the underground but here is my best (and worst) effort;

Last train to Shoreditch
No more peak only service
Never visit again

Nutteronabus · Post by **Nutteronabus** » 16 Jun 2006, 09:41

Northern Line is crap
Signal failures all the time
Long trip home tonight

Post by **tubeguru** » 16 Jun 2006, 09:41

You've got two too many syllables in the third line there.

It should be 5-7-5

"Three cheers for Shoreditch!"
Thus spake the driver that day
And good riddance too

editorsfoot · Post by **editorsfoot** » 16 Jun 2006, 09:46

OK, good job I'm not an English teacher, or a maths teacher as I obviously can't count either!

Lets try again

Last train to Shoreditch
No more peak only service
Never go again

Can someone check my maths, I think it makes five, but I thought that last time!

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 16 Jun 2006, 12:01

The bottle challenge
Now Queensway has reopened
Central line is stuck

CrunchySaviour · Post by **CrunchySaviour** » 16 Jun 2006, 12:14

District suspended
Oh, L.U.L. you bastards
Ruined tube challenge

Off topic one:

Must cull Sudoku
Grey squirrel of all puzzles
Wiped out our crosswords

gasman · Post by **gasman** » 16 Jun 2006, 12:55

We are now at Bank
This train is for West Ruislip
Stand clear of the doors

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 16 Jun 2006, 12:59

Hatton Cross Eastbound
Zone 1 challenge is today
Will I get best time?

Nutteronabus · Post by **Nutteronabus** » 16 Jun 2006, 13:15

Please stand to the right
While you are travelling on
The escalators.

or

London Underground
You are all useless bastards
Where's my bloody train?

Post by **tubeguru** » 16 Jun 2006, 13:22

Down escalators
Make good treadmills when used as
Up escalators

Nutteronabus · Post by **Nutteronabus** » 16 Jun 2006, 13:25

Underground Ernie
Voiced by Gary Linekar,
He is a legend.

Soup Dragon · Post by **Soup Dragon** » 17 Jun 2006, 08:21

Transport for London,
Run the Underground network,
Just for Tube Challenge

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