A fun diversion / for Kerbals and humans too / KSP haikus

[SkyRender]

Let's have a little fun in prose, shall we?

Roll out to launchpad

ready to go to the Mun

pilot is at lunch

Press Space too early

mission to Minmus becomes

suborbital hop

Eve landing success

go out on EVA now

oops, forgot ladder

Let's see a few more!

[Rolanvorxariat]

Jeb drank some Koffee

Went to the launchpad all pumped

steered rocket to ground

[Superfluous J]

Rocket flips at launch.

Just one flip though, so we're good.

Launching with style.

[Ferdoni]

Let's go for a Kerbol landing!

Kerbalston, I think i'ts becomming hotter here, but i'm going in for touchdown

Kerbalston.... You cant walk on Kerbol...

[Esme]

A kerbal,

A rocket

Explosion.

Cherry bloom weeps

At the loss.

[Brainlord Mesomorph]

RCS, Check.

SAS, Check.

Throttle Set to Maximum, Check.

Boom.

[katateochi]

A journey through space

a manoeuvre missed in haste

Kerbal's resting place

[The Yellow Dart]

I built a Rocket

It worked just as intended

Until it didn't

[Geschosskopf]

Ship in the starlight

Awakens sleeping Kraken

The stars all go out

[Fengist]

In honor of Robin Williams, one of his haiku's reworked.

Red sand between my toes

A summer vacation in outer space

That was a Duna haiku

[BudgetHedgehog]

A contract for what?

Bring back Bill from Eves surface?

Goodbye Bill, sorry.

[justidutch]

The mission started

but had to revert because

Jeb forgot the snacks!

[SkyRender]

Just in case anyone doesn't know, a haiku is a Japanese poem consisting of 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, and 5 on the third (or 5 - 7 - 5). Here's a few more:

Heavy spaceplane launch

what was a runway is now

disassembly line

Broke sound barrier

at sea level on Kerbin

great balls of fire, Jeb!

And of course, if that's just not quite enough, there's also another similar kind of Japanese poem called a tanka. These are 5 - 7 - 5 - 7 - 7 syllables. Here's some examples of those:

Launch window to Dres

ignored yet again just 'cause

lonely potato

all it wants is company

all it has is rocks and dust

Return from Eeloo

Jeb is burning through the sky

Without a heat shield

twenty kilometers up

ship is gone, but Jeb is not

It's a fun creative challenge! Let's see some more!

[Hobbes Novakoff]

I can't see the stars

I don't really mind at all

There's flaming debris

- - - Updated - - -

Driving in my tank

Crashed into a big building

And it exploded

- - - Updated - - -

Routine spacecraft launch

Forgot the decouplers

Now, impact testing

- - - Updated - - -

This is a great thread.

[Geschosskopf]

Just in case anyone doesn't know, a haiku is a Japanese poem consisting of 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, and 5 on the third (or 5 - 7 - 5).

It's not just that. You also need a reference to some natural phenomenon and a contrast or "cut" to some other subject, hopefully tragic.

Ice crystals forming

On useless solar panels

Of dead probe at Laythe

[justidutch]

Jool sets in the sea

Gorgeous from the window of

my wreck'd Laythe lander

[problemecium]

I play KSP.

The Kraken plays KSP.

I hate the Kraken...

[Master Tao]

KSP haikus:

Kerbonauts' poetic art.

Moved into Fan Works.

[Rolanvorxariat]

My try at a tanka/ limerick hybrid:

Kerbin was dyin'

Jool mission in the tryin'

Tylo dead Vall cold

Tekto was Kommunists' gold

But Laythe ain't cold or fryin'

Project INTEGRITY Jool-4 in a nutshell.

Edited June 5, 2015 by Rolanvorxariat

[Brainlord Mesomorph]

Retros, gyros, on.

Throttle set to maximum,

Ignition, kaboom.

(rewritten in 5-7-5)

[BrettS983]

Some of these are pretty funny. My friend Chris and I are actually working on a Kerbal haiku YouTube video at the moment. We'll post it on this thread when we're done. Now ... what are the odds that we will be accused of stealing the idea from this thread? I say this thread stole the idea from us!

[Esme]

I'm not sure quite how many memes/things I've mangled into this one, but..

So much upness

Very explodings

So sad.

[SkyRender]

And now, a haiku all too familiar to anyone fond of suicide burn landing tactics...

Routine Mun landing

thwarted by sudden mountain

what jerk put that there?

[Hobbes Novakoff]

KSP haikus:

Kerbonauts' poetic art.

Moved into Fan Works.

Best thread move announcement ever.

[BrettS983]

Some of these are pretty funny. My friend Chris and I are actually working on a Kerbal haiku YouTube video at the moment. We'll post it on this thread when we're done. Now ... what are the odds that we will be accused of stealing the idea from this thread? I say this thread stole the idea from us!

We finally finished that video. Hope you enjoy it.