BELLA'S HAIKU CONTEST

Back in February, Bella announced that she would give a slithy tove to the person who could compose the best haiku about Fed II. A haiku, you will recall, is a Japanese verse of three lines, with a set number of syllables in each line - five, seven and five. Lots of people sent in their haikus, and here is a selection of the best of them. It is interesting that several common themes emerged, the most popular being death of one form or another.

Arlene sent in a suicidal haiku:

I have lost my friend
TDX! I will find you,
Transuranics Room.

Nightdroid had this to offer:

Your hauling macro
Steers your ship into the sun
You die yet again

Another popular theme for the haikus was Diesel and her dangerous baseball bat. This was the subject of the following two entries, submitted by Darkangel and Knight respectively:

Diesel swings big bat
Knocking groundhogs off their start
She has lost control

Diesel wields mean Bat
Her Bar is Social Center
Of Solar System

An honorable mention should go to Aristocles who sent in 9 different haikus, all of them excellent. Here's two of them:

Stamina drops low:
I seek the Lucky seven.
Where Phorban Ale flows.

Customs boards my ship.
They inspect my cargo hold.
Thanks for the fuel, boys!

But there can be only one winner, and the judges decision is that the best haiku was the following, another one about death, by Gemma:

Shooting 'round the stars,
I ignore the danger signs.
Oops! I'm dead again.

Congratulations, Gemma - by the time you read this, you will have been awarded your prize of a slithy tove. Thank you to everyone who entered the contest for your excellent haikus - they really were good!

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