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I debug my code with print,
my mind with alcohol,
and my dog with flea powder

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Re^3: I usually debug via...
by Boots111 (Hermit) on Feb 17, 2005 at 00:03 UTC
    chime~

    So close to a haiku....

    debug code with print
    a mind using alcohol
    dogs with flea powder

    Boots
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    If you are not going to go 95, just avoid our state. Please.
    -Ian Sulam
      But it's still not a haiku (at least to my limited understanding) because it's not about a seasonal event, and his original form, I feel, reads much more poetically. What is with this obsession of things that look similar to haikus? Is it just that they appear easy to create and everyone wants to be a poet?

        The basic form of ha-i ku is an "amusing sentence" that follows the three-line, 5-7-5 form. Note, it must be a sentence, not several. There are more constraints, depending on school of thought and whom you ask. Popular constraints:

        • Must have to do with nature
        • Must have to do with a season
        • If using the above constraints, you must introduce that element in the first line of the poem.

        Anima Legato
        .oO all things connect through the motion of the mind

        Is it just that they appear easy to create and everyone wants to be a poet? Yes.

      Heres one I made earlier on the same theme

      Bug haiku