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lauraanne_gilmanOne of the things I did at Arisa was help with the Fast Track sessions (kids 6-12ish). Never mind that one of those little plague carriers was probably the one who got me sick, they were bright, energetic, mostly-adorable kids, and great fun to be around for short periods of time. *grin*
(kids of fandom are great not because they're naturally any smarter or cuter than everyone else's kids, but because they have no fear. None. They know it's okay to act out their dreams, wear weird costumes, do things that aren't mainstream, etc. The trick is to make sure they know how to pass when they have to, too.)
Anyway, one of the tracks I participated in was the haiku/scifiku session, which ended up being one of my favorites, because everyone really got into it (including one youngster who has a real future as a political satirist waiting, if his parents aren't careful). And I promised I would post my results and so here they are.
1. example of the nature-based haiku:
child climbs
old tree leaves falling
eats apple
(some discission on the pronunciation of 'child' having one or two sounds...after some consideration the judges let my eastern seaboard 'chi-uld' pass)
2. example of senryu, the social-based haiku (observation of people around you, also including humor):
no music playing
our emcee madly stalling
that entrant scratches
3. example of scifiku (Geoffrey and I were challenged with specific phrases -- mine was "transport beam")
Safe they say
all right beam me up
he's dead, jim
(not inspired, but the material and time was limited)
So, here's a challenge, assuming you've gotten this far. Don't let yourself be outdone by a bunch of 6-12 year olds! Drop and gimmie 17 syllables of a genre topic....
EtA: hah. wusses.....
(kids of fandom are great not because they're naturally any smarter or cuter than everyone else's kids, but because they have no fear. None. They know it's okay to act out their dreams, wear weird costumes, do things that aren't mainstream, etc. The trick is to make sure they know how to pass when they have to, too.)
Anyway, one of the tracks I participated in was the haiku/scifiku session, which ended up being one of my favorites, because everyone really got into it (including one youngster who has a real future as a political satirist waiting, if his parents aren't careful). And I promised I would post my results and so here they are.
1. example of the nature-based haiku:
child climbs
old tree leaves falling
eats apple
(some discission on the pronunciation of 'child' having one or two sounds...after some consideration the judges let my eastern seaboard 'chi-uld' pass)
2. example of senryu, the social-based haiku (observation of people around you, also including humor):
no music playing
our emcee madly stalling
that entrant scratches
3. example of scifiku (Geoffrey and I were challenged with specific phrases -- mine was "transport beam")
Safe they say
all right beam me up
he's dead, jim
(not inspired, but the material and time was limited)
So, here's a challenge, assuming you've gotten this far. Don't let yourself be outdone by a bunch of 6-12 year olds! Drop and gimmie 17 syllables of a genre topic....
EtA: hah. wusses.....
