Senior Day Haiku Comment Count

Brian

An annual tradition. Special bonus this year: holy pants there are no seniors. Usually I skip a bunch of anonymous walk-ons who never saw the field unless they have a silly name; this year this is it.

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It goes thump. Sometimes
it catches or drops a pass.
Mostly it goes thump.

Perry Dorrestein

Bad back, outed grades
but through it all a kickin'
Punisher tattoo

Steve Schilling

Been around forever
Witnessed the Horror up close
Football purple heart

John Ferrara

Thrown into the fire
just two weeks after switching
'08: the nutshell

Adam Patterson

One last swing hits sod
A shaft of daylight strikes down
Hello two deep

Renaldo Sagesse

Hurling hockey kids,
the largest man in Quebec came
and he was all right

Greg Banks

Took the Moosman crown
as player most likely to
impress your TA

Obi Ezeh

Why did you tattoo
"Stand around, think about plants"
across your torso?

mark-moundros-nwBONUS NOT MEAN HAIKU

Like Schilling, lived
through every last awful bit
and never complained

Jonas Mouton

The west wind in fall
brings everything, and then
takes everything

Mark Moundros

Walk-on captains are
intimidatingly bald
pretty much always

James Rogers

The last vagabond
a-wander from spot to spot:
Dread Pirate Rogers

COMMENCE THE SYLLABLE COUNTING.

Comments

Number 7

November 17th, 2010 at 11:23 AM ^

META

Perry Dorrestien

and Adam Patterson have

haiku-ready names

 

ROGERS

It takes a strong man

but you, sir, evaded Angry

D-Back Hating God

 

MOUTON

Game-saving pressure

against Illinois -- you play

nothing like a sheep

ThoseWhoStayUofM

November 18th, 2010 at 1:14 PM ^

Steve Schilling

Been around forever (6 syllables: been-ar-ound-for-ev-er)

Witnessed the Horror up close

Football purple heart

Adam Patterson

One last swing hits sod

A shaft of daylight strikes down

Hello two deep (4 syllables: hel-low-two-deep)

Renaldo Sagesse

Hurling hockey kids,

the largest man in Quebec came (8 syllables: the-larg-est-man-in-Que-bec-came)

and he was all right

Obi Ezeh

Like Schilling, lived (4 syllables: like-Schil-ling-lived)

through every last awful bit (is every 3 or 2 syllables?)

and never complained

Jonas Mouton

The west wind in fall

brings everything, and then (is everything 4 or 3 syllables?) 

takes everything (apparently you think it's 4 which makes every 3 which makes Obi Ezeh's 7 an 8 and another fail)

SYLLABLE COUNTING COMPLETE