55 Fiction Friday: Haiku table edition

Friday worked at a dot.com back in the day, and had a table that it adorned with haikus written by coworkers. A selection:

Goth club
black black black black black
black black black black black black black
black black black black black

dreaded 404
error: cannot find page
the web is not mine

billy dee, muse
Oh, Colt 45
divine amber pungent brew
Sooth my ailing soul.

Fishing is alright
But you mostly just stand there.
I guess you could sit.

Lunatic fringe

I have typed in and lost three posts now. I'm taking it as a sign that I'm long overdue for a haiku movie review.

300
Stunningly filmed, but
Ripped men in leather speedos
Make me think “gay porn”

The Namesake
My family’s story
In many ways, but
…. Bengali, of course

Conversations with Other Women

Chickest of chick flicks
All dialogue, no action
Yet, I recommend

House of Games
I hate to say it:
(Mamet is a great writer)
But this one’s a dog

(P.S. - It's National Poetry Month!)

Basho

I have mad love for the haiku. I love the delicate balance of it all: the dance of syllables, the threads of meaning in the pauses. I have come to think that this is something I get from my mother. Behold - the incisive guilt-induction by ma mere:

I will be anxious until you come back. Hope you will be able to contact us
now and then.

Wow. Check the precision on that - not an ounce wasted! My moms got skillz, yo.

5-7-5: heretofore, pertinent, and apposite

As y'all know, I love me some haiku.

As part of some random, alcohol-inspired rambling with Chai, I decided to try my hand at summing up key legal decisions in the traditional 5-7-5 format:

Brown v. Board of Ed.

Separate is not equal

Segregation sucks

Barbie Girl law suit:

"parties are advised to chill"

says Judge Kozinksi

I invite the J.D.s, the wannabes, and the syllabically-inclined to have at it. Korematsu, Lawrence, Miranda .... so many options!

Update:

Decided to write a few IP ones (actually Barbie Girl is also IP - has to do with parody, copyright law, etc.):

Patent:

Key patent law case:
Diamond v. Chakrabarty
Can you patent cells?

But not really cells….
Fine – microorganisms
Supreme Court says, “Yes.”

Trade Dress:

Taco Cabana
Seminal case in trade dress?
“Mexican” food fight!

Copyright:

Sony Betamax:
Copyright infringement claims,
Held for defendants

“Non-infringing use”
Non-commercial, ‘time-shifting’
Fair use defense works.

Trademark:

Controversial case:
Vicky’s Secret v. Moseley
Trademark dilution?

Yup, sometime the geek just LEAPS off the screen, doesn't it?

Haiku Movie Review

Thank You for Smoking

Quick, black comedy
DC lobbying done “right”
Katie Holmes – why? WHY?

The Inside Man

Clive Owen hidden
That’s a travesty, I say
But – you GO, Spike Lee

Out of Africa

Michael Ondaatje:
You stole scenes from this film for
The English Patient

NB:

(1) See here for previous haiku movie review.

(2) Ondaatje is a fellow Queen's alum.

(3) The Katie Holmes (I mean... Kate Cruise) article is much more extensively footnoted than you'd expect!

Movie Review as Haiku

Syriana

George Clooney with gut,

Sharp, scathing commentary

I say, "Two thumbs up!"

Matrix Revolutions

Directors, take note:
Franchise isn't everything
Just let it drop, please!

Mulholland Dr.

Who understands it?

(David Lynch at his weirdest)

Certainly not me