How is the material arranged? There are 2 pages here, both containing all of the haiku. The haiku are arranged alphabetically by author. So you will see the player's name, then all of the haiku they have written in succession.

On this first page, the haiku are presented 'as is', without comments from judges or mention of awards they have won, so that you can read and interpret them for yourself.

The 2nd page contains all of the haiku again, this time with commentary from the judges and prize information. Comments labelled 'B' are from myself (Bloomer) and an 'L' denotes comments from Lorien.

You dig? Now read on and enjoy. At the end of this page, click the scroll to move to the 2nd page.

--Bloomer (October 15th 2000)

APOLLO

Happy day in Thalos You have been summoned! Not so happy day...

Signets and beaks and Cloaks Oh my Oh why can't i ever find any

AUTOLYCUS

Killin' Harpies at work customer needs assistance.. oh boy, i lost!

BLOOMER

Justice for all a flash of blue light takes her away

locked gate yearning Dracula's signet inside the castle beckons

blue ice this heart-faced beauty Lirain

DAIMUN

a dragon looming quick, running down the mountain away to safety

DATOWER

As a predator I attack...DEMOLISH!!! You're dead. He cheats again.

Luscious red berries insipid and useless for mankind. What's the point?

The weary player sees a silver disc vanish into nothingness.

Why do they haunt me? Sleek shadows stalk me, stealing possessions. Why me?

DEDSUNE

Questing had begun. It was a dark and stormy night. NO CARRIER - Damn.

Mighty Beholder. Never looked friendly, indeed. I'll be in western.

Eye of Perception. Long is the journey to fight. Heads will roll.

Stuck in gluey webs. Arachnos does not bind me. Enchanted, dead again.

DERIK

KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! DIE! DIE! I love MUDs. DIE! DIE! Blood, guts, gore. KILL! KILL!

"The land of shortcuts 'Can i have the dirs to circ?' Imms, chars, MeadMud, fun."

all the imms are great bloomer's trivias are cool I love MUDs, nice meat

FIREMAN

Am I to be one... Of the Laborous school work? Or eternal MUD?

IAD

Death has come It has looted me dry Revenge will come

Many roses will sprout some will stand tall most will fall

Friends come and friends go unfortunatly my friends blow they killed me

a hero emerges he has met his destiny he is me

INGOLD

We walk through sancs maze turning and twisting we go searching but then caught

Ever sure we are the best equipment we have then oblivion

KOCHANSKI

you have been KILLED! get my corpse! I've lost my equip, oh, detect invis.

Argh Egam! Eeek Hiev! dimension phase, Ack webbed! Lie still, you are DEAD.

Western chamber, A Shieldmaiden has arrived. you feel better!

KHRONO

adept of all Fharlanghn almighty healer bring us resurrection!

the land of meat on it lands a fly grab a piece

newbie stumbles slips and slides over mud the Temple of Thalos...

RAZIEL

The Beholder's gaze will send fear into your heart Beware his wrath fools

As an assassin I will live and I will die But won't ever stop

RED

Horatio gets killed, what message appears? Suffer miss room

DIE! Beholder DIE! Well, guess I can't kill him You have been webbed, Crap!

REFLUX

Temple of Thalos newbies' enemy you have been killed

SCALES

I slap the mili i hear an order i am slapped

I lie there dead no one helps me my items and all go

in the water i sink to see a barracuda to eat me

In the sky over the heavens i fall and die

SEIRALAIN

Shower newbie with gifts The newbie is now a hero Yet still a newbie

Buy a copper bracelet Oh No! 'Tis cursed. Into the bag. Begone!

TRICKYONE

Assassins sneaking Angry mobs round every turn The Dark Side of Mud

WIFIDI

quenched sword whining I will be forever why I logged on never

Will of steel facing death which will yield

steaming corpse do I see myself do I smell

WILDCHILD

bloomer bloomer blue mer bloomer bloomer bloomer bloomer bloomer blue

XAVIOR

Strolling through Thalos. Oh no! Its the Beholder! Lie still, you are DEAD!!

I stare in the hole. Blackness surrounds my body SPLAT, no equipment!

The twin suns rise again Metal clashing in the woods Blood spills on the ground