6 percent
from writing poetry
a chimp
A contest entry
- haiku humor by Yemassee.
749 points, ended September 27, 2008, 17 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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hmmm that would explain a lot of what i read on AP,
chimp poetry... or comments I've seen
do you think they write under assumed names...like letters of the alphabet... like BB chimp...CC monkey or uh...Edward Albert Baboon... a banana for my thoughts...h
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I still like this one. True, it took me a little explaining to get it but it was very Yemish.
Hi, btw.
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Ha, I like this a lot. Good thing people added their comments to clear it up for me, as I missed it the first time I read it through. Congrats on the well deserved gold trophy for this witty piece. Nice write.
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The ultimate compliment fishbubbles,
this is so "Yemish!"
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congrats on the gold !!
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Congratulations on winning the gold in Yem's contest...once it was explained to my feeble brain it made perfect sense and was a great haiku riddle...is there such a thing as a haiku riddle?
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Congratulations for the GOLD, fishbubbles!
Summer51
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I might suggest a title change. By close you mean near or almost, but when people read it they might think "close" as in, Close the door. Maybe, "Almost?" something like that would work.
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okay fishbubbles, usually I am pretty good at 'getting' stuff but not this...what is the secret meaning..are we only using 6 percent of our ability.........etc...
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Chimps and man share something like 94 percent of the same dna. I believe Fishbubbles is suggesting in this senryu that the difference between monkeys and us as writers is that six percent. She's poking fun at all of us writers, including herself.
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6%...okay...gottcha...I was "close"
Great contest... thanks for the HM. It was totally unexpected in light of all the really good and fun haiku on here...
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Now that I read it correctly I realize how good this is, and it reminds me, the topic I mean, of a poem I once wrote about a monkey in a zoo...difference is, I suggested that monkeys were superior in the art. I'd send you a link but I might get arrested for polluting the internet.
I say no more, let others read and figure it out.
Thanks, this was quite good!
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