Wpa Haiku Stories

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Ask Alice Ch. 04

by lostindavoid on Sep 16, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Notes from the author: Hello reader. Welcome to part four of Ask Alice. In the first three installments I left the reader with a relatively complete tale. Part four got a little long so I'm breaking it up into two installments. Hopefully it's still a good read. The next half will be published as soon as possible. ***** Part One-Imperial Navy Space statio...

How to Write a Tanka

by MungoParkIII on Sep 1, 2017
How To

The modern Japanese tanka developed out of ancient forms of Japanese poetry, more specifically the waka form which was a thirty-one syllable poem. This form was so old that according to a myth recorded in Japan's oldest book, Kojiki (The Record of Ancient Matters) a brother of the sun goddess recited a thirty-one syllable poem. The book Kojiki was complete...

Ask Alice Ch. 05

by lostindavoid on Sep 16, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Part Nine-Planet Side: New Nippon "Someone is at the door," came a sudden voice startling Alice from her depressing thoughts, it was Britt her adopted suicide phone communicating via the chip planted on her head. "Is Lucy back?" Alice asked. Now that she knew Lucy wasn't human it scared her being alone with the robot or AI as Lucy preferred to be called....

Ask Alice Ch. 06

by lostindavoid on Sep 16, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The hulking form of Lenard Byson closed in on Alice Mihara. She quickly backed into the hotel room and squeezed between a wall and a high end table crowded with boxes. This wasn't Lenard Byson the gangster she had escaped from in 1983 Las Vegas. Regardless of that fact, the guy looked pissed and seemed bent on doing her serious bodily harm. "I searched all...

Duty-Bound

by Kaishaku on Sep 16, 2017
Romance

  Karen saw it the moment her husband stepped in the door, he'd been in another fight. Looking at his swollen lip and the darkening bruise on his cheekbone it looked like he didn't fare to well. She quickly stepped into the foyer and helped him pull off his jacket. "Where was this one?" she asked. "This one what?" "You know what. Where did you get i...

How to Write Other Japanese Poetry

by MungoParkIII on Sep 1, 2017
How To

When anyone decides to read or write Japanese Poetry a common thread in many of their forms quickly becomes apparent. Many are familiar with the basic form of haiku and in an earlier discussion I outlined the basic form for the tanka. These two forms of Japanese Poems follow a basic syllabic form using lines of 5 and 7 onji (part of Japanese speech approxi...

Maniac's Montage

by seannelson on Sep 16, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2 Sheriffs see red head-lights burning bright ahead to stop Flight 52 (haiku) Flight-ladies served him absinthes, a 'London Times,' and gushing flirtation (haiku) Airport now a news battle-ground: Blue Boss Captains: "The plane just vanished," stuttered one, before turning away, causing a great clash of ornate metals (given out for things like this: hit...

Joseki's Journey's: The Falls

by Joseki Ko on Sep 16, 2017
Letters & Transcripts

Joseki’s Journey’s: 2 The Crystal Falls Tal fellow Goreans, Well tonight marked my second trip into the GCN chatrooms of Gor. I think tonight went a lot better than last night. I entered a place called the Crystal Falls. It was listed as a safe zone, I have been advised to stay in the safe zones because I can’t be killed there. It was the only safe zone ru...

Fences

by SunrockSin on Sep 1, 2017
Exhibitionist & Voyeur

As I looked over the damage to my house and yard from the recent hurricane, I was reminded of a Japanese haiku written by a man who had lost the roof to his house. In the haiku he finds that with the roof gone he has a much better view of the moon. I guess I need to look at the damage to my fence the same way. Now that my fence is damaged I have a much bette...

The Choice

by SpiceNWolf on Sep 17, 2017
BDSM

Pet and I are relative new-comers to the D/s lifestyle. The disadvantages are obvious, but there are a surprising number of advantages, as well. We make our own rules, and don't have unrealistic expectations, or any regard for other people's notions of how we should live our lives. That said, it is still a learning curve, but we work on it together, because...