Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Batman's Haiku

Special thanks to "jeff r." for spotting this week's heroic haiku!

Nearly broken with disillusionment in Infinite Crisis #3 and seemingly ripe for the Original Superman's overtures of friendship, Batman, even breathless and halting in step and speech, still manages to stutter out a haiku:

This wasn't supposed
to happen; I can't breathe. Can't...
do this anymore.


Ah, the traditional "powerlessness" speech we expect in a "Crisis". But this one, from Batman, of all people, resonates strongly. Such a statement from unbreakable Batman! And the knowledge that he's responsible for the ruination of so many lives!

But Batman does not break, and those who've read the issue get to see why not.


We've seen what kind of haiku Batman can compose under the direst pressure. What about YOU?
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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous12/27/2005 10:15 AM

    Infinite Crisis
    threatens to overwhelme me.
    My sons keep me sane.

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  2. Anonymous12/27/2005 11:23 AM

    I'm the god- goddamn...
    I'm... I'm the goddamn Batman!
    Where's ... Bat-Laxative?

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  3. Anonymous12/27/2005 12:29 PM

    Panic attack now...
    mask closing in on my face...
    its all in my head.

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  4. Brian12/27/2005 2:05 PM

    It just goes to show
    Comics are about people
    And not their powers

    Who is the Batman?
    A masked nighttime avenger?
    Or a proud parent?

    (this one's for you, Scip):

    When all hope is lost
    And even the Batman falls
    Vibe must save us all!

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  5. Anonymous12/27/2005 3:24 PM

    Batman forced most of
    the Amazons off-planet.
    Unforgivable.

    This version of Bats
    is absolutely a villain.
    Karma will catch up.

    Damned good man Devon?
    Every Omac death is on
    his paranoid head.

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  6. Anonymous12/27/2005 3:25 PM

    arrgh...messed up the scheme:

    This version of Bats
    is an absolute villain.
    Karma will catch up.

    ahh, that's better.

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  7. Anonymous12/27/2005 6:28 PM

    Batman, screwed up by
    legions of Frank Miller clones
    Help me Geoffrey Johns!

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  8. Anonymous12/27/2005 9:08 PM

    Not a comment on this post, I kust thought that Scipio would find this link amusing.

    Click here: Dateline Hollywood : DIRECTOR ANG LEE TO FOLLOW ‘BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN’ WITH GAY ‘HULK’ SEQUEL

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  9. Anonymous12/27/2005 9:10 PM

    The link doesn't seem to work. Sorry. I was doing a search for Hulk and Boomeranf on google, I heard that he was a major Hulk villain and was trying to figure out how, and came up with that.

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  10. Bully1/01/2006 12:36 PM

    Pearls fall to the ground
    Must every Batman flashback
    Rip this off from Frank?

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  11. Anonymous1/03/2006 4:46 PM

    Damn you, Brother Eye!
    You force me onto my knees
    And make me emote!

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  12. Anonymous2/21/2007 11:20 PM

    Danananana
    Nanananananana
    Nanana Batman!

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