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Title: Haikus
Author: anotherlazybum
Theme: Rhapsody
Fandom: Peace Maker Kurogane
Warnings: Crack drabble ahead
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary/Comments: Haikus which weren't quite haikus.
Theme 2: Rhapsody
Rhapsody (French: rapsodie) : implies a work free in form and inspiration.
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Toshizo Hijikata's haikus were amateurish at best. A few may have compared it favorably to the scribblings at vandalized public toilets. Many had literally died laughing at the Demon Fukuchou's “brilliant” haikus 1.
In short, his poems about plums which were, of course, plums...sucked.
But Okita Souji found them good enough to risk a limb or may be three to “borrow” the book for a glimpse of the Fukuchou's talent. His unusual violet eyes detected the hidden and maybe not-so-subtle meanings and implications in the haikus which were usually about plums and cherry blossoms. And he found the fact that the haikus were so free of form - that they lacked the normal intrinsic meanings and depth that they did not resemble haikus at all- to be endearing.
Hijikata was a realist who saw the world as it was. And he had made it his mission to make it a better place even though it meant spilling blood along the way.
But it did not meant that he never noticed the beautiful parts of the world either. In fact, he had been inspired to preserve it. And thus, “A plum is...still a plum.”
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1 Hijikata did not have a great sense of humour. Anyone found to be laughing with Souji when his book was missing was immediately suspected of laughing at his fantastic works of art and sentenced to seppuku.
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Reviews and constructive criticisms are appreciated!
Author: anotherlazybum
Theme: Rhapsody
Fandom: Peace Maker Kurogane
Warnings: Crack drabble ahead
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary/Comments: Haikus which weren't quite haikus.
Theme 2: Rhapsody
Rhapsody (French: rapsodie) : implies a work free in form and inspiration.
--
Toshizo Hijikata's haikus were amateurish at best. A few may have compared it favorably to the scribblings at vandalized public toilets. Many had literally died laughing at the Demon Fukuchou's “brilliant” haikus 1.
In short, his poems about plums which were, of course, plums...sucked.
But Okita Souji found them good enough to risk a limb or may be three to “borrow” the book for a glimpse of the Fukuchou's talent. His unusual violet eyes detected the hidden and maybe not-so-subtle meanings and implications in the haikus which were usually about plums and cherry blossoms. And he found the fact that the haikus were so free of form - that they lacked the normal intrinsic meanings and depth that they did not resemble haikus at all- to be endearing.
Hijikata was a realist who saw the world as it was. And he had made it his mission to make it a better place even though it meant spilling blood along the way.
But it did not meant that he never noticed the beautiful parts of the world either. In fact, he had been inspired to preserve it. And thus, “A plum is...still a plum.”
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1 Hijikata did not have a great sense of humour. Anyone found to be laughing with Souji when his book was missing was immediately suspected of laughing at his fantastic works of art and sentenced to seppuku.
--
Reviews and constructive criticisms are appreciated!