// Haiku random generator cap prog drop haiku prog def haiku // Set minimum version for this command version 10 // Randomly pick haikus // --------------------- // Generate random number local randomHaiku = runiformint(1,70) // 1) if `randomHaiku' == 1 { di "" di as txt `""What a strange thing!"' di as txt `"to be alive"' di as txt `"beneath cherry blossoms.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 2) if `randomHaiku' == 2 { di "" di as txt `""O snail"' di as txt `"Climb Mount Fuji,"' di as txt `"But slowly, slowly!""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 3) if `randomHaiku' == 3 { di "" di as txt `""Trusting the Buddha, good and bad,"' di as txt `"I bid farewell"' di as txt `"To the departing year.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 4) if `randomHaiku' == 4 { di "" di as txt `""Don’t weep, insects –"' di as txt `"Lovers, stars themselves,"' di as txt `"Must part.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 5) if `randomHaiku' == 5 { di "" di as txt `""Everything I touch"' di as txt `"with tenderness, alas,"' di as txt `"pricks like a bramble.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 6) if `randomHaiku' == 6 { di "" di as txt `""How much"' di as txt `"are you enjoying yourself,"' di as txt `"tiger moth?""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 7) if `randomHaiku' == 7 { di "" di as txt `""Not very anxious"' di as txt `"to bloom,"' di as txt `"my plum tree.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 8) if `randomHaiku' == 8 { di "" di as txt `""A cuckoo sings"' di as txt `"to me, to the mountain,"' di as txt `"to me, to the mountain.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 9) if `randomHaiku' == 9 { di "" di as txt `""Blossoms at night,"' di as txt `"and the faces of people"' di as txt `"moved by music.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 10) if `randomHaiku' == 10 { di "" di as txt `""Summer night--"' di as txt `"even the stars"' di as txt `"are whispering to each other.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 11) if `randomHaiku' == 11 { di "" di as txt `""In this world"' di as txt `"we walk on the roof of hell,"' di as txt `"gazing at flowers.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 12) if `randomHaiku' == 12 { di "" di as txt `""A caterpillar,"' di as txt `"this deep in fall--"' di as txt `"still not a butterfly""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 13) if `randomHaiku' == 13 { di "" di as txt `""An old silent pond..."' di as txt `"A frog jumps into the pond,"' di as txt `"splash! Silence again.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 14) if `randomHaiku' == 14 { di "" di as txt `""Autumn moonlight-"' di as txt `"a worm digs silently"' di as txt `"into the chestnut.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 15) if `randomHaiku' == 15 { di "" di as txt `""In the twilight rain"' di as txt `"these brilliant-hued hibiscus -"' di as txt `"A lovely sunset.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 16) if `randomHaiku' == 16 { di "" di as txt `""First day of spring--"' di as txt `"I keep thinking about"' di as txt `"the end of autumn.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 17) if `randomHaiku' == 17 { di "" di as txt `""How admirable!"' di as txt `"to see lightning and not think"' di as txt `"life is fleeting.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 18) if `randomHaiku' == 18 { di "" di as txt `""Moonlight slanting"' di as txt `"through the bamboo grove;"' di as txt `"a cuckoo crying.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 19) if `randomHaiku' == 19 { di "" di as txt `""The oak tree:"' di as txt `"not interested"' di as txt `"in cherry blossoms.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 20) if `randomHaiku' == 20 { di "" di as txt `""When the winter chrysanthemums go,"' di as txt `"there’s nothing to write about"' di as txt `"but radishes.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 21) if `randomHaiku' == 21 { di "" di as txt `""Winter solitude--"' di as txt `"in a world of one color"' di as txt `"the sound of wind.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 22) if `randomHaiku' == 22 { di "" di as txt `""Won’t you come and see"' di as txt `"loneliness? Just one leaf"' di as txt `"from the kiri tree.""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō}" } // 23) if `randomHaiku' == 23 { di "" di as txt `""A summer river being crossed"' di as txt `"how pleasing"' di as txt `"with sandals in my hands!"' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 24) if `randomHaiku' == 24 { di "" di as txt `""In the moonlight,"' di as txt `"The color and scent of the wisteria"' di as txt `"Seems far away.""' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 25) if `randomHaiku' == 25 { di "" di as txt `""Light of the moon"' di as txt `"Moves west, flowers’ shadows"' di as txt `"Creep eastward."' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 26) if `randomHaiku' == 26 { di "" di as txt `""Calligraphy of geese"' di as txt `"against the sky-"' di as txt `"the moon seals it.""' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 27) if `randomHaiku' == 27 { di "" di as txt `""The end of spring--"' di as txt `"the poet is brooding"' di as txt `"about editors.""' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 28) if `randomHaiku' == 28 { di "" di as txt `""Dawn--"' di as txt `"fish the cormorants haven’t caught"' di as txt `"swimming in the shallows.""' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 29) if `randomHaiku' == 29 { di "" di as txt `""Spring rain:"' di as txt `""So the story goes —"' di as txt `""Straw raincoat and umbrella"' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 30) if `randomHaiku' == 30 { di "" di as txt `""I want to sleep"' di as txt `"Swat the flies"' di as txt `"Softly, please""' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 31) if `randomHaiku' == 31 { di "" di as txt `""After killing"' di as txt `"a spider, how lonely I feel"' di as txt `"in the cold of night!""' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 32) if `randomHaiku' == 32 { di "" di as txt `""For love and for hate"' di as txt `"I swat a fly and offer it"' di as txt `"to an ant.""' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 33) if `randomHaiku' == 33 { di "" di as txt `""A mountain village"' di as txt `"under the piled-up snow"' di as txt `"the sound of water.""' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 34) if `randomHaiku' == 34 { di "" di as txt `""Night; and once again,"' di as txt `"the while I wait for you, cold wind"' di as txt `"turns into rain.""' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 35) if `randomHaiku' == 35 { di "" di as txt `""The summer river:"' di as txt `"although there is a bridge, my horse"' di as txt `"goes through the water."' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 36) if `randomHaiku' == 36 { di "" di as txt `""A lightning flash:"' di as txt `"between the forest trees"' di as txt `"I have seen water""' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 37) if `randomHaiku' == 37 { di "" di as txt `""The lamp once out"' di as txt `"Cool stars enter"' di as txt `"The window frame.""' di as txt " {bf: - Natsume Soseki}" } // 38) if `randomHaiku' == 38 { di "" di as txt `""Plum flower temple:"' di as txt `"Voices rise"' di as txt `"From the foothills""' di as txt " {bf: - Natsume Soseki}" } // 39) if `randomHaiku' == 39 { di "" di as txt `""The crow has flown away:"' di as txt `"swaying in the evening sun,"' di as txt `"a leafless tree.""' di as txt " {bf: - Natsume Soseki}" } // 40) if `randomHaiku' == 40 { di "" di as txt `""A world of dew,"' di as txt `"And within every dewdrop"' di as txt `"A world of struggle.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 41) if `randomHaiku' == 41 { di "" di as txt `""I write, erase, rewrite"' di as txt `"Erase again, and then"' di as txt `"A poppy blooms.""' di as txt " {bf: - Katsushika Hokusai}" } // 42) if `randomHaiku' == 42 { di "" di as txt `""Over the wintry"' di as txt `"Forest, winds howl in rage"' di as txt `"With no leaves to blow""' di as txt " {bf: - Natsume Soseki}" } // 43) if `randomHaiku' == 43 { di "" di as txt `""Don’t weep, insects –"' di as txt `"Lovers, stars themselves,"' di as txt `"Must part.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa}" } // 44) if `randomHaiku' == 44 { di "" di as txt `""Now gathering,"' di as txt `"Now scattering,"' di as txt `"Fireflies over the river.""' di as txt " {bf: - Natsume Soseki }" } // 45) if `randomHaiku' == 45 { di "" di as txt `""On New Year’s Day"' di as txt `"I long to meet my parents"' di as txt `"as they were before my birth.""' di as txt " {bf: - Natsume Soseki}" } // 46) if `randomHaiku' == 46 { di "" di as txt `""My life, -"' di as txt `"How much more of it remains?"' di as txt `"The night is brief.""' di as txt " {bf: - Masaoka Shiki}" } // 47) if `randomHaiku' == 47 { di "" di as txt `""In the twilight rain"' di as txt `"these brilliant-hued hibiscus -"' di as txt `"A lovely sunset""' di as txt " {bf: - Matsuo Bashō }" } // 48) if `randomHaiku' == 48 { di "" di as txt `""I kill an ant"' di as txt `"and realize my three children"' di as txt `"have been watching.""' di as txt " {bf: - Kato Shuson}" } // 49) if `randomHaiku' == 49 { di "" di as txt `""almost evening —"' di as txt `"the paper vendor sleeps"' di as txt `"on old news"' di as txt " {bf: - A Thiagarajan }" } // 50) if `randomHaiku' == 50 { di "" di as txt `""sidewalk cafe"' di as txt `"I smell the city"' di as txt `"in my coffee""' di as txt " {bf: - Bhavana Ramesh }" } // 51) if `randomHaiku' == 51 { di "" di as txt `""kite contest"' di as txt `"the rise and fall"' di as txt `"of oohs and aahs""' di as txt " {bf: - Kala Ramesh }" } // 52) if `randomHaiku' == 52 { di "" di as txt `""Society"' di as txt `"Just treads Hell’s roof"' di as txt `"Distracted by the Cherry Blossoms" "' di as txt " {bf: - Kobayashi Issa }" } // 53) if `randomHaiku' == 53 { di "" di as txt `""bored in heaven"' di as txt `"a shooting star"' di as txt `"jumps to death""' di as txt " {bf: - Raju Samal}" } // 54) if `randomHaiku' == 54 { di "" di as txt `""power cut ..."' di as txt `"today I hear"' di as txt `"the birds chirp""' di as txt " {bf: - Usha Kiran}" } // 55) if `randomHaiku' == 55 { di "" di as txt `""at home –"' di as txt `"only the mosquitoes"' di as txt `"for company""' di as txt " {bf: - Gautam Nadkarni }" } // 56) if `randomHaiku' == 56 { di "" di as txt `""a light breeze"' di as txt `"the moon in the birdbath"' di as txt `"shivers""' di as txt " {bf: - Angelee Deodhar }" } // 57) if `randomHaiku' == 57 { di "" di as txt `""In autumn eve"' di as txt `"There is joy too,"' di as txt `"In loneliness" "' di as txt " {bf: - Yosa Buson}" } // 58) if `randomHaiku' == 58 { di "" di as txt `"sunlight"' di as txt `"on green leaves"' di as txt `"for breakfast "' di as txt " {bf: - Patricia Donegan }" } // 59 ) if `randomHaiku' == 59 { di "" di as txt `"long walk—"' di as txt `"cherry petals stick"' di as txt `"to the bottoms of my shoes"' di as txt " {bf: - Patricia Donegan }" } // 60 ) if `randomHaiku' == 60 { di "" di as txt `"thank you wind"' di as txt `"for caressing"' di as txt `"this old face"' di as txt " {bf: -Patricia Donegan }" } //61 ) if `randomHaiku' == 61 { di "" di as txt `"deep in raga –"' di as txt `"a sudden applause"' di as txt `"startles the singer"' di as txt " {bf: - Kala Ramesh }" } // 62 ) if `randomHaiku' == 62 { di "" di as txt `"no temple bells –"' di as txt `"the silence unbroken"' di as txt `"remains"' di as txt " {bf: - Kala Ramesh }" } // 63 ) if `randomHaiku' == 63 { di "" di as txt `"moonless night"' di as txt `"a pair of circling nightjars"' di as txt `"feed on stars"' di as txt " {bf: - Rajiv Lather }" } //64 ) if `randomHaiku' == 64 { di "" di as txt `"monsoon clouds –"' di as txt `"the ground aflame with"' di as txt `"gulmohur blooms"' di as txt " {bf: - Johannes Manjrekar }" } // 65 ) if `randomHaiku' == 65 { di "" di as txt `"night walk"' di as txt `"i slow down"' di as txt `"near the jasmine bush"' di as txt " {bf: - Johannes Manjrekar}" } // 66) if `randomHaiku' == 66 { di "" di as txt `"night breeze –"' di as txt `"dogs break the softness"' di as txt `"of the cricket’s song"' di as txt " {bf: - Johannes Manjrekar }" } // 67) if `randomHaiku' == 67 { di "" di as txt `"withered rose"' di as txt `"petal by petal"' di as txt `"the years fade"' di as txt " {bf: - Madhuri Pillai}" } //68 ) if `randomHaiku' == 68 { di "" di as txt `"winter chill..."' di as txt `"the patchwork quilt smells"' di as txt `"of memories"' di as txt " {bf: - Shloka Shankar }" } // 69 ) if `randomHaiku' == 69 { di "" di as txt `"yesterday’s"' di as txt `"dried up puddle…"' di as txt `"paper boats"' di as txt " {bf: - Anitha Verma }" } // 70 ) if `randomHaiku' == 70 { di "" di as txt `"between us"' di as txt `"vapours from the teacups"' di as txt `"autumn chill"' di as txt " {bf: - Angelee Deodhar }" } // End end