NetHack/Haiku

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The following haiku are copied from NetHack Wiki's dedicated page.

Little doggie you
Are going to be killed soon
By a falling rock.

—argiopeweb

The spikes were poisoned
And the poison was deadly
Get some intrinsics.

—aioli & argiopeweb

The soldier ant hits
You will soon know what you have
It could have saved you

—firemonkey

You insulted law
Now you have to pay the price
Wide angle death beam

—aioli

Curious and blind
Her ungloved hand feels slowly
A cockatrice corpse

—aioli (dated August 10th, 2006)

With this wooden ring
I can cross the water, but
then an eel zapped me

—Toni Keskalto (dated August 10th, 2006)

Do you feel lucky?
Do you want your posessions
identified, punk?

—Jayt (dated August 10th, 2006)

Dead troll in a lake:
Yellowing leaves on water
Stirred by its last gasps

—Raxvulpine (submitted to NetHack Wiki on September 7, 2006)

Cherry blossoms drape the
Chest where the troll is buried.
Welcome to level 12.

—Raxvulpine, submitted to NetHack Wiki on September 7, 2006

The troll is slowing
Down, the nights are growing long,
It has turned to stone

—Raxvulpine, submitted to NetHack Wiki on September 7, 2006

Snow slowly fills grooves
burned above a hero's grave
mistyped Ebehlert

—cjeris, submitted to NetHack Wiki on September 7, 2006

I sacrifice much
Faithless Anhur gives me what?
yes, Ogresmasher

—cjeris, submitted to NetHack Wiki on September 7, 2006

A four-leaf clover---
and pray. Anhur seems displeased.
Goddamn Sokoban!

—Raxvulpine, submitted to NetHack Wiki on September 7, 2006

Quaff from a fountain
Wish for a cockatrice corpse,
Watch out for the stairs.

—Temyx (dated March 6, 2008)

--More-- --More-- --More-- --More-- --More--
--More-- --More-- --More-- --More-- --More-- Escape
You have turned to stone.

—tejón (dated August 1st, 2008)

Scroll upon the ground
Erupts in an inferno
Dammit, my good robe!

—NetHack Wiki user MrGuy (dated December 28, 2008)

Lichen, straight ahead!
You, needing sustenance soon,
Attack-- a green mold.

—NetHack Wiki user MrGuy (dated December 28, 2008)

Drink from the fountain?
You attract a water nymph!
The fountain dries up!

—A 'haiku' that can occur from regular in-game messages

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