Käpt'n Korky Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 On valentines day, someone proposed to write haikus for your favourite Walküre. I did. I also asked for someone to open a forum thread about it. No one did. Now I have the time and the resources, but alas Valentines day is over. Very well, I write a haiku for every interviewed Walküre. Here's my first few. Mehr Heimat geht nicht. Mutig, stolz und forsch bist du. Liebe Scharnhorst mein. Grace- and beautiful High spirits and good humour Belfast enchantress Voykov the Russian Stoic worker in the fleet Even Winter fears Cat lady Exeter Hunting nobility far And away in spring Beautiful pictures By a beautiful lady La Motte-Picquet With a bashful voice And a bashful spirit you Are truly Boisy For la patria Black raven flies excited Cheery Velasco A Belle and southern Mississippi has to be Formally addressed Introduced them all With one big exception we Wait for it Mahan Husbando she has No mind for manners as well Eager Nautilus Deutsch und von Adel Gejagt nicht nur von der Maus Admiral Graf Spee So mysterious. Can she stay for long with you? What plots Surcouf now? For Battenberg cake And good tea, no less, we fight And die Ark Royal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 The second part: Sleep is for the weakParizhskaya Kommuna Work has to be done African huntress Axum dives for Italy Brings coffee with her Complete Samurai Incomplete dancer tries hard Start off the Hi-ryu Most experience Most impact most hides Yavuz Most hugged of all Loving the outside Enjoys to play with golf balls Watch out Chiyoda Ideas in mind Lampo improves every Ship with her genius Pure to most captains Traitor to one. Not easy Acting like Nerpa Can you smell what fries? Lexington prepares a treat Both for friend and foe Colour explosion Embracing the new always Nenohi searches A l’attaque Dunkerque is on our side We fear for nothing Faithful postal ship Rawalpindi bring us post Death to enemy African huntress Nubian sails for England Brings dead prey with her Can you smell something Fishy? Could it be cooking? Kitakami is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 For el caudillo Fierce Canarias is here Polished unwavering Can you smell kaneel? In de Keuken De Ruyter Preparing ontbijt Fearless in a storm Do not call her Peking duck Dutiful Wicher Sei auf der Hut vor Nürnberg. Sie legt Fallen für dich aus. Lass dich nicht fangen. Sharp tongue and sharp blades Watch out or you might get hurt Leningrad is here Do not insult her! Heavy cruiser heavy punch Pola means you die Create beautiful Spirits with a beautiful Kumano creates Nevada with cards Means lady luck in her hands Go on play with her Mighty Lady Hood Only the finest are good Enough to command Diether von Roeder Sie lehrt preußische Werte Du wirst perfekt sein Party ensues now New Orleans took care of it Hands and pants all down A real movie star Arizona desert dry Sails on the war path Huntress from Quebec Fluently Saguenay Follows the war path 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Foul tongue but sharp blades Bulldog, you like a good fight Wellington likes you Kirov joins the fight Against the enemy and About the captain Bearn what ship is she? One which fights the enemy One which loves good food Hans Lüdemann sorgt Für alle flotten Schiffe Pünktlich und für mich Only one shirt fits Harbinger of death itself Camicia Nera Is she the finest? Nagato tries hard to be Refined Japanese Do not approach her First you need to be assigned To the sub I 8 New to the waters Find at the end of the world The musical Perth Sail on the scent of Tea brought to you by the belle Algerie by name Vive la france et Vive la morale cheers Le Triomphant now Up and at them Cheers Stewart in her routine To pump you up high Wanderlust is good Houston has plenty of it Tag along a bit Can you smell the bread? Henley made a lot of it Go on and take one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Silent and concerned Lady D’Aosta is Noble and restraint No time Profintern Showed you all of her hobbies Was there shown too much? Elegant Moskva Focused on things which matter Unlike her sister? Always on the search For something new exciting Is Maille Breze Is she the finest? Kongou has seen much but is Refined Japanese? Besiege mit ihr Deine Fehler und Feinde Wähl Leberecht Maass A lot of blood seen Willing to see more of it Verdun engages Rätsel entdecken, Lösen und Wahrheit finden U-29 Im Winter sind wir. Nur kalt. Gedanken wärmen. Holde Gneisenau. A fierce warrior Takao improves herself Every way possible Stars in her eyes she Pursues them and fights with you For you Orion Aoba Goldberg Has nothing on her skill for Crafty beauty things Girl Scout submarine Serves King and country good Join Salmon your scout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjapacman Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 That's a lot of poetry. I think you can guess where my favorite is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Ninjapacman said: That's a lot of poetry. I think you can guess where my favorite is... The Cat lady, because you can read AND understand it perfectly? And everyone likes a good spring hunt, right @Wellington99 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjapacman Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Käpt'n Korky said: The Cat lady, because you can read AND understand it perfectly? And everyone likes a good spring hunt, right @Wellington99 ? You wound me. Are my thoughts so shrouded in enigma that you cannot see where my heart lies? If I’m an open book, I believe you, sir, are illiterate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted February 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 I see where your heart lies. In fact everyone sees it. At the bottom of the Rio de la Plata. And I sure do hope you prevent that once the game is out. Also I have to profoundly apologise to Fubuki and Espero. For some odd reason (since Espero is one of my favs) I forgot about them being interviewed. So here are the two missing haikus: She will steal your heart Espero is on the way Steals your pocket too Focused yet dreamy Old but modern Fubuki Odd and silent ship And I felt this one was in order as an apology for my lack of attention: What are you and where? We know you exist but how? Glorious is missed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellington99 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 I'm tossing my own one in the fray of my Belle (also I appreciate the Pupper haiku, Korky, and Hood's is very correct, as I am the finest and I'm destined to command her) Northern hooligan Pride hides lack of confidence Falshaw's Manchester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjapacman Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Korky how could you! I knew Germans were mean-spirited, but that was harsh. In the spirit of the thread though, I shall respond. Stronger than ever In Rio De La Plata My Heart never Sinks And since he mentioned his fan fiction, I shall continue on Welly’s with two of my own. Size is but a word The starry-eyed warriors Never to falter Always something new Life is a wonderful dance with an honest heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted March 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 @Wellington99 Not mine, entry from the wiki and according to it printed in Young (1952), who gives his source as Chief ERA "Skips" Marriott. Young, Edward (1952). One Of Our Submarines. London: Rupert Hart-Davis. pp. 60–61. Twelve little S-boats "go to it" like Bevin, Starfish goes a bit too far — then there were eleven. Eleven watchful S-boats doing fine and then Seahorse fails to answer — so there are ten. Ten stocky S-boats in a ragged line, Sterlet drops and stops out — leaving us nine. Nine plucky S-boats, all pursuing Fate, Shark is overtaken — now we are eight. Eight sturdy S-boats, men from Hants and Devon, Salmon now is overdue — and so the number's seven. Seven gallant S-boats, trying all their tricks, Spearfish tries a newer one — down we come to six. Six tireless S-boats fighting to survive, No reply from Swordfish — so we tally five. Five scrubby S-boats, patrolling close inshore, Snapper takes a short cut — now we are four. Four fearless S-boats, too far out to sea, Sunfish bombed and scrap-heaped — we are only three. Three threadbare S-boats patrolling o'er the blue, ... Two ice-bound S-boats... ... One lonely S-boat... ... The survivors, left blank in the fatalistic rhyme, were HMS Sealion (scuttled), HMS Seawolf (broken up), and HMS Sturgeon (sold). It refers to the 12 S-class submarines in british service in 1939. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panay's Ghost Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Thank you for providing me a poetic checklist, Korky. Only seven submarines We've met in '39 So many as yet unknown, unseen I will make them all mine. Spoiler Muahahahahahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Muahahahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellington99 Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 So technically songs are just poetry set to music. With that in mind, have my half assed attempt at a VB parody (couldn’t find a good replacement for the battle cry part or replacement for “real American hero” so gotta make due with whatcha get) Music: Crashing through the night Comes a fear full cry Morganas! (Morganas!) Morganas! (Morganas!) Navies of great might Evil taking flight Morganas! (Morganas!) Morganas! (Morganas!) No where to run No where to hide Panic spreading far and wide Who can turn the tide? Victory Belles - (Defenders of humanity) Mahan: Let’s teach them a lesson! Victory Belles are there Victory Belles - (Defenders of humanity) Victory Belles are there Fighting for humans Wherever there's trouble over all the seas and air Victory Belles are there Can the world oppose Deadliest of foes? Morganas! (Morganas!) Morganas! (Morganas!) Belles will risk it all To end the evil call of Morganas! (Morganas!) Morganas! (Morganas!) They never give up They never say die Walking tall with banners high They sound their battle cry- Manchester: Get stuffed you Morgana bit- Victory Belles - (Defenders of humanity) Victory Belles will dare Victory Belles - (Defenders of humanity) Victory Belles are there Fighting for humans Wherever there's trouble over all the seas and air Victory Belles are there Victory Belles is the codename for the world’s daring, highly trained special naval force. It's purpose, to defend human freedom against Morganas- an extraterrestrial organization determined to wipe out man. Victory Belles - (Defenders of humanity) Victory Belles will dare Victory Belles - (Defenders of humanity) Victory Belles are there Fighting for humans Wherever there's trouble over all the seas and air Victory Belles are there Avarice: Morganas! Retreat! Retreat! Victory Belles - (Defenders of humanity) Victory Belles are there Victory Belles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 You've missed the all important percentage of the battle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellington99 Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Legate of Mineta said: You've missed the all important percentage of the battle! 50% Knowing, 25% red lasers, 25% blue lasers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 Seal of Approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Hm, I thought I had shared it already. Poem after limping Joes infamous Sportpalast speech about total war. "Lieber Tommy fliege weiter, hier gibt's nur brave Ruhrarbeiter. Fliege weiter nach Berlin, dort haben alle 'Heil' geschrie'n." "Dear Tommy fly on, just some modest* Ruhr workers live here. Fly on towards Berlin, they all screamed 'Heil' there." *some liberation in translation to get the meaning across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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