sen-ku

The Challenge:
issued by Marmoset
WoD's Haiku Sequence (and other 3 line poems posted to Senad) got me thinking.
Perhaps people would be willing to create Haiku which capture the essence of each of the TS episodes?
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Official Rules of Haiku:
courtesy of Sharon
Haiku must have three lines only
first line has 5 syllables
second line has 7 syllables
third line has 5 syllables

total of 17 syllables...and never never longer than three lines.....
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WoD's modified Haiku:
3 lines
first line has 3 syllables
second line has 5 syllables
third line has 3 syllables

total of 11 syllables
*one* extra syllable allowed per Haiku, for a total of 12 syllables
also, *one* syllable can go missing, for a total of 10 syllables
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for the syllablically challenged:
3 lines, do try to make the middle line longer than the other two
(strictly speaking, this would no longer be Haiku, but, um... ops, was there an English teacher in the room? and a Japanese Lit Major? What the hell, we are just having fun!)
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So without further ado, we present:

Sen-ku

-- a.k.a. Sentinel Verses --
by sundry Senad list members

General
In death is rebirth
Whether Cliffs, Fountains, or Fraud
We're born together
Marmoset
Season One
Switchman
some sort of caveman
a hippie witch doctor punk
Bang! Holy Grail time!
Sheryl
Sentinels
Always had someone
A partner
wod
Siege
Vending machine falls
I could use a man like you
A typical day?
Barb
dangling hope wears thin
I flew Apaches! he cries
pull the other one
Noon
The Killers
Sandburg believes me
He's the only one who does
Idiot DA
Wendy
The Debt
He's an ape
Not a gorilla
Just one week
wod
Turkish cigarettes
provide valuable clue
Earl gets his job back
Wendy
Cypher
The wolf amongst the sheep
Lipstick on the mirror
Who am I now?
Margaret
Yellow scarves wrapped tight
Here a nice hot bath for you
Think you can be me?
Barb
Duck waste. Track him down,
strike and kill, acquire new name:
Blessed Protector.
Jane M.
Night Train
Damn cold medicine
Side effects: Hanging from trains?
Non-drowsy my ass.
Dolimir
Rogue
Rogue agent is Lee
Makes our boys dance to his tune
Coins the term "the Guide"
Barb
Love and Guns
Unshed tears
Salt the offering
Noodle bowl
wod

Sheryl & Gayle fooling around
They declare their love
Blair slips the ring on Maya
and kisses his bride
Sheryl
Blair awakens screaming
Stroking hands bring him comfort
Jim pushes away nightmares
Gayle
Harlot, hussy, whore
Hiding behind father's drugs
Death would be too kind
Gayle

Attraction
Trust me now
No words so scary
As "trust me"
wod
Follows his bone with
the greatest of ease, blame it
on pheremones? -- please!
Sheryl
Lock'd in the closet
Pheromones misguide you. Caught!
Come out Jim, I'm here.
Ninah Devi
Pheromones, pishaw
you're a horndog, Ellison
wipe that smile off
alyjude
Tight rope strung
Between cop and man
Man and beast
wod
acrobats and cheats
sweet smell of lust is a bust
breaking the news now
alyjude
Our suspects live on edge,
a high wire act, Blair and I
not so different
Ninah Devi
Vow of Silence
I'm not a monk, Jim
I'm an anthropologist
Celibacy? Nah.
Wendy
sign of the cross, you?
trip wire and jack kozinsky
and now vegas bound
alyjude
Season Two
Flight
I'm going, I said
To Peru, not Borneo
I'm staying with you
Marmoset
So he says
It's about friendship
Beer is cold
wod
Out of the Past
song of old, sung new
naive child, missing bullets
trust again - can I?
Noon
Deep Water
Your hand touching mine,
Searching drown'd steel's mystery
revealing heart break
Ninah Devi
My partner murdered
While I slept with his girlfriend
Now his name is clear
Vickie
Reunion
I never told her
What she meant to me. But I
Will avenge her death.
Dolimir
Who was it who said
You can't go home again? They
were certainly right.
Dolimir
What would I have done
Without friends who believed me
and who knew the truth?
Dolimir
Payback
Yakuza and Void
Death and betrayal for drug turf
Lady undercover
Vickie
True Crime
Film at eleven
Camera man tips bad guys
Our men in boxers
Vickie
Iceman
Amber sells herself
A gum chewing assassin
Will return someday
Vickie
Brutal percussion
of bullets against a vest
please shield that soft beat!
Ninah Devi
The Rig
My partner showers
His towel drops my eyes follow
It is a beefstick
Vickie
Deep, wide, blue
The sea ticking down
To nothing
wod
Spare Parts
Letting go
I'm letting this go
Let go -- NOT!
wod
Don't embarrass me
This is what I want to do
Please, mom, understand.
Dolimir
Second Chance
Disgusting Maya
Returns to Cascade, the bitch
Go away, slimebag
Wendy
Black or White
Poised at a chasm
facing and overcoming
making it across
Sheryl
Blind Man's Bluff
Looks are deceptive
You see deadly illusions
But blinded, I see.
Marmoset
Golden haze
Reflects shifts refracts
Hands clapping
wod
Fire people dance
Safe now that you're in my arms
A vigil I sit
Barb
a vigil I keep
while golden nightmares fade
my shadow is safe
seabreez
Hear No Evil
Impacted ear wax.
Now I can hear too damned much.
Must you write so loud?
Sheila
A thousand
Brothers in blue but
One killed him
wod
I saw it, really
Why won't Shelia believe me?
She knows better now
Wendy
Light My Fire
"Light my fire," you say.
Delighted to oblige you.
Fires do not come cheap.
Sheila
White, hot, blue
Arrogance, greed, pride
Fire consumes
wod
Secret
Run for life
For life of a friend
Run, damnit!
wod
With wings on his heels
and quicksilver mind, he makes
hired guns eat his dust!
Ninah Devi
My heart in my throat
I know they meant business, but...
does that mean you're gone?
Ninah Devi
Reliving old times
There's a good reason I'm not
In the Army now
Wendy
Aim the gun
Why I survived
Pull trigger
wod
Dead Drop
Elevator falls
Of course our Blair is in there
Next time use the stairs
Barb
Drop a stone
How far does it fall?
Drop a stone
wod

"Stones? They fall."
How Profound, Wizard!
(what a yutz...)
--My own take on That Scene
Jane M.

Elevator - trapped;
He's not going to let them go.
He wants a 'divorce'.
Sheila
Red Dust
Little Moscow fears
Hot steel and tingling fingers
Never trust rumors
Rhonda (afropuff)
On impulse you vault
in harm's way to push her out
not a fair exchange.
Ninah Devi
Nuclear illness -
It isn't infectious!
What a lousy script.
Sheila
Smart Alec
Bratty little shit
My Corvair is demolished
Go home and grow up.
Dolimir
Private Eyes
Naomi is back
With Charlie Spring by her side
Give me a hug, Jim!
Barb
Vanishing Act
Fugitive alive
Can't trust the Feds on this one, Chief
Sam is such a bitch
Vickie
Incriminations,
you throw a wrench in the works,
old guilt, new dangers
Ninah Devi
Arcade games provide
experience and training
How to catch bad guys
Wendy
Everybody knows
48 hour window
Is a crock of shit
Wendy
Sandburg lives
In this real strange world
Where was I?
wod
Pennies From Heaven
A city in need
Fake money falls from the sky
Kid does the right thing
Barb
Survival
A hunt through the woods
All you need's a cape, Ellison
Ranger - Lone or Space?
Barb
Cold and wet
Is my world; dreary
Wet and cold
wod
His Brother's Keeper
One brother untold
One untrusting reunion
His Guide counsels Faith
Vickie
My brother
Knows me, knows me not
My keeper
wod
Sleeping Beauty
Young girl awakens
Trapped in a woman's body
Sorry toots, he's mine
Dolimir
Season Three
Warriors
His blood on your arm
Incacha passes the Cup
How deep will you drink?
Marmoset
What you fear is you
What you need now is to trust
What you get is faith
wod
Three Point Shot
Not my hero, man!
Please, listen to me, damn it.
I have a suspect.
Dolimir
Take a shot
A bet for your man
Ball soars up
wod
Short stuff wants to play
but the big guys don't play fair.
Who's your hero now?
Ninah Devi
The Girl Next Door
Moldy dates
And Hendrix's guitar
A fine meal
wod
It's almost worth it
Should have left her in the trunk
But they fixed my car
Wendy
Poachers
Moonlight not enough
I'd rather flirt with Tommy
But she has salmon
Wendy
Inside Man
Mafia princess
Betrayal over glass ceiling
Don't drink the water.
Vickie
He's an imposter
My Jim would never do that
It didn't happen
Wendy
You slept with Michelle.
Jim, you can be so stupid.
Women are bad news.
Sheila
Lost, who I am not
see him? not the real Jim
look behind you - Blair
alyjude
Vendetta
a man's rage
revenge taken
no one wins
seabreez
Fool Me Twice
Gustavo's OK
Without his niece I like him
Smells like alpaca
Wendy
Go and fool
A flying missle
Old man winks
wod
Storm Warnng
Rucker's birthday bash
Guns, drugs, a woman - oh my!
Ouch, a bloody nose
Barb
Hey cuz! That really,
a girl in your wallet or...
just glad to see us?
Ninah Devi
"Rack the slide!", Thanks Jim.
Just what I need, a degree
in special weapons.
Ninah Devi
Red Ice
Yuri is merely
Artificial sentinel
I have the real thing
Wendy
Your lips over mine
Your body pressed against me
Stay safe, I need you
Dolimir
Dead Certain
Cassie annoys boys
Catching crooks who give new face
Stick her with the check
Vickie
Breaking Ground
Illuminati's
Lost gold vault leads to murder
Don't fraternize, Blair!
Vickie
A digging we go
a fall no harm, crack the code
save me but leave her
alyjude
Prisoner X
Jim Curtis, murder
I don't want to become him
Can you bring me back?
Franzi
The Trance
A partner betrays
A goddess helps show the truth
Secrets are kept safe
Barb
I see you. I know
You. You killed the friend you loved.
Vengeance is Oshun's.
Sheila
Mirror Image
Mirror Mirror see?
Insane must be truth will out
save me but leave her
alyjude
Finkelman's Folly
So needed am I
Jim forced the bitch captain's hand
I stay where he wants
Kris
I won't wear a tie
Canadian actor, eh?
Should work on accent
Wendy
Love my HMO
I need a lobotomy
and better drugs, please
Wendy
Sweet Science
Sit a vigil
Candles and TV
For a friend
wod
Remembrance
Like father
Repress, hide, deny
Like son
wod
Hold that ball --
Games you win or lose
Life you savor
wod
You called me a freak
Am I suposed to forgive?
Maybe I can - Dad
Franzi
Love Kills
Her name escapes me
evil, pathetic bimbo
thank goodness she's dead
Sheryl
Please read the label:
Sentinels and narcotics
should not be combined
Sheryl

In shadows she lurks
Biding her time and waiting
For lost love's return
Oh, come on, you knew I wasn't going to pass up the chance to give Sheryl a bad time about this.
Gayle (Yet again threatening to revive Lila.)

Crossroads
He's not Scully's dad
He's not General Hammond
He's a bad, bad man
Wendy
Train races for
The crossroads as time
Ebbs away
wod
Dollars will be burned.
That's a waste he can't allow.
Theft at the Crossroads.
Sheila
Away, not far enough
ice can be death, don't believe
Freedom is not free
alyjude
Foreign Exchange
Aussie cop appears
Don't you try to call him Chief
What's that? Pink dingo?
Barb
Gusty cop
Or mad kangaroo
The woman!
wod
Neighborhood Watch
Cookies and big guns,
All part of the neighborhood --
rent him on weekends?
Jane M.
Night Shift
Can you not listen
beyond the words to hear the
whispers of his heart?
Dolimir
Listen to your heart
It's a wonderful life, Jim
Your Guide's an angel.
Vickie
Sentinel Too, Part 1
She invaded home
No! This can't be happening
Gone? Can't let him go.
Vickie
Assimilation
Yes, resistance is futile
No Guides; nebula
Sheryl
Talk we don't, too scared
she divides, water floats hair
spirits leap, hearts merge
alyjude
Spotted jaguar,
shattered trust, nightmare morning,
can't be happening--
Jane M.
Divided we fall
Mistrust, missteps, leave both lost
Leave both wrong and wronged
GreenWoman
Sunlight shines
On dark curls dripping
Tears on grass
wod
Season Four
Sentinel Too, Part 2
A test supreme, Jim's
two jaguars, opposites each
the light within - Blair
alyjude
Drowning in darkness,
lust overwhelming reason --
Jim, go toward the Light!
Jane M.
Dark waters divide
One is lost, but two are saved
Darkness reveals light
GreenWoman
In God's eye
Be one. Clarity
And Madness
wod
Murder 101
Rich boy thinks he's tough
Chancellor shows evil bent
Frozen peas small balm
Vickie
Must prioritize
Murder, rape, plagiarism
Which upsets Blair most?
Wendy
Four Point Shot
Damned sunrise B.S.
Kincade on rampage again
Slam dunk, nailed 'em, Chief!
Ninah Devi
Hot dog cart
Submarine basket
Pass the bomb
wod
Must retake Kincaid
His Duty Honor and Freedom
Are For Only Few
Vickie
Dead End on Blank Street
old love flames rekindled
betrayal destroys
death follows
seabreez
Two-timing dame, Chief;
Sometimes it's all black and white
In a pretty frame.
Jane M.
Here once more
A road not travelled
Still dead end
wod
The Waiting Room
lost soul waiting
vision shared
spirit free at last
seabreez
Nick and Nora Charles,
ghostbusting, solve an old case --
That's "The Waiting Room."
Jane M.
His soul sold
For art, for fame, for
Joyless life
wod
The Real Deal
Washed-up TV hack!
I hear "Open Channel D" --
Talking to his *pen*?
Jane M.
Most Wanted
I'll play your game now
you'll pay later, but it's not
what I wanted most.
Ninah Devi
Copycat bank thief
Father daughter reunion
Depends on Jim's help
Vickie
From the mouth
Of a babe comes forth
A fresh start
wod
The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg
Harsh lights glare
On soft voice choking
False words true
wod
I watch in the camera's glare
The man I love lies
To save my worthless ass.
Margaret
microphones and tears
hitching voice disclaiming soft
lose all to gain more
alyjude
Brass rings and bright eyes
Shine -- courage and sacrifice
Light and dark, both shine
GreenWoman
Not paper and ink
Nor gold is my holy grail
But love above all
Marmoset
A Sentinel
Always has someone
A partner
wod

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