I humbly present
My recapping in haiku
Road Number One, 4
Rehash plot and pain
Then, night. Trenches. Shells. Screaming.
Brutal hand-to-hand
Morning. And mourning…
For ourselves and for the dead
Grimy and grim, we
Thirsty and desperate
We grab, we dig, we eat mud
Reduced and brought low
Rain! Relief! Oh, joy!
Oh, that it has come to this…
Curse the cruel fates!
Tae-Ho reminisces
The rain and the hope… “Su-Yeon”
First-flush of a crush
Jang-Woo reminisces
In training, in rain… “Su-Yeon”
Clutch the sketch-book, rock.
Respite. An errand…
Newly minted lieutenants
To bring to slaughter
Pusan. Passing out.
“Let’s frivol while we yet may!”
But not our hero…
Stranger solicits:
“Officer, come play with me!”
Wait, yikes, it’s Su-Hee!
We live in ill times
We get by the best we can
In lipstick. In shame.
“Su-Yeon? My father?”
“He’s Dead.” Shock, regret, and tears
Existential angst.
Wait! Is that…? Su-Yeon!
Both men search, run, desperate
Oh pathos, heartbreak
(But, why the drama?
Su-Hee gave him directions
To Su-Yeon’s clinic)
Clinic. Su-Hyuk bro
A fit, help! CPR, stat!
Handy procedure…
Rest? Run? Argue they
Join comrades up north, he must
Troubled, fearful, she
Knock on door, ohno!
A uniform! Su-Hyuk flees.
But, wait, can it be…?
Jang-Woo! Giddy smiles!
Joy unalloyed! Salute! (huh?)
Embrace. Music soars.
Wannabe in-laws
Tae-Ho and Su-Hee catch up
Both beaten and down
“Could you look at me?”
Su-Hee springs. He recovers:
“You’ve done nothing wrong.”
But his parting shot:
“Tell Su-Yeon to answer me”
And returns not hug
Lovers lost in time
Content in arms and few words
“Sorry.” “Foolish talk!”
Suddenly, a chase!
(What?) Tae-Ho after Su-Hee
Through the market (Why?)
Cliché cute-shop date
(Really? Grown-ups? On parting
in middle of war?)
Hunter, prey, lovers
Converge. Widened eyes! Pleadings!
Shock! Horror! (But, why?)
Sudden explosion!
Run and scream! But Su-Hyuk strews…
Propaganda bills
Run, our lovers, run!
Away from Tae-Ho (But, why?)
Hide, our lovers, hide!
Tight in the alley
And close to discovery
Hearts quicken, blood pumps
Alley, kiss. (Frisson?)
Dandelion-like fluff flies
Here in clinic, love.
Then, sketching and tears.
Depart he must; duty calls
Time bears on, fluff flies,
“Go. You must go now.
Though all may say you are dead
I’ll know you’re alive.” (?!!)
Bare back in twilight
For remembering, she says,
the way back to her. (?!)
“I have decided,”
He declares. Stalling, drawing,
Soaked in light and tears
Ep 4: My Verdict
Can’t understand, can’t buy-in
“Huh?”, “why?” and “really?”
Less over-acting
(Whew.) But insurmountable
logic and sense gap
Like, eat mud for thirst?
Su-Yeon a neurologist??
Really? Can’t compute.
Epic Love? A miss
Sappy, sloppy, senseless, wet
Can’t feel the Epic
Reading your recaps
Gave me a reputation
For insane laughter
I hope you’re happy
My roommate thinks I’m bonkers
Just like this drama
Indeed I’m happy
I aim to spread the bonkers
My work here is done
Can’t write poetry to save my life
But no matter as Road’s rife
With incomprehensible strife
Prof: You call that a haiku? Syllable count is all wrong; moreover, a haiku does not rhyme. FAIL!
I love this recap
But fear Serendipity
will not soldier on
Prof: No meaning or imagery whatsoever. FAIL!
Oh, dandelions
Drifting in the air of this
Disappointing Show
Prof: FAIL!
Serendipity
Seems to revel in my pain
Heartless recapper!
Thunderbolt, as well,
Encourages lunacy
Can no longer breathe
Roommate offered pie
I accepted, still laughing
Her eyes scream pity
what the two of you have done
is make me avoid the show at once
serendipity’s cool recap
to the show is like a slap
news for road number one were strong and swift
but now it’s barely floating adrift
i just can’t bring myself to watch
what seems to be a huge big botch
normally i would lurk, read and laugh
but this has inspired me just enough
to think a few words in a rhyme
just to thank you guys for all the fun times!
(oops sorry typo error, it’s the three of you)
Stop please, stop it now
Your mirth hurts me to the core
I’m just a drama
Sappy and sloppy
Is that how you describe me?
Ouch, you are cruel
What is it you seek?
A sizzling bromance, perchance?
Shit, this is a war!
People are dying
Lovers torn apart, screaming
You demand logic?
Go watch your Comrades
Jang-woo says he doesn’t care
Trot along now, shoo!
raye, bravo!!
i’m just a drama trying my best
instead i’m made to feel like a pest
i’ve made the men eat mud
to those displeased people i say “so what”
i’m trying to showcase so ji sub
however it looks like here he sucks
to those fangirls expecting more
i say please wait for the next drama in store
i was groomed to be a blockbuster
instead i have been busted
by a little boy from baker king
and then a rocking legend came
is there no end to my woes
how much further would i have to go
before i finally ends
so that i can hide in shame
shoo~~
- from a sad drama
(ooh bravo people, this is fun…^^)
Sorry, I can’t write any poetry to save my life…I just want to say Thanks to Serendipity for her hard work and witty recaps…
That was THE SHIT.
There’s so much more dramatic tension when the story is told in verse! It’s like you’ve taken what was a choppy narrative, but rewritten it in such terse syllables, that it turns it into something that feels epic!
The short bursts of images and words takes this to an entirely different place.
Also? Just hilarious.
Comedy hour
Too many to count, sides hurt.
Team mockery RAWKS!
Moar if you please, dear,
if not, okay, too. Just pay
my med bills. Dying.
Unhealthy comments!
I’ve now broken a few ribs
O, cruel commenters!
Maybe if this show
Had been written all in rhyme
It’d have found some brains
Soon you will receive
Two sets of medical bills
Whatcha say ’bout that?
I’ve suffered enough
by some so-called drama buffs
would you pay for my med bills too
since i’ve been reduced to poo poo
Soo-yeon is busy saving broken ribs
The guys are busy blowing things up into bits
when will jang woo eventually die
will i laugh or will i cry?
it’s time to go it’s time to go
soon i am reaching my goal
i may be good i may be bad
in any way i’ve tried my best
- from a sad drama
who is to pay for my med bills too
from the cracked ribs i got from here
it was fun writing these lines
though i almost died trying to make it rhyme
first time i’ve ever been so active
going back to my lurker’s cave
now i’ve got to rest my brain
til the next time i’ll come again~
- raye (^.^)
Class, no more haiku
Today we take a Road trip
The one less traveled
Because this is how
All k-dramas should be made
The pathos, the pain!
Wait, who just said “Shit!”?
Who just groaned very loudly?
Just ‘fess up now, speak!
Was it you, Thundie?
Or you, Miss Dahee Fanel?
Trying to rile me?
Smarty-pants like you
Think Road is a big fat joke
I! LAUGH! IN! YOUR! FACE!
Kim Ha-neul’s all class
So frail you fear she might break
But she proves you wrong!
See So Ji-sub’s eyes
Conveying how intensely
He desires her
How dare you mock him
Saying he glares like a bug!
What? That piercing gaze?
Don’t diss Yoon Kye-sang
WHO. ARE. YOU. to say he sucks?
He lost his girl, dolts!
Choi Min-soo’s the one
With five marbles in his mouth
Go pounce on him, go!
You have no idea
What a masterpiece this is
How I sit entranced
Every episode
Transports me so, breaks my heart
I can’t get enough
Bridge of Tragedy
Field of Dreams, even a truck
Each one resonates
So shut up, you two
If you can’t appreciate
Works of art… like Road
slapping mosquitoes
seems preferable to this
mess of a drama
Recapping the show
Screencapping the suffering
Not Shakespearean
But tragic and yet comic
We change the channel again
(lame attempt at tanka)
Road Number One
I know not
After reading Serendipity’s recaps
I know a lot
War and trenches are my thing
But Road Number One to Serendipity
is full of stink
Nevertheless I will wait for better tidings
So Serendipity, continue your recapping!
this is supposed to be a serious show and epic (ky) and all, but the recaps i read about this show are all comedic? ive read girlfridays review and broke a few ribs…
with all the effort and used of time
do I complain for lack of rhyme?
You All – Wonderful!
Wit and snark, laughter and fun
Overwhelming cool!
A silly idea
Hatched in recap delirium
Took on life, blossomed
Road – What can I say?
Never was Mock so easy
You set yourself up
Cautionary Tale
“How to aim high and fall flat”
Aspiration Gap
Recaps – May wind down
with couple *extremely* short
Or… Oh sod it, may just forget about the whole thing, I’m off to watch Comrades!!
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Pure genius. Never laughed so hard. Even forgot to feel bad for SJS.
I will travel Road no.1 later.
Now I see only complex wit and ribaldry
From those who would normally
Adore the eyes with the light in them.
What has happened in this mud and mayhem.
War is always hell but does it have to be hell
In a drama?
Oh yes I forgot. We have actors who want to rant and rave and save the girl.
I hesitate to see such bravado that is not real
I have seen original heroism and it is not like this.
Act of bravery takes seconds not an episode
Then it is forgotten.Get on with the war and stay alive
If you can.
This drama does not call to me but Thundie you are brave
I will travel Road No 1 later…..Maybe.
a press of the button.
screen lights.
click. click.
reads.
pee pants.
the end.
pained to know
money, men, and mayhem;
no cookie.
gwad I never laughed so hard in my life! The comment poems were absolutely hilarious!
Thundie,
I have come back again to give you more words. Not in rhyme and not in jest. I did not tell you that I read all your verse and it made sense to me with the pictures. I still have not watched this drama but I have a firm image of what Road No.1 was about. I believe there is still a Road called No.1 and it was very important during that war. I find ground warfare too harsh still and my memory still does not like to be brought back to life so I cannot watch this drama. However, I did find your words most vivid and I really don’t think I even need to see the drama. You are a poet whether the haiku is correct or not. I felt your desire to put words down on paper.
I have not done any new haiku. I also had harsh judgment which was somewhat bruising.I will go back but maybe this time I will try waka instead. Not easier but not quite as rigid.
Its a great drama. Thank you for posting.
I’ve seen the pretty pictures of the men that play these parts.
But after reading this recap, I wont to even start.
Recaps are hard enough when written down in prose.
But 27 haikus? I’m thowing you a @->->– !