Star Trek Haiku

Nature, Living Things
The Nature of Living Things
Living Things, Nature

 

Always in motion
However long our journey
My home will be here

(Aboard the Enterprise)

 

The pattern buffer
Temporarily storing
Our very essence

(Musings of a Transporter Chief)

 

Shot into the night
Surrounded by clusters of
Light; vulnerable

(Thoughts from an escape pod)

 

Skies glow, velvet soft
Shimmering stars burn pinholes
Cloudless heavens still

 

Change from up to out,
Ships going up, flying out,
But always away.

-Will

 

The Prime Directive
Brooks No Interferences
But It’s Difficult

 

The Prime Directive
Was only a suggestion
For Captain Jim Kirk

 

Despite precautions
The number returning is
Less than we sent down

You can arm a man
With knowledge, weapons, wisdom
Yet unknowns remain

Take courage, all who
Yet live; no sacrifice is
Meaningless. Persist.

(a three part admonition after a landing party returns)

 

Excellent!!!

 

Let's take a moment
Let silence shout the lament
Of losing a brother

-Will

 

Tribbles purr for me
Right up until I eat them
They taste like chicken

 

How many traverse
These corridors, on their way
To unknown futures?

 

The Things People Think
About Tribbles And Chicken
Are Not Delicious

“Fricassee My Tribble”
Delta Quadrant Cookbook; Neelix

 

I am a Klingon
There are Tribbles all around
My blades will taste blood!

 

Why Klingons Hate Tribbles

A wish to kill them,
There's no honor to gain.
What's not to hate.

-Will

 

Administrator
Of Quadrotriticale
Patty Duke’s Father

(William Schalert)

 

Direct hit taken
The floor shakes; bathed in red light
Battle imminent

 

The Chair Is Lonely
Many Decisions To Make
Command Is My Love