The player-run Gremlin Haiku Hijinks is a forum event taking place during Summer 2011.
Sponsored by the Obsidian Guild to herald the arrival of the upcoming Tier 2 gremlin boss stratum,
The Ironclaw Munitions Factory and the arrival of 2 new gremlin spies...derp...merchants.
Details
Competition details are at the following link:
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/12071
Entries are only accepted through the official Spiral Knights forum link or Spiral Knights facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/SpiralKnights
Deadline
To be announced
Judges
- Raspberry
- Thebadger
- Guest Judges
Prizes
The Spiral Haiku Master Receives:
- 100,000 Crowns
- A Wallpaper Honoring the Winning Haiku
Honorable Mentions Receive:
Gremlin Haiku Library
All haiku will eventually be sorted alphabetically by the IGN(or forum name, if IGN wasn't given) of the submitter.
A
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Agger
Gremlins gremlins, what
y'gonna do? What y'gonna do
when they come for you?
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Alexest
Gremlin in the night
Wandering in the bazaar
Merchanting he likes
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Armorjack
June is dry tinder.
Tier Three fires burn shyly:
In tier one decon!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Azafran
I hate those gremlins
deadly wannabe humans
need we any more?
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Azerk
Small dark eyes glaring
Scaly claws grasp your money
Ripped off once again
B
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Battlebeard
Gremlin team hurts you
You go buy from "nice" Gremlin
He was team leader
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Betrael
new boss, hiding foes
sneaky spies of gremlin blood
hidden, wait for you
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Bigfootm
Gremlins in Haven.
Is it the Unbind Center?
Crazy at bazzar.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Boelens
Gremlins
Damage armor
Merchant happy
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Boxboxbox
gremlins bizarre sale
strangers thought, will the snipes like
still give me shinies
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Brischli
Gremlin over there!
Draw my sword and charge right in,
just to realize that it's a merchant Gremlin.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Brysonic
We welcomed them in
All was well, until we heard
Those dire words, "Stay Close!"
C
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Catrix
Menders fill my woe
as the red numbers stack high
no true end in sight
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Couture
a gremlin haiku?
what is this I don't even...
too busy grinding
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Crashfu
Gremlins come to us,
In this our town of haven.
Spy cam in the Loo...
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Credendo
Emerging Shadows
Reveal a new villain
The outlook was grim
D
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Dasparian
Crimsonite + Moonstone =
Mechanized Mile, Decon Zones.
Where's my Dark Matter…
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Desdinova
gremlin merchants here!
do they sell anything new?
just gremlin gizmo
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Dhobby
Gremlins are coming
Unsheathe your shadow weapons
Kill the healers first
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Diggidy
I hear them plotting
Filling Cradle with their stench
Trust gremlins? Never
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Dirty-Harry
More than one mender
Hammers surrounding my rear
please don't thwack me bro.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Dogrock
Munitions abound
Pyros o'er yonder training
This will not end well
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Drandor
Factory means jobs!
Such as spies and guardians
Against pesky knights
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Drmchsr
Mechanical Fiends!
Their Arcane Factory Looms!
Onwards, Knights! To Glory!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Drthz
Can they be trusted
Ironclaw in our Haven
Or will we all burn?
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Duskdash
Mender ascetics:
while clockworks turn like seasons,
hone ironclaws on spikes.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Dziurka
Merchant's watchful eye,
Coldly watching as knight dies
Trust them you cannot
E
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Exnem
Factory is a go!
Stay a while and listen!
Shields are wise ahead!
F
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Farewells
The Gremlin is hiding
They come to watch, Eyes open!
The sale begins!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Final-Crescendo
Gremlin transmission
Says, "Burn Haven to the ground!"
We prepare for war
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Flehrad
Gremlin axe hurt much
Knight need better equipment
Gremlin merchant smiles
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Frizz
Gremlins with big guns
Bombs, Hammers, Menders! Oh my!
I have my sword ready
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Frozyn
Fire crackle and roar
Three heroes stand on button
Afk knight snore
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Fusoya
No food past midnight
Not your typical mogwai
This guys no Gizmo
G
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Gotname
Redfur fix Clockworks
Redfur has broken something
Redfur needs more bombs
G
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Green-Onion
Gremlin bombs abound
Frenzy heats up the office
Working over knights
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Griffinbane
Annoying gremlins.
Alas, a gremlin boss comes!
I shall burn you good.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Guardianknight
New Gremlin Merchants?
But I Am Inflammable
Firebreak Armor
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Guyjin
Too many Gremlins!
O why did I go solo?
A mecha knight, please!
H
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Helmnut
Gremlins in Haven
King Tinkinzar has to know
Traders, Spies Stay Close
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Hexxy
King Tinkinzar speaks
Crimson Order battles knights
For Cradle's future.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Hirus
The twin shopkeepers
Ride a breeze to market square.
Will costs rise like sun?
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Hlowan
Two gremlin merchants...
They are spies! Looks like they are...
Sappin' my Haven!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Hollowxxvii
Axes razor sharp
Watching re-runs on TV
Healer ahhhhhh aight.
I
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Ibubble
Gremlins are so cute.
But may be spies! awww so cute...!!!
Too cute *Frogpalm* dies...
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Iskender
They have run over
In order to support you
Energy only.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Itep
We build new constructs
with new thwack hammers in hand
we fight to mend
K
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Katmint
Deep in the Clockworks
Mender fires ember bolt
Embarrassing death
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Kalsb
Outcasts with distrust
Will they really help us out?
Emberlight Gremlins
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Kevaan
Oh freaking Gremlins!
How can you all torch me so!?
Oh God oh God oh-
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Keiko
Welcome to Haven!
This Gremlin has things to sell.
"What are you buying?"
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Kilrain
Singed fur, toothy grins.
Armor smoking in silence
After thund'rous blasts.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Kimosabe
two gremlin merchants
selling, passing their free time
scorching and bombing
L
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
LeJerque
Gremlins aren't so tough.
I can handle guys like you.
OH GOD GUN PUPPIES
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Lordofnecromancers
Advance scouts are here
Plotting Havens ultimate
Demise. Get ready...
M
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Migake
Big Ol' Tinkinzar
Not another Jelly King
to run this summer!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Mynarde
Haven, Tinkinzar
Covert means intentions hide
Service knight for naught
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Mysticfury
Thunderfist Arenas
Shocking experience
Piercing through metal
N
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Natash
Boom Bang Gremlins work
In second tier gather mines
Flamers smile tonight
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Necrax
Two shady figures
A cause for celebration?
A battle ahead
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Nekosniper
I for one welcome
Our new Gremlin ov-er, uh
I mean these merchants
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Neofalcon
Go for the mender
So very close, casts his dome
Bounced into a mine
O
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Ozymandius
I hear gremlins shout,
Hammer and Fire! And I see,
Death falls like blossoms.
P
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Panzervaughn
Rising tide of flame
shield flickers in the tempest
the others flank right
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Parvus
Gazing at the sky
With friends and brothers in arms
Ironclaw wins again
R
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Redten
Sneaky Gremlin kind
Wouldn't trust them with ice cream
What are they planning?
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Ren_Partycat
A Gremlin outcast
Stranded deep in the clockworks
He seeks redemption
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Rezrov
Two Gremlins, red hair
Their masked eyes are sparkling stars
Born to sell used cars
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Rinneval
Gremlins in Bazaar
Defective goods aplenty
Conning knights of crowns.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Ryuzhin
The smell of oil
And deconstructed world parts,
But I'm in Haven?
S
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Saadi
Gremlins? Let's take them!
"Remember last time?" you say
Oh whoops I'm on fire
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Shadownox
Those gremlin merchants,
Don't trust them! Probaly spies
Spying in the night...
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Silverfire
A shield of fire
The Sun's jealousy prior
White path green again
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Skrumm
Wrenches don't kill knights.
Soon: Ironclaw factory!
Now, bullets kill knights...
T
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Tachiko
I am Spiral Knight.
Thwack! Thwack! Coin! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Coin!
Gremlins sell good stuff!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Tantarian
Gremlins around you
Bullets come, dodge them all
Got hit by a wrench
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Tedming
Gremlin merchant spies
Sells poor equipment and lies
Then grins as we die.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
the_magician59
deceit in haven
war machines rumble forward
according to plan
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Therring
Gremlins have arrived.
Enter the Haven Bazaar,
They will be waiting.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Thunderboltz
Do not be afraid
These gremlins bring goods for sale
Lay down your crowns now
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Thunderbunz
Six star sword, you say?!
I'll buy it! Wait… just a fake.
Need more Scam Resist...
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Tipiak
Flamelash Arena
When the fire is "broken"
Gremlin barbecue
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Tornspirit
Ironclaw crisis
Blast surrounding munitions
Fireworks await
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Trojandeathlord
Ironclaws for hire!
Eligible if skilled at:
Bombs; Heals; Thwacks; Scorching.
V
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Vestrum
In the factory
Mischievous eyes before me,
But treasure, I seek
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Vincey
Bazaar in the sun
Do two new merchants sell? Thwack!
The gathered snipes mourn.
W
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Whitelancer
Brave knights be ready
For their love for knights are as
Cold as winter nights
X
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Xing-Loong
To Arms fellow Knights!
New Gremlin foes have arrived
We fight for shinies!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Xplad
The merchants are lies
The Ironclaws send their spies
Let's hope no-one dies
Z
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Zenstar
IronClaw Gremlins come
I forsee explosions
Craft fire resist gear
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Zhouball
Charge! The Spiral Knights
Swing shiny swords at gremlin!
Then looks up at…Thwack!
Spiral Fun-ku Outtakes
The entire Spiral Community had fun tossing non-competition haiku, including staff and judges...
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Armorjack
Cicadas and ants,
Butterflies and the silkwings,
Crown loss and lockout!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Dogrock (Slave Labor)
Gremlins beneath feet
Sounds of industry echo
What do they prepare?
Spy intel arrives
Radio transmits static
What beast makes that noise?
A name, "Roarmulus"
The decipher team instructs
"Needs more test subjects"
More chatter is heard
Are those shouts of volunteers?!
Knights shudder in wait
Copy-paste all day
The keys V and C wear down
All day erry day yeah!
Bumbity bump bump
A thread you should recognize
Maybe this will work
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Drmchsr
I don't know if The
Good General Patton Approves
Of Gremlins in Haven
But All I Know Is
The fastest route to The Core
Is Through The Factory
"Onwards, Knights!" Patton
would say. "The quickest way home
is through Ironworks!"
Hearing those words, I grab
my Faust and Vog Cub Suit, and
entered Ironworks
Alas, my love, it was
Not to be! A Mender came and
Shot off my poor knee!
As I lay dying, with
my last breath, I silently cursed
General Patton.
Those Gruesome Gremlins!
Their aim: Roast Snipe for Mealtimes!
Boswick, go get them!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Eurydice (Spiral Staff)
Haiku contest judge?
Iceni, I'd be honored!
Awaiting beauty...
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Griffinbane
Dogrock missed entries.
Griffy harasses Dogrock.
Dogrock says brain fart.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Hyperion (Spiral Staff)
I am impressed by
Your splendid imagery and
Crazy haiku skillz
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Inhanzt
Poetry is lame
W T F is a haiku
Wikipedia
Writing a haiku
I can't think of syllables
These stupid haikus
Other Spiral Knights
Please go die in a fire
So I get your heat
Disqualify me
mine are not about gremlins
and I posted four
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Raspberry (reply to Inhanzt)
Yours resemble trolls
Tad uglier than gremlins
Love the zen thinking
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Jesse Henning (facebook)
Spiral Knights Haiku?
You can't make me make one up.
Wait, hang on. Dammit!
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Kilrain
Xenophobia
Everywhere in this thread;
Poor gremlin merchants.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Matthew Ku (facebook)
In the gloaming woods
Snarbolax awaits the knights,
Plotting their demise.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Nearo
I like how people
are abbreviating words
amusing it is
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Parvus
Darkfang flamers come
This floor once cold is blazing
3 caps aren't enough
Deconstruction zone
O no here we go again
Fodder for gremlins
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Raspberry (Judge)
Gremlin scorcher love
Summer heat wave danger rooms
Singed knight jumps in pond
Flogging continues
Whip, whip, work, work all day long
The slaves need a break
Slave labor Dogrock
Mumbles copy paste haiku
Need more Mountain Dew
No knights will be harmed
In the production of this...
Film at eleven
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Redten
Those stupid bombers
Dropping land mines like hot cakes
Fill em' with holes, mates
Big King Tinkinzar
And his nasty gremlin crew
What you gonna do?
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Shadownox
Here's King Tinkinzar
With his army of gremlins
Ready to destroy...
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Skrumm
What are you sellin'?
I'll buy it at a high price!
Is that all, stranger?
Got a selection
of good things on sale, stranger!
Come back any time.
Just for fun, of course.
I love that merchant so much.
Greatest shop ever.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Spiral HQ (facebook)
Mulling, pondering
intercepted transmission?
Submit your haiku.
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Therring
For my in game name,
My knight is known as Therring.
(I couldn't help it...)
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Zenstar
Skelly suit, let's go
Into fiery dungeon depths
Now just skeleton :(
Wolver howl by night
Bright red eyes in the shadows
Pure white fangs flashing
![20px-Icon-Haiku.png](/images/e/ee/20px-Icon-Haiku.png)
Zhoulball
THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK
THWACK THWACK SINGE MEND THWACK BURN THWACK
SEAR TORCH MEND THWACK DEAD
Oh great Tinkinzar
We have brought you test subjects!
Good…*flames rise up* More!
Gremlin Merchant sells.
Gremlin Merchant sabotages.
Gremlin Thwacker wins.
Winners
Spiral Haiku Master:
Honorable Mention:
- ★★★★☆TBA
- ★★★☆☆TBA
- ★★☆☆☆TBA
- ★☆☆☆☆TBA
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