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Haiku Fu Home | How to Play | What is Haiku? | The Current Competition

Speed Racer Haiku

10.12.02 -- The results of the Speed Racer Asian American Film HaikuFu! competition are in! Below is the inspirational picture and demo haiku for the contest.
And the winners are...

All these years we watched...
How is it we never knew
You were Japanese?

First Place

Who says Asian men
cannot drive?! Turn here, turn there,
Again, whites have lied!

Grace Toy, gracey@asianavenue.com

Runner Up

Though I'm Japanese
steering wheel on U.S. side
anime faux-pas

Mindy Varner, suetsumuhana@hotmail.com

Thanks to all who entered and gave their two bits about our favorite toon racer. Ah, memories...
    A strong field, with a multitude of quality entries. First Place goes to Grace Toy for her "Who says Asian men/cannot drive" haiku. Mostly because it made me laugh out loud when I first read it.
    Runner up to Mindy Varner for her "Though I'm Japanese" verse. Again, I laughed. And the phrase "anime faux-pas" is fun to say.
    Honorable Mention to Lang's sophomoric and incomplete but nevertheless funny poem: "Whoa... Trixie!/That's not the gear shift."
    Grace's cheap but thrilling prize is a DVD of the Jet Li Hong Kong cinema masterpiece "Kung Fu Cult Master," or, according to this box, "Kung Fu Colt Master." And since this DVD didn't work in my DVD player at home and may not work in Grace's either, we're also tossing in a CD of the soundtrack of John Woo's WWII action flick "Windtalkers." What fun!

The dry autumn leaf
Spinning in the empty air:
The Mach 5 has passed.

Kitch, ishbadiddle@triptronix.net

Remember retro
Initial D is hot now
Go, Mach 5, go go!

Conrad, cdseeto@ucdavis.edu

Wanting to tell you
The mystery of your life:
"He's your brother, Speed."

Kitch, ishbadiddle@triptronix.net

Speed Racer, Go Go!
Why is the monkey always
hiding in the trunk?

Michelle, foxtaro@yahoo.com

Though I'm Japanese
steering wheel on U.S. side
anime faux-pas

Mindy Varner, suetsumuhana@hotmail.com

silent movie laugh
speed of blinking cars and trains
our utopia

Sam, samg_leblanc@yahoo.com

Hey, yo, look at me!
The man with the need for speed.
This need will kill thee.

Aaron Kim, ax2ron_kim@hotmail.com

Mach Five is Alive
Trixie, come in for a ride
Gonna score tonight

Short Round, ds_jmail@yahoo.com

Trixie, you bimbo
Speed just dates you 'cause you're fast
Just like the Mach 5

Spridle

Translator's challenge
Mouths move many times to say
One word, like "no"

Spridle

Hold on there, Trixie!
Driving fast without seatbelts
Racer-X is near

Spridle

Go, GO Speed Racer!!!
Action waits 'round every bend---
Chim chim's in the trunk!

Spridle

Free Beer!!! for Speed Racer
At Dustin's house. Hurry up!!
Free Beer Here I come

christina, Christinav_210@excite.com

Before we crash speed
can you do just one little thing
and hit the damn brakes

christina, Christinav_210@excite.com

Hold on Tight Girly
left my Dew at circle K
Don't Mess with the Dew

Mary, Doraemonblueblue@yahoo.com

when speed racer is on
I turn it off and I wait
for dragonball z

Sean, sean34443@hotmail.com

a freezing feeling
so bitter and sad
an endless winter

Janelle, norma_dementia@yahoo.com

a hovering cloud
full of grief and pity
happens everyday

Janelle, norma_dementia@yahoo.com

Whoa...Trixie!
That's not the gear shift.

Lang, Playbackvideo@aol.com

We're going to crash, Speed!
Not if I jump this slow car!
Damn those Corollas!

Louie, freshlouie@yahoo.com

oh my dragon
weird is run
flake is fly. haha.

fred miao, fnmiou080808@chingmong.com

tell me what is worse
to lose your crystal clear love
or crash my GTS

Tomas Savickas, tomas_s@one.lt

No seat belt. Darn it.
No air bag. Double darn it.
Let's go crash this thing.

Anonymous

Go Speed Racer Go!
Not in American car
You won't get as far.

David, kmsdsj@hotmail.com

Watch out if you're slow.
Here comes the king of the road.
Go Speed Racer Go.

David, davhuynh@hotmail.com

my car is so fast
your head is on my shoulder
I forgot my car

Tomas Savickas, basnia@lycos.com

I've lost my mind
what have you done to me
my soup is cold

Tomas Savickas, basnia@lycos.com

wave to the autumn
it brings us golden dreams
they're waving back

Tomas Savickas, basnia@lycos.com

your fragile love
your love is made of glass
take care of it

Tomas Savickas, basnia@lycos.com

don't care 'bout past
even don't care 'bout future
since i've got you

Tomas Savickas, basnia@lycos.com

"Must get some kimchi!"
Where do you buy kimchi, Speed?
"Dean and Deluca"

Mel, pjbearilina1@hotmail.com

Go Speed Racer GO
The pressure of performance
This Aint No Honda

JD Wong, wngromit@aol.com

just before we crash i must say
I'm so sorry we look like
velma and fred from scooby doo

Anonymous

Jaded love affair.
Shifted into second gear.
Love lies bleeding now!

Randy

Seriously, Speed
my Vienna Sausage fell
on your lap somewhere

q

I ain't no James Dean
You ain't no Natalie Wood
Grab the wheel baby!

loh life

It's not the windshield?
But lasik will cost double!
Damn these giant eyes.

Anonymous

Your danger thrills us
The excitement runs free
It's part of you, me

Lindsi Griggs, lgwolfangel@wmconnect.com

monkey see and do
It's lost in the translation,
Speed Racer - not you

Franki, tn3@crosswinds.net

hiding their feelings
from children watching tv
speed and trixie lust

lullabud

Speed Racer, fast boy
My husband enjoys your show.
Now and forever.

Dee Spears

Hit the break, my dear
let's banish this land with tears
black dragon is fierce!

noel, amadeus66@hotmail.com

over the window
my slender cherry blossom
it makes me cry

Tomas Savickas, tomas_s@one.lt

Who are you chasing?
Or is it you being chased?
You are not alone.

eun ho, eunho3@yahoo.com

just every morning
like a doorbell in my heart
your neverending sacred love

Tomas Savickas, tomas_s@one.lt

your hand on my knee
wild quiver with speed reflects
love you look like me

christine berg, tinacour@aol.com

Who says Asian men
cannot drive?! Turn here, turn there,
Again, whites have lied!

Grace Toy, gracey@asianavenue.com

Secret Asian men:
Jon Hall, Dean Cain, Ben Kingsley,
Keanu -- now Speed

Shuriken, shuriken@click2asia.com

Watch out Trixie 'Hon
the logo is buzzing us
I like your hand there.

Robert Bradley

Racier than speed?
Nubile girls, rushed narrative.
Sailor Moon kicks hard!

Renee Ramos, adnilramos@yahoo.com

That crazy monkey.
He drives like a maniac.
Who gave him a car?

James

"Look out Speed Racer!"
"No! No! Get in the LEFT lane!"
Monkeys don't say that.

Anonymous

Oh My God!
Watch out!
It's a wombat crossing!

Peter

Oh no! Look out Speed!
That Jeff Gordon is a prick.
He's no Dick Trickle

James

Knight Rider ain't got
nothing on me. Hold on, here
comes another bump!

Jennifer Bruce Lee

You know I was the
inspiration for The Fast
and the Furious

otto lai, cloneofotto@yahoo.com

Dear Speed and Trixie
How could you sleep together?
Your scandal haunts you

Vson, vson_vison@yahoo.com

Haste, sweet bulging eyes!
Painted helmet blocks the air
of white mammal's wrath.

Noel Nuguit, amadeus66@hotmail.com

Where's the brown monkey?
Aaagh! Please let go! That's not him!
Watch the road, will ya!

David, davidkichi@asianavenue.com

asian am man of
mystery caught in the grips
of city, madness

john, jn4pres@yahoo.com

Slow down, Speed Racer!
(Mother warned me about you.
For once she was right.)

Patti

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