Crash Haikus


Seeing my great fault
Through darkening blue windows
I begin again

Chris Walsh



The code was willing,
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.

Barry L. Brumitt



A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

David J. Liszewski



Errors have occurred.
We won't tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.

Charlie Gibbs



wind catches lily
scatt'ring petals to the wind:
segmentation fault

Nick Sweeney



Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

David Dixon



Everything is gone;
Your life's work has been destroyed.
Squeeze trigger? (yes/no)

David Carlson



Server's poor response
Not quick enough for browser.
Timed out, plum blossom.

Rik Jespersen



Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Suzie Wagner



Login incorrect.
Only perfect spellers may
enter this system.

Jason Axley



Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?

Pat Davis



Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Peter Rothman



This site has been moved.
We'd tell you where, but then we'd
have to delete you.

Charles Matthews



ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
You ask way too much.

Mike Hagler



First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
so beautifully.

Simon Firth



With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.

Howard Korder



The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao, until
You bring fresh toner.

Bill Torcaso



The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others exist

Joy Rothke



Stay the patient course
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down

David Ansel



A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.

James Lopez



There is a chasm
of carbon and silicon
the software can't bridge

Rahul Sonnad



Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that

Margaret Segall



You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Cass Whittington



No keyboard present
Hit F1 to continue
Zen engineering?

Jim Griffith



Hal, open the file
Hal, open the damn file, Hal
open the, please Hal

Jennifer Jo Lane



Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Francis Heaney



Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

Judy Birmingham



The ten thousand things
How long do any persist?
Netscape, too, has gone.

Jason Willoughby



To have no errors
Would be life without meaning
No struggle, no joy

Brian M. Porter



I'm sorry, there's -- um --
insufficient -- what's-it-called?
The term eludes me ...

Owen Mathews



Rather than a beep
Or a rude error message,
These words: "File not found."

Len Dvorkin



Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Ian Hughes