A/N: Hey everyone! I haven't done anything Star Trek-related in a really long time, and I was missing it like crazy. So, since I was sick at home today, I decided to write these and practice my mad haiku skills! Please enjoy this collection of 42 Star Trek haikus, each one with its own theme/title. They're mostly TOS, with just a little Reboot thrown in for spice and only minor fractures of the fourth wall. Topics vary, touching upon each of the characters in turn. There is some MILD SLASH in some of the poems, but not in all of them, and much of it is left up to the imagination, so no flames, please. A lot of quotes are taken from the show itself, which I do not own; I don't make a profit from these haikus, so don't sue me. I might do more of these if I feel like it, but for now this is probably it. Also, I know exactly who each poem is about and whose point of view they're from, but it fun to guess, isn't it? Live long, and prosper.
~LoverBoyWonder
Space
"It's where I was born,"
He said to no one and frowned.
"So it's where I will die."
Stress
He spoke with a smile
And laughed because otherwise,
He knew he would cry.
Grief
"We did all we could,"
Were the words of the doctor.
Also, "He's dead, Jim."
Failure
"Well, I boldly went,"
He joked with some laughter and
That's when the tears fell.
Cowardice
He was the Captain,
He was supposed to save them-
"Scotty, beam me up!"
Alien
He questioned himself
Only through meditation.
He was not human.
Identification
Diamonds in blackness,
A mission was all they were
And yet, so much more.
Rescue
The bridge was silent,
"Hailing frequencies open."
We'll save him, she vowed.
Reason
"To seek out new life,
And to explore strange new worlds!"
Alien brows rose.
Pon Farr
Logic was absent.
"The birds and the bees are not
Vulcan," he whispered.
Future
Another year gone,
Four more in the mission still.
"I'm gonna miss you."
Trouble
No more furry food,
"You sent them to the Klingons?"
"No tribble at all!"
Illogic
"At ease, commander."
I cherish thee, fleeting thought.
"Live long, and prosper."
Wisdom
You will find wanting-
I killed my captain, and friend-
better than having.
Robots
"Goddamn you and your
Vulcan logic, hobgoblin!"
-he still has a heart.
Confidence
Even on planets
Where they're smaller than natives,
His ego is large.
Requirements
"Travel to M-class
planets, and tell them to join
the Federation."
Creation
The Big Bird of the
Galaxy knew it would work.
"They'll love this idea!"
Balance
They're the best of teams,
The Captain and the Vulcan
And the CMO.
In-Joke
When they're in the past,
Even Spocko wants a small
Piece of the action.
Waste
"This dish is for him-
I made it special myself!"
Please don't fling the soup.
Navigation
"Hey Chekov, what do
you think?" the pilot asks. "I
think I'll be space-sick!"
Engineering
The warp coils are fixed,
The beautiful lady flies.
"Now who wants a drink?"
Sickbay
"I'm a doctor, not
Anything else; you can quote
Me on that!" he vows.
Science
"You respond to the
stimuli-" "Spock," comes the moan.
"…How fascinating."
Communications
Even though perhaps
The frequencies are open,
Her job is much more.
Command
How tragic that he
Beams down on away missions
Few men return from.
Ridicule
The worst episode?
"He's worse than dead, Jim- his brain
is gone!" Kirk blanches.
Inspiration
"Look at that," awestruck.
"Space! It's the final frontier!"
Dark beauty and stars.
Mishaps
"Scotty, where's Chekov?"
"…He's stuck in a Jeffries Tube."
"Do I want to know?"
Ancestry
Chekov grins; "Vodka?
Was made in Russia, you know!"
Crew groans. "What? It was!"
Childhood
McCoy likes to gloat;
"Spock, you had a teddy bear?"
"Not quite, it had fangs."
Expendability
"What? They all died?"
The crew learned the hard way
Not to send redshirts.
Differences
Pike, in a wheelchair
Could not say a word; how strange
The new movie was!
Fandom
"Team Spirk, or McKirk?"
"Well, we could go OT3."
You can't please 'em all.
Weapons
They've just beamed down to
A hostile planet, so Kirk
says "Phasers on stun!"
Friendship
"We're best friends," Kirk grins.
"Highly illogical," says
Spock, whose ears have turned green.
Statistics
Do you know what the
Ratio of Kirk's ripped shirts
to episode is?
Threatening
"Bones-!" "I don't have to
hypospray you to keep yer
mouth shut, do I?" "Nope!"
Stargazing
"Look at all the stars,"
He said, taking the other's
Hand. "Is one for us?"
OT3
He walked in on them
Kissing. He blushed and walked out.
Then he went back in.
Sunset
The mission ended-
But the legacy did not.
They live forever.