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[rayheinrich]

        A master of haiku, profound;
        Needed only two verbs and a noun.
        When asked how it's done,
        He wrote fifty-one;
        at speeds that were faster than sound.

Hi there rayheinrich,

My serious thoughts, not trolling this time 

I really enjoyed this limerick. My only complaint would be with the forth line; I'm not entirely sure if the fifty-one refers to fifty-one haiku poems, or fifty-one verbs and nouns. Or maybe he literally wrote "fifty-one" and that's the meaning of haiku much like "42" is the meaning of life? Or maybe it's intentionally ambiguous because we're not allowed to understand the master of haiku; it would be like revealing a magician's trick?

My other theory is that he literally wrote "fifty-one" and somehow it's two verbs and a noun, but I can't seem to make that theory work. lmao

Emma

I always like a comment that includes 42.
If he literally wrote "51" (or "42" for that matter) it would be singular, not plural:

        He wrote fifty-one;
        at a speed that was faster than sound.

And yes, after that it's a bit ambiguous. While I could, very easily, declare it a mystery
or fall back, instead, on the inherent high intelligence of my readers;
I think I'll take your criticisms to heart and just re-write the damn thing:

        A master of haiku, sublime;
        Needed only two verbs and one line;
        When asked how he did it,
        He smiled and admitted,
        He'd founded a new paradigm.