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    Common Haiku (shared haiku's little sibling)

    I came across the idea for a common haiku after many people have posted at the same time. I was thinking how many different ways one haiku line can lead the direction of the haiku.

    Rules similar to shared haiku, except the first line of a haiku will be used for the next 10 posts. Posts 1-5 will have the same first line, and then the 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st, 26th...(you get the idea) poster will pick one of the final lines from above and we will use it for the next 5 haiku. I'm not sure if this will work, but here goes...


    Watching out window
    My Schedule Now Rearranged
    Snowflakes Falling down.

    Now changing the first line in the thread every fifth post...don't forget, thanks
    B-M -2/20/07
    Last edited by B-Mental; 04-02-2007 at 03:59 AM.
    "I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
    -John Muir


    "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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    Watching out window
    keeps me very occupied
    waiting for the train.

    Like the idea, B! Cound me in

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    thanks zanna, I've been thinking about it for a couple days before I posted it. I hope it works.

    Watching out Window
    Mischief heading towards me
    Sleep comes fitfully
    "I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
    -John Muir


    "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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    Watching out window
    Looking at the lovely trees
    Waiting for the rain



    Good idea, B-Mental.
    I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.

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    Watching out window
    Ten stories above the ground
    Waiting for rescue
    Por una cabeza
    Si ella me olvida
    Qué importa perderme
    Mil veces la vida
    Para qué vivir

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    Watching out the window
    I hear him sing. Brought a rose.
    Finally, we kiss.

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    To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's" - Dostoevksy

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    Aww that was sweet lain!

    Watching out the window
    Unaware of their proud grins
    Her first day of school
    I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.


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    Yikes! You people confused me. There is no "the" in "Watching out window". Haha, several posts before me got off. Silly smart people...

    Watching out window
    I shall sit and think and sigh
    For days long since past...
    Last edited by brainstrain; 12-23-2006 at 11:33 PM.
    "...thought is the arrow of time, memory never fades."

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    Watching out window
    torrents obscure setting sun
    cleansing the terrain
    Last edited by B-Mental; 02-12-2007 at 01:43 AM.
    "I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
    -John Muir


    "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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    Sorry to befuzzle my dear Alien! I started the confusion, sorry!

    Watching out window
    There I can see him, staring.
    Then I saw tears flow.
    "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."


    To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's" - Dostoevksy

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    There I can see him, staring
    Lustfully at a friendly widow
    Whose life wasn`t ever suspecious
    I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death. - Robert Fulghum
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    Erm, Poetess...the premise of a haiku is that its three lines have syllable counts of 5-7-5.
    Por una cabeza
    Si ella me olvida
    Qué importa perderme
    Mil veces la vida
    Para qué vivir

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    There I can see him,
    Staring eyes, wild as whirlpools,
    Circus clowns passing.

    .
    Voices mysterious far and near,
    Sound of the wind and sound of the sea,
    Are calling and whispering in my ear,
    Whifflingpin! Why stayest thou here?

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    There I can see him
    Dark clouds roaming and twisting.
    All celphones are banned?
    "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."


    To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's" - Dostoevksy

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    There I can see him
    Without realizing my presence
    Staring out in the sea
    I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.

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