Japanese Tanka game - Page 2

emily655321 · 04-22-2004, 06:28 AM

Grey and grey and grey.
The Alps are gone and here is
dawn in Italy.
A man from Amsterdam is
sleeping in the lower bunk.

TOPIC -- intoxication

emily655321 · 04-23-2004, 09:08 AM

Skin pricks, buzzes with
this heady kaleidoscope.
Arms of lamplight dance.
Careening into bed as
the sleeping pill takes affect.

TOPIC: a locked door

atiguhya padma · 04-23-2004, 11:22 AM

Every mind is like
A locked door. Impervious.
Except for keyholes
That give a light upon the
Internal world of others.

Topic: mountaineering

emily655321 · 04-24-2004, 03:25 AM

Sorry, man, I know *nothing* about mountaineering. I tried, I can't even begin. Just heeping the thread to the top of the pile. Maybe someone else will notice? Den? Az? Ever climbed something resembling a mountain?

amuse · 04-24-2004, 12:28 PM

at 12 years old i had a very close encounter with the sheer face of yosemite falls when i decided to take a "short-cut" down - ended up on my hands and knees holding on to reddish-orange stakes in the rocks for dear life and too scared to crawl back up.
now as for the figurative mountains...

emily655321 · 04-25-2004, 07:02 AM

Oochie. But the figurative kind... good thinking. I guess I don't think of problems in terms of such imagery, but maybe I can brainstorm and come up with something.

atiguhya padma · 04-25-2004, 05:05 PM

Ascendency. Peaks.
We always want to climb high.
Progress. Growth. Success.
Until the summit we reach
Our pleasures still lie dormant.

Topic: Peace

amuse · 04-25-2004, 11:42 PM

bitter you are like froth
on the ocean but this deep
water will soon sooth you.
hate shaves away at your heart;
war is just a boomerang.

boats

atiguhya padma · 04-26-2004, 01:37 PM

estuarine love
of the sound of sails and masts
flapping in a wind
floating through the summer surf
and coming home once again

topic: sea views

emily655321 · 04-26-2004, 01:41 PM

We are stalworth oak,
lashed and tarred against the world,
cutting a blind path.
We are sinking, creaking and
bubbling to the bottom.

[edit: oopsie!] sea views...

Rumbling blue dips and
swells, blindly ominous, to
dash itself apart.
My eyes caught in the rage of
their roaring doppleganger.

Okay, it's all in order.

TOPIC: Leather

atiguhya padma · 04-26-2004, 06:25 PM

Weathered leather's best.
Softly stroking satin skin
Touching tender hide
You pull me closer with eyes
That shine brightly through the dark

topic: laughter

atiguhya padma · 04-27-2004, 05:37 PM

Children laugh at the
Slightest thing. Repeatedly.
And we who can still
Remember laugh too. We know
What we lost, what we've become.

Topic: Loss of feeling

emily655321 · 04-27-2004, 06:53 PM

Why do your eyes dance
and glitter life in their pools...
I cringe at the sight.
It seems to me I knew once --
It escapes me now. Oh well.

(God sakes, I wrote like ten for this one, but they all seemed slightly off topic. Maybe I'll tweek all the extras a little and make one big poem for it's own thread.)

TOPIC: facing a wall

atiguhya padma · 04-28-2004, 06:41 PM

The sun beats down hard.
My heels are sea-swamped.
The beach drowns under
Ceaseless pressures of water.
The sea-wall falls over me.

Topic: Cities

emily655321 · 04-28-2004, 07:12 PM

You were once an oak,
Now you're an ant just like me,
amid all the rest.
Once two, we are nothing here;
Snowflakes melted in water.

TOPIC: the countryside

04-22-2004, 06:28 AM	#16
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,434	Grey and grey and grey. The Alps are gone and here is dawn in Italy. A man from Amsterdam is sleeping in the lower bunk. TOPIC -- intoxication __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls

04-23-2004, 09:08 AM	#17
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,434	Skin pricks, buzzes with this heady kaleidoscope. Arms of lamplight dance. Careening into bed as the sleeping pill takes affect. TOPIC: a locked door __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls

04-23-2004, 11:22 AM	#18
atiguhya padma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 15 miles or so north of the city of london Posts: 2,212	Every mind is like A locked door. Impervious. Except for keyholes That give a light upon the Internal world of others. Topic: mountaineering __________________ Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain The preachers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves - Henry David Thoreau The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason - Benjamin Franklin The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery - Leo Tolstoy

04-24-2004, 03:25 AM	#19
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,434	Sorry, man, I know nothing about mountaineering. I tried, I can't even begin. Just heeping the thread to the top of the pile. Maybe someone else will notice? Den? Az? Ever climbed something resembling a mountain? __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls

04-24-2004, 12:28 PM	#20
amuse in a blue moon Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: between the lines Posts: 3,148 Blog Entries: 140	at 12 years old i had a very close encounter with the sheer face of yosemite falls when i decided to take a "short-cut" down - ended up on my hands and knees holding on to reddish-orange stakes in the rocks for dear life and too scared to crawl back up. now as for the figurative mountains... __________________ shh!!! the air and water have been here a long time, and they are telling stories.

04-25-2004, 07:02 AM	#21
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,434	Oochie. But the figurative kind... good thinking. I guess I don't think of problems in terms of such imagery, but maybe I can brainstorm and come up with something. __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls

04-25-2004, 05:05 PM	#22
atiguhya padma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 15 miles or so north of the city of london Posts: 2,212	Ascendency. Peaks. We always want to climb high. Progress. Growth. Success. Until the summit we reach Our pleasures still lie dormant. Topic: Peace __________________ Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain The preachers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves - Henry David Thoreau The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason - Benjamin Franklin The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery - Leo Tolstoy

04-25-2004, 11:42 PM	#23
amuse in a blue moon Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: between the lines Posts: 3,148 Blog Entries: 140	bitter you are like froth on the ocean but this deep water will soon sooth you. hate shaves away at your heart; war is just a boomerang. boats __________________ shh!!! the air and water have been here a long time, and they are telling stories. Last edited by amuse; 04-25-2004 at 11:52 PM.

04-26-2004, 01:37 PM	#24
atiguhya padma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 15 miles or so north of the city of london Posts: 2,212	estuarine love of the sound of sails and masts flapping in a wind floating through the summer surf and coming home once again topic: sea views __________________ Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain The preachers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves - Henry David Thoreau The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason - Benjamin Franklin The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery - Leo Tolstoy

04-26-2004, 01:41 PM	#25
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,434	We are stalworth oak, lashed and tarred against the world, cutting a blind path. We are sinking, creaking and bubbling to the bottom. [edit: oopsie!] sea views... Rumbling blue dips and swells, blindly ominous, to dash itself apart. My eyes caught in the rage of their roaring doppleganger. Okay, it's all in order. TOPIC: Leather __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls Last edited by emily655321; 04-26-2004 at 06:35 PM.

04-26-2004, 06:25 PM	#26
atiguhya padma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 15 miles or so north of the city of london Posts: 2,212	Weathered leather's best. Softly stroking satin skin Touching tender hide You pull me closer with eyes That shine brightly through the dark topic: laughter __________________ Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain The preachers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves - Henry David Thoreau The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason - Benjamin Franklin The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery - Leo Tolstoy

04-27-2004, 05:37 PM	#27
atiguhya padma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 15 miles or so north of the city of london Posts: 2,212	Children laugh at the Slightest thing. Repeatedly. And we who can still Remember laugh too. We know What we lost, what we've become. Topic: Loss of feeling __________________ Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain The preachers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves - Henry David Thoreau The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason - Benjamin Franklin The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery - Leo Tolstoy

04-27-2004, 06:53 PM	#28
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,434	Why do your eyes dance and glitter life in their pools... I cringe at the sight. It seems to me I knew once -- It escapes me now. Oh well. (God sakes, I wrote like ten for this one, but they all seemed slightly off topic. Maybe I'll tweek all the extras a little and make one big poem for it's own thread.) TOPIC: facing a wall __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls

04-28-2004, 06:41 PM	#29
atiguhya padma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 15 miles or so north of the city of london Posts: 2,212	The sun beats down hard. My heels are sea-swamped. The beach drowns under Ceaseless pressures of water. The sea-wall falls over me. Topic: Cities __________________ Faith is believing what you know ain't so - Mark Twain The preachers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves - Henry David Thoreau The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason - Benjamin Franklin The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery - Leo Tolstoy

04-28-2004, 07:12 PM	#30
emily655321 freaky geeky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: eking it out in the Pioneer Valley Posts: 3,434	You were once an oak, Now you're an ant just like me, amid all the rest. Once two, we are nothing here; Snowflakes melted in water. TOPIC: the countryside __________________ If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall. You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me! ~The Dresden Dolls

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