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[Riesa]

yikes.

But false teeth came loose
With that final wind gust, as
Did her tired soul.

[samercury]

Did her tired soul.
After years of suffering
Find eternal peace

[Riesa]

Find eternal peace,
My little bit of heaven,
This shiny black box.

[samercury]

Nice

This shiny black box
Containing all my past hopes-
Have to let them go

[Riesa]

:) your's too.

Have to let them go,
These ridiculous wishes,
So misled and strange.

[samercury]

So misled and strange.
Lost in a place I don't know
Finding my own path

[Riesa]

:thumbs_up

Finding my own path
Has led to many bruised days
With broken sandals.

[RobinHood3000]

With broken sandals
I tread the desert, thirsty
Can't drink Birkenstocks.

[Virgil]

Can't drink Birkenstocks
Nor eat my corporate stocks.
How about those bonds?

[samercury]

How about those bonds?
Heard they might be worth something
Hundred years too late

[Riesa]

Hundred years too late
For waltzes, petticoats and
Veranda kisses.

[Virgil]

Veranda kisses,
carribean paradise
romantic evening.

[Ryduce]

romantic evening
until my wife caught me-
quite the annoyance

[Riesa]

lol

Quite the annoyance,
A little buzzing menace
His wife, his marriage.

[Virgil]

His wife, his marriage.
What happened? She left him
Without a reason.

[Riesa]

Without a reason;
'Cept when the wireless failed,
It all came apart.

[samercury]

............

[samercury]

It all came apart
While she could only stand there
Watching it happen

[Riesa]

nice

Watching it happen;
Paths through the woods eroding,
A discarded life.

[samercury]

Nice

A discarded life
Saying farewell to the past
Putting on a mask

[Virgil]

Putting on a mask
On a friday night with friends
He will make the scene

[Anon22]

Putting on a mask
Never to truly be seen
To be someone else

[Virgil]

Digital - Where have you been? Welcome back.

To be someone else
Is in place of your heart's
desire to be yourself.

[Riesa]

wow! It must be good, I can't understand it. Oh wait...applying lessons....;)

Desire to be yourself
Gets lost in sadness' midst;
But then, found treasure.


Hi Digital!! :wave:

[Anon22]

Hey there Virgil, hey Riesa :wave: I guess I've just been focusing on a couple of stuff recently... decided to take some sort of break I guess...

But then, found treasure
A spectacular delight
spectacular find

[chmpman]

Spectacular find,
This beauty outstreched on rock:
Voice that never fades.

[Petrarch's Love]

Voice that never fades
Echo in her cave always
Reflecting all sounds

[chmpman]

Reflecting all sounds
Walls of the deep converge
Into a smart cap.

[Grumbleguts]

Into a smart cap
I cram an over-large head,
Hand-me-down school clothes!

[Riesa]

Hand-me-down school clothes,
Cheked yellow polyester
Sleeves miles too long.

[mir]

sleeves miles too long
has everyone in the world
had this before me?

[Petrarch's Love]

Had this before me
Had this bright day before me
Had, but now have not.

[dcdavi]

had but now have not
imelda spent it on shoes
prada's a black hole

[samercury]

Digi!!!!! :wave:

Prada's a black hole
In the middle of nowhere
Waiting for someone?

[chmpman]

Waiting for someone
Among the desert cacti
Are remnants of man.

[Riesa]

Are remnants of man,
Those tottering wreckages
With unsung decay.

[Ryduce]

With unsung decay
decompostition takes place
I wither away.

[samercury]

I wither away
Leaving behind long lost hope
What am I seeking?

[Ryduce]

What am I seeking?
Perhaps if I was not blind--
I could find my house.

[samercury]

hehe

I could find my house.
Home always seems far away
When you're really lost

[Anon22]

Sam :wave:

When you're really lost,
Unable to go back home,
Searching aimlessly.

[RobinHood3000]

Searching aimlessly
For that elusive other
Where is that darn sock??

[samercury]

Where is that darn sock??
Been looking for it all day
Nowhere to be found

[Riesa]

Nowhere to be found
Like a midnight remote when
Infomercials start.

[Ryduce]

Infomercials start
Trump is still richer than I
Infomercials suck.

[samercury]

Infomercials suck.
They’re really annoying too
Also way too long

[atiguhya padma]

Also way too long
To wait for a holiday
Can't summer come soon?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Can't summer come soon?
Hayfever, gnats and sunstroke;
Winter stay a while!

[chmpman]

Winter stay a while,
Let my snowman stand longer
While I freeze and look.

[Anon22]

While I freeze and look,
the others inside and warm
having a great day.

[RobinHood3000]

Having a great day
Would be RPG-ing with
Pal DigitalCrash.

[Riesa]

Pal DigitalCrash
Should be the one haikuing
Don't you think it's true?

[Anon22]

Don't you think it's true?
That I should be haikuing?
Yes, perhaps, can't think

[chmpman]

Yes, perhaps, can't think
With a beauty so near me
I fumble for words.

[Riesa]

gorgeous.

I fumble for words,
And with words I'm defeated
It's a game of chance.

[Babyguile]

gorgeous.

I fumble for words,
And with words I'm defeated
It's a game of chance.

It's a game of chance.
If the river is rocky...
theasaurus time.

[chmpman]

Too slow......

[Anon22]

isn't time one syllable? then wouldn't that last line be 4 syllables total?

[Riesa]

It's thesaurus time
How many ways can you say
Ketchup or silver?

[samercury]

Ketchup or silver?
Easy decision to make
Ketchup, I choose you

[Anon22]

Ketchup, I choose you
yes, you, my lovely ketchup,
what I put on fries.

[samercury]

hehe

What I put on fries
And everything else even
Chocolate truffles

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Chocolate truffles,
Are not quite as insightful,
As my too-late haiku!

(Which was...

What I put on fries,
In the hot mid-morning sun;
Note: "Don't wear bacon!"

:lol: :lol: :lol: )

[samercury]

...........

[chmpman]

Note: "Don't wear bacon"
I saw plastered at the sty;
Pigs waving placards.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Sorry Samercury - I wasn't criticising your Haiku - just that I couldn't think of anything decent to add to chocolate truffles! :lol:

I mean, what can you add to chocolate truffles that would improve them? :nod:

[samercury]

???
too true :lol:

Pigs waving placards
What an interesting sight
Stuff them in a bowl

[Riesa]

Stuff them in a bowl
The little evil girls with
Pink puffs as smilies.

[samercury]

:goof:
Pink puffs as smilies
Looking a lot like dumplings
Are they really pink?

[Anon22]

Are they really pink?
Or am I just seeing things?
oh, those elephants...

[chmpman]

Are they really pink?
Or is that the shadow of
A sunset at dusk.

Or:
Oh those elephants
Trampling poor performers
In the circus tent.

[Ryduce]

In the circus tent
my worst fears are coming true
clowns are touching me

[Anon22]

In the circus tent
I shall never enter, my
coulrophobia

OR:

Clowns are touching me,
and I don't know what to do.
Oh what shall I do?

[samercury]

Oh what shall I do?
Once again- very confused
How do I solve this?

[chmpman]

How do I solve this?
For some the answer would be
To carry the one.

[samercury]

:p

To carry the one
That mysterious number
Keeps on haunting me.

[Anon22]

Keeps on haunting me,
this small voice inside my head.
No, I'm not insane.

[samercury]

No, I'm not insane
Stop looking at me like that...
"Do you like flowers?"

[Anon22]

Do you like flowers?
I sure do, and rainbows and
chocolates as well.

[samercury]

Chocolates as well
Are on my top ten list of
Wonderful items

[Anon22]

Wonderful items,
the wonderful treasures found
in this short life-time

[samercury]

In this short life-time
Nothing can be assured
No promises kept

[kilted exile]

No promises kept
No oath remains unbroken
I promise to change

[samercury]

I promise to change
Not going back to the old
Me from last summer

[kilted exile]

Me from last summer
It's a terrible picture
Bright Red from sunburn

[samercury]

Bright Red from sunburn
Cook thought I was a lobster
And tried to bake me

[Riesa]

Same, that is delightful!!!!

And tried to bake me,
A sweet Riesa pie, full of
Elbows and ankles.

sorry to ruin the flow.

[samercury]

~_~
Riesa pie? mmm..um...:cold:

Elbows and ankles
Not part of the recipe
For the perfect soup

[Petrarch's Love]

For the perfect soup
Add the special seasoning
Half a cup of love.

[samercury]

Half a cup of love
Found in a little bird's nest
Along with its youngs

[ktd222]

Along with its youngs
I ate them all except one:
that curled in my lap

[Riesa]

That curled in my lap,
Old note yellowing while I
Sat, disbelieving.

[ktd222]

Sat, disbelieving.
Til several hours later--
I'm a believer

[samercury]

I'm a believer
I really love that soft song
Singing in my heart

[ktd222]

Singing in my heart
until I am finally
married to that Ball

[chmpman]

Married to that ball,
Although my legs longed for rest;
No leaving her side

[Riesa]

No leaving her side,
For the few moments I've left
Resonate with life.

[chmpman]

Resonate with life
And spread the intensity
With more waves of joy.

[ktd222]

With more waves of joy.
Oh no, oi voi; I'm not sure
oi voi is spelled right.

[samercury]

With more waves of joy
Let the past stay in the past
Enjoy the present

[Riesa]

oy vey! (if I'm not mistaken too)

[samercury]

oops
Oi voi is spelled right
Don't blame me if you don't know
What the meaning is

[Riesa]

hmmm? I better google......oh, :blush:

What the meaning is
To this puzzle is often
So hard to fathom

[samercury]

???
So hard to fathom
Hidden meanings behind doors
Playing hide and seek

[Riesa]

Playing hide and seek
I hid in the shower but
They never found me.

[samercury]

:nod:
They never found me
I waited for them all day
No one ever came

[Riesa]

(that actually happened today to me)

No one ever came
So I squeaked and called the dog
They got me at last.

[samercury]

:eek:
They got me at last
I was having so much fun
I wish it could last

[chmpman]

I wish it could last
No end to the fun we have
But it does get old.

[samercury]

But it does get old
And like everything, it dies
No trace left behind

[Grumbleguts]

No trace left behind;
The thaw steals winter's pure white,
And shivery coat.

[sdr4jc]

And shivery coat,
cutting sharp round our shoulders
brings new life to all.

[Petrarch's Love]

Brings new life to all
With the orphic strains of his
Lute in verdant song

[sdr4jc]

do huh?!? um...

lute in verdant song
clear as arc angels in mind
lovely and loud, behind us

[Petrarch's Love]

do huh?!? um...
Is that confusion or criticism? I've been reading too much Renaissance pastoral lately maybe. :lol:

Lovely, loud behind
Us is traffic and shouting
And city music

[Riesa]

And city music
Tap dancing on subway grates
To trains clack clacking.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Who's got a lovely loud behind? Are you insinuating something ?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

To trains, clack-clacking,
We run as doors close on us;
****, too late again!

[Riesa]

****, too late again!
911 laments as they
Drive past the ghetto.

[Ryduce]

Drive past the ghetto
I am greeted by gunshots
White people do suck

[Riesa]

White people do suck
Strawberry popsicles in
White linen zoot-suits.

[Petrarch's Love]

White linen Zoot suits
And bright red flapper dresses
Jitterbug and Jive

[Xamonas Chegwe]

"Jitterbug and Jive,
Jingle-Jangle Jewellery!"
Jokes Jealous Julie.

[chmpman]

Jokes jealous Julie,
Seeing her man spirited,
"Wait till you get home."

[Ryduce]

Wait till you get home
you forgot to lock the door
and now you are dead.

[samercury]

And now you are dead.
Stop complaining about that
It's not a big deal

[Riesa]

It's not a big deal
Walking naked across life
'Cept for the insects.

[samercury]

lol

'Cept for the insects.
Told you- they're all against me
Wait for me to sleep

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Wait for me to sleep,
Before you play the tuba;
Upstairs neighbours suck!

[samercury]

:p
Upstairs neighbours suck!
But the ones downstairs are worse
Bang on the ceiling

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Bang on the ceiling?
I would never stoop so low;
Rather, stretch so high! :lol:

[samercury]

:D
Rather, stretch so high!
Reach for the sun, stars, the moon
Don't ever give up

[Ryduce]

Don't ever give up
unless you are defeated
thats customary.

[Riesa]

That's customary
Pie in the face, just as you
Feel happily set.

[Petrarch's Love]

Feel happily set
In your ways. Morning tea and
Warm english muffin.

[kilted exile]

Warm English Muffin
With Scrambled Eggs And Salmon
A perfect Breakfast

[chmpman]

A perfect breakfast
Never comes in the AM
I wake up too late.

[Petrarch's Love]

I wake up too late
And the day is half over
Ten appointments missed!

[ktd222]

Ten appointments missed
but only one important:
my liposuction

[RobinHood3000]

My liposuction
Went so horribly wrong that
I can't move my legs.

[Virgil]

:lol: Why does liposuction draw laughs?

I can't move my legs.
Did someone amputate them?
No, buried in sand.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

No, buried in sand;
Yes, found in the amazon,
But where is maybe?

[Virgil]

But where is maybe?
Somewhere in the distant past.
Ghosts haunt us every night.

[Petrarch's Love]

Ghosts haunt us each night
Whispering truths in our dreams
Forgotten by day.

[Aurora Ariel]

Forgotten by day
Awakened in the cool night
Born again voyager.

[samercury]

Aurora!!!

Born again voyager.
Travelling once again far
Away from this world

[chmpman]

Away from this world
Is temptation to explore;
Shall we destroy too?

[ktd222]

Shall we destroy too
do-do-do oh no! there goes
my Fruit of the Looms

[Riesa]

lol

My Fruit of the Looms
So ragged and torn. Parting
Is such sweet sorrow.

[samercury]

Is such sweet sorrow.
But often necessary
-New experience

[chmpman]

New experience
Is lacking in my life as
I dwell in a rut.

[Riesa]

I dwell in a rut,
It's by the side of the road,
People toss me nuts.

[samercury]

lol

People toss me nuts.
Do they think I'm a squirrel?
Or maybe a cat?

[Riesa]

Or maybe a cat,
With detachable wings will
Fly over tonight.

[chmpman]

Fly over tonight
Midnight vulture in the sky
Just don't hang around.

[samercury]

Just don't hang around.
Unless you really want to
Listen to him talk

[Riesa]

Listen to him talk!
It's always Word-of-the-Day
And rattle that cage.

[chmpman]

And rattle that cage
While we observers chuckle
Just don't throw feces.

[dcdavi]

just don't throw feces
in the turd museum. that
****’s valuable

[Riesa]

:rolleyes: I'd prefer some birds twittering this lovely spring morning, but oh well.

****'s valuable
Just ask someone who is stuck,
Then you'll know the facts.

[Weeping Willow]

Then you'll know the facts
As Life and Death together
Walking hand in hand

[Ryduce]

walking hand in hand
-they also walk head in head
siamese twins walk

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Siamese twins walk,
Looking both ways at one time;
They never collide.

[Petrarch's Love]

They never collide
Eternally parallel
So near, yet so far.

[Riesa]

So near, yet so far
Blithely down, lusciously stark,
Hollow lost fulfilled.

[Virgil]

Hollow lost fulfilled.
Stuffed with hay I come to life.
Red robins fly by.

[samercury]

Red robins fly by.
Why do they seem so happy?
Flying far away

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Flying far away,
I stretch, I tense; to ward off,
Deep vein thrombosis.

[samercury]

Deep vein thrombosis.
Pain, never ending, always
There with me, forever

[Virgil]

There with me forever
Is my lovely lady, wife.
Sun shines when she smiles.

[Danny1957]

There with me forever
She stayed and I left
To find her wherever

[Danny1957]

To find her wherever and sun shine shines as she smiles
and it lights up my bitterness and sweetens my life

[ktd222]

Sun shines when she smiles.
Sun also shines when I smile.
Is this conceited?

[Riesa]

There with me forever
Is my lovely lady, wife.
Sun shines when she smiles.
Knight in shining armour to her I'm sure. :D :nod:

And sweetens my life
Southern winds blowing through my
Town, bringing summer!

[Virgil]

Sun shines when she smiles.
Sun also shines when I smile.
Is this conceited?
Yes! :D You know ktd, I'm not sure of your gender. I embarresed myself guessing ryduce's gender a couple of weeks ago. Should I risk it with you? Ok, are you female?


Is this conceited,
plucking my eyebrows tonight?
Lighted mirror glows soft.

[Riesa]

I assume you are getting ready to go out with your cross-dressing boss on the town? :lol:

[Virgil]

Town bringing summer
down main street on holidays.
Memorial Day soon.

[ktd222]

Town bringing summer!
'Is this a real town, a place,
a person or thing?'

[ktd222]

Virgil, your half right.

Memorial Day soon--
The perfect time for myself:
celebrate myself

[Charles Darnay]

Recounting the days,
When love escaped me, fleeing
To find better shores

[samercury]

Celebrate myself
Existence is wonderful
Happy days are here

[samercury]

oops

To find better shores
Far away, new horizons
Hope to get there soon

[ktd222]

Hope to get there soon,
before happy hour ends; in
which case, 'beers on me!'

[Ryduce]

Hope to get there soon
but if not, later would do
long as I get there

[ktd222]

long as I get there;
you long when I don't show up,
so sad, so sad...dad?

[Virgil]

so sad, so sad...dad?
Come on, get out of that bed.
You're doing just fine.

[samercury]

You're doing just fine.
Look around- life's not so bad
Just keep on walking

[ktd222]

Just keep on walking
walking walking walking walk...
...ing walking walking

[Ryduce]

just keep on walking
and keep on walking some more
just don't ever stop

[Ryduce]

That's twice you've beaten me to the post.

[samercury]

Just don't ever stop
Else you won't come out again
Sleeping in a shell

[ktd222]

Sleeping in a shell
is something I'd done at 6
on Halloween night

[Riesa]

Sleeping in a shell
Will keep the sharks away but
You adventure free.

[ktd222]

You adventure free.
Then please come to the window
sweet is the night air

[samercury]

Sweet is the night air
When sitting on the soft grass
Wonderful rainfall

[Petrarch's Love]

Wonderful rainfall
Heralds the coming springtime
And earth unfrozen.

[samercury]

:nod:

And earth unfrozen
Waiting for the young children
To laugh once again

[Petrarch's Love]

To laugh once again,
Young in one another's arms,
Filled with senseless joy.

[samercury]

:) Nice

Filled with senseless joy
Memories filling my heart
When did time fly by?

[ktd222]

When did time fly by?
Or, specifically, why? 'I
want to live forever!'

[samercury]

Want to live forever!
A wonderful wish to have
It'll never happen

[dcdavi]

want to live forever!
until the day i cry -- today
is a good day to die

[samercury]

Is a good day to die
Goodbye dear wonderful world
Hope you miss me too

[Riesa]

Hope you miss me too,
Chance's keen lights crossing us
Waver, and go out.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Waver, and go out,
After all; Good intentions,
Out of the window.

[Petrarch's Love]

Out of the window
A parakeet flew to nest
Wild in Chicago

[Ryduce]

Wild in chicago
girls night out has now become
girls gone wild-part three

[Xamonas Chegwe]

"Girl's gone wild", part three,
A new chapter in my book,
On feral women.

[chmpman]

On feral women
Lice and dirt cling in dire hope
Of lasting refuge.

[samercury]

Of lasting refuge.
Only exists in your mind
Until it's destroyed

[Riesa]

Until it's destroyed,
We're all stuck on this blue ball
Clinging tight to fear.

[samercury]

Clinging tight to fear.
The only thing left to hold
-Life is confusing

[ktd222]

Life is confusing.
Then what is better than a
little bird shooting.

[Petrarch's Love]

Little bird shooting
Through the air with graceful ease
Rides the wind with joy

[ktd222]

Rides the wind with joy
like something gracefully in...
'pop pop pop' dinner.

[Petrarch's Love]

Pop, pop, pop diner
Of nice warm popcorn. Feed some
Kernals to the birds.

[ktd222]

Kernals to the birds
laced with a tad of strychnine.
Dinner for something.

[Petrarch's Love]

Now I'm thinking of the Tom Lehrer song "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" :lol:

Dinner for something
Immune to all poisons, but
Not our feathered friends.

[ktd222]

Have you looked at this weeks poem yet? How bleak Love functions in this poem.

Not our feathered friend.
How about a furry friend? You
go ahead and choose one.

[Petrarch's Love]

I've only had time to glance at the Poem of the Week.

Go ahead and choose one
Perhaps the little green bird.
He can say "hello."

[ktd222]

He can say "hello"
but I'll say 'goodnight,' for I'm
just dead tired from work

[Petrarch's Love]

Just dead tired from work
But still I have hours to go
Before I may sleep.

[Weeping Willow]

Before I may sleep
I shall read before my god
Begging on my knees

[Hazel-Ra]

Begging on my knees
I think of the ironies
That life brings to us

[Riesa]

Hazel-Ra, :wave:

That life brings to us
Asylum, so we may find
Ourselves replenished.

[chmpman]

Ourselves replenished
In simple nature's comfort
Deliberately.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

"Deliberately,
And with malice aforethought;"
It's a fair cop, m'lud!

[chmpman]

Is "m'lud" one syllable?
Crazy British dialects.

It's a fair cop, m'lud;
Caught in the habit of your
Greed and deception.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Is "m'lud" one syllable?
Crazy British dialects.

Just about - I squeezed it a bit! :D

[Riesa]

too slow.....

[Virgil]

Greed and deception
will get you all sorts of things:
ear rings and diamonds.

[Petrarch's Love]

Earrings and diamonds
Tortoise combs and cameos
Memories for sale.

[sdr4jc]

memories for sale
golden hoops, golden years
so sad to depart

[ktd222]

so sad to depart;
up, up, up, my soul rises
to the stratosphere

[Petrarch's Love]

To the stratosphere
She raised her eyes searching for
Signs of UFOs

[sdr4jc]

signs of UFO's
there danced in her thoughts
and sprinkled like rainbows gold

[ktd222]

You messed up sd. do you want to revise?

[ktd222]

Signs of UFOs
but my soul can't quit reach yet.
So past the ozone...

[Petrarch's Love]

So past the ozone
Toward the territory
Where monoliths dwell

[ktd222]

Where monoliths dwell--
is this within the swirls where
our Milky Way lay?

[Petrarch's Love]

Our Milky Way lay
A gleaming swirl against black
Like light on water

[ktd222]

Like light on water
our decendent parts shimmers
with vermillion glow

[Hazel-Ra]

With vermillion glow
Superman's pants reflect the
Setting glowing sun

[Virgil]

setting glowing sun
On the beach, by water's edge
with a rum and coke.

[white camellia]

with a rum and coke
the colliers obscured
their decreased wage

[atiguhya padma]

Their decreased wage
Destroyed ease, endangered years
Hearts rage to the grave

[chmpman]

Hearts rage to the grave
But Death calmly sweeps away
Faded lullabies.

[Petrarch's Love]

Faded lullabies
Wallpapering the mind's room
Containing childhood.

[dcdavi]

faded lullabies
sung by a shadow, echo
under the moonlight

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Under the moonlight,
All things become black and white;
The sun complicates.