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[azmuse]

Swimming eagerly
To elusive shores - a sign!
"Beware Refugees..."

[atiguhya padma]

"Beware Refugees"
Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans
England, this England

[atiguhya padma]

England, this England
This land of the BBC
This lost Albion

[A poem test]

Those who sow some seeds
What they reap their soul it feeds
Unless they reap weeds

[Dyrwen]

Unless they reap weeds,
Then their hearts bleed upon it,
watering the lands.

[atiguhya padma]

Watering the lands
Mourning mothers shed their tears
Death, occupation.

[star blue]

death, occupation
set on an old trapdoor stage
lit with track lighting

[A poem test]

Lit with track lighting
The horses run like lightning
Men watch delighting

[bbq13]

Men watch delighting
while happy people dying
can't take the crying...

[den]

can't take the crying...
enfolding you in my arms
vanquish bitterness

[atiguhya padma]

Vanquish bitterness
Through vulnerability
Openness, sharing

[A poem test]

Openness, sharing
People's loads to be baring
To show we're caring

[atiguhya padma]

To show we're caring
We develop altruism
It makes us feel good

[den]

It makes us feel good
seems more passionate than words
merely typed on screen

[A poem test]

Merely typed on screen
Through the words our hearts are seen
Words are nice or mean

[atiguhya padma]

Words are nice or mean
Something significant. Words
Are sometimes just words

[atiguhya padma]

Are some times just words,
our acts and thoughts and feelings
Mere words on a screen

[A poem test]

Mere words on a screen
One's emptiness can be seen
Inward self demean

[atiguhya padma]

Inward self demean
This void, this vacuum, empty
Beloved haiku

[atiguhya padma]

Beloved haiku
Seventeen sweet syllables
Homage bestowing

[A poem test]

Homage bestowing
In respect we are showing
Honor is growing

[Dyrwen]

Honor is growing
the future is sowing here
let the seeds fall now

[atiguhya padma]

Let the seeds fall now
Upon beds of noumena
Godlessness triumph

[A poem test]

Godlessness triumph
Season of satisfaction
A soul's subtraction

[atiguhya padma]

A soul's subtraction
Leaves nothing remaining and
Takes nothing away

[atiguhya padma]

Takes nothing away
Gives everything to give life
No meaninglessness

[A poem test]

No meaninglessness
Is in the truth I possess
Or words I confess

[fayefaye]

Or words I confess
Truth, youth, beauty, hope, love, lies,
dreams awash at sea

[bbq13]

dreams awash at sea
and i don't understand this
this feeling i feel...

[atiguhya padma]

this feeling i feel...
is liberation from creed
free from the tyrant

[atiguhya padma]

Free from the tyrant
The world seems transitory
Fragile, beautiful

[atiguhya padma]

Fragile, beautiful
This world of ever constant
Mutability

[Lara]

Mutability
Attraction of the senses
Stagnation defied

[atiguhya padma]

Stagnation defied
Like a race of leaping deer,
Descending fields

[atiguhya padma]

Descending fields
Swirls of smoke and fiery fumes
Herald Harvest end

[atiguhya padma]

Herald Harvest end
With blood, sweat, tears and screams. And
One fierce final push

or

Herald Harvest end
When no more lives are born to
Days of suffering

[atiguhya padma]

Days of suffering
Like cobwebs lingered with us
Come my love, let's live

[atiguhya padma]

Come my love, let's live
And breathe the scent of love. Drink
Deep the pleasure wine

[atiguhya padma]

Deep the pleasure wine,
Valentine, we drink today!
May love ever keep.

[den]

may love ever keep
not stultified in roses
red crimson passion

[Dyrwen]

Red crimson passion
our life is a driven fight
night is our solace

[den]

night is our solace
shades tones and shadows we lurk
hope is in the night

[atiguhya padma]

Hope is in the night
Embracing you in darkness
With comforting eyes.

[atiguhya padma]

With comforting eyes
Lids closing forever on
War torn battlefields

[atiguhya padma]

War torn battlefields
Doubled-up brine-balmed bodies
Yoga for Goya

[atiguhya padma]

Yoga for Goya:
Passing time breathing, living,
Meaning through movement

[atiguhya padma]

Meaning, through movement,
To draw you closer to me,
Into the picture

[bbq13]

into the picture
i search for a meaning, you
should i go or stay??

[Isagel]

Should I go or stay?
afraid of depth and falling
leaf clings to the branch

[atiguhya padma]

Leaf clings to the branch
With sincere application.
Autumn approaches.

[Isagel]

Autumn approaches
the trees dress off for winter
like I do for you

[atiguhya padma]

Like I do. For you
Care, love, show me your heart all
Unclothed, pure, pristine.

:)

[bbq13]

unclothed, pure, pristine
see as clearly as i should
you're right here with me...

[den]

you're right here with me...
so loving, enervate me
lost and found in one

[atiguhya padma]

Lost and found in one,
That Proustian moment, our
All-engaging kiss.

[atiguhya padma]

All-engaging kiss
Every rush of feeling fills
Our emptiness

[atiguhya padma]

Our emptiness -
I'd like to talk of Detroit
Cannot contact you

[atiguhya padma]

Cannot contact you.
Will it forever be that
The sheep will follow?

[atiguhya padma]

The sheep will follow.
The shepherd’s hollow route, leads
To the slaughterhouse.

[Isagel]

To the slaughterhouse
anywhere the piper leads
they follow dancing.

[atiguhya padma]

They follow dancing.
I would dance all night long to
See your happy smile:)

[Isagel]

See your happy smile
a ray of light breaking trough,
a happy ending

[den]

a happy ending
to finally see the light
clarity brings peace

[Isagel]

clarity gives peace
water in a crystal glass
breaks light to rainbows

[den]

clarity brings peace
after being so foolish
fading, going mad

[atiguhya padma]

Fading, going mad
And then everything dissolves
Friable ego

[atiguhya padma]

Friable ego
Try and find the pieces to
Glue them together

[atiguhya padma]

For those who truly love life, be of one mind:

Glue them together
These hemisphered hearts. Measure,
Stitch and smooth the seam.

[bbq13]

stitch and smooth the seam
stop tearing my heart apart,
just can't live this dream...

[atiguhya padma]

just can't live this dream.
Forever seeking to ground
Myself in something

[Isagel]

Myself, in something
a glimpse of a reflection
faint seethrough ghostlike

[atiguhya padma]

Faint, see-through, ghost-like,
matter underpinning all,
Is just illusion.

[Isagel]

is just illusion
this calm, a trick made out of
thick smoke and mirrors

[atiguhya padma]

thick smoke and mirrors
ephemeral images
I leave my body

[atiguhya padma]

I leave my body
Sitting on a train. Its safe.
No one will steal it.

[atiguhya padma]

No one will steal it
From me, this world-weary face.
This brow-beaten mask.

[atiguhya padma]

This brow-beaten mask
Of Atiguhya Padma
Nothing but mirage

[bbq13]

nothing but mirage
all those bloodstains on your bed,
corpses in garrage...

[Isagel]

corpses in garage
skeletons in the closets
comes to play at night

[bbq13]

come to play at night
this is truely mind boggling
oh, i need some light...

[atiguhya padma]

oh, I need some light
to melt away the past ghosts
of a darkened life

[Lara]

of a darkened life,
me I strive to recover,
a whirlwind resides

[atiguhya padma]

a whirlwind resides
in the realm of politics
refuse returning.

[atiguhya padma]

refuse returning
in pirouettes of litter
satellite fusion

[Isagel]

satellite fusion
light glittering comet tail
of words left by you

[bbq13]

of words left by you
i barely understand this
words expressed are few...

[atiguhya padma]

words expressed are few
while my breath, a beating heart,
weaves rhythm round you.

[Isagel]

weaves rythm round you
softly blowing on embers
building fire by breath

[atiguhya padma]

Building fire by breath
Colours of a distant star
Shine through my darkness

[atiguhya padma]

Shine through my darkness
With your heart of love and light.
Beautiful night sky

[atiguhya padma]

Beautiful night sky
Still bombs go off in Baghdad
Days forever closed.

[atiguhya padma]

Days forever closed.
Silence never broken. She
Waits for his return.

[den]

waits for his return
ma'tte ku'da'sai, faithful
lounging on a chaise

[atiguhya padma]

lounging on a chaise
Like a King in Crimson robes
music to the ears

[bbq13]

music to the ears
your voice is but a whisper
in this crowded world...

[atiguhya padma]

in this crowded world,
Words defenestrate meaning,
Leaving empty hearts.

[den]

Leaving empty hearts
throw me out the window, take
me to the river

[amuse]

take me to the river
bail me from this boat toss me
a lifeline - no, don't

[den]

<man that's awkward amuse> :p

a lifeline - no, don't
why bother ? I'm already
dead six feet under

[amuse]

Originally posted by den
<man that's awkward amuse> :p

<right ;)>

[amuse]

dead six feet under,
why! does my body return
now from this coma?

[atiguhya padma]

Now from this coma
Comes company. Voices. Then
Stillness in silence.

[atiguhya padma]

Stillness in silence
Empty mind is emptiness
Not experience.

[Isagel]

Not experience
but still so, a paradox
emptiness feels, too.

[atiguhya padma]

Emptiness feels too
much. Nothingness. Absence.
Where we arise from.

[Isagel]

Where we arise, from
crumpled sheets or universe,
evry day anew.

[atiguhya padma]

Ev'ry day anew
Replenishing the senses
Colours come and go

[atiguhya padma]

Colours come and go
In pyrotechnic splendour
Lovers fade away

[atiguhya padma]

Lovers fade away
Like flowers and falling leaves
Autumn feeling loss

[den]

Autumn feeling loss
she tossed grievances earthward
like so many leaves

[atiguhya padma]

Like so many leaves,
Of unhidden parchment, I
Dissolve at your touch

[atiguhya padma]

Dissolve at your touch
Our embrace reaches out to
Remembrance of love

[den]

Remembrance of love
the soul escapes carnal forms
dissolves caustic bonds

[Isagel]

Dissolves caustic bonds
and flies high by chemistry
my poor Ikaros

[atiguhya padma]

Well done Isagel. That was a really awkward line to follow. Didn't I hear someone round here accuse Amuse of being awkward:):p

[atiguhya padma]

My poor Ikaros
A candles flame ever loves
Mutability

[den]

Fair comment atig. Though I was not trying to imply any subversive message or offend amuse, only that I subjectively found something awkward doesn't mean everyone else will.

<note to self: keep my off-the-cuff comments to self >

:D

[amuse]

oh but i enjoyed them! and perhaps i shouldn't have used that last line. ;) but thank you atiguhya, as well. funny to see "hear," in your post, the other day i nearly wrote that too, instead of "read." wonder what we all sound like, now.
_______________________________________
mutability
relativity damn this
torrential downpour

[atiguhya padma]

Den,

I know you didn't mean to offend, or be subversive, or generalise - I was only joking! (I didn't mean to offend you either! - that's the last thing I would want to do).

Anyway, now that is said,

I shall now begin:

Torrential downpour
Wipes all the colour from us
And our drowning world.

[atiguhya padma]

Oh and please don't keep your off-the-cuff comments to yourself Den. Now that would be selfish!;) :D

It's most endearing.

Atig.

[den]

Ok, now that all of us have made kissy-kissy, back to haiku

:p



and our drowning world
created the guttersnipe
abysmally lost

[atiguhya padma]

Abysmally lost
Find a dreary chasm. I'm
Bleak periphery

[atiguhya padma]

Bleak periphery
Encircles me in warmth yet
Captures my freedom

[atiguhya padma]

Captures my freedom,
And liberates my feeling:
Love is a great joy

[Jasper88]

Love is a great joy,
Unhindered by the world
Innocent as all

[den]

innocent as all
blustering passionately
endearing to one

[atiguhya padma]

Endearing to one
Nearest you. Yet alone you
Breathe and your heart beats

[atiguhya padma]

Breathe and your heart beats
messages, undresses me,
Defeats my address.

[atiguhya padma]

Defeats my address
Every fear of loss, this is
Nothing less than love.

[atiguhya padma]

Nothing less than love
she seeks and fails to find.
Sorrow stalks her life.

For a sad, lost friend

[den]

sorrow stalks her life
regrettably hounding her
she carries the past

[Jay]

She carries the past
And memories of sadness
Embedded in heart

[atiguhya padma]

Embedded in heart
A stake deep in a loved life
Share of other blood

[den]

share of other blood
the offal of our passion
how our mistakes bleed

[den]

how our mistakes bleed
raptures of extended pain
begging for release

[amuse]

begging for release
i remember the rack, fear
embalming grief. i sneeze.

[amuse]

<<<re: the 6th syllable. hard to avoid - oops. (here's my excuse: the official stuff on haiku as regards translation into english makes it ok now and then.)>>>

[atiguhya padma]

embalming grief. I sneeze
And decay oozes from my
Nose, my mouth, my ears.......

[Isagel]

nose, my mouth, my ears,
like dried leaves fall to dust
depart in silence

[atiguhya padma]

Depart in silence
Fearful screams, whispers, whimpers,
Disperse, expelled breath.

[amuse]

disperse, expelled breath:
cloak my children with loving
words; pollinate joy.

[den]

words pollinate joy
touch dissembles memories
blindly mad babbling

[den]

blindly mad babbling
a tango on a razor
a keen itching kiss

[atiguhya padma]

A keen itching kiss
Wriggles through my aching frame
Sleeping, dream of you

[Isagel]

Sleeping, dream of you
my body is motionless
my soul dreams of dance

[atiguhya padma]

My soul dreams of dance
Summer shadows seek release
From heavy matter.

[den]

from heavy matter
lighten my confused heart break
rendering to mute

[Dyrwen]

rendering to mute
a sound of my heartbreak here
gather the shards please

[den]

rendering to mute
my autonomic reflex
is against my will

[den]

is against my will
kicking and screaming we go
towards the dumpster

[den]

oops sorry dyr I didn't see your post till after I posted mine ;)

[atiguhya padma]

Towards the dumpster
The lines of dust twist and twirl
Residue of waste

[amuse]

*let's pick up from dyrwen's line for this next one - he doesn't post here often.

gather the shards please
these shattered illusions rain
debris down like glass

[den]

debris down like glass
broken and raw jutting chunks
dare to tear the flesh

[Dyrwen]

Dare to tear the flesh
Because I feel no pain here
Set me free from this

heh, don't post much do I? go figure..ty nonetheless.

[Isagel]

Set me free from this
- the one who enters the game
must the game endure

[avid_reader]

must the game endure
your win over it ?
better it is for it to change than being defeated over and over

[atiguhya padma]

I'd like to start with your last line, Avid Reader, but I'm too rule-bound to do so.

So I'm going to start with Isagel's last line, and try and work some of your last line into my last line. Anyway here goes:

Must the game endure?
compete or co-operate?
better change defeat

[atiguhya padma]

Better change defeat
Into a timely lesson
Love amongst ruins

[amuse]

love amongst ruins
crushed bones and words smolder still
in these burnt banned books

[atiguhya padma]

In these burnt banned books
Scattered ashes, a future
Healing of Europe

[avid_reader]

Healing of Europe
creates ripples of joy in which
swimming I enjoy

[atiguhya padma]

Swimming I enjoy
That amniotic feeling
Holistic monist

[atiguhya padma]

Holistic monist
Wakes from his morning dream state
Into controlled dreams

[den]

into controlled dreams
from our suppressed memories
of the little death

[atiguhya padma]

Of the little death
each second, each hour brings
I sing. Let it go.

[atiguhya padma]

I sing: Let it go!!
Open the gates of past pain
Let it fly skywards

[amuse]

let it fly skywards;
this balloon soars to the heights
of merlins and dreams.

[Isagel]

Of merlins and dreams
I´ll sing you a lullaby
my restless poet

[baddad]

my restless poet
return to the earth
born again

[amuse]

Hi all. Just a few notes, with a very overdue welcome to a few of you.

Welcome! :)

Also, we try to conform to a 5-7-5 (the 1st and 3rd lines have 5 syllables; the 2nd line has 7) syllabic structure for this haiku thread. When translating from the Japanese to the English, it isn't always possible to do, and may be a haiku without adhering to those strictures, but for general purposes we're a-tryin'.

*liked the direction the last post was headed in, btw

[den]

Thanks for the reminder amuse :D As some of you have maybe noticed this (haiku) is one form of poetry I can handle :p I'm gonna start with a new one.


flattered and happy
pleased to see so many here
haiku thread lives on

[HaloDestroyer]

Haiku thread lives on
Though broken dreams and lost souls
Do cry mutiny

*Hi guys!*

[kilted exile]

Do cry mutiny
Cast aside your servile chains
You should all be free

[atiguhya padma]

You should all be free
If you lost core control, to
Act chaotically.

[Isagel]

Act chaotically
and you will still find yourself
moving in a rythm

[atiguhya padma]

Move in a rhythym
Lyrically we learn of love
Synergy weaving.

[HaloDestroyer]

Synergy weaving
Like threads of plaited thunder
Doth smote thine fair breast

[amuse]

*like the phrase "plaited thunder"

doth smote thine fair breast
he said - caught me to his dear
mouth, kissed me and died

*oh dear i feel like a ***** now with such a last line as that!

[atiguhya padma]

mouth, kissed me and died
eyes spoke of love and then closed
arms embracing loss.

[avid_reader]

arms embracing loss
loss fastening around as a parasite , slowly
sucking life , away

[atiguhya padma]

Sucking life away
Time and space displace our lives
Wayward in quicklime

[avid_reader]

Wayward in quicklime
Petty petty axes of strife fell
Mighty trees of love

[atiguhya padma]

Mighty trees of love
Freely giving oxygen
Which is why we breathe

[emily655321]

Mighty trees of love,
reaching upward to embrace;
felled by biting axe.

[emily655321]

damnation again. nevermind me :p

[atiguhya padma]

Felled by biting axe
My ghost vows never again
To eat of that blade

[emily655321]

To eat of that blade,
I chase after you blindly,
Speared through by your eyes.

[avid_reader]

Speared through by your eyes
His heart bled love , then lust
Fire begets fire.

[atiguhya padma]

Fire begets fire
In the humours of the heart
Melancholy mind

[atiguhya padma]

Melancholy mind
On a dreary winter's day
Like hibernation

[verybaddmom]

like hibernation
mind gently avoids care
thoughts escape neglect

[atiguhya padma]

Verybaddmom,

Nice haiku. I liked it. You did need an extra syllable in the middle line though.

thoughts escape neglect
by merging into concepts
waking memories

[verybaddmom]

oops...that'll learn me :o


waking memories
disturbing thoughts persisting
through my concious mind


i counted and double counted....does that work better?
:D

[atiguhya padma]

Yeah that works better. Looks like you're getting the hang of this:)

through my conscious mind
precious thoughts of your kind words
find pathways to love

[HaloDestroyer]

Find pathways to love
Wading through the shallow depths
Of loves divine image

Thanks *^_^*
¬_¬;; I thought this was gonna suck, but it's great *^_^*

Anyone here post on http//www.fanfiction.net/ or http://www.fictionpress.com/ ?

[Dyrwen]

Of love's divine image
comes an image never felt
save me from the guilt

[verybaddmom]

save me from the guilt
my Jewish heritage wins
can we flee the past?

[amuse]

can we flee the past? -
relentless tornado in
merciless pursuit.

[ruchir]

Merciless persuit
Ends in silver laughs of sun
Everyday morning

[Isagel]

Everyday morning
soft, warm, you are still asleep
I move quietly

(Hi Ruchir! I do not think I´ve said hello to you yet? Welcome to the forum.

And verybaddmom - I liked your haikus. To more in the game, the merrier. )

[atiguhya padma]

I move quietly
Carry you like a newborn
Whisper to your dreams

[verybaddmom]

Whisper to your dreams
to manipulate their path
you will love me more

[verybaddmom]

thank you isagel, i appreciate your comments. funny how i am perfectly comfortable posting anywhere else on the forum (except maybe religion) but i was terribly nervous about posting on this thread. however, i read it everyday....just to see :cool:

[atiguhya padma]

You will love me more
Than I could ever deserve
Despite what I do

[verybaddmom]

despite what i do
i am faithful to my cause
what was it again?

[kilted exile]

What was it again?
That made you despise me so
Was it my drinking?

[verybaddmom]

was it my drinking
that ruined my social skills
damn that brown bottle

[HaloDestroyer]

Damn that brown bottle
My eyes record the slurred sky
Proof to condemn me

¬_¬;; *^_^*

[emily655321]

Proof to condemn me,
glistening eyes burn blue flame;
can't smile it away

[HaloDestroyer]

Can't smile it away
These memories haunting me,
Does my smile decieve?

[atiguhya padma]

Does my smile deceive?
Do you not believe my eyes?
Hear words my heart speak?

[emily655321]

Hear words my heart speak?
You cannot even see me,
waiting in silence.

[verybaddmom]

waiting in silence
anticipation of love
hurry up will you

[amuse]

hurry up will you
lifetimes apart but you come
home late for dinner

[verybaddmom]

home late for dinner
you are no more punctual
than city transit

[emily655321]

than city transit
art thy cleanliness far less
as well -- you stink, boy.

[verybaddmom]

as well -- you stink, boy
so use deoderant or
no dessert for you!

[amuse]

as well -- you stink boy.
must you plow the field barefoot and
sing with trees and birds?

[verybaddmom]

sing with trees and birds
like Snow White without a dwarf
may she rest in peace

[emily655321]

may she rest in peace
her heart in little pieces
maggots in her hair

[verybaddmom]

maggots in her hair
beetles crawl all on her scalp
needs better shampoo

[emily655321]

needs better shampoo
does my grandmother; poor thing,
the mice have regrouped

[verybaddmom]

the mice have regrouped
IPM to the rescue
avoid chemicals!

[amuse]

avoid chemicals
eat organic this earth is
our children's children's

*children's ad infinitum*

[HaloDestroyer]

Our children's children's
Children's kids will look back
And laugh at our fate

[ruchir]

hi isa.. hi evryone,
nice to find myself here among you

and laugh at our fate
that we proceed on and on
all heads frontside back

P.s. anything not for our threaed..

[HaloDestroyer]

All heads frontside back
Twisting in surreal motions
Glimpsing destiny


Hi all *^_^*

[kilted exile]

Glimpsing destiny,
yet it remains out of reach,
striving to catch up

[verybaddmom]

striving to catch up
there is never enough time
to be free in me

[emily655321]

to be free in me
to see what the shadows veil...
something is in here.

[Isagel]

something is in here
a living machinery
a ghost in the shell

( anybody else seen the movie?:-) )

[emily655321]

(LOL I forgot all about that thing. My friends and I used to be anime geeks, but I never got around to seeing that one.)

a ghost in the shell
a living machinery
a clockwork orange

sorry, couldn't help myself. I'll do a real one....

[emily655321]

a ghost in the shell
crying out from its prison
my soul calls to you

[verybaddmom]

my sould calls to you
for understanding and love
why cant you hear me?

[amuse]

why can't you hear me
all my life i've sung for you(r)
silence deafens me

*just cheating, in order to insert a much needed your

[verybaddmom]

silence deafens me
my head spins out of control
catch me if i fall?

[amuse]

catch me if i fall
lest this bough impair me as
my words impaled him

[HaloDestroyer]

My words impaled him,
Catching him between his ribs
Feeling like cold steel

[verybaddmom]

feeling like cold steel
empty and icy inside
afraid to stay here

[den]

afraid to stay here
holding tense against sinew
shock me back to need

[emily655321]

shock me back to need
I stare blankly through glass eyes
my smile stitched on tight

[emily655321]

(Just noticed I'm past 200 posts! Whoo! K, I've had my moment.:cool: )

[atiguhya padma]

My smile stitched on tight
Shines like the sun: an endless
light, constant, routine.

[atiguhya padma]

light, constant, routine
and yet your respiration
reasons my breathing

[den]

w00t emily, congrats! :p

[Avalive]

Is this the real haiku? Just use the last line of the previous section? whatever, it's interesting. Keep the game going.

[Avalive]

Originally posted by atiguhya padma
light, constant, routine
and yet your respiration
reasons my breathing

Let me try,never tried this before.


Reason my breathing
The daylight brings a new routine
My fair baby crying

[den]

Ava, there are different forms of haiku however this one I chose was as a 5-7-5 syllabic pattern. The one you wrote is 5-8-6... but great first attempt so glad you joined it! :D I look forward to more.

[atiguhya padma]

Reasons my breathing
Rhythm changes so, are all
Embodied in you