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[Janine]

Mmmmm...seems like Janine always is on the lookout for Uncle Virg....Hihihi...

Is it alright if I take it from the last line?

The eternal thought
Famished from the heavens. Now
The laundry is clean.

Hi Laindesssiel, gee, your name it too hard - each time I have to look up that spelling. Can I just call you Lain? You misunderstood my last post. I was quoting someone else's neat Haiku. I was not writing one in that post. The Dante line did not tempt me - I know nothing much about Dante. That Haiku was not mine, I should have made that clearer.
The last line in the Haiku prior to mine was about "Dante". Uncle Virg read Dante - it is his favorite book - see his profile. I just look out for him since he seems to flit around the site - he shows up everywhere - that sly wolf.
I like your Haiku! But Lain, can't we do something nicer with your avatar - like paint a white beard on him and white hair and a nice red and white Santa hat for Christmas...or a nice wreath of holly round his head or a bit of mistletoe over it, and bring back that nice looking guy!!! I was swooning over him and you changed him to Freddie the slasher...yuck! :flare: He had such a nice pleasant looking face - friendlier than his replacement. :)

[Janine]

Pestilence! Illused
The corpse rotting with the worms
Hamlet joins great men.




L - be sure and read my last post - message.

[Janine]

Thought of another:

Hamlet joins great men
With little minds conspiring
Their deception masked

[Laindessiel]

Hi Laindesssiel, gee, your name it too hard - each time I have to look up that spelling. Can I just call you Lain?

'Course! Wondering why you were not, really! :)


You misunderstood my last post. I was quoting someone else's neat Haiku. I was not writing one in that post. The Dante line did not tempt me - I know nothing much about Dante. That Haiku was not mine, I should have made that clearer.

Expained well, Janine... I got it. :)


The last line in the Haiku prior to mine was about "Dante". Uncle Virg read Dante - it is his favorite book - see his profile. I just look out for him since he seems to flit around the site - he shows up everywhere - that sly wolf.

True! Uncle Virg is a registered Animagus!


I like your Haiku! But Lain, can't we do something nicer with your avatar - like paint a white beard on him and white hair and a nice red and white Santa hat for Christmas...or a nice wreath of holly round his head or a bit of mistletoe over it,

Okay! The next time you see him, you're not going to see blood anymore....:D


and bring back that nice looking guy!!! I was guawking at him and you changed him to Fredie the slasher...yuck! :flare: He had such a nice pleasant looking face - friendlier than his replacement. :)

Oh thank heavens someone agreed with me that he's a MOST PLEASANT-LOOKING man! You have great taste, Janine! I changed it to Freddie only because ShoutGrace didn't want to look at guys's faces all the time, so I thought of twisting my prince's photo a little bit; at least I can still see his gorgeous gorgeous face.:blush: :blush:

I'll change him. Wait a sec...

Hamlet joins great men
Abundant with largesses.
"Hey, hello to y'all!"

[Laindessiel]

This avatar is just temporary, Janine! I'll do a Mike-a-Clause...:)

[Janine]

This avatar is just temporary, Janine! I'll do a Mike-a-Clause...:)

OK- Lain or could I call you Lass? Las? Avy as Elvis is a cool cat or is it cool kat? Is he going to sing for us too? I can see his pretty lips, at least. I thought he was a honey and liked looking at him..you know regular and unaltered. Who is Mike anyway?
Well, he is better than my avy - I need to pick one - have a few I like, but they are pretty ones - not silly....just some neat art. Maybe for Christmas, I may pick something else though. Who knows? I am so indecisive! I guess I can change it when I want to, anyway, anytime....right?

:D
"Hey, hello to y'all!"
Busy I have been today
The rush is on!

[Susan Sonnen]

the rush is on!
cash registers caroling,
shoppers bustling

[Il Penseroso]

Shoppers bustling
through the barricaded door
like slovenly swine.

[dramasnot6]

Live as a hermit
Forever finding mirage
Sandstorm masquerade

[dramasnot6]

i hope i spelt all that correctly...

[dramasnot6]

oh no i looked at the wrong page for haikus! *fixes*
Like slovenly swine
Shoots the nursing baby dow
Meat devoured raw

[Janine]

the rush is on!
cash registers caroling,
shoppers bustling

Hi Susan - :D I Love your Haiku! love the "cash registers caroling"- great image for, say Pixar Studios. I could see that in one of their movies.

dramasmot6 - what did you do anyway? what is the next line to start with....confused? :(

[Virgil]

Meat devoured raw
on a mountain in Peru.
No sticks for fire wood.

[Riesa]

No sticks for fire wood
we burn only llama poo
Try some smoked vulture?

[brainstrain]

My grandparent's house
Long ago was reluinquished (pardon my spelling)
Vanished from my life

my grandparents house, the place in my icon-thingy to the left, was sold when they were declared legally insane...

and, of course, continuing the group haiku:

Try some smoked vulture?
I would really rather not
Rabbit is better.

[Virgil]

rabbit is better
as filler for a beef stew.
Toothpick meat from teeth.

[toni]

Sure am! And I am honored to be the first one to commend you on that fantastic haiku! i think we both know who we can assciate it with....aww to be with movie stars in Italy....*dayddreams a little*;) :D
Midnight, have to flee
Prekarious slipper stays
Marital mistake

I know who ya mean..:blush:


Hey I love that one. Very nice, toni. :thumbs_up

Thank You, Uncle Virg! I don't get compliments from My Loving Uncle before, it feels Gooooood..:D


Live as a hermit
Forever finding mirage
Sandstorm masquerade

i LOOOVVEE that one!:lol:


rabbit is better
as filler for a beef stew.
Toothpick meat from teeth.

toothpick meat from teeth
Rabbits went on holiday
What do we eat next?

[Virgil]

IThank You, Uncle Virg! I don't get compliments from My Loving Uncle before, it feels Gooooood..:D


Oh really? Well, I'll make a point to give you more. ;)

What do we eat next?
Pretzels with spicy mustard?
No, potato skins.

[toni]

Oh, why, thank you! Just don't give me compliments when I don't deserve it, okay, Uncie?

No, potato skins
Spring rolls with turnips, why not?
Just count calories

[Virgil]

Just count calories
when you sit at the table.
But don't digest yet.

[toni]

But don't digest yet
Of Big and small intestines
Gizzards are roaring

[Virgil]

But don't digest yet
Of Big and small intestines
Gizzards are roaring

:sick: But a good haiku. ;)

Gizzards are roaring,
Bubbling like boiling water.
Should I out the gas?

[toni]

I know :bawling:Sorry.:D


Should I out the gas?
Or paint with words with a friend?
The latter, I say

____
Im not gonna HAIKU anymore, Uncle Virg, I am an obvious born Failure at this form of poetry.:(

[Janine]

Hi Virgil, Some nice poems, but I did not like the rabbit ones. I used to have two bunnies. Really nasty to eat them! Meany Virgil, shame on you...cute little bunnies!

Glad someone else got your line...

The latter, I say
Then I go away to think
Of better Haiku

[Virgil]

Im not gonna HAIKU anymore, Uncle Virg, I am an obvious born Failure at this form of poetry.:(

Why do you say that? You're good. :thumbs_up

Of better haiku
I pledge to write tonight.
No more eating pets. :D

How's that Janine?

[Janine]

THANKS!

Much better Uncle Virg, much nicer:D

No more eating pets
Chocolate bunnies ou la la
Anytime of year!

[Virgil]

"Ou la la" - Now you're getting cocky. Are you that good now? :)

Anytime of year
Is an excuse to party.
Let's go to dinner.

[Laindessiel]

Hey Janine! Bring the festive holiday cheer! Mike-A-Clause is coming to town! :p

FYI, Mike lives in My. Olympus and is the Charm God. :p Haha, really, he's a fashion model here in my country and I'm head over heels and soles for him! Gah....I love this guy...:blush: :blush:

Although I've seen him and worked with him a couple of times he doesn't know anything about my crappy feelings for him. :(

Let's go to dinner
Have Rib-Eyes and potatoes.
Paunchy I will get...

[Janine]

Hey Janine! Bring the festive holiday cheer! Mike-A-Clause is coming to town! :p

:thumbs_up He's adorable in his new garb. I would sit on his lap!


FYI, Mike lives in My. Olympus and is the Charm God. :p Haha, really, he's a fashion model here in my country and I'm head over heels and soles for him! Gah....I love this guy...:blush: :blush:

Good taste Lass, he is a honey of a guy....ah ou la la


Although I've seen him and worked with him a couple of times he doesn't know anything about my crappy feelings for him. :(

So like you have to ask him out or give him a little nudge, some hints:D



Let's go to dinner
Have Rib-Eyes and potatoes.
Paunchy I will get...

Paunchy I will get
Eating those chocolate bunnies
Tasty little gems

[Janine]

"Ou la la" - Now you're getting cocky. Are you that good now? :)

Anytime of year
Is an excuse to party.

Let's go to dinner.

I like to go to dinner with Lass' avatar!

[Janine]

Feeling frisky tonight!

[dramasnot6]

Tasty little gems
Riches seduce tempted greed
Heart craves sustinance

[Laindessiel]

:thumbs_up He's adorable in his new garb. I would sit on his lap!

I'd cuddle up to him.....:blush:


Good taste Lass, he is a honey of a guy....ah ou la la

Wowowee!!!


So like you have to ask him out or give him a little nudge, some hints:D

Now what you're saying is as impossible as Santa Clause mortalizing! :eek: Although women are more liberated these days, I'm not one of them when it comes to boys. I'd still prefer them to woo me...:D


Paunchy I will get
Eating those chocolate bunnies
Tasty little gems

Tasty little gems
Cover my mouth with choc'late
Mmmm, deliciosa!

[Janine]

Lass, think dramasnot6 beat you out that time.

Heart craves sustinance
Avoiding death and ashes
Heart bleads in the dark

[Janine]

I liked yours though Lass!

[Janine]

I must have killed the thread. Sorry H was a little morbid.
Tired - good night all !

[toni]

It is not morbid at all! I like it.:D
Now how come Im always the one to wish you goodnight? Okay, I dont mind at all..here we go..

Good night sweet Ophelia, may you have a jolly good time at the theatre of your dreams...:D (Love wishin ya a good night.:))

Heart bleeds in the dark
dagger found its way to soul
Claudius triumphant

[toni]

Why do you say that? You're good. :thumbs_up



Uncle Virg is very sweet that's why I love him very very much..:blush:

[Laindessiel]

I like to go to dinner with Lass' avatar!

Heeeeey.......Don't take him away from me! *pouts, claiming Mike as her own property* :p I haven't even gone to lunch with him! :lol:

Janine, Janine...your taste in boys is still impeccable....:thumbs_up but he's mine....:p :p

Claudius triumphant
Ego elephantiasis.
Ballooning profile. :p

[Janine]

Lass, not to worry, he's cute, but he is way too young for me. :) My son is probably a good 10 yrs older than him. I am just playing in virtual reality. You had better stop being so shy, and let him know you like him. Time is short....make the best of it. Don't dally.

Ballooning profile
The elephant swayed heavily
Earth vibrating fear

[Janine]

It is not morbid at all! I like it.:D
Now how come Im always the one to wish you goodnight? Okay, I dont mind at all..here we go..

Good night sweet Ophelia, may you have a jolly good time at the theatre of your dreams...:D (Love wishin ya a good night.:))

Heart bleeds in the dark
dagger found its way to soul
Claudius triumphant

Nice Haiku toni. Thanks for the sweet goodnight and the compliment on my H. Am I Ophelia? Hope I don't fall into a pond in my dreams and drown. Goodnight, my dear, and I hope you don't "wash up on the shores of your dreams". Hey I just made that up - maybe I should put it into a Haiku. Tootles~

[Il Penseroso]

Earth vibrating fear
the tremorous troposphere
lends myths to the ear.

[B-Mental]

Earth vibrating fear
Forum God of the Haiku
Declares, Less Chat Please

[Whifflingpin]

Declares, Less chat, please,
Stern taskmaster lifts a hand
Silence abounding

[Susan Sonnen]

silence abounding,
deafens every emotion
with no thought of peace

[Laindessiel]

Lass, not to worry, he's cute, but he is way too young for me. :) My son is probably a good 10 yrs older than him. I am just playing in virtual reality. You had better stop being so shy, and let him know you like him. Time is short....make the best of it. Don't dally.

Can't and don't have the gall to, Janine. His friends know it but he doesn't. Well, probably they told him already, I just didn't know...


Earth vibrating fear
Forum God of the Haiku
Declares, Less Chat Please

Chatting is okay, B-Mental. And compliments are welcome. You can't stop Janine from opening her mouth! :p

With no thought of peace
Still awake in the midnight.
No plans yet to sleep.

(That is me in that Haiku. But I DO have plans of slumbering.) :yawnb: :yawnb:

[Janine]

Yes, lass - I think B-mental and Whiff have been giving us hidden messages;)
Oh well, my mouth is sealed (for now) heres my H - only have time for one today - your h likes me well, I am a night owl!

No plans yet to sleep
This blue night dawns soft breathing
The world sits serene

:)

[Whifflingpin]

? I don't do hidden messages - If I meant shut up, I'd say shut up - but since I've only posted once in this thread I would not dream of interrupting the chat. Chat is good.

The world sits serene
Sweet murmuring fills the air
True friends united

.

[Virgil]

True friends united
For a night out together.
I got this round, bud.

[dramasnot6]

I got this round, bud
Grizzled Knights at the table
The Grail is no more

[Janine]

The Grail is no more
Than dreams of a mystery's time
To dessert myths

[Virgil]

To dessert myths
Requires a strong back bone.
Then it is over.

Yuk. Sorry.

[Janine]

Hi Virgil, did I spell desert wrong - meant the place with an abundance of sand? Nice if I could spell....

[Janine]

Then it is over
People depart to the streets
Theater closed

[Virgil]

Hi Virgil, did I spell desert wrong - meant the place with an abundance of sand? Nice if I could spell....

Probably. I'm such a lousy speller that I wasn't sure and I just copied your misspelling. ;)

Theatre closed.
Man of La Mancha no more.
Where shall we go to?

[RobinHood3000]

Where shall we go to?
Rhett, tell me, what shall we do?
He don't give a damn.

[Virgil]

Where shall we go to?
Rhett, tell me, what shall we do?
He don't give a damn.

:thumbs_up Very good Robin.

He don't give a damn
If the Yankees win tonight.
Screw the damn Yankees.

[dramasnot6]

Screw the damn yankees
We offered you corn and peace
Harvest casinos

[Janine]

Harvest casinos
Coins rattle and sing their tunes
Silvery and golden

[Janine]

whoops sorry

[Janine]

Harvest casinos
Coins rattle and sing their tunes
Slivers of gold dust

[Virgil]

Slivers of gold dust
were found in the garbage.
Mama was very mad.

[Janine]

Mama was very mad
Papa was fumming within
All alone I hid

[Virgil]

Mama was very mad
Papa was fumming within
All alone I hid

Cool!

All alone I hid
Underneath Mama's big bed.
Hide and seek tonight.

[kilted exile]

Hide and seek tonight
I kill the child and then hide
Cops do the seeking

[dramasnot6]

Hide and seek tonight
Nocturnal chase, scurrying paws
Scented tragic flaw

[Janine]

Scented tragic flaw
The last rose of summer's frost
Opens all alone

[Virgil]

Opens all alone
the deck of cards from the box.
Solitaire in bed.

[Janine]

Opens all alone
the deck of cards from the box.
Solitaire in bed.

Virgil - Love that!

Solitaire in bed
The sheets so stagnant and cold
Your heart lies still here

[Il Penseroso]

Your heart lies still here,
the poet's frenzy provides
no feed to your past.

[Janine]

no feed to your past
your world a stranger to one
I who knew you best

[Virgil]

I who knew you best
Knew you would forget the doe.
This is where it ends.

[Janine]

This is where it ends
The moment of truth and lies
The answer's with you

[Virgil]

The answer's with you.
Do you even know the question,
you who speaks to flies?

Silly last line, but what the heck. :D

[Janine]

well it is a challenge that's for sure.....

you who speaks to flies?
perhaps they commune with worms
the grave lies open wide

[Virgil]

well it is a challenge that's for sure.....

you who speaks to flies?
perhaps they commune with worms
the grave lies open wide

Sorry.:lol:

The grave lies open wide
And has a voice of its own.
It whispers softly.

Good night Janine. Perhaps tomorrow. :)

[Riesa]

It whispers softly
subtle electricity
of words unspoken

[Janine]

Marriage is trying
Each year a challenge more steep
My heart is crying


Hi Reisa, did you get my email? Glad to see you again but I am going to depart soon. Watching a movie - in between.

[Janine]

Nite Virgil.....

[Janine]

whoops - where did I pick up that line Marriage is trying. Thought that was Reisa's h. must have had wrong page. Wait did you revise and change your Haiku, R?

[Riesa]

Hi Janine, yes you are too quick...I self edited the Marriage is Trying bit...:lol:
poor husband.

good night to you...see you soon.

[dramasnot6]

Of words unspoken
Verse of hands scripted slowly
Canvas of shoulders

[Janine]

Hi Janine, yes you are too quick...I self edited the Marriage is Trying bit...:lol:
poor husband.

good night to you...see you soon.

I do that a lot but no one catches me - been lucky so far. Goodnight and have a good restful sleep ;)


Canvas of shoulders
White and smooth as silken down
Vision of beauty

[Laindessiel]

Vision of beauty
Beauty and the Beast's Belle and rose.
I will eat your life.

:D

[B-Mental]

I will eat your life
Peel off the rind, spit the seeds
hungry now for more

I don't know about others, but I really like to read from one creative haiku to the next without all the chat. I believe there is a chat forum....not trying to be mean. This was just a response to comments after the God of Haiku two or three pages earlier.

[Laindessiel]

I understand, B. But it can't be helped. We'll try to avoid it. Although compliments in Haiku are always welcome! :)

Hungry now for more
Krispy Kreme and chips and nuts.
Oh! Whatta diet.

[B-Mental]

Oh! Whatta diet.
sparse, fibrous, coarse, grainy....bland
minus calories

[Laindessiel]

Minus calories
Carbohydrates, fats and oils.
They're a big no-no.

[Janine]

They're a big no-no
And so are Twinkies with cream
We must keep our waists


Hi lass! Goodnight now....

[dramasnot6]

We must keep our waists
Children hang from every inch
Unbalanced nurture

[toni]

Unbalanced nurture
Freezed discipline is the worst
Haiku is so hard.

____
ok, that was the worst haiku I've ever written.
Can we make the haiku romantic or morbid?
I find that I am more effective on both..:D

[dramasnot6]

Haiku is so hard
One, two, three, four,five,six....seven
Evil syllables

[toni]

Evil syllables
Forcing lore to twist and turn
The twisted logic

[dramasnot6]

Ooo nice one!

The twisted logic
Dystopia unnoticed
Ignorance cherished

[toni]

Yours is very good too! As usual.:D

Ignorance cherished
Killing your sins, hopes and dreams
Morpheus is happy

[Laindessiel]

Morpheus is happy
When dragons and creatures live.
Such is quite a charm.

[Janine]

Such is quite a charm
The fragile antique in hand
Of days now preserved

[Janine]

Some lovely haiku on this page - hats off to all of you!

[Susan Sonnen]

such is quite a charm,
eyes filled with child-like enchantment
watching faeries dance

[Laindessiel]

Watching fairies dance
Overwhelms me with gladness!
Don't you kill them, dork.

Hello Janine! Nice seeing you here now! :wave:

[samercury]

Don't you kill them, dork.
They'll come back to get revenge
Trust me, they're evil

[Virgil]

That's from my friend Samercury, who hasn't been by much lately.

Trust me, they're evil,
Those raucus dwarfs from down south.
One has to repell.

[samercury]

=_=

One has to repell.
For as long as possible
Their frightful attacks

[Riesa]

wow, like old times, Virg, Samer, and Riesa all in a row. :wave:

their frightful attacks
make me feel punch-drunk with glee
the impious imps

[Il Penseroso]

the impious imps
clown in confederacies
floral carnivals.

[x894565256]

Floral carnivals,
three rings of plant life dancing.
A rose ringleader.

[samercury]

yep

A rose ringleader
From the grey flower garden
Round and round we go

[Virgil]

Round and round we go
Where we stop only God knows.
That was all, just life.

[Il Penseroso]

That was all, just life,
a single revolution
from grace to the fall.

[Riesa]

from grace to the fall
so close to being one more
jeff buckley haiku

[Riesa]

jeff buckley haiku
on banks of singing rivers
flip down waterfalls

[samercury]

Flip down waterfalls
Like burgers at McDonald's
Up and sown, sideways

[Il Penseroso]

Up and down, sideways,
the stone-skipping rivulets
express their nature.

[samercury]

Express their nature
The lamb, the wolf, cunning fox
Small, weak, broken branch

[Janine]

Express their nature
The Celtic dancers spun life
Like glee of sun threads

[dramasnot6]

wow janine, that was brilliant!!
Like glee of sun threads
Celestial patterns of sky
Windy paintbrushes

[toni]

the PAM and the PAPAM's haiku are both Bloody Brilliant! :thumbs_up:

Windy paintbrushes
Cursed red paint of ribboned sin,
She wanted to die

[RobinHood3000]

She wanted to die
Foiled by her former friend,
THE VIGILANTE.

[toni]

The VIGILANTE
Forced to act against his will
Like a torn puppet

_______
It doesn't make any sense, does it?:(

[RobinHood3000]

Like a torn puppet
Connor jerks, hops, and lunges
He's trying to dance.

[toni]

He's trying to dance
Just waiting for his lady love
The clock strikes midnight

[RobinHood3000]

The clock strikes midnight
David in his lonely cell
Thinking about Eve.

[toni]

Thinking about Eve
David stirs, mumbles, in his sleep
Longing to hold her

[RobinHood3000]

Longing to hold her,
Awakens to her scream, and
The wrong kind of guilt.

[toni]

The wrong kind of guilt
Pierces, like earth pushed to hell
He wants to revenge

[RobinHood3000]

He wants to revenge,
Fallen German pilot is
Angry, but humbled.

[toni]

Angry but humbled,
The pilot wants to feed on
Wreckages of dreams

[RobinHood3000]

I just love literary allusions. And thoroughly flattered that you've read my work. :blush:

Wreckages of dreams
Of glory in sky battle
They're burning away...

[toni]

I just love literary allusions. And thoroughly flattered that you've read my work. :blush:

Wreckages of dreams
Of glory in sky battle
They're burning away...

No biggie. Actually, it is a pleasure to read your work.. im a big fan.:thumbs_up *rushes to get pen and paper to get Robin's autograph*

They're burning away
Stardusts from comets and dreams
Let me bid farewell

_____
i really have to go, -eat dinner. Lain's getting mad..
pleasure Haikuing with ya, mate..:D

[RobinHood3000]

"Let me bid farewell!"
Cries David in his dreams, but
Too late - she has gone...

[dramasnot6]

Too late-she has gone...
Flight of fancy wings away
Terra cognita

[alhara]

terra cognita
under the willow branches
a please made a prayer

[Whifflingpin]

a "please" made a prayer
leave the light on please Grandpa
afraid in the dark

[dramasnot6]

Afraid in the dark
Horror flick, feign girlish screams
Smirks while holding hands

[Janine]

Afraid in the dark
Horror flick, feign girlish screams
Smirks while holding hands

Thanks your your compliment on my Celtic one. This one of yours is good too, I can feel the horror of a flick in the darkness.


Smirks while holding hands
She wants youth to flit away
Like flies in summer breeze

[Petrarch's Love]

Like flies in summer breeze
Carried blithely on toward
The freeze of winter.

[Janine]

The freeze of winter
Comes; persistent flowers, stay
Take bloom in my soul

[Misscaroline]

Take bloom in my soul
Flowers of dark mystery--
Make me whole again

[Il Penseroso]

Make me whole again
like Adam before the fall
made a dreaming god.

[Misscaroline]

Made a dreaming god,
Spun from fine silver and gold,
His heart rests again.

[alhara]

his heart rests again
soft hands laid on shoulders
still touching nothing

[Il Penseroso]

Still touching nothing,
unborn to the textured world
of rough dimensions.

[Misscaroline]

Of rough dimensions,
The patterns step from the walls
As though in a dream

[dramasnot6]

Like a seaman's muse
Parrarel blue bodies drift
Our lips touch ripples

[dramasnot6]

oh MC, you have to start with the last haikus line.

[x894565256]

Our lips touch ripples
of what could be, as we sip
from love's sweet nectar.

[alhara]

from love´s sweet necter
a blander hoeny is formed
and yet we still drink

[Misscaroline]

And yet we still drink--
Though we are satisfied,
We take all we can

Erm... I thought I did... Maybe I'm missing one... Sorry...:blush:

[Il Penseroso]

We take all we can
till plump on fertile passion,
brain of purple lips.

[dramasnot6]

Brain of purple lips
Violet bubbles grace these vines
Dionysian Harvest

[Misscaroline]

Dionysian Harvest-
Supply us with sweet furment
For the Bacchanal

[Janine]

For the Bacchanal
Heavy arsenal of wine
Whift of wild grape vine

[Janine]

Whift of wild grape vine
We speed past, ripe orchards gleam
Night breeze of harvest

[Misscaroline]

Night breeze of Harvest
The smell of growth and decay
Dismal Autumn nights

[Janine]

Dismal Autumn nights
Bring forth winters hardened freeze
Thaw my tethered heart

[Misscaroline]

Thaw my tethered heart
Melt the binding icicles
Set me loose again

[Janine]

Love that Misscaroline!

Set me loose again
To wander free and easy
Barred from life's prison

[Misscaroline]

Barred from life's prison
My helpless cries heard by none
Lost and abandoned

(Thanks :)! I only just got the guts to try this today...)

[Riesa]

I have to say, these last few pages of haiku are great! I'm amazed, you guys are awesome!

Lost and abandoned
yet strange lights beckon always
'till we find our way

[Janine]

Nice one MissC

Lost and abandoned
An island of solitude
Looms before me now

[Janine]

Whoops Reisa - we posted same time. Go with yours!

'till we find our way
the path seems obscured by scars
deep ruts rent the road

[Misscaroline]

Deep ruts rent the road
Where the mourning comrades dragged
The fallen soldiers

(Thanks, Riesa!)

[Janine]

The fallen soldiers
Tombless on the frozen ground
Cold grave worms asleep

[Misscaroline]

Cold grave worms asleep
Deserted lifeless ashen streets
In Nagasaki

[Janine]

In Nagasaki
Today ashes lie buried
Dusty shade no more

[Misscaroline]

Dusty shade no more
The curtains open- it's time
To let the light in

[Virgil]

Dusty shade no more
We are but shadow and dust.
Let us live today.

Hi Janine:wave:

[Misscaroline]

Ok, fine Virg- mess with the flow!

Let us live today
And perish on the morrow
And love all the while

[Virgil]

Sorry Miss C

And love all the while
and dance to your hearts delight
on a moony night

[Misscaroline]

S'okay...:forgiven: <3

On a moony night
Watch the heavens spin eternal
What will you wonder?

[Janine]

What will you wonder?
When I am gone from your view
Questions stop you dead


Hi Virgil :D

[Misscaroline]

Questions stop you dead
Frozen firmly in your tracks-
Where does your heart lie?

[Janine]

Where does your heart lie?
With him or with me or none
Time now to decide

[Misscaroline]

Time now to decide
Where you'll let the wind blow you-
Decide where your home lies...

[Janine]

Decide where your home lies...
In virtuality dreams
Or in worlds unknown

[Virgil]

Or in worlds unknown
do we find inspiration.
Mars has circled round.

[Janine]

Mars has circled round
The moon gleans bright and eggshaped
Craters shown more distinct

[Whifflingpin]

Craters shown more distinct
No-man's-land in early dawn
Shadows shroud the dead

[alhara]

shadows shroud the dead
yet the living lie abandoned
darkness plays favorites

[RobinHood3000]

Darkness plays fav'rites
But Shakespeare's traveling lamp
It shines upon all.

[dramasnot6]

Wow. If i was ever to sum up my eternal love of Shakespeare i would use that Haiku Robin. I couldnt say that about anything else.

It shines upon all
Luminous wit taints grim lips
Epidemic smiles

[Misscaroline]

Epidemic smiles
Disguise true feelings, hardship
Animosity

[Janine]

shadows shroud the dead
yet the living lie abandoned
darkness plays favorites

alhara- like your poem very much. :)



Animosity
Restrained to a preverse state
Kills within one's self

[Laindessiel]

Kills with oneself
And paints with uncertainties.
Unscathed, unbitten.

Hello Janine! I hope you're staying longer! I was about to take this thread up when I saw you last posted. :wave:

[Whifflingpin]

Unscathed, unbitten,
Motionless the heron stands
Ripples spread outward

[Laindessiel]

Ripples spread outward.
Framed absences slip away.
Gotta call a shrink.

[alhara]

gotta call a shrink
laundry on a dead table
the past lies in plies

Thanks a bunch Janine I like yours too:thumbs_up

[Misscaroline]

Piles? I hope...

The past lies in piles
Mountains of my desertion
The guilt rises fast

[Laindessiel]

The guilt rises fast.
Terribly, terribly fast.
Mountain ranges now...

[Misscaroline]

Mountain ranges now...
Feel the earthquake in the ground
The floors start to shake

[Il Penseroso]

The floors start to shake
and eject their energy
in world-turning waves.

[Misscaroline]

In world-turning waves
Gravity pulls you closer-
Attraction joins you

[Il Penseroso]

Attraction joins you,
the long thread by those beacons
is shortened weaving.

[Misscaroline]

Is shortened weaving
So terrible as weaving
Nothing of your own?

[Janine]

Nothing of your own?
Now living as a vagabond
Distant shoreless home

[Riesa]

distant shoreless home
no finite edges to souls
eager to expand

[Misscaroline]

Distant shoreless home
Vast journey here across plains
How did you make it?

(sorry, Janine- I'd love to join you, but I must leave soon! :bawling:)

[Misscaroline]

(Oh, dang, well here!)

Eager to expand
Tiny minds sit at small desks
Open minds for all

(consider it fixed- now I retreat...:bawling: goodbye, my dears...

[Riesa]

open minds for all
no religions, only the
god inside us all

[ShoutGrace]

God inside us all,
Twisting and squirming until
Holy vomit comes.

[Riesa]

Holy vomit comes
spraying the faithful's red wings
with chunks of dogma

[ShoutGrace]

With chunks of dogma
Clouding my vision, I can't
Really think on God.

[Misscaroline]

Really think on God
Perhaps fate doesn't exist
You just lead your life

(Chunks of Dogma! Awesome Riesa! :D))

[ShoutGrace]

You just lead your life
And someday you end up in
A wormfilled coffin.

[Janine]

You just lead your life
From one minute to now
Then to the unknown

[Misscaroline]

A wormfilled coffin
No light at the tunnel's end
And all come to this?

[Misscaroline]

Dang, not again

Then to the unknown
You cry your dark expletives
Why did it end now?

[toni]

Shouty! My Poetic Rockstar! :wave:

A wormfilled coffin
Strikes the sight of the devil
Waiting for horned souls

[toni]

Aaakkk!! Jumbled again! everyone ignore my haiku..

[ShoutGrace]

If we're ignoring yours, whose do we go off of? :D

[Misscaroline]

Pick one of my last, or toni's. First to it gets the pick. Or you could agree on it... Either way. I'm goin to bed, chiquitas... Duke it out as you please. I'll make sure I clean up in the morning if you want...

[toni]

Anyone's but mine. My haiku stinks-as usual..

Hello again:wave: longtimenosee!:D

[toni]

Goodnight misscaroline! Sweet dreams to you! :D

[Misscaroline]

Shall I pick?

[Petrarch's Love]

Waiting for horned souls
To creep out of the painting
Of the last judgement.

[Misscaroline]

---edited out---

[ShoutGrace]

Hello again:wave: longtimenosee!:D

Yes, it's been awhile . . . are you keeping you intergalatic spirits up?

*EDIT* :lol: :lol:

Bosch comes alive now
Tortured screams from his painted
Misery and pain.


*---edited out---*

:lol: :lol: :lol:


We are totally inept. :D

[Misscaroline]

You're dead and buried
We have lost what we once had
I do not care now

You know what? Just ignore me.. I'm going to sleep. I'll be bakc in the morning, when I'm more apt to intelligence in a timely matter...~grumble~

[Misscaroline]

And for those of you missed out on what ShoutGrace was responding to, it was:

Waiting for horned souls
Demons creeping from corners
Bosch comes alive now

But for those of you who didn't, we're ignoring that too. Dang, we are just not in synch...

[Petrarch's Love]

Ack! The world of haiku moves so swiftly! I'll see if I can catch up using the final line of David's:

Misery and pain
Of the poor sad aching brain
Writing swift Haikus.

[Virgil]

Writing swift haikus
Require dexterous fingers.
Almost like a piano.

[Misscaroline]

Almost like a piano
Erratic monochrome keys
Til you know the tune

((Thanks guys... Now that we're fixed, I can actually go to bed...))

[toni]

Yes, it's been awhile . . . are you keeping you intergalatic spirits up?

Oh yes yes yes! :alien:
has Mr. Shouty been busy lately?:p


Misery and Pain
Have forced me to split in twain
I do not care now.

[toni]

Everyone pretend I don't exist.:(

[Misscaroline]

I love you toni!!! (And doesn't piano have 3 syllables? I think I missed that at first....Dang it Virgil! I liked that one....)

toni, my heart goes out to you, my little alien!! <3 Support for cranky haikuers

[Janine]

I do not care now
Sorrow has taken my life
Into different realms

[Janine]

Into different realms
The artist escapes real worlds
Wondress place creates

[Misscaroline]

Into different realms
My mind prefers fantasy
Screw reality

*Nevermind* Janine beat me to it...

[Virgil]

Screw reality
Let's live like Antony and Cleo.
Snuggle up my dear. :D :lol:

[Misscaroline]

Snuggle up my dear
The winter goes by slowly
You must conserve warmth

*Piano question still stands, Virg*

[Janine]

Snuggle up my dear
Can you bring me a cold beer?
Cuddly we are now

[Janine]

too slow, Janine

[Misscaroline]

I give up!

[Misscaroline]

This is getting ridiculous...

[Janine]

You must conserve warmth
The fire is nearly out now
Chop some more pine wood

[Misscaroline]

Cut some more pine wood
Midwinter will arrive soon
Go make the yule log...

[Virgil]

*Piano question still stands, Virg*

Well, strictly speaking, yes. I take liberties with liquifactions. :D Liquifactions are syllabols that flow into each other. A lot of Italian words have them, and they kind of blurr the syllable count. ;)

[Janine]

Why give up - I went with your last line MissC

[Misscaroline]

In latin, we call them elisions, and your namesake is famous for them. Just how did three syllables turn into one, though? Or rather, how might I say it aloud? Thanks, by the way...And I gave up because I'm probably never going to bed at this point.. I've been trying for an hour, but between you and Robin, there's no rest to be found...

[Janine]

Well, strictly speaking, yes. I take liberties with liquifactions. :D Liquifactions are syllabols that flow into each other. Alot of Italian words have them, and they kind of blurr the syllable count. ;)

Hey professor Virgil, what are liquifactions - give us example...we are American!

[Janine]

He's kidding right?

[Janine]

I think I will try getting away with that from now on...slurring:lol:

[Misscaroline]

No- it's autistic license. And believe me, I do it all the time... My play in iambic tetrameter was run amok with invented words and bent or broken words in order to make everything work the way I wanted it to...

[Virgil]

In latin, we call them elisions, and your namesake is famous for them. Just how did three syllables turn into one, though? Or rather, how might I say it aloud? Thanks, by the way...And I gave up because I'm probably never going to bed at this point.. I've been trying for an hour, but between you and Robin, there's no rest to be found...

Ok so i took a super liberty. :lol: I missed that. :blush:


Hey professor Virgil, what are liquifactions - give us example...we are American!

In piano, the pi-an syllables flow into each other. That's a liquifaction, like a liquid. Let me see if the internet has a better example and definition. I'll be right back. :)

[Janine]

Go make the yule log...
Tapers are brightly luminous
Christmas approaches

[Misscaroline]

Christmas approaches
It's more fun to celebrate
Saturnalia:p

[Virgil]

Actually I've got the term incorrect:

liquid
NOUN: 1a. The state of matter in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow, little or no tendency to disperse, and relatively high incompressibility. b. Matter or a specific body of matter in this state. 2. Linguistics A consonant articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel, such as English l and r.
The second definition applies here and refers to consonants that approximate the sound of a vowel.

I'm not sure what it's called when syllables flow into each other. I've been using liquifaction incorrectly. Perhaps I've made it up. :confused:

[Misscaroline]

No- the definition is correct, now that I think about it. When I'm playing with Virgil's Aeneid (which, yes, I actually play!) I scan it for meter- one of the rules is that the liquids are always not considered actual consonants... More commonly, you'll be calling it an elision. that's where two vowels (usually) run together and the second vowel sound is the one audible. An example: qui cono esse... or whom I think to be... the cono and esse would run together and the es would be the prominent sound- the no is essentially abandoned audibly...NOT that big of a deal, love...

IT basically becomes qui conesse. You weren't really that far off...

[Virgil]

No- the definition is correct, now that I think about it. When I'm playing with Virgil's Aeneid (which, yes, I actually play!) I scan it for meter- one of the rules is that the liquids are always not considered actual consonants... More commonly, you'll be calling it an elision. that's where two vowels (usually) run together and the second vowel sound is the one audible. An example: qui cono esse... or whom I think to be... the cono and esse would run together and the es would be the prominent sound- the no is essentially abandoned audibly...NOT that big of a deal, love...

IT basically becomes qui conesse. You weren't really that far off...

I'll have to look into what you're saying here. Unfortuantely it's bed tme for bonzo. ;)

[kilted exile]

Saturnalia
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