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[dramasnot6]

hi janine! oh, look we did it simultaneously! to the same minute even, how cool :) But both our last lines seem to go well together, let the next person put one in between :D

[Misscaroline]

Reminiscent tears
Why must it come down to this?
We'll see how it ends

Consider it fixed! Hi Drame! :wave: Hi Janine!

[dramasnot6]

Hey Miss C! great job stringing our lines together

We'll see how it ends
Zealous eyes vacuum each word
Climatic goodbyes

[Misscaroline]

Climactic goodbyes
A passionate kiss farewell
This is real life, yes?

Thanks Drame, how goes it?

[dramasnot6]

This is real life, yes?
Illusion strikes hard
Alienation
:alien:

It goes bittersweet as always....., yourself?

[Misscaroline]

Alienation:alien:
Remembering you drove me off--
And you want me now?

Sounds sbout right, and that's why I'm the sweetener! Wish I could talk more, but it's time to turn in... Loved that last, by the way...

[Virgil]

And you want me now.
Now that I've married another?
Sorry time has past.

[Janine]

:D Hi Drama and MsC - back again! Hiya Virgil... How is everyone tonight. Taking a short break now to check on things on here. Gang - if you review this page there sure is a lot of broken hearts on here :bawling:

Sorry time has past.
No sense in calling me back now;
I, who have moved on.

[Laindessiel]

Sorry, time has passed.
Cinderella, you must go.
The wickeds are nigh.

[Janine]

didn't want to ruin the flow.....

[Janine]

Beat you out Lain - sorry - how are you tonight?

I, who have moved on
To a world unto myself
Love the space I'm in

[Virgil]

The wickeds are nigh
And snow white has now dozed off.
Will Prince Charming come?

Hi everyone. I'm fine Janine. How are you?

[Janine]

Thanks Virg - I was first. I will take your Prince Charming line anyway.......


Will Prince Charming come?
Illustionist - Prince is dead
Doubtful existence

[Virgil]

Thanks Virg - I was first. I will take your Prince Charming line anyway.......


Will Prince Charming come?
Illustionist - Prince is dead
Doubtful existence

:lol: Oh, you women can get so cynical. But I bet it's probaby becuase of us men. ;)

Doubtful existence
But we still dream the night prior.
Santa may still come.

[Janine]

:lol: Oh, you women can get so cynical. But I bet it's probaby becuase of us men. ;)

Doubtful existence
But we still dream the night prior.
Will Prince Charming come?


It is! (pack of wolves:lol: )


Will Prince Charming come?
Kiss upon Snow White's cold lips
She awaits in glass

[Virgil]

She waits in glass
Frozen for eternity
Or until she melts.

[Janine]

She waits in glass
Frozen for eternity
Or until she melts.

Cynical and critical, too It's awaits not waits...silly


Or until she melts
The witch in Oz still rages on
Then the spell is cast

[Susan Sonnen]

then the spell is cast.
beauty falls from the heavens,
enchanting this earth

[Virgil]

Enchanting this earth
With a wand of space metal
She spreads her magic.

[Janine]

She spreads her magic
Beautiful butterfly flirts
With every fresh bloom

[Laindessiel]

I'm doing fine, Janine, although I should've went to University of the Philippines today to file an application for the College Entrance Exams. But my dad's car is against the number-coding.

She spreads her magic.
Bwahahahaha, she screams!
Now spreads the Mayo.

:p

[Laindessiel]

Ay! Okay. Someone fix it? :(

[dramasnot6]

With every fresh bloom
She goes out and milks the cows
Now spreads the mayo
i hope i fixed it well!

[Virgil]

Now spreads the mayo
on the roast beef and white bread.
Mmm, I'm hungry now.

[Janine]

Mmm, I'm hungry now
For chocolate and ice-cream
Think I will get some

[Virgil]

Think I will get some
big chocolate chip cookies.
Oh, darn. No more milk.

Good night out there. :)

[samercury]

Oh, darn. No more milk.
Probably should buy some now
...Maybe tomorrow

[dramasnot6]

Maybe tommorow
Will the sunrise discover
Music on my lips

[Janine]

Music on my lips
As angel voices join in
A throng of spirit

[zanna]

a throng of spirit
the hallelujah chorus
rings, filling senses

[dramasnot6]

Rings, filling senses
Black and white doves blend as one
Yin and yang wedding

[Misscaroline]

Yin and yang wedding
New balance is created
Perfect harmony

[Susan Sonnen]

perfect harmony
encases Utopia,
caged bluebird released

[Misscaroline]

Caged bluebird released
Creatures takes flight in freedom
Happiness returns

[Janine]

Very pretty MissC

Happiness returns
Imagining a dear voice
Ghost footsteps on stairs

[Misscaroline]

Ghost footsteps on stairs
It feels like he might be here
Could he have returned?

And thank you, Janine. How are you today?

[alhara]

could he have returned?
fists pound a coffee table
forgive and forget

[Janine]

stressed out but thanks for asking. I have a cold, don't feel well and there is too much to do and now I am panicing....help! Too much coffee probably....

Anyway - can only write one Haiku more for now.....


Could he have returned?
From his worldly travels grand
To one so lowly

[Misscaroline]

Forgive and forget
Wrath may have been invoked then
But peace holds the reins

[Misscaroline]

Fixing:

To one so lowly
It seems like war and havoc--
But peace holds the reins

[Janine]

got beat out - that's ok - bye for now Missc and Alhara...

[Misscaroline]

Fixed it for you- no prob, and have a great/better day! Hope you feel less stressed....

[Janine]

Thanks for fixing it. Bye again!

[ShoutGrace]

"But peace holds the reins"
It is a wonderful dream . . .
I think I will sleep.

[Janine]

I think I will sleep
The sleep of a new baby
Soft and warm and safe

[ShoutGrace]

Soft and warm and safe
"Till human voices wake
us, and we drown." ~ T.S. Eliot :D



Soft and warm and safe
We waste under a mattress
Until the boss comes.

[toni]

:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: <<<---look at them, Shouty!


Until the boss comes
We sit and drink and we play
The invisibles

[Susan Sonnen]

until the boss comes
let playfulness bounce freely
within toil's boundaries

the invisibles
move resolutely through time,
no thought of future

[ShoutGrace]

:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: <<<---look at them, Shouty!

Okay . . . I'm looking . . . :nod: :alien:

No thought of future
It is enough to make time
Within toil's boundaries.


Fixed. :D

[Susan Sonnen]

very clever~~~


within toil's boundaries
lie heartache, fatigue, despair --
where resides our joy?

[Janine]

Where resides our joy?
The holiday rush draws near
Lost childhood wonder!

[Virgil]

Lost childhood wonder!
Poor johnny now doesn't think
Santa will stop by.

Hi Janine. :)

[brainstrain]

Santa will stop by
Many presents to recieve
I prefer giving!

[Janine]

:angel: Ah..... such sweet Christmas haiku on this page - I like yours Virgil, but gee, isn't Santa real? I saw him at the mall last week - he had a real beard and looked real.

brainstorm - nice thought, too.

I prefer giving!
The ideal is just that, let
Us remember the reason.

[Janine]

Or did I read that wrong - was Johnny just bad?

[zanna]

Us remember the reason
for life, even, (so great a
gift) and thankful be.

[Janine]

Nice zanna, and welcome - haven't seen you on Haiku before. Neat name!

(gift) and thankful be.
Christ's birth on earth in our time;
let us ponder it.

[Susan Sonnen]

let's ponder it
at all times, everywhere -
enveloped in love

[Laindessiel]

Enveloped in love
Us two, deep in emotions.
I long to cuddle...

[Janine]

I long to cuddle...
Next to your strong beating heart
Arms envelope me

[Virgil]

Arms envolope me
and snap handcuffs on my wrists.
Jail will not be fun.

Hi Janine. I hope you're feeling better.

[Janine]

Jail will not be fun
A prison in my mind's eye
Anticipation

[Misscaroline]

Anticipation
Sweaty palms, nervous glances
When will you ask me?

[x894565256]

When will you ask me?
I do not know, as of yet
how I'll answer you.

[Misscaroline]

How I'll answer you
will belie my mind and heart.
You know I love you.

[Janine]

You know I love you
My love's deeply sad today
Since I tell you not

[Misscaroline]

Since I tell you not
Please do not force an answer
I don't want to talk

Hi Janine

[zanna]

I don't want to talk
to the wall or a pillow,
but with you instead.

Thanks, Janine. I like haiku, and this is fun. :) I am new around here, so thanks all for putting up with me.

[Susan Sonnen]

but with you instead
I have chosen to journey -
take my hand, stay close

[Janine]

take my hand, stay close
come children, you're dear to me
I am blessed by them

[Virgil]

I am blessed by them
Grapes after they get squeezed down.
Wine is so God-sent.

[B-Mental]

Wine is so God-sent
truest laughter all about
oh so winefully

[Janine]

Hi Virgil:D


Wine is so God-sent.
Let us partake of juices
Of forbidden fruit.

[Janine]

I will fix it

oh so winefully
the men went caroling, now
they stagger towards home

[zanna]

they stagger towards home
the road, so long, is drawing
to an end . . . about here.

[B-Mental]

They stagger towards home
armies lurching aimlessly
zombies on the prowl

drat, fixing it

They stagger towards home
the road, so long, is drawing
zombies on the prowl.

[zanna]

ooh, i like the fix

zombies on the prowl
"can't get no satisfaction"
nearby, so they leave

[B-Mental]

nearby so they leave
concert tickets overpriced
Rolling Stones grown old

[zanna]

Rolling Stones grown old,
the tumbleweed finally
races towards the end

[Riesa]

races, towards the end,
tend to get everyone's eyes
on one place at once

[Virgil]

nearby so they leave
concert tickets overpriced
Rolling Stones grown old


Rolling Stones grown old,
the tumbleweed finally
races towards the end

Hey I love the Stones. :p They're still great despite their age. :D

On one place at once
The rooster cackles loudly.
Morning will soon turn.

[zanna]

Wasn't trying to bash them, for some reason B's haiku made me think of a tumbleweed.

Morning sun will soon turn
Alas, homework remains un-
done. why bother now?

[B-Mental]

I wasn't bashing either, jeez I know its only rock and roll virgil, but I like it!

Done, why bother now
searching continually
distant fleeting dreams

[Virgil]

I wasn't bashing either, jeez I know its only rock and roll virgil, but I like it!



:lol: :lol: I wasn't upset.

Distant fleeting dreams
Come every night you are gone.
Must the moon revile?

[Janine]

Must the moon revile?
The visions; memory now
Taunted by harsh words

[zanna]

must the moon revile
me so? He's just lucky to
be out of my reach!

[zanna]

oops, musta thought to long. fixing . . .

taunted by harsh words,
I try to grasp, but it must
be out of my reach!

[enFuego]

Must the moon revile?
Cold and ubiquitous globe,
Harsh pseudo-nightlight.


Try that last line on for size. ;)

[enFuego]

Be out of my reach,
Or you might find yourself in
A pain conondrum.

[zanna]

Orright.

harsh psudo-nightlight
refuses to let me sleep
how I long for dawn

[enFuego]

How I long for dawn!
Her warm rays carress my face,
Wake me through the shades.

[Janine]

Wake me through the shades
Brightly the moon's embers glow
Paints shadows on all

[Susan Sonnen]

paint shadows on all
that they might never forget,
the past never ends

[Janine]

exactly my own thought - Susan - good haiku!

The past never ends
till we give it a grave, but
Does it not haunt us?

[zanna]

does it not haunt us?
good times and sweet memories
resurface again

[OZEED]

Does it not haunt us?
Gnawing at our heart and soul
truculent lifes walk

[OZEED]

Oops, thats what I get for thinking to long.....
pleasure to meet you Zanna, I've been really busy at work so I haven't been around lately
*sticks out hand for a shake*

[zanna]

*shakes hand solemly* Nice to meet you, too. I seem to have that trouble, too. :)

maybe a fix?

resurface again
human nature does, and now
truculent lifes (lives?) walk

Interesting word . . . dunno if I used it right!

[OZEED]

Truculent - cruel, savage, destructive

[zanna]

good to know. I'll have to find out how to say it. :) "Stop it, you truculent cur!"

[Laindessiel]

Truculent lives walk.
Succulent cacti eaten.
Dracula's coming....

[Janine]

Dracula's coming....
With blood dripping from his lips
His victim is dead

[Janine]

Nice holiday thought (?)

[Susan Sonnen]

his victim is dead
so the story has been told...
her cries echo still

[Janine]

her cries echo still
from the regions of hell's fire
burn eternally

[Il Penseroso]

Burn eternally
pass the sun in radiance,
damned by misfortune.

[zanna]

damned by misfortune
(and I suppose cowardice)
I rail against fate

[Susan Sonnen]

I rail against Fate,
amusing Her yet again -
gales shout their disdain

[Janine]

Gales shout their disdain,
Waves crash; tiny grains of sand,
Beaches abandoned

[Virgil]

Beaches abandoned
Fish floating dead on the shore.
Oil drains from tanker.

[Poetess]

Oil drains from tanker
Roads, empty like a desert
And a tree bows to die



I hope I got it well :?

[Janine]

Burn and rage away
Embers of withholding hate
Within finally freed

[Misscaroline]

Within finally freed
My soul is lighter than air
My wings meet the sky

[RobinHood3000]

My wings meet the sky
Heaven is beyond my feet
As I look downwards

[Misscaroline]

As I look downwards
I pity those who don't feel
Such freedom-- such love

[RobinHood3000]

Such freedom -- such love
Such blazing eyes of cool blue
Peer into the depths

[Janine]

Peer into the depths
Seas pregnant with aqua life
Ribbons of blue light

[Misscaroline]

Peer into the depths
Futures that the waters hold
Scry the face of love

...nevermind....Janine beat me... Hi Janine! Hi Robin!

[Janine]

Hi Misscaroline, how are you tonight? Is "scry" a word - can't find it in my dictionary. What does it mean? Anyway, I see I bet you, but can you tell me anyway? For the record. A short while back I wrote a haiku and don't see where I got the first line from unless someone changed theirs since I wrote it, seems no one even noticed it. I would write another H for your's but don't know what scry means. J

I will write next haiku....

Ribbons of blue light
Amaze my eyes of gray blue
Thoughtful soul is still

[Virgil]

Thoughtful soul is still
Kept hidden within one's heart.
Must air out the room.

[Janine]

Nice Haiku V!

Must air out the room
Strip ghost sheets from furniture
Open hearts this year

[Virgil]

I like yours too. ;)

Open hearts this year
for our Christmas donations
Time for giving help.

[subterranean]

Time for giving help
Season when goodness is shared
And kindness is spread.

[Susan Sonnen]

and kindness is spread
without bias, covering
our souls' open wounds

[RobinHood3000]

Scry: to see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball

I really need to get an Unabridged.

Our souls' open wounds
Make their marks upon our brows
Our worries and fears

[toni]

Our worries and fears
Cast dim by the neon lights
Our love will prove strong

*cheesy*

[Misscaroline]

Our love will prove strong
We can defeat anything
As long as we love

And for the record, you can scry with many different things. Glass, mirrors, water, wind, just about anything...

[Susan Sonnen]

as long as we love
worlds will continue to turn,
step into the game

[Janine]

Scry: to see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball

I really need to get an Unabridged.

Our souls' open wounds
Make their marks upon our brows
Our worries and fears

Thanks for the definition of scry. I was looking in a smaller dictionary by the computer, too lazy to go seek out a bigger and better one. Thanks, RobinH!:)

[Janine]

opps meant to write my haiku


Step into the game
Precarious it might be
But worth the effort

[zanna]

but worth the effort,
(well) it was, said Yoda to
his young disciple.

[Janine]

his young disciple
homesick for his native land
sought a way back home

[Virgil]

Thanks for the definition of scy. I was looking in a smaller dictionary by the computer, too lazy to go seek out a bigger and better one. Thanks, RobinH!:)

Janine and everyone. Try these web sites for definitions and other word searches:

http://www.m-w.com/

http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=found&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l

http://thesaurus.reference.com/

http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml

Each have their advantages. That last one is very powerful.

[Janine]

Well, as you may have noticed Virgil - I spelled "scry" wrong - think it was a typo - I had it "scy" left out the "r". I just looked in another dictionary of mine and it is not there - on to the bigger and newer one now.
Virgil it was awfully nice of you to PM thanking all for your birthday celebration. You are very gracious and appreciative.
Thanks for the links - also you are always so helpful. You should have been a teacher or prof. I think you missed your true calling.

Here's my haiku

Sought a way back home
Found his lost love waiting there
Left behind, with child

[Virgil]

also you are always so helpful. You should have been a teacher or prof. I think you missed your true calling.


Teacher, Professor? God forbid. :cold: I just like being helpful. ;) BTW, Janine, did you see my entry in the poetry contest? "Self-Portrait."

Left behind with child
Three wise men pay a visit.
Bright star leads the way.

[Janine]

Teacher, Professor? God forbid. :cold: I just like being helpful. ;) BTW, Janine, did you see my entry in the poetry contest? "Self-Portrait."

Left behind with child
Three wise men pay a visit.
Bright star leads the way.

I have to check that poem out...wow. When is the deadline date? I had wanted to try writing one. Probably too late now. Thought you would be out celebrating your B-day or were you...if so how was it...good dinner or whatever? Nice Haiku for the season!

Here is mine~

Bright star leads the way
Galaxies in soulfull space
Bring forth a new year

[Virgil]

I have to check that poem out...wow. When is the deadline date? I had wanted to try writing one. Probably too late now. Thought you would be out celebrating your B-day or were you...if so how was it...good dinner or whatever? Nice Haiku for the season!


Reisa said she would give it until Monday sometime.

Bring forth a New Year
With a big splash in Times Square.
Midnight revelries.

[Janine]

Your haiku - so New York, Virgil! Just wrote you a PM about your poem. I loved it!

Midnight revelries
Faces painted, brightly glow
Excitement expands

[dramasnot6]

I love that last one Janine, the quality of your haikus leaves me in more and more awe every time!

Excitement expands
A thousand huddled sparrows
Soar beneath my gaze

[Virgil]

Soar beneath my gaze
My little one, my sweetheart.
Spring means separation.

[dramasnot6]

Hiya Virgil! I hope youre enjoying your sunday morning. How is the lovely Brandi? :)
Spring means seperation
But every fall bounces back
Trampoline magic

[Virgil]

Hiya Virgil! I hope youre enjoying your sunday morning. How is the lovely Brandi? :)
Spring means seperation
But every fall bounces back
Trampoline magic

Fine thanks; Just came back from our weekend morning walk to an open field where we play fetch with a tennis ball. Now that she's eaten, she's burnd out of energy. ;) Just as I like it. :D

Hope your Sunday went well.

Trampoline magic,
Summersaults and wild back flips.
The circus wants me.
:D

[dramasnot6]

I love taking my dog on looong morning walks for the same purpose! It's so nice for her to be spread on her dog bed very content for the afternoon.In the evening she begs for another hour of exercise, i call her the epitome of indefatigable :p

The circus wants me
Blessed with an eccentric flair
Juggling decisions

[Virgil]

Juggling decisions
with all those men looking on
makes for a hard day.

[Janine]

I love that last one Janine, the quality of your haikus leaves me in more and more awe every time!

Excitement expands
A thousand huddled sparrows
Soar beneath my gaze

Drama, you really do mean that about my haikus? I thought this one was pretty simplistic. I was thinking on the film of "Much Ado About Nothing"...remember the revelers? I liked the lead in first line...made me think of it. Thanks for the compliments and the ones on my mug shot! Did you post one in the photo album yet? I liked your last Haiku also...great. Virgil, yours are quite nice, too.

Here's my H ~

Makes for a hard day
Time's tetiously tiring
When our hearts stagnat

[Laindessiel]

When our hearts stagnate
Disproves warmth and loyalty.
Gimme some coffee!

Hi beautiful Janine! :)

[Janine]

When our hearts stagnate
Disproves warmth and loyalty.
Gimme some coffee!

Hi beautiful Janine! :)

Did you see my photo then? I got brave. You are beautiful (inside and out) too. Hey Lain, I like your new avy - it is really pretty. I like the way you change them so often but keep this one for awhile. I like looking at it.

Gimme some coffee!
The new day has just begun
Creative thoughts flow

[Laindessiel]

I have seen your GORGEOUS photo, Janine! And what can I say...you're simply beautiful!! :)

I like my avatar a lot too. I've always been dreamy thinking of the color misty violet and decided to Picture anager it. That's a Daffodil Fairy, daffodil being the Aquarian flower, and Aquarian being me. :p It was originally yellow but I thought that it might conflict with yours as I post a lot on this thread, but I think it came out well! Yes, I'm keeping this for a little while...I like staring at it too. :p

Creative thoughts flow
While juices spill on the floor.
Hmmm...I am thirsty...

[Janine]

Neat Lainy, daffodil fairy - never heard of one but that is cool.


Gee... beautiful (?) - not sure of that - I have always gotten "cute" in person, but it is sweet of you to say so....You are really beautiful and gorgeous hair. Some people have told me I have pretty blue eyes - very English or Scottish, some French thrown in - my roots, I suppose. My mother has blue eyes, but I am the only one, out of my siblings, that have them. I was lucky.


I love that avy so keep it awhile. I like looking at it, too! I wrote you a note in Photo album, too ...just before this.


Hmmm...I am thirsty...
And the dessert is endless
Hunger grips taunt skin

[Laindessiel]

Geez, thanks Janine! I've always loved my hair. :)
And I WILL keep my avy, yeah. ;)
If you want me to say you're cute, then I will...Cute Janine...Hihi...

That was a nice haiku. :thumbs_up

Hunger grips taunt skin
Of ivory, ebony.
Either is pretty.

Sorry for my sucks-to-you worthy haiku. I'm terrible at this right now. :(

[Janine]

Loved your haiku, too. Hey, you can keep calling me beautiful. I kind of like it anway. You have spoiled me now. Your hair is stunning, dearest girl. Go get that cute Santa M!

Either is pretty
Skin color makes no difference
All people have beauty

[Virgil]

All people have beauty,
But do all have a good heart?
Why then is hell packed?

[Janine]

Hi Virgil, I see you are reading Dante again....

Why then is hell packed?
Souls long lost from this world, they
Blacken not earth's light

[Janine]

Blacken not earth's light
With full moons ecliptical
Sea green shadowed night

[Janine]

Sea green shadowed night
Fish copy other fish trails
Waves brightly pulsing

[Janine]

Waves brightly pulsing
Gentle sands shifting, satin shores
Glow with aqua stain

[Janine]

Playing Haiku all alone - where is everyone tonight. Well, I got on a roll and wrote a bunch! Playing Haiku solitare, I guess. :)

[toni]

Glow with aqua stain
Fantasies swimming
In my iron heart

(you are not alone now! :D)

[ktd222]

In my iron heart
of hearts, there lies another
iron heart I guard.

[alhara]

iron heart I guard
why guard that which is iron
overprotected

[Susan Sonnen]

overprotected
garden strains to rise above,
hollyhocks perform

[Whifflingpin]

hollyhocks perform
their measureless minuet
dancing in silence

[Laindessiel]

Loved your haiku, too. Hey, you can keep calling me beautiful. I kind of like it anway. You have spoiled me now. Your hair is stunning, dearest girl. Go get that cute Santa M!

Good morning/evening beautiful Miss Janine! I'll spoil you rotten, I won't stop, don't worry..:p Though Santa M loves girls with long hair, this long-haired girl is not taking advantage of it. We're better off for now as friends. ;)
Can we not talk about him now? It just makes my heart beat thrice as fast...not healthy anymore..;) :D

Dancing in silence
Doing the salsa and jazz.
The guy dips the girl.....

Hello there, Mr. Whiff! :wave:

[Misscaroline]

The guy dips the girl...
Uncomfortable silence,
Then their lips will meet...

[RobinHood3000]

Then their lips will meet...
Eternity together...
Part...and meet again.

[dramasnot6]

Part...and meet again.
Only eyes still familiar
Bottled expression

[Riesa]

bottled expression,
stuck 'till rigorously slapped
mutely floods the page.

[dcdavi]

mutely floods the page
drowning the jazzy crier,
the bourbon street times.

[Virgil]

I got to say, the last month or two we have gathered together the best haiku "players" since I've been on lit net.

The Bourbon Street times
are filled with carnival jerks.
Dixieland music.

[Janine]

What a nice compliment Virgil...gee am I included? I just got started with Haiku. I used to read a lot of it when I was younger....maybe some of it stuck!

Here's my Haiku ~

Dixieland music
Jazz bars swirl with dancing smoke
New Orleans alive!

[Virgil]

What a nice compliment Virgil...gee am I included?

Of course you're included. Did you see Logos' post on getting your sketch larger? Why not just post it somewhere and then have a link in your signature to it?

New Orleans alive
With fat Tuesday revelry.
Ash Wednesday ends it.

[dcdavi]

Ash Wednesday ends it
except for that one year we
gave it up for lent

[Janine]

Of course you're included. Did you see Logos' post on getting your sketch larger? Why not just post it somewhere and then have a link in your signature to it?

New Orleans alive
With fat Tuesday revelry.
Ash Wednesday ends it.

Yes, well we have discussed it extensively. Now I see it can't be any higher - which is a bummer. But I will just paste it into the body of the text in each posting when it gets closer to Christmas. Will be a little more work but it will work out ok...you will see. I won't make it too much larger really. After Christmas I will make up a blog for artwork. It should be fun. I had better go to the Introduce Yourself thread when I find time and introduce myself...that might be nice. Just no time now to do all of this. Went Christmas shopping tonight but mostly done with that now. Thank heaven!

Here's my Haiku ~

Gave it up for lent
Eating yummy chocolate bars
Lusted for caffine


That is a pretty silly one. I am tired....:sick:

[Janine]

Think I spelled caffine wrong...oh well.... :(

[Il Penseroso]

Lusted for caffeine,
for twenty minutes or less,
then slept the urge off.

[toni]

Then slept the urge off
Woke up at midnight for drink
The devils sang songs

[Janine]

The devils sang songs
In the moonlite ancient woods
Whirlwind of witches

[Janine]

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Whirlwind of witches
Dance impassioned in night's fire
World's wild with folly



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Happy Holidays everyone. Love and peace to all of you! ~ Janine

[toni]

Whirlwind of witches
Smells the burning of their kind
They start their ballet

Hello, Janine! http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/huepfen/jumping-smiley-011.gif

[Janine]

Hi Toni....that little guy is really funny and weird...where did you find him? I posted my photo larger and it worked. I have been experimenting with it and glad I could get the card in for the holidays. Do you like it. I drew it about 15 yrs ago. I guess it prompted you to use your last line in your Haiku ~

They start their ballet
So wonderous to behold
Motion stills the crowd

[Janine]

I have to bail out now. I am falling asleep. It is 2:08 here in America EST. I am so tired out I can't keep my eyes open any longer. See you tomorrow! J

[toni]

Hi Toni....that little guy is really funny and weird...where did you find him? I posted my photo larger and it worked. I have been experimenting with it and glad I could get the card in for the holidays. Do you like it. I drew it about 15 yrs ago. I guess it prompted you to use your last line in your Haiku ~

The smiley is from Uncle Pen's Smileys..
And yes! I love your drawing! I draw too, sometimes. Using watercolor pencils. I'm wondering, is your drawing on pencil or charcoal?

Aaannd, Im messing up the Haiku again. My apologies, madame.:bawling:


Motion stills the crowd
Dancers moved by hate and lies
I fall in your arms




And oh..

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/weihnachten/xmas-smiley-039.gif

[Susan Sonnen]

I fall in your arms
vulnerable and willing,
gently lay me down

[ShoutGrace]

Gently lay me down
In my pooling blood . . . Don't cry,
You'll forget me soon.

[Whifflingpin]

You'll forget me soon
See, you do not know my name,
So soon forgotten

[ShoutGrace]

So soon forgotten
History is fickle, and
Nothing is sacred.

[Whifflingpin]

Nothing is sacred
Neither book nor artefact
contains the godhead

[Laindessiel]

Contains the godhead.
Poems, poets - creative.
They're inspirations..

http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/049.gif <<< This is how cool your drawing is, Janine! I could do that "rock finger sign" for it.

[Misscaroline]

They're inspirations
The moths keep on fluttering
Fighting for the flame

[alhara]

fighting for flames
i kiss the lovely creature
necissary(sp) foresight

[Janine]

Contains the godhead.
Poems, poets - creative.
They're inspirations..

http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/049.gif <<< This is how cool your drawing is, Janine! I could do that "rock finger sign" for it.

Hi Lainy and Toni, Thanks for your compliments on the Christmas Card. Toni - I started out with those colored pencils, so they are dear to my heart. I got them for Christmas one year and loved them so much I could not stop drawing. Oh please I must see your drawings, how nice. I have colored pencil work from way back, but this card piece was done in black ink, which is hard because it is not easy if you mess up. Then the whole thing was printed professionally at a company I worked at. You can white ink, out but then the original looks rather messy, and it is hard to put ink on the whited out area. It is hard to do, but lots of fun. You have to use a very fine point of a pen - technical pen. I need to resume doing it again. I let my work slide too much in past years.

Toni - that little smiley guy is funny, too! and I love your string of smiley balls on the garland...so cute and lively like you! Lainy I like your smilies, too as I like you the same.

I will just post the card now and then this week because it kind of hogs the thread a bit. Maybe I should take out the little one in signature, what do you all think?




Fighting for the flame
Eternally grasping high
Pinacles of fame

[Misscaroline]

Fixing:

Necessary foresight
See the future before you
Pinnacles of fame

[Janine]

sorry too slow - writing to Lain and Toni. I will fix it...

necessary (sp?) foresight
World looks to hopes and to fears
Anticipate fate

[Misscaroline]

Ooops, Janine...

[Janine]

Sorry too slow again.....Hi MissC......


Pinnacles of fame
Arousing new hopes and sweet dreams
Launched into future

[Janine]

Liked yours better MissC........

[Misscaroline]

Hi Janine!:wave: I just type fast...

Launched into future
Fly past the doves and the sun
Soar to tomorrow

[Janine]

Have to go Christmas is beaconing me - work!!!

[Janine]

That's ok...fast typer......Bye MissC:wave:

[Misscaroline]

Soar to tomorrow
May an eclipse enclose you
As you greet the moon

All by myself....

[Misscaroline]

As you greet the moon
Her lunar beams may kiss you
Her light lullaby

Don't want to be...

[Il Penseroso]

Those were both very nice.

Her light lullaby
spreads melodic wings abroad,
soothing baby's cry.

[Misscaroline]

All be myself! And I'm not! Hi Il Penseroso!:wave: :blush: D'you really think so?

Soothing baby's cry
Such a small fragile creature
Attention wanted

[Misscaroline]

All by myself, yeah...That didn't last long, now did it?

Attention wanted
Where is everybody?
I feel abandoned...

[ShoutGrace]

I feel abandoned
You've stayed clear of my sick bed
It must be the smell.

[Misscaroline]

It must be the smell
That keeps you so far from me
Or perhaps your fear?

Hi Shout!:wave: Haven't seen you in awhile...

[ShoutGrace]

Hello. :D I've been having finals. And now what I really need to do is catch up with my correspondence. ;)


Or perhaps your fear
Turning into icicles
Slip-sliding through you.

[Misscaroline]

Then I shall help you dive back in!!! (I do love you Shouty, but as seen above, I was in severe need of company of any sort...)

Slip-sliding through you
Reveal the chill in your veins
The ice on your spine

[ShoutGrace]

Oh, so I'm an incidental LitNet lubricant . . . I could be anybody, just so long as I satisfy your "severe need of company." :( :bawling:


The ice in your spine
Trying to convince yourself
He is worth your hurt.

[Misscaroline]

Actually, dear, I was elated to see you back! I was merely remarking upon the happy circumstance that brought you here to play with me! I needed mere company, but got an excellent playmate and an Extreme Ku-er to boot!!:D Do not be disparaged, please...

He is worth your hurt
Or, at the very least, was...
Let go of the past

[ShoutGrace]

*soothing self* Okay then . . . :D I'm always delighted to see you on too. ;)


Let go of the past
Concentrate on the one who
Shares your here and now.

[Misscaroline]

Thanks- I'm "taking a break" from my carpal tunnel project to see you guys...~covert~ You didn't see me here...

Shares your here and now
And loves you with all his heart-
Your lover beckons

[ShoutGrace]

~covert~ You didn't see me here...

Anytime you sneak in and spend time with me, I'll keep my mouth sealed. ;)


Your lover beckons
The bed is warm, but life is
Outside, calling you.

[Misscaroline]

Sweet. The parental units are none too happy with the time I spend on the CPU already... If they knew I was ku-ing, then they would kick me off. They appreciate so few of my arts... Not talents, mind you...

Outside, calling you,
A Southern breeze haunts your mind.
Go out. Taste the wind.

[ShoutGrace]

Not talents, mind you...

:lol: :D

Go out, taste the wind
Try to stave off . . . that feeling . . .
That old time feeling.

[Misscaroline]

That old time feeling-
Why don't people understand
Music makes me dance?

What??? They're not...

[ShoutGrace]

Oh, so you say . . . the most humbly biased person on the planet, as far as your arts are concerned. ;)


Music makes me dance!
It's a compulsion in my
Electric-like limbs.


:banana: :banana: :banana:

[Misscaroline]

Tis true, but if I can finish it, after Break, I will have a brand new avy that says I'm proud of some of them...:blush:

Electric-like limbs
We have the technology
Life must not end here

Oh, and I don't know why, but :banana::banana::banana: to you too!

[ShoutGrace]

Very much looking forward to it. :D

Life must not end here
Still plenty of time to dance!
Crazy bananas! :banana: :banana:

[Misscaroline]

Well, I could scan in what I have done, but I promise it will change...

Crazy bananas!:banana::banana:
Fruit unbound by sanity
Dance, Vitamin C!

[ShoutGrace]

I'll see you later MissC. :wave: Be good! ;)


Dance, Vitamin C!
Nutrients have come to change
How we undulate. :banana: :D

[Misscaroline]

How we undulate
Tango, meringue- better
Than this "modern dance"

Bye Shouty!:D Miss you...:bawling:

[Misscaroline]

Than this "modern dance",
The classical is greater
Salsa conquers all:banana::banana:

all alone again...

[RobinHood3000]

Salsa conquers all :banana::banana:
But lambada is best for
Insinuation :brow:

[Misscaroline]

Insinuation
Three guesses as to what is
Forever in mind

[Misscaroline]

Forever in mind
Speak into the wind, my love-
Words exchanged ringing

I've been alone on here too often tonight.... I topped 600 and didn't even notice til 9 posts later...

[RobinHood3000]

Words exchanged ringing
In the belfries of four ears
Beside four temples

[Misscaroline]

Besides four temples
An augur watches the skies
Can he see your fate?

[toni]

Can he see your fate?
Your crystallized feet on scales?
Oh, wretched sunlight!

(that doesn't make sense) :(

[Janine]

Can he see your fate?
Your crystallized feet on scales?
Oh, wretched sunlight!

(that doesn't make sense) :(

Yeah, maybe, but it sure sounds good...


Oh, wretched sunlight!
That burns bliss' shameful despair
Haunts my heart of hearts


Not sure that makes any sense either....hah:D

[Janine]

Compliments to the participants of the last few pages. I read them all - some great stuff here (love the moon ones) and some really funny haiku, too...like the dancing section so much. I love those dancing bananas within the haiku's. You two were really on the same train of though. The other ones I liked were the heartbreak ones and they felt like therapy. How funny, I need therapy this time of year!

Will leave next haiku to next poster... see my last post for last line.

[Neo_Sephiroth]

Haunts my hearts of hearts
That beauty who took my soul
Whose kiss killed my pride

[Janine]

Whose kiss killed my pride
Whose love thrilled me to the bone
Carved stark naked stone

[Il Penseroso]

Carved stark naked stone
stoic, cold and loose-jagged
clefts in solid earth.

[ktd222]

clefts in solid earth
are similar to the cleft
I had after birth.

[Janine]

I had after birth,
Remembrance of a past life
Primal and wondress

[Whifflingpin]

Primal and wondrous
The soft shore lies welcoming;
Sweet land to be raped.

[Laindessiel]

Sweet land to be raped
Flowers, leaves in the garden.
So soft, now so strange...

[Whifflingpin]

So soft, now so strange,
That fine skin beneath her breast,
Pearl warm as feathers.

[Laindessiel]

Pearl warm as feathers
They all want it crucified
Buried deep in sea.

[Neo_Sephiroth]

Buried deep in sea
Seal, not in death, but in pain
Dark oblivion

[zanna]

Dark oblivion
inky black water laps at
my face, pale and cold

[Janine]

my face, pale and cold
sharp needles; ice penetrates -
winter blasts blow harsh

[zanna]

winter blasts blow harsh
but light gleams brightly from the
stores, houses, and trees

[Janine]

Stores, houses, and trees
Illuminated streets glow
Christmas shines anew!

[zanna]

Christmas shines anew!
Holiday cheer permeates
simles all around

[Misscaroline]

(And) Smiles all around
As the carolers are in
Chorus "Batman Smells"

(sorry for the fix- I just noticed a missing syllable...)

[Misscaroline]

Chorus "Batman Smells"
Small children romp, blithely play
Holidays are here

[Misscaroline]

Holidays are here
But no one else is around
Lonely mistletoe...

:(

[Misscaroline]

Lonely mistletoe
Snow on the wooden doorjamb
No one has come home