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[HaloDestroyer]

Embodied in you
My soul linking with your heart,
Shatter me and die

[atiguhya padma]

Shatter me and die,
Lock me up and never live
Give me, receive me.

[HaloDestroyer]

Give me, recieve me
Take me by the hand and swear
Violence solves nothing

[verybaddmom]

violence solves nothing
teaches children death and hate
and we ask how? why?

[emily655321]

and we ask how? why?
no answers exist in this
meaningless cosmos

[verybaddmom]

meaningless cosmos
we spin round out of control
into the sun now

[Isagel]

Into the sun now
the highway lies empty, clear
green trees left and right

[atiguhya padma]

Green trees left and right
Moonlight-coated peeling skin
Grass dew-fresh to touch

[atiguhya padma]

Grass dew-fresh to touch
Your palms press down perfect blades
Swords to your soft flesh.

[emily655321]

Swords to your soft flesh
my nails catch your arm as you
turn away from me

[amuse]

turn away from me
embrace torments come to sing
pain, insanity

[emily655321]

pain, insanity
punctured; diffuses dully
throughout my body

[amuse]

throughout my body
little cells making nice and
cleaning house for me

[HaloDestroyer]

Cleaning house for me
My gambling instincts die hard,
We all win in the end

*^_^* HIYA GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE SAY HI!!!!!

[amuse]

aloha ;)

[verybaddmom]

we all win in the end
the fates have plans for us yet
love will conquer all

[atiguhya padma]

Love will conquer all
Damning us to slavery
Then we will kill love

[verybaddmom]

then we kill love
for its betrayal of hearts
hide the corpse from youth

[HaloDestroyer]

Hide the corpse from youth
Shielding them from immense pain,
Pain is for the weak

*^_^* SOMEONE ON THIS THREAD LIVES!!!!

¬_¬;; Can't say the same for the rest of you though!

[atiguhya padma]

Pain is for the weak
Weakness is for the strongest
Pain rules everyone

[IWilKikU]

Pain rules everyone
A leprichon inside me
Banging on my ribs

[verybaddmom]

banging on my ribs
my heart tries to escape me
when it hears your voice

[amuse]

when it hears your voice
the wind dances in the snow,
turns cartwheels of joy.

[HaloDestroyer]

Turn cartwheels of joy
Perform backflips of sadness,
Epic theatre

[atiguhya padma]

Epic theatre
Cold distant star-strewn fields
Spanish pilgrimage

[den]

spanish pilgrimage
in catalonian hills
uncovering soul

(I'm so glad there are many joining here regularily! :D )

[amuse]

uncovering soul,
true self reveals eternal
life clad in love.

*definitely :)

oh, zut! missed a syllable. ay guvalt (bangs noggen, retires for evening).

[emily655321]

life clad in love
eyes deep like shimmering pools
real yet eternal

[HaloDestroyer]

Real yet eternal
Distant yet real to the touch,
Avatar of life

¬_¬;; cool thread! *^_^*

[IWilKikU]

Avatar of life
My toenails are painted blue
Colour of a corpse

[den]

Yup! :D and thanks you all for continuing it...


¬_¬;; cool thread! *^_^*

[atiguhya padma]

Colour of a corpse
His skin stretched across the sky
Easter holiday.

[atiguhya padma]

Easter holiday
I'll walk over Devon cliffs
Into memories.

[HaloDestroyer]

Into memories,
Draw my sword and wade through
Play God with my past

[Avalive]

Play God with my past
Anticipate the future he might grant
Smile faces the sun

[emily655321]

Smile faces the sun
your joy eclipses the light
keeping me in shade

[den]

keeping me in shade
of dry reserved abstraction
loving from afar

[den]

loving from afar
despair and bewilderment
suffocating space ...

[den]

suffocating space
my autonomic reflex
helps breath come slower

[HaloDestroyer]

Helps breath come slower
As I staunch my bleeding wound,
Love tore me apart

Whatcha think of that one?

[Avalive]

Love tore me apart
Used to be two hearts in one
Now one in two

[IWilKikU]

Now one in two
Polymelodramatc
Is a damn big word

[IWilKikU]

Is a damn big word
Worth saying just to say it?
Trying to impress

[Avalive]

Trying to impress
Lover's shapeless face appears
Imagery holds fadeless

[Avalive]

Imagery holds fadeless
Fine line between black and white
Love goes colorless

[amuse]

hm. shall i do too at a time two?

love goes colorless
grey rainbows embalm crypts where
tenderness was slain

nah... ;)

[amuse]

then again

tenderness was slain
warm blue jello dribbled, flowed
from myopic eyes

*just wanted to get silly there :D

[HaloDestroyer]

From myopic eyes
Pus seeping from sores of love,
You have bled me dry

[fayefaye]

You have bled me dry
Dying slowly in your arms
till I close my eyes

[HaloDestroyer]

'Til I close my eyes
My vision swirling, darkness
My soul caged inside

[IWilKikU]

My soul caged inside
With a soul eating poodle
Slowly it does feed

[emily655321]

Slowly it does feed
on moles and mice and such things.
Feed, little cat, feed.

[IWilKikU]

Feed, little cat, feed
Become nourishment and strength
Feed my hungry dog

[atiguhya padma]

Feed my hungry dog,
Taste these morsels and scoff them
Down your waiting throat

[atiguhya padma]

Down your waiting throat
Some periscopic device
Journeys to your heart

[atiguhya padma]

Journeys to your heart
I taste a pure well-spring from
Your secret meadow

[Avalive]

Feed my hungry dog
Tease the jealousy of my cat
Meow Meow

[Avalive]

Originally posted by atiguhya padma
Journeys to your heart
I taste a pure well-spring from
Your secret meadow

Your secret meadow
Carpet on my colorful maze
Dizzy heart's widow

[emily655321]

Dizzy heart's widow
only bitter ash remains
where passion once flowed

[atiguhya padma]

Where passion once flowed,
Now the sun shines, sky is blue,
Warming dark corners

[atiguhya padma]

Warming dark corners
Coffee dreams in plain cafes
Parisian worlds.

[verybaddmom]

Parisian worlds
language barriers exist
words dont make any sense

[verybaddmom]

words dont make any sense
which does not matter at all
when one is in love

[verybaddmom]

when one is in love
separation causes pain
distance is torture

[den]

distance is torture
we sometimes feign indifference
but purely feel hope

[den]

but purely feel hope
deep within my heart of hearts
this bizarre logic ...

[den]

this bizarre logic ...
all is right within the world
fade to black, madness

[den]

fade to black, madness
smothering in soft wishes
try to taste your name

[atiguhya padma]

Try to taste your name
Carolling round my tongue-tip
Hidden in my mouth.

[emily655321]

Hidden in my mouth
Words like lead I long to speak.
The moment passes.

(What's with responding to your own haiku like a million times? Is this turning into a marking thread? Just saying.)

[HaloDestroyer]

The moment passes
In my heart time is frozen,
Shattered church bells

[atiguhya padma]

Shatter the church bells
Pull down its aching arches
Let the earth breathe life.

[den]

Emily, don't know what you mean by `marking' thread? but as you can see, this kind of stuff seems to come in fits and starts to me. So I gotta go with it ;)

While I'm afraid to venture beyond a `haiku' format sometimes maybe it would be better when there's such a flow going, but I can't get past thinking that if I try too hard to write some sort of `poem' it won't come out as easily ... if that makes sense to you...

[amuse]

it's been going on for a long time, em. if you backtrack to the beginning, this thread and the word association game have a few spots where people respond to themselves for a number of posts; i sort of figured they were making a point or a journey. the m word came to mind too but that's naughty isn't it! :D

[amuse]

den, what do you think of starting a thread where we try out other forms of japanese verse?

[den]

Hey cool! I'd love it amuse... why dontcha start one? I don't know much about all the different types of poetry, if you could just let us know what the `rules' are first and I'm sure I'd give it a try. :D

[emily655321]

Do we still get to do this one? I'm not tired of it yet. :D

[verybaddmom]

Let the earth breathe life
poor infected atmosphere
humans are damage

[atiguhya padma]

humans are damage
making plague species playing
games of life and death

[atiguhya padma]

games of life and death
lead to everyday living
until it all ends

[atiguhya padma]

Until it all ends
We keep feeding off our hopes
Lighting feeble flames

[verybaddmom]

Lighting feeble flames
freezing in the cold night air
why wont this flint work?

[atiguhya padma]

Why wont this flint work?
Its hardness is no pillow
For such a soft head

[verybaddmom]

For such a soft head
there are many hard ideas
shades of grey are good

[atiguhya padma]

Shades of grey are good
They will lead to your decay
Cover you in clay

[atiguhya padma]

Cover you in clay
So you'll renew the soil
Oil for future

[emily655321]

Oil for future
generations of missiles
to claim more oil

[atiguhya padma]

to claim more oil
we will send in the troops and
will kill anyone.

[HaloDestroyer]

Will kill anyone
Will commit murder for food
Fix shoes while you wait


I said shattered church bells, not shatter the church bells!

[atiguhya padma]

will kill anyone
to pursue what will one day
leave no-one alive.

[atiguhya padma]

leave no-one alive
walk away from where you are
and don't turn your back

(I hear China have just discovered lots of oil. I'd be very worried if I were them).

[atiguhya padma]

and don't turn your back
on what you were before now.
You are all you were.

[amuse]

and don't turn your back-
government teaches target
practice in the womb

[atiguhya padma]

You are all you were,
all you are, all you will be.
All I ever want.

[amuse]

hey, ap - could the rest of us get a haiku in edgewise :D you were on a roll there.

[atiguhya padma]

sorry, got a little carried away!!

[amuse]

no prob - i listen to pri and the bbc too :)

[amuse]

all i ever want
pure conscience deep water rest
my love in your heart

[den]

my love in your heart
I want to touch it someday
but don't want the gore

:p :D

[emily655321]

Pssh! Fine, be that way, den. :p uhh...*magical thinking cap goes on*...

but don't want the gore;
don't choke tears behind your smile:
give the pain to me.

[atiguhya padma]

give the pain to me
to carry whilst I can, I'll
protect you with love.

[emily655321]

protect you with love,
rage against you with soft tears;
I am powerless.

[den]

i am powerless
the redolence of torment
in fading spring blooms

[amuse]

in fading spring blooms
loss, precious like grandma and
crumpled rose petals

[emily655321]

crumpled rose petals
curled like lost children beneath
rejection's cool shade

[HaloDestroyer]

Rejection's cool shade,
Offering solace from the
Inferno of love

Hey guys, are you ALL from the States, or is there anyone here other than me who lives in the U.K?

[emily655321]

Inferno of love
shivers through my skin. I am
numb to all but you

No, there's people from all over. I think about half are in Canada.

[amuse]

numb to all but you
mesmerized i memorize
your breath, lips, warm hands

[atiguhya padma]

your breath, lips, warm hands
that are not mine, feed a heart
the blood that mine weeps.

[emily655321]

the blood that mine weeps,
the tattoos that hide your scars:
our arms intertwined.

[atiguhya padma]

our arms intertwined
reeds weave a way through our hair
lungs filled with water.

[amuse]

lungs filled with water
lifeguards rush over rescue
victims saving lives

[emily655321]

victims saving lives
in the boxes in their chests;
live another day.

[verybaddmom]

live another day
did my head explode today?
try again later

[emily655321]

try again later.
unless it's expired milk.
that won't get better.

[verybaddmom]

that wont get better
we had better cut it off
you wont much miss it

[emily655321]

hehehehehehe. delightful.

you won't much miss it
or could you feel it at all?
I'm taking it back

[amuse]

i'm taking it back
by the handfuls, you know ;) you
need to share with me

[verybaddmom]

need to share with me
i am always here for you
if im in the mood

[emily655321]

if I'm in the mood
to sit and stare for long hours,
please let me do it

[verybaddmom]

please let me do it
let the words flow rapidly
i wont listen in

[emily655321]

I won't listen in
when I hear you speak my name.
Just please speak my name.

[atiguhya padma]

Just please speak my name
From your mind to your mouth, from
Your lips to my ears.

[verybaddmom]

Your lips to my ears
delicacies flow like wine
do that again please

[den]

do that again please
I'll be your pet harp thrumming
and sighing in joy

[verybaddmom]

and sighing in joy
i say your name to myself
like grateful praying

[flier58]

Like grateful praying
Hoping for a better day
When the sun comes up

[amuse]

when the sun comes up
my breathing slows you tuck me
in kiss me to sleep

*g'night

[emily655321]

"in kiss me to sleep"
is a horrible way of
ending a haiku.

:p

[verybaddmom]

LMAO

well done, Em... i tried a couple of times, and couldnt make it work, so i just left it for the next poor sucker to try...im impressed

[verybaddmom]

ending a haiku
is painful for the poet
but in with the new

[emily655321]

but in with the new
way of ending a haiku:
use a contraction

:D

***Oopsie -- I meant "conjunction." Duh. *scoops some more grey matter into head*

[verybaddmom]

use a contraction
she said hopefully to me
i don't think i won't


500!!!

[emily655321]

**Whoo! congrats and cats and bats and flats and spats and gnats and momerats to you!

I don't think I won't
use a double negative,
said the English prof. :p

[atiguhya padma]

said the English prof:
"I'd rather be flying kites,
than writing haikus".

[HaloDestroyer]

That's another **** annoying way of ending a Haiku!

Congrats VBM!

[amuse]

*AP

btw em and vbm, mea culpa- i usually only do that to be funny, but last night was exhausted and didn't even notice!!

[emily655321]

than writing haikus
with them -- should begin "rather,"
-- she should be reading.

[atiguhya padma]

she should be reading
in the dead house of the night
instead she fights dreams

[emily655321]

instead she fights dreams,
staring backwards in her head,
unconscious and trapped.


~*500*~

[verybaddmom]

unconcious and trapped
twisted metal surrounding
onlookers whisper


congrats on the big five oh oh, btw Em.

[emily655321]

Thanks, VB! I'd like to thank my mother, my father, god, uppers...

Onlookers whisper.
Yes, I'm shopping at Wal-mart.
Freaks need shampoo too.

[emily655321]

Okay, fine, I'm not gonna let this thing die. I'm responding to my own haiku. I'm a hypocrite, sue me. :p

Freaks need shampoo too,
for to wash their tattooed scales.
Beautiful horror.

[atiguhya padma]

Beautiful horror
Sorrow sometimes delightful
Lifetimes portmanteau

[den]

lifetimes portmanteau
stashed in back of mind's closet
to later reminisce

(yeah I know it's 6 syllables :p )

[den]

to later reminisce
images thoughts and feelings
heavy baggage or?

[atiguhya padma]

heavy baggage or
beautiful luggage for life's
important journeys?

[amuse]

important journeys
bring me to new peace black dots
treasures in your eyes

*re: "your": globally speaking

[HaloDestroyer]

Treasures in your eyes
A carrick between your legs,
Gate to new worlds

Ask if you have no idea what a Carrick is ;)

[emily655321]

*looks up carrick* meep! okey dokey then.

Gate to new worlds,
spilled ink and sorcerous pen;
your words bind my soul.

[amuse]

your words bind my soul:
avert! i thunder and draw
steel(ed) metaphors forth

(tee-hee)

[emily655321]

:D I like the (steeled) metaphor, az. I believe I shall steal it...lol...heh...lame...

Steeled metaphors forth-
drawn, I attack with wit-force;
do you take my point?

[amuse]

"point"
:D oh, yeah

[emily655321]

eee :D :D

[emily655321]

Do you take my point?
Shall I whett your appetite?
(That's disgusting, huh?)

[emily655321]

(That's disgusting, huh?)
I swear, no more metaphors
of such a nature. :D

[emily655321]

Of such a nature
was I made: to be silly
just for boredom's sake.

[emily655321]

Just for boredom's sake
do I answer my own posts.
This I write for you. <---(this! Go to it. :D)

[atiguhya padma]

This I write for you,
It is nothing but letters
Wording for your love

[amuse]

wording for your love
darning for your socks flirting
for your tempting pecs

[Avalive]

For your tempting pecs
I really got no desires
Stinking flesh meaningless

[amuse]

hey avalive, welcome to the thread, it's nice to see you writing haikus with us! btw, you're doing what i've done, too (usu. on the last line), the syllabic structure here is 5-7-5; you have 5-8-6. look forward to more of your contributions! :)

[emily655321]

Stinking flesh meaningless.
No medal for this "hero,"
alone on the sand.

[atiguhya padma]

alone on the sand
william blake thinks up one
more poetic line

[emily655321]

more poetic line[s]
flow serpentine and languid,
caressing the mind.


(Shut up. :D I can, too, do that.)

[atiguhya padma]

caressing the mind
ideas in books leap forth and
penetrate my eyes

[emily655321]

penetrate my eyes
with cold steel stares that shiver
their way to the floor.

[HaloDestroyer]

Sorry, I couldn't resist the Carrick thing *^_^*

¬_¬;; My A-Level English Literature exam is on Othello.....

CAN'T ANY OF YOU PEOPLE PEN A DECENT ENDING? THINK OF THE THE NEXT POOR SOUL TO TRY AND JOIN THE THREAD!

Lol, only joking!

Their way to the floor
Life flashes by, an instant
Of complete freedom

:d

[amuse]

of complete freedom,
for some of the fun is en-
ding on an odd note

[verybaddmom]

ROFLMAO

Amuse i love you more and more each day!

[amuse]

likewise!! :)

[verybaddmom]

ding on an odd note
dong on the even ones
keep beat with the bell

[amuse]

keep beat with the bell
rat-a-tat-tat - no not the
drum the bell, you there! :D

[emily655321]

Originally posted by HaloDestroyer
CAN'T ANY OF YOU PEOPLE PEN A DECENT ENDING? THINK OF THE THE NEXT POOR SOUL TO TRY AND JOIN THE THREAD!

Hehe sorry, HD! I usually pay very close attention to that, but i was frazzled by my own first line and so relieved to have all the syllables drop into place that I didn't even consider what I was leaving for the next person. It's a real aberration for me, I'll remember this time. :D

[emily655321]

LOL@az and VB. You two crack me up. :D It's turning into a Dr. Suess thread, isn't it? That would be much easier.....hmm... no, I decline temptation.

Drum the bell, you there!
Let your melody ring forth.
Pound the world's eardrums.

[atiguhya padma]

Pound the world's eardrums
With the sound of rhetoric
Sum of all we hear

[emily655321]

Sum of all we hear,
enveloping cloud of shame.
Lies stronger than truth.

[atiguhya padma]

Lies stronger than truth
Fill the hearts of billions
Cause them to believe

[emily655321]

Cause them to believe
Will them to take up the cause
Force past vacant eyes

[atiguhya padma]

Force past vacant eyes
That have seen too much and yet
Have seen too little.

[emily655321]

Have seen too little
to stop and enjoy the view.
Running, seeking, blind.

[atiguhya padma]

Running seeking, blind
Like Sisyphus, I travail
But find nothing there

[verybaddmom]

But, find nothing there
what is in the empty soul
translucent moral(s)

[random_hero]

Translucent morals
Give way to darkness eternal.
The end of all times

[emily655321]

The end of all times
to begin. The beginning
of times yet to end.

[amuse]

of times yet to end.
a chill settles as the last
blossom fades to black.

[emily655321]

blossom fades to black
bright blood curdles in the veins
the blue dusk descends

[random_hero]

the blue dusk descends,
smothering the day,
Leaving stars behind.

[emily655321]

Leaving stars behind
to prick the listening dark.
Hide with the light bulbs.

[atiguhya padma]

Hide with the light bulbs
Resting to cool down. We crouch
In the dark, children.

[emily655321]

In the dark, children;
Reaching a blind, searching hand
into the shadows.

[random_hero]

Into the shadows
the creatures of the night go.
The light wants them not.

[emily655321]

The light wants them not.
The darkness is not their place.
Where are we to go?

[random_hero]

Where are we to go?
We are directionless now,
Our hearts are torn.

[verybaddmom]

our hearts are torn
pierced by the arrow. Cupid,
you little bastard

[random_hero]

You little bastard.
How dare you do such a thing...
Looking up my skirt.

[verybaddmom]

looking up my skirt
girdle is out in plain sight
what else do you see?

[emily655321]

LMAO! I can't leave you alone for a second, can I kids? :D :D

What else do you see?
Staring at a dying moth
Kitten in rapture

[atiguhya padma]

Kitten in rapture
Follows the trailing shoelace
Snaking through the grass

[emily655321]

AP! :D Long time no see.

Snaking through the grass
Big gross shiney millipede
Retreat to the steps

[atiguhya padma]

Hi Emily!:) I wish I could be here more often:(

Retreat to the steps
The sun is taken hostage
Waves invade the beach

[amuse]

waves invade the beach
from ocean to heart[land] strip-
searching our houses.

[emily655321]

searching our houses
memories moth-balled, buried,
watch from dark corners

[random_hero]

Watch from dark corners,
You can learn much more that way...
But life will pass you.

[verybaddmom]

but life will pass you
if you dont pay attention
eat my dust it says

[verybaddmom]

eat my dust it says
the sign on humanity
destroyed by winning

[amuse]

destroyed by winning:
sift through spoils. find mangy, worn
castoffs - put them on.

[verybaddmom]

castoffs-put them on
who do you pretend to be
beggars cannot choose


love the new sig, btw
:D

[amuse]

*? - have changed it a few times in the last five minutes, this one you mean?

[verybaddmom]

uh, yes that one too, but i love the "plants talk too!"
gave me a good giggle for reasons you understand, im sure

[amuse]

oh here, let's put it back for everyone else....

[verybaddmom]

beggars cannot choose
take what you can get and then
just divorce later

[amuse]

lol

[atiguhya padma]

just divorce later
but for now euphoria
marriage meaningless

[verybaddmom]

marriage meaningless
government intervention
twisting tradition

[amuse]

twisting tradition
twisting hips; now men will sway
in childbirth :eek: oh dear...

[verybaddmom]

in childbirth, oh dear
they said this would not happen
ninety nine percent

[emily655321]

Ninety nine percent
Drowned. Everything's A-OK.
I am still breathing.

[imthefoolonthehill]

I am still breathing

but i am not at all sure

I really want to

[random_hero]

I really want to,
But the world is against me...
I can only cry.

[verybaddmom]

i can only cry
what is wrong with me anyway?
emotional ache

[emily655321]

emotional ache
its arms entwine about me
unable to scream

[amuse]

unable to scream
bound to this heartache breathing
cyanotic woes

[emily655321]

cyanotic woes
cooling tears on death's dull mask
last wish ungranted

[amuse]

last wish ungranted
why didn't you rebalance-
damned :( cliff. how do i...

[verybaddmom]

damned cliff. how do i
get back from the edge of you
so sharp and scary

[random_hero]

so sharp and scary...
The scalpel dives into flesh,
leaving a red trail

[verybaddmom]

leaving a red trail
the snail crosses the red sand
wonders, where is home?

[imthefoolonthehill]

wonders, where is home?
shrugs, continues to riot
best time of your life

[emily655321]

best time of your life
careening out of control
from sky to abyss

[atiguhya padma]

from sky to abyss
the spectrum of human hearts
emotional lives

[verybaddmom]

emotional lives
outweigh logic sometimes
silly heartstrings

[emily655321]

silly heartstrings
threaded loosely and rusting
disused, or useless?

[Ickmeister]

disused or useless
God's Grace given for us all
my faith is in God

(and I mean capital G)

[imthefoolonthehill]

my faith is in God
religion has its own thread.
when did that stop you?

[ajoe]

^ What's that supposed to mean, man?

[amuse]

after reading fool's lines (the last two) i interpreted it to mean that he's saying hey, we have a religious texts thread for the material in the previous poem.

[ajoe]

^ LOL :D

[imthefoolonthehill]

perfect interpretation, amuse

but we have gotten off topic... so i will continue.

when did that stop you?
a single thread of meaning
cannot occupy.

[emily655321]

cannot occupy
our predetermined spaces.
eat the status quo

[atiguhya padma]

eat the status quo
and quaff imperial tea
how very English

[ajoe]

how very English
I don't understand a word
dictionary now

(blech, good luck whoever below me :p)

[emily655321]

dictionary now
leather-bound pacifier
hide my ignorance

[ajoe]

hide my ignorance
use ostensibly smart words
no one understands

[ajoe]

ok, cut, isn't haiku supposed to be about nature and stuff?? http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/familie/wink.gif

[amuse]

hm. have you read the haikus from the very first page on?

[amuse]

no one understands
love is ever carved in stone
but still, we move on

[verybaddmom]

but still, we move on
when we cant move anymore
resilient creatures

[emily655321]

resilient creatures
gibes caked on like mud that dries,
adding to the shell

[Ickmeister]

adding to the shell
leave my beliefs I will burn
fire and brimstone stinks