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Bii
06-28-2007, 01:50 PM
frog satieted
kiss received transforms and he's
becoming a man

symphony
06-28-2007, 02:12 PM
becoming a man
obligations in the air
oh the pain of it!

Pensive
06-28-2007, 03:42 PM
Oh the pain of it!
To desire something greatly
Is a real big mess!

symphony
06-28-2007, 03:48 PM
is a real big mess
skipped school for oversleeping
damn late night homeworks!!

littlewing53
06-28-2007, 06:45 PM
damn late night homeworks
burning the candle both ends
rather be dancin'

_JadeRain_
06-29-2007, 12:17 AM
Rather be dancing
I so enjoy the night life
But homework awaits

Pendragon
06-29-2007, 11:53 AM
But homework awaits—
Hee! Forgive cruel laughter!
Uncle Pen has none!

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Arrowhead.gif

symphony
06-29-2007, 11:57 AM
Uncle Pen has none,
no homeworks to duel with!!
Meh! I am jealous!! :bawling:

andave_ya
06-30-2007, 05:44 PM
Meh! I am jealous!!
Why is it that I'm really weird
But you're eccentric?

kilted exile
06-30-2007, 05:51 PM
But you're eccentric?
I'm still not intravenous
I know thats passe


** Bonus points also available for getting the weird song reference **

autolycus
07-01-2007, 01:38 AM
i know thats passe
consciousness flowers streaming
unfiltered coffee

Mortis Anarchy
07-01-2007, 01:48 AM
Unfiltered coffee
Grainy like natures open beaches
coffee my true love:D

autolycus
07-01-2007, 05:03 AM
coffee my true love
each cherry plucked is virtue
we laugh over tea

Pendragon
07-01-2007, 09:33 AM
we laugh over tea,
simple pleasure of Earl Grey
drains away the stress...

_JadeRain_
07-01-2007, 11:28 AM
Drains aways the stress
The time that is spent with you
My relaxation

andave_ya
07-01-2007, 04:43 PM
My relaxation
Books and music are perfect
Not to mention tea!

motherhubbard
07-01-2007, 04:47 PM
My relaxation
Sweet baby’s breath on my breast
Peaceful, resting child

motherhubbard
07-01-2007, 04:49 PM
(sorry)

Not to mention tea
but these little sandwichs
and cookies are great!

Pensive
07-01-2007, 04:49 PM
Peaceful resting child
In his dear mother's heart
Brings a lot of joy!

symphony
07-02-2007, 12:46 PM
erm...

here's for motherhubbard's:

and cookies are great!
so what are we waiting for?!
time for party hats!

and this goes for pensive's:

brings a lot of joy
these palatable dainties...
time for party hats!

Whifflingpin
07-02-2007, 03:39 PM
Time for party hats
Blow the farty trumpet things
Flaunt your smarty dress

Il Penseroso
07-02-2007, 07:15 PM
flaunt your smarty dress,
dotted code for dealings blessed
by intuition.


smart dress = polka dots right? or is that just me?

littlewing53
07-02-2007, 07:35 PM
by intuition
the blue dress is revealing
and the polka dots

Whifflingpin
07-02-2007, 07:40 PM
And the polka dots
Dancing on yellow chiffon
flutt'ring in the breeze

littlewing53
07-02-2007, 07:53 PM
flutt'ring in the breeze
the smiles turned to laughter
ruffles with lace posed

andave_ya
07-02-2007, 09:48 PM
Ruffles with lace posed
Lady awaits the artist
He works hard, entranced.

_JadeRain_
07-03-2007, 12:04 AM
He works hard, entranced
Giving the canvas its life
Art is magical

atiguhya padma
07-03-2007, 03:53 AM
Art is magical
Conjuring up images
Hiding in shadows

symphony
07-03-2007, 04:02 AM
hiding in shadows
of the tall palm trees is peace
wrapped in salty breeze

Pendragon
07-03-2007, 11:24 AM
wrapped in salty breezes
the scent of seaweed assults,
my nose, offended...

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/PuppyLove.gif

symphony
07-03-2007, 11:34 AM
my nose, offended
by the stinky garbage bins,
started to protest (erm...no idea how a nose can do that ... but thats what came along! :eek: )

ktd222
07-03-2007, 10:09 PM
started to protest
with no clothes on, except the
something of something

Il Penseroso
07-04-2007, 03:08 AM
something of something,
the sputtered exchange of eyes
and glaring flashbulbs.

dramasnot6
07-04-2007, 06:33 AM
And Glaring Flashbulbs
Fading with my dying voice
Hospital Climate

atiguhya padma
07-04-2007, 07:17 AM
Hospital climate:
Incubation, drip feeding,
Need some new planet

RobinHood3000
07-04-2007, 08:21 AM
Need some new planet
Earth-That-Was has long failed us
Find Serenity!

Pendragon
07-04-2007, 08:30 AM
Find serenity,
petals of lotus flower
against blue water...

symphony
07-04-2007, 11:03 AM
Against blue waters
Small paperboat shivers, and
Asks what life offers...

_JadeRain_
07-04-2007, 02:55 PM
Asks what life offers
Boy questions his grandmother
She says everything

Pensive
07-04-2007, 04:29 PM
She says everything
Exaggerating always
She never speaks truth!

andave_ya
07-04-2007, 09:27 PM
She never speaks truth!
How very annoying!
Speak the truth and live!

atiguhya padma
07-05-2007, 05:44 AM
Speak the truth and live
Life as if tomorrow was
Never meant to come

Haven
07-05-2007, 07:21 AM
Never meant to come
I knew it was a mistake
Listen to your heart...

RobinHood3000
07-05-2007, 10:00 AM
Listen to your heart
Can hear it telling you to
Give me ev'rything

(Bonus points for whoever can get the song reference - hint: I'm currently listening to the Elephant Love Medley)

Pendragon
07-05-2007, 10:38 AM
Give me ev'rything,
And discover that even then
I will have nothing...

Pensive
07-05-2007, 11:12 AM
I will have nothing
But these haunting memories
Of these gloomy days!

smartgirl
07-05-2007, 11:59 AM
of these gloomy days!
Waiting for them to vanish
Wanting happiness!

symphony
07-05-2007, 12:13 PM
wanting happiness,
what is it a soul must do?
look out at the world!

littlewing53
07-05-2007, 02:09 PM
look out at the world
and touch the sky w/yr heart
eyes open with hope

Il Penseroso
07-05-2007, 03:34 PM
eyes, open with hope,
pigment drown the black center,
squeezing pain with light.

symphony
07-06-2007, 05:17 AM
sqeezing pain with light,
the eyes seek the unforeseen--
one speck of delight

HiddenGem
07-06-2007, 05:58 AM
One speck of delight
In an ocean of despair
It must be savoured

symphony
07-06-2007, 06:07 AM
It must be savoured--
the blooming snowdrops await
eager eyes. Stilled peace.

HiddenGem
07-06-2007, 06:20 AM
Eager eyes stilled peace
A naïve Game, war awaits,
Enthused w'out mercy.

symphony
07-06-2007, 06:24 AM
enthused w'out mercy
a world whence peace stays away
hulks o'er the mankind

HiddenGem
07-06-2007, 07:32 AM
Hulks o'er the mankind
Rules with excellence divine
Unfaltering love

littlewing53
07-06-2007, 11:59 AM
unfaltering love
hidden below the waters
secret and untold

atiguhya padma
07-06-2007, 12:08 PM
secret and untold
the truth about theism:
you're all agnostics.

lalaine
07-06-2007, 12:13 PM
Burn and rage away
this torment you inflict
Oh when will it end?

symphony
07-06-2007, 12:15 PM
secret and untold
buried beneath the darkness
ancient stories wait


edit: damn i'm ultra slow today!!


oh when will it end--
this firm throbbing in my head?
i wish i could die!

littlewing53
07-06-2007, 12:29 PM
i wish i could die
peering over the obscure
wandering the span

symphony
07-06-2007, 12:45 PM
wandering the span
for years now and no less than
a decade has passed....

autolycus
07-06-2007, 01:53 PM
a decade has passed
and also a millennium
october parades

andave_ya
07-07-2007, 06:38 PM
October parades
Brings the winter days and months
Onslaught of Christmas.

autolycus
07-07-2007, 11:30 PM
onslaught of christmas
barrage of small munitions
silver bells drive by

_JadeRain_
07-08-2007, 12:44 AM
Silver bells drive by
Joyful sounds of holliday
Winter wonderland

ktd222
07-08-2007, 08:50 AM
Winter wonderland
sprinkled with blood and brains and
guts from slaughtered sheep

ShoutGrace
07-08-2007, 09:00 AM
Good morning, ktd. :D What a refreshing image. ;)

Guts from slaughtered sheep
Provide a warm enclosure
Shelter from the cold.

ktd222
07-08-2007, 09:08 AM
Good to see you, Shoutgrace. Keeping yourself too busy to visit Lit-net on a daily basis?
Yes, I was thinking about breakfest. Initially it was fluffy, pillowy soft pancakes...I don't know where the verse went wrong.

Shelter from the cold -
maggots are good companions -
keep some in your hands

ShoutGrace
07-08-2007, 09:14 AM
It would seem so. ;) Who says the verse went wrong? Maybe it went terribly, terribly right. :D

Keep some in your hands
A little pixie dust can
Change your visual.

ktd222
07-08-2007, 09:25 AM
:lol: Oh that's just terrible. I better right this right

Change your visual
depiction of wives gone ape-
wild over breakfest

ShoutGrace
07-08-2007, 11:37 PM
:lol: Oh that's just terrible. I better right this right

:D

Wild over breakfast
Morning inhibitions fade
And food starts flying.

atiguhya padma
07-09-2007, 06:37 AM
And food starts flying
UFO's in the kitchen
Blame the recipe

Haven
07-09-2007, 08:47 AM
Blame the recipe
because the meal tastes awful
surprisingly bad...

lalaine
07-09-2007, 10:24 AM
Suprisingly bad
Oh why have things gone awry
This was not the plan

atiguhya padma
07-10-2007, 07:22 AM
This was not the plan
A tree nailed to human flesh
A waste of good wood

Pendragon
07-10-2007, 09:23 AM
A waste of good wood—
Making paper for books of
Wisdom becomes fools…

Wisdom becomes fools,
So certain of themselves that
Blinded to everything else

littlewing53
07-10-2007, 08:00 PM
blinded to everything else
the reflection sees
echos of his yesterday

humming tunes that no one hears
pleasant to the ear
smiles whisper to his heart

symphony
07-11-2007, 10:57 AM
5-7-5 / 7-5-7 ?? anyway since i aint sure abt this...

smiles whisper to his
heart, of all that has been said-
loud are the untold.

kiz_paws
07-11-2007, 11:22 AM
It is 5 - 7 - 5, just for the records :)

Loud are the untold
secrets of a life passed by
look into her eyes

symphony
07-11-2007, 12:20 PM
look into her eyes
gleaming like the stellar dots,
lips curved in a smile.

littlewing53
07-11-2007, 12:20 PM
sorry, got it backwards...does it have to do with being left-handed...

look n2 her eyes
as blue as the sea shines bright
sparkling in the sun

symphony
07-11-2007, 12:26 PM
lol welcome back to the addiction, littlewing, how's life? :p

Lips curved in a smile
we are here to celebrate
life above all! Cheers!

Sparkling in the sun
is the gala of life! Live
life above all! Cheers!

;)

kiz_paws
07-11-2007, 12:27 PM
sorry, got it backwards...does it have to do with being left-handed...

look n2 her eyes
as blue as the sea shines bright
sparkling in the sun

Don't worry, you write beautiful poetry, keep 'em coming! :)

sparkling in the sun
raindrops slowly drifting down
the rainbow so fair

symphony
07-11-2007, 12:32 PM
*raised eyebrows*
again? :eek:
aright...

Life above all! Cheers!
Skip the humdrum, and enjoy
Our everyday life.


The rainbow so fair
The prime colours blend into
Our everyday life.

Pensive
07-11-2007, 01:24 PM
Our everyday life
Does not consist of only
Dear happy days

littlewing53
07-11-2007, 06:52 PM
dear happy days
please come sit close next to me
we'd laugh all day long

tanks kid:) ...hello syphny, the addiction is always there....:D

Neo_Sephiroth
07-11-2007, 08:34 PM
We'd laugh all day long
...We'd laugh and cried, night and day...
...Silent at the wake...

kiz_paws
07-11-2007, 09:44 PM
...Silent at the wake...
fleeting images pass by
Life is for living

Neo_Sephiroth
07-11-2007, 09:49 PM
Life is for living
Bad times and good times mingle
A living is life

Pendragon
07-12-2007, 11:04 AM
a living is life
but is life really living?
sort it out sometime...

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Wheels.gif

I think it has to do with the fact that our accents are different, and some pronouce a word with more syllables than others do, which winds up confusing the next writer...

Laindessiel
07-12-2007, 12:23 PM
Sort it out sometime
My philosophical mind
Adventures untold

littlewing53
07-12-2007, 03:24 PM
adventures untold
patiently waiting their turn
visions speak power

symphony
07-13-2007, 02:50 AM
visions speak power
touches touch the very self-
actions speak louder

Pendragon
07-13-2007, 10:56 AM
actions speak louder,
soft words turn away anger.
flowers bring a smile...

Hi, Lain! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/waiving_dragon.gif

CdnReader
07-13-2007, 12:33 PM
Flowers bring a smile
Always have one close at hand
Gift out as needed

symphony
07-13-2007, 03:09 PM
gift out as needed,
be it valentines' or fools'
make it a marked day! ;)

ShoutGrace
07-13-2007, 03:18 PM
Make it a marked day.
Wipe the frothy lather off
And lightly step out.

symphony
07-13-2007, 03:29 PM
and lightly step out
from that rusty old wheelchair--
strong will leads a way.

ShoutGrace
07-13-2007, 03:44 PM
Strong will leads a way
Through a stickling forrest of
Ardent detractors.

Pendragon
07-14-2007, 10:51 AM
Ardent detractors
Point the way to destruction,
Many follow behind...

motherhubbard
07-14-2007, 11:07 AM
Many follow behind
But only a few can lead
Are you a leader?

symphony
07-14-2007, 11:10 AM
are you a leader?
if that be, why stumble upon
stones to be ignored?

CdnReader
07-14-2007, 11:48 AM
stones to be ignored
shiny baubles mean nothing
they have no substance

Il Penseroso
07-14-2007, 12:13 PM
they have no substance,
the unmodeled spirit stuffs
we breathe into air.

Il Penseroso
07-14-2007, 12:29 PM
we breathe into air
a mirage of the soul as
fog exits the mouth.

fog exits the mouth
dissolves into the noon hour
lapped by dogday tongues

lapped by dogday tongues,
slobbered by wakened stars, one
figment of our space.

figment of our space
ray of exploding seasons,
chaos wrapped order.

chaos wrapped order,
a package glinting in eyes
of probing children.

motherhubbard
07-14-2007, 12:35 PM
Fog exists the mouth
Your words blanket me, but come
Morning my head clears

motherhubbard
07-14-2007, 12:36 PM
drat!

Il Penseroso
07-14-2007, 12:37 PM
Sorry, that's actually my fault. Didn't think anyone was around.

Il Penseroso
07-14-2007, 01:42 PM
morning. my head clears,
the revolving pit of my
stomach is steadied.

CdnReader
07-14-2007, 01:47 PM
Stomach is steadied
but anxiety still reels
swiftly through my core.

motherhubbard
07-14-2007, 01:59 PM
Swiftly through my core
Fear burns a path to my soul
Icy hands grip me

RobinHood3000
07-14-2007, 02:32 PM
Icy hands grip me
I turn to see the undead
Zombie invasion!

rabid reader
07-14-2007, 06:10 PM
Zombie Invasion!
Is what the crazy say.
With tin foil hats.

andave_ya
07-14-2007, 06:27 PM
With tin foil hats
We dress up to have some fun
Being creative!

symphony
07-14-2007, 08:18 PM
being creative
is what u've craved for so long
and now that its here...

motherhubbard
07-14-2007, 08:22 PM
And now that it's here
just what will you do with it?
Hide it in a drawer

symphony
07-14-2007, 08:28 PM
hide it in a drawer!
quick! fast! faster goddammit!
dad will be here soon!

autolycus
07-15-2007, 01:11 AM
dad will be here soon
i know i'm your late mother
but now dad's later

motherhubbard
07-15-2007, 01:21 AM
but now dad's later
than I had expected him
Supper will be cold

Virgil
07-15-2007, 01:27 AM
Supper will be cold,
Your man will think you can't cook.
The chicken is raw.

motherhubbard
07-15-2007, 01:34 AM
the chicken is raw
I'm sorry, I didn't know
how to make this dish

(I really did feed my husband raw chicken in a casserole when we were first married. He was so sick. He ate this big bowl so he wouldn't hurt my feelings, but I had a sandwich.)

Virgil
07-15-2007, 01:39 AM
the chicken is raw
I'm sorry, I didn't know
how to make this dish

(I really did feed my husband raw chicken in a casserole when we were first married. He was so sick. He ate this big bowl so he wouldn't hurt my feelings, but I had a sandwich.)

:lol: That's a good husband. I dislike chicken to begin with, and raw chicken would have made me vomit. ;)

How to make this dish
Is first one has to fire the kiln.
Then burn love in it.

motherhubbard
07-15-2007, 01:44 AM
Then burn love in it
In giant block letters
Everyone can see

(he would have been better off had he vomited)

Virgil
07-15-2007, 01:47 AM
Oh yes, you can easily get food poisoning with chicken.

Everyone can see
the forest between the trees.
One has to hike through.

motherhubbard
07-15-2007, 01:51 AM
One has to hike through
The deep wood to reach the end
Of the nature trail

symphony
07-15-2007, 08:57 AM
of the nature trail
it's only too natural
to get lost in it

Pendragon
07-15-2007, 10:20 AM
to get lost in it
that dark, dank, dismal labyrinth
no one could blame you...

Haven
07-15-2007, 10:44 AM
no one could blame you
'thank you', I am so tired
my haiku could not

reflect my desire
to communicate with you
and so I will go

and leave it to you...

Haven
07-15-2007, 10:53 AM
I've got def glitch problems... keeps jumping in and out of forum... I like the ending to this one better. I wrote them within seconds of each other. Just kept losing the post... :( Weird stuff going to post and go away for a bit...


no one could blame you...
"Thank you", I am so tired
my haiku could not

express my wish to
communicate with you and
so, I will leave you

the task of writing
more engaging words right now
that I cannot do

temporary lose...

autolycus
07-15-2007, 12:36 PM
that i cannot do
temporary losing thread
alzheimer's dungeon

motherhubbard
07-15-2007, 03:58 PM
Alzheimer’s dungeon
Imprisoning families
Just stick together

kiz_paws
07-16-2007, 01:01 AM
Just stick together
and everything will be fine
remember to smile

motherhubbard
07-16-2007, 01:09 AM
remember to smile
no matter how bad it hurts
you must appear strong

ShoutGrace
07-16-2007, 02:17 AM
You must appear strong
Dipping but not breaking as
Life becomes pathless.

Pensive
07-16-2007, 03:41 AM
Life becomes pathless
Turns to everlasting death
Gone is this life now!

ShoutGrace
07-16-2007, 05:45 AM
Gone is this life now!
Passing through an airy wall
Designed to receive.

atiguhya padma
07-16-2007, 06:38 AM
Designed to receive
From birth we assume the world
Is ours to plunder.

Pendragon
07-16-2007, 09:09 AM
Is ours to plunder,
A momentous presumtion,
That which we didn't own...

symphony
07-16-2007, 09:39 AM
Designed to receive
From birth we assume the world
Is ours to plunder.
i liked this one a lot :) too tru, padma, too true! ^_^

that which we didnt own
and have not deserved ourselves
makes us regret so

ShoutGrace
07-16-2007, 11:26 AM
Makes us regret so,
Often leaving behind those
Feelings of impulse.

symphony
07-16-2007, 11:42 AM
feelings of impulse
grab us and make us do things
nonsense otherwise.

ShoutGrace
07-16-2007, 11:47 AM
"Nonsense otherwise,"
A last, thoughtless shot rung out
From her fading guns.

Weeping Willow
07-16-2007, 01:14 PM
From her fading guns
I hid my small ugly head
So i would not die

ShoutGrace
07-16-2007, 01:19 PM
Willow! Long time no see! :D

So I would not die
I extended my hand towards
The one nearest me.

Weeping Willow
07-16-2007, 01:34 PM
yep im back to civilazation at least

The one nearest me
grab his inner being there
And Switch bitween sides

ShoutGrace
07-16-2007, 03:06 PM
And switch between sides -
Crazily hopping from one
Outlook to the next.

kiz_paws
07-16-2007, 07:36 PM
Outlook to the next
I never really knew him
it was not karma

AnotherShot
07-17-2007, 09:28 AM
I love haiku :D

It was not karma
But it was in hindsight still
quite a good idea

kiz_paws
07-17-2007, 09:59 AM
Quite a good idea
or so it seems at the time
hang on for the ride

[me too, AnotherShot, welcome to LitNet!] :)

littlewing53
07-17-2007, 12:34 PM
hang on for the ride
bring your picnic basket too
we'll laugh and smile

CdnReader
07-17-2007, 12:39 PM
We'll laugh and smile
as here the words do appear....
Grinning as we type.

smartgirl
07-17-2007, 01:10 PM
grinning as we type
this is all so very fun
asking ourselves why.

autolycus
07-17-2007, 02:36 PM
asking ourselves why
grasshoppers tigers dragons
not the kung fu way

littlewing53
07-17-2007, 04:05 PM
not the kung fu way
white sneakers make too much noise
barefeet is preferred

ShoutGrace
07-17-2007, 04:26 PM
"Barefeet" is preferred
When dancing through hot coals and
Gliding through soft grass.

AnotherShot
07-17-2007, 04:58 PM
Gliding through soft grass
but please, keep an open eye
Beetles love to bite

[thx :)]

kiz_paws
07-17-2007, 09:30 PM
Beetles love to bite
those unbidden guests of ours
oh when will they learn

Haven
07-18-2007, 09:02 AM
oh when will they learn
that nothing really matters
just enjoy yourself :)

Pendragon
07-18-2007, 10:44 AM
just enjoy yourself—
yeah—thirteen terrible annuals—
past the breaking point…

littlewing53
07-18-2007, 01:18 PM
past the breaking point
as a reed bends is timely
another day dawns

kiz_paws
07-18-2007, 01:29 PM
Another day dawns
the hot and sandy desert
stretches out for miles

Haven
07-18-2007, 03:14 PM
stretches out for miles
miles, miles of nothing
just sand, sea and blue sky

littlewing53
07-18-2007, 07:47 PM
just sand sea and blue sky
horizons confrontation
colors in concert

verybaddmom
07-18-2007, 10:45 PM
colors in concert
rainbows twisted, scattered
prayers for the blind

atiguhya padma
07-19-2007, 07:48 AM
Prayers for the blind
When what they really need is
Your understanding.

verybaddmom
07-19-2007, 11:10 AM
your understanding
random empathy, worthless
without a focus

Pendragon
07-19-2007, 11:44 AM
without a focus
there remains little purpose
for doing anything

kiz_paws
07-19-2007, 12:45 PM
for doing anything
that is thought to be worthwhile
requires your heart

[though I have never 'met' you previously, a warm welcome back, verybaddmom!] :)

ShoutGrace
07-19-2007, 02:34 PM
Requires your heart
Racing and palpitating
Edging toward the edge.

CdnReader
07-19-2007, 03:09 PM
Edging toward the edge,
breathless and dizzying...
Spread your wings and fly.

AnotherShot
07-19-2007, 04:53 PM
Spread your wings and fly
And, unlike poor Icarus
watch out for the sun

littlewing53
07-19-2007, 07:43 PM
watch out for the sun
the glare is blinding to some
that's why i wear shades

verybaddmom
07-19-2007, 11:23 PM
that's why i wear shades
flashing iris searing light
image burned aside

and thank you kaz :)

kiz_paws
07-20-2007, 01:58 AM
image burned aside
shattered fragments of a life
that blossomed too late

CdnReader
07-20-2007, 06:32 AM
That blossomed too late....
petals dropped, unnoticed by
she who long waited.

atiguhya padma
07-20-2007, 07:36 AM
She who long waited
Released from sexual tyrants
That religion breeds

CdnReader
07-20-2007, 08:08 AM
That religion breeds
a belief in unseen things,
all unprovable.

Pendragon
07-20-2007, 08:40 AM
all improvable—
as if forbidden knowledge—
conspiracy, think?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Hummm.gif

CdnReader
07-20-2007, 08:51 AM
Conspiracy-think...
a concept that disguises
one's man's behaviour.

verybaddmom
07-20-2007, 10:07 AM
one man's behaviour
shape destiny or waste air
make your choice, live it

CdnReader
07-20-2007, 10:41 AM
Make your choice, live it
with conviction and glory.
It's yours to take.

kiz_paws
07-20-2007, 11:45 AM
It is yours to take
this meagre thing I call life
when I said 'I do' ...

smartgirl
07-20-2007, 11:50 AM
when I said "I do"...
that's an ultimate promise
I couldn't have known

kilted exile
07-20-2007, 01:05 PM
I couldnt have known
the terrors laying in wait
when I got married

kiz_paws
07-20-2007, 02:11 PM
When I got married
I wore rose-coloured glasses
oh where are they now...

Pensive
07-20-2007, 02:26 PM
Oh where are they now
They are a black dot on white
Clear name of friendship

kiz_paws
07-20-2007, 07:11 PM
Clear name of friendship
the kind that never betrays
and rides the waters

venker31
07-21-2007, 01:10 AM
and rides the waters
all the way only to see
what she had rode on

kiz_paws
07-21-2007, 01:59 AM
what she had rode on
a whimsical carriage round
and seven horses

CdnReader
07-21-2007, 05:44 AM
And seven horses
will bring the seven horsemen.
Apocalypse now?

Pendragon
07-21-2007, 10:37 AM
Apocalypse now?
Were not the riders only four?
Hell follows after?

CdnReader
07-21-2007, 11:05 AM
Hell follows after,
'specially when riders four
quickly multiply.

:D

zargon
07-21-2007, 11:13 AM
quickly mulitply,
just like time will fly,
and, like the wind, pass you by.

andave_ya
07-21-2007, 11:14 AM
(oops, sorry!)

And, like the wind, pass you by.
I want to go with the wind
To places unknown.

zargon
07-21-2007, 11:20 AM
to places unknown,
into the dark of night thrown,
into the very fibre of mystery sown?

autolycus
07-22-2007, 05:35 AM
to places unknown
a life lights a brief candle
beware hand-grenades

CdnReader
07-22-2007, 06:46 AM
between hand-grenades
dodging death at every turn
danger lurks nearby

Pensive
07-22-2007, 07:46 AM
Danger lurks nearby
Fear of losing her pride
Matters no longer

CdnReader
07-22-2007, 07:53 AM
Matters no longer
open for more discussion
now written in stone

atiguhya padma
07-22-2007, 08:57 AM
Now written in stone
The age of this growing world
Older than was thought.

CdnReader
07-22-2007, 09:02 AM
Older than was thought
Younger than was imagined
Age irrelevance.

autolycus
07-22-2007, 09:08 AM
age irrelevance
no more discrimination
based on shades of grey

verybaddmom
07-22-2007, 09:24 AM
based on shades of grey
make no choice without contrast
allow fence sitting

CdnReader
07-22-2007, 09:26 AM
allow fence sitting
only where the rail
can accommodate

verybaddmom
07-22-2007, 09:33 AM
can accommodate
must allow all free thinking
first amendment right

CdnReader
07-22-2007, 09:36 AM
first amendment right
freedom of speech even for
those who don't think first

Pendragon
07-22-2007, 11:01 AM
those who don't think first,
and refuse remembrance past,
fall by the wayside...

kiz_paws
07-22-2007, 11:04 AM
Fall by the wayside
frazzled threads of worn out thought
where is the Phoenix?

Pensive
07-22-2007, 11:08 AM
Where is the Phoenix?
Did it get killed like the owl?
Or did it survive?

CdnReader
07-22-2007, 04:53 PM
Or did it survive
the fire and the flames of hell,
rise to live once more?

andave_ya
07-22-2007, 05:04 PM
Rise to live once more
The darkness cannot last long
Sun will rise, promise!

CdnReader
07-22-2007, 05:06 PM
Sun will rise, promise...
Just as moon circles the earth,
Universal dance.

Pendragon
07-23-2007, 10:32 AM
universal dance
stars, planets, nebulae,
round and round in space

verybaddmom
07-23-2007, 10:40 AM
round and round in space
no end to the tedious
repetitiveness

smartgirl
07-23-2007, 10:52 AM
repetitiveness
get's on my nerves everytime
can't stop the feeling

verybaddmom
07-23-2007, 11:04 AM
cant stop the feeling
uncontrolled synapse reflex
restless legs syndrome

Il Penseroso
07-23-2007, 04:04 PM
restless legs syndrome,
airplane seat kickings behind
reddened businessman.

Riesa
07-23-2007, 05:08 PM
reddened businessman
sand-crusted and stung by sun
aloed and hammocked.

venker31
07-24-2007, 12:15 AM
aloed and hammocked
she sat in the perfect bliss
of what she knew not

kiz_paws
07-24-2007, 03:05 AM
Of what she knew not
this world of manly pleasures
football, cars and beer

[slam not intended to 'all men' -- just a light-hearted reflection on 'my' man, lol] :lol:

symphony
07-24-2007, 06:30 AM
lol kizzo.

football, cars and beer--
the three pillars of heaven
that men has put up...

autolycus
07-24-2007, 07:44 AM
that men hath put up
a broken memorial mocks
the crow's eye twinkles

symphony
07-24-2007, 08:27 AM
the crow's eye twinkles
as it meets a piece of meat
right under its nose :p

motherhubbard
07-24-2007, 08:57 AM
right under its nose
the happiness he longed for
he did not notice

symphony
07-24-2007, 09:04 AM
he did not notice
the embraces spring offered,
the flowers at his feet.

motherhubbard
07-24-2007, 09:12 AM
flowers at his feet
Did not slow his stride as he
Approached his lover

symphony
07-24-2007, 09:16 AM
approached his lover,
kissed her cheek and smiled sweetly,
and bam! that was that!

Pendragon
07-24-2007, 10:18 AM
And BAM! that was that!
Firing squad in the pale dawn
Exit: eternity...

littlewing53
07-24-2007, 01:59 PM
exit eternal
breathing no longer the life
remember her touch

Riesa
07-24-2007, 02:14 PM
hi little :)


remember her touch-
potently hushed. Held fast by
fleeting possession.

kiz_paws
07-24-2007, 02:31 PM
fleeting possession
the string let loose to freedom
oh curious kite

Pensive
07-24-2007, 02:43 PM
Oh curious kite
You fly this high in the air
Please take me with you!

littlewing53
07-24-2007, 02:55 PM
hi riesa....living the life of haiku...

please take me with you
it is so lonely as one
two is so complete

kiz_paws
07-24-2007, 02:56 PM
Please take me with you
to see the sights above clouds
or would they be sites...

littlewing53
07-24-2007, 03:03 PM
hi kiz...it is nice to see your haikus..

or would they be sites
to sit upon and wonder
what would appear next

symphony
07-25-2007, 01:24 AM
what would appear next
shivering behind that veil
life has its mysteries

atiguhya padma
07-25-2007, 05:53 AM
life has its mysteries
enough for the sharpest minds
no need for theists

symphony
07-25-2007, 06:00 AM
no need for theists
the world's reigned by mighty men
reason rules, faith cowers.

atiguhya padma
07-25-2007, 06:41 AM
reason rules, faith cowers
In shadows of seasoned words
Stained texts rot wisdom

Haven
07-25-2007, 10:59 AM
Stained texts rot wisdom
Ideologies emerge
Misinterpreted

kiz_paws
07-25-2007, 12:37 PM
Misinterpreted
the words on the line were vague
I hung up the phone

Hello, littlewing. :wave: Looks like the two of us posted at once back there! I also enjoy your haiku very much!

littlewing53
07-25-2007, 03:56 PM
i hung up the phone
contemplating thoughts
the silence haunting

Riesa
07-25-2007, 04:19 PM
the silence haunting
this remote, isolated
heart's metropolis

autolycus
07-26-2007, 09:36 AM
heart's metropolis
skyscraped by teeming myriads
no man an island

CdnReader
07-26-2007, 10:17 AM
no man an island
oceans flow between us all
joining all as one

verybaddmom
07-26-2007, 10:46 AM
joining all as one
mothers, the glue of the soul
peaceful gentle smile

Haven
07-26-2007, 11:44 AM
peaceful gentle smile
hidden emotions hide there
behind soft curved lips

littlewing53
07-26-2007, 12:00 PM
behind soft curved lips
love felt strong safe and secure
exposed and open

Janine
07-27-2007, 01:38 AM
exposed and open,
burmished fields spread before me,
sunlight birds flit by.