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[amuse]

5-7-5 syllabic structure

[verybaddmom]

fire and brimstone stink
odor assaults my senses
like riding transit

[ajoe]

5-7-5 syllabic structure

maybe "fire" can be pronounced as monosyllabic ;)

[amuse]

lol, fi-er, fyr, de-si-er, de-syr. go figure. :D

[emily655321]

Like riding transit
Threading dust between the spheres;
Falling stars and snow

[atiguhya padma]

Falling stars and snow
As icy cold as deep space
My fire in its hearth

[Isagel]

My fire in it´s hearth
fills the room with heat and light
as I dance naked

[atiguhya padma]

As I dance naked
Through this beautiful world, thoughts
Clothe me with their grime

[WX6[ck]]

Clothe me with their grime
Like ol' grimey from Simpsons
Man I love that show

[random_hero]

Man I love that show...
But the cable was turned off,
I dont know why though...

[emily655321]

I don't know why though
I'm told I want to know -- I
Don't care why we're here.

[ajoe]

Don't care why we're here
No one I know can tell me
Why am I so short?

[amuse]

why am i so short;
what does it look like over
those high countertops?

*memory from age 6; realized at grown because could finally see over them at Penney's catalogue department!

[Isagel]

Those high countertops
a place for hidden cookies
I am five feet tall.

* well, five feet 2,5 inches. My fiance hides cookies on the highest shelves. I can´t see them. He is evil *

[emily655321]

I am five feet tall.
Actually, five feet and three.
Almost. Close to it.

(But I'm 5'5 in me boots. :D)

[verybaddmom]

Almost. Close to it.
but i cant quite reach the top
am i doomed to fail?

[amuse]

am i doomed to fail?
why is this hook in my mouth?
remove it, dammit!

[ajoe]

remove it, dammit!
one by one and step by step
put the shoes away

[emily655321]

put the shoes away
we'll go no more a-roving
plagiarism's fun

[verybaddmom]

plagarism's fun
but i am so fond of my
own ideas too

[ajoe]

that last sentence has only 4 syllables?

[amuse]

own i de as too - 5

[ajoe]

I don't get it. "my" is on the second line, though

[verybaddmom]

omg, as if we are going to be this argumentative over one frigging syllable:
own i de as too

[amuse]

own ideas too
yiddish to the rescue once
again: ay guvalt!


that's phonetically spelled, btw. don't give me **** about it alright.

[emily655321]

*no one mentioned that that's a really sucky line to try to build on :p

own ideas too
and you shall render useless
destructive weapons

[verybaddmom]

for such a sucky line, you guys managed quite nicely, twice.
i think this thread seems to be fairly critical today. i am going to the garden to eat worms.
no more poetry for you!

[emily655321]

*oops!

Again: ay guvalt!
Holy moley! Sacre bleu!
...and other outbursts

[emily655321]

It's what we do. :D

[ajoe]

oh.... I got it NOW!
In the meantime, I will refrain from writing the next poem...

[verybaddmom]

...and other outbursts
poured forth over lips and tongue
when i stubbed my toe

[emily655321]

When I stubbed my toe
I swore to never again
Break glass with bare feet

[verybaddmom]

break glass with bare feet
and other tests of strength
can i pass this one?

[atiguhya padma]

When I stubbed my toe
I thought of Samuel Johnson
And forgot the pain

[Isagel]

Ok - now I´m abit confused which one I should answer... I´ll just do like this:

Can I pass this one?
I have been there, got over
and forgot the pain

[atiguhya padma]

And forgot the pain
The pleasure of forgetting
Like sleep come at last

[emily655321]

Like sleep come at last
Numbness flooding through my head
Calmly disappear

[verybaddmom]

nicely done isagel, ingenius!

Calmly disappear
float on the golden wind
hallucination?

[emily655321]

Hallucination?
Why thanks, don't mind if I do.
Reality sucks.

[atiguhya padma]

Reality sucks?
Who knows what reality
Is? Not knowing sucks.

[emily655321]

Oh, thanks a bunch for that. :p

Is? Not knowing sucks.
Indefinable torment
of uncertainty.

[atiguhya padma]

Of uncertainty
I have much experience:
Where do I begin...?

[emily655321]

Where do I begin...?
Tracing the thread back through warped
Distortions of self

[den]

oh my, :blush: :eek2: 53 pages of haikus! that's great!

distortions of self
wherein paradise resting
in ignorance bathe

[emily655321]

in ignorance bathe
the sheeples; stripped of context,
impotent of mind

[amuse]

impotent of mind
fertile of body; why did
they copulate, god?


*don't hate me because i'm audacious. you can build on that somehow! :banana:

[emily655321]

LMAO :lol:

They copulate, God?
So that's where babies come from.
Thanks for the info. :D

[verybaddmom]

thanks for the info
i wish i had known sooner
foiled again

btw, sweet avatar, den.

[atiguhya padma]

Distortions of self
Flesh out the illusional
Islands of meaning

[Isagel]

Foiled again
rule broken, logic turned
islands of meaning

[atiguhya padma]

Isagel you non-conformist anarchist!:)

[atiguhya padma]

Foiled yet again
Feyerabend would be pleased
At your free spirit

[Isagel]

Anarchy means without leader, not without rules.
:banana:

(sorry about the banana. I just had to)

Now come on and play the game properly or I send you another banana!

[amuse]

*re: distortions of self
it's one thing when we can't see all posts in a thread, but when it means that there's a reply to a haiku from way back when, maybe that glitch needs to be worked out...a few people in the last few days, me included, haven't seen the "last post" until replying to a thread.

[atiguhya padma]

Isagel,

Epistemological anarchy is what Feyerabend calls the lack of a single correct method in science. But I accept your point about the general definition of anarchy, although it should maybe read without governance.

[Isagel]

At your free spirit
I should not frown, play police
I did not mean to.

(Sorry if all that sounded rude in any way, it was just a joke. Hey, it´s all just a game. Now I´m off to read Feyerabend!)

[verybaddmom]

I did not mean to
but accidents happen, no?
dont blame the human

[emily655321]

don't blame the human
he can't help being confused
the Forum's screwed up

[verybaddmom]

the forum's screwed up
people leave and dont come back
where doest thou thus go?

[amuse]

where dost thou thus go?
-'neath brambles, sweet, awaiting
your embrace ere death.

[verybaddmom]

your embrace ere death
prepares for imminent
eternal night

[amuse]

eternal night
brightens as you lay by my
side, swallow hemlock.


*mea culpa

[verybaddmom]

side, swallow hemlock
front, deadly nightshade
poison for each

[amuse]

poison for each &
ac/dc, aerosmith;
this concert's sold out.

[verybaddmom]

this concert's sold out
nothing left to see here now
move along please

[amuse]

move along please
we haven't time to graze like
pigeons at bus stops

[emily655321]

pigeons at bus stops
beady eyes on just-washed hair
don't you dare, rat boy

[Isagel]

Don´t you dare , rat boy
I am not done dancing yet,
grandma said to death

[atiguhya padma]

Grandma said to death
I'll meet you on the highway
Just don't leave me there.

[GatsbyTheGreat]

Just dont leave me there
"I wont" lied death to grandma
Death is very cruel

[amuse]

death is very cruel
and some would say it's rather
temporary too

[emily655321]

temporary too
is life's piercing agony
no matter how harsh

[amuse]

no matter how harsh
this hair shirt feels i wear it
in your memory

[verybaddmom]

in your memory
i remain, forever, to
block the path to new

[Isagel]

Block the path to new,
scissors cut the bonsai branch
still it tries to grow.

[Isagel]

(Btw - I thought our haikus turned into a rather nice poem - how´s that for teamwork?

We could almost put it among the death poems!

Don´t you dare , rat boy
I am not done dancing yet,
grandma said to death
I'll meet you on the highway
Just don't leave me there.
"I wont" lied death to grandma
Death is very cruel
and some would say it's rather
temporary too )


Sorry about the interuption - now back to the game.

[den]

Yes Isagel ;) I think it'd be hilarious to copy and paste all these pages of haikus as one long running one, just for the h of it, it's taken many twists and turns. But I'm not quite that obsessive compulsive.

still it tries to grow
deep and blackly twisted is
past foresaken love

[emily655321]

past foresaken love
turns the soul to bitter ash
all perspective lost

[emily655321]

Hey, guys, don't forget about the real haiku thread! :p

all perspective lost
eschew logic for ideals
screwed immaculate

[emily655321]

screwed immaculate
golden-arch genuflectors
recite: "greed is good."

[atiguhya padma]

recite: "greed is good."
Even though we do not know
What greed is, good is.

[Taliesin]

What greed is, good is,
no room here for any
charitable men.

[atiguhya padma]

Charitable men
Put hot lead into the brains
Of Somme-drowning friends

[Isagel]

Of Somme-drowning friends
write the poetry in sand
let the waves rush in

[Jay]

Let the waves crush in
See what stories they carry
Whose stories they tell

[Monica]

Whose stories they tell
Whose life they would like to take
Is it yours or mine?

[Taliesin]

Is it yours or mine?
The life and heart that are
swept away by sea?

[Sorcha]

Swept away by sea
Drowned, forsaken, mourned only
By the keening gulls

[emily655321]

By the keening gulls
I am guided to the edge
Safe harbor at last

[Sorcha]

Safe harbour at last
Refuge from the liquid maw
Of turbulent seas

[HjusOticePlostE]

Of turbulent seas
Where life seemingly ends up
The harbor light shines

[Taliesin]

The harbour light shines
deceivingly, for never
can I reach the light.



You know, I exported this haikuing to another forum (it isn't copyrighted, or is it?) It became extremely popular, 25 pages in just 16 days. Pity you can't see it.

[amuse]

and you can't give the link why Taliesin? ;)

can i reach the light
rainbows scatter in alarm
as i accost them

[HjusOticePlostE]

As I accost them
I hear the mangled music
Through waves' orchestra

[Libra Swords]

Then I start to dance
on the notes that flutter in
the air,
I feel a sense of happiness
and then I tend to care,
for I see the music sending
me afar,
as now I am driving with my
sweetheart in the car.

[HjusOticePlostE]

Umm this is a haiku thread, why aren't you doing it? It says haiku when you click there right. Why did you do that?

[verybaddmom]

Through waves' orchestra
the music of the dolphin
reflects my keening

[emily655321]

reflects my keening
song of dutiful lament
death in wake with me

[amuse]

death in wake with me
life asleep there's no meaning
to this bright morning*

*if you want to use mourning instead, go for it

**omgoodness, just realized i have 1111 posts as amuse, that's my favorite number!!! whoo-hoo!!!!

[Monica]

to this bright morning
i will weep and i will cry
if you're not around

[Taliesin]

If you're not around,
everything shall be gone and
lost for all time. Sad.

Oh, and I can link the place where I exported the idea.
www.dragon.ee/foorum/viewtopic.php?p=69995#69995
But the question is, can you read estonian?

[amuse]

lost for all time. sad.
i will feed marine mammals
with my deep blue tears.

[verybaddmom]

with my deep blue tears
i wash away sadness and
start again with joy


edit: i am so glad you reminded me of the haiku thread...i had almost forgotten
*cries tears of joy at finding long lost friend*

[atiguhya padma]

Start again with joy
Pain departs, time's massage,
A boy climbs the tree.

[amuse]

a boy climbs the tree
it speaks to him; he grows old
and happy in it.

[verybaddmom]

and happy in it
this new home that i found
what disoveries

[atiguhya padma]

What discoveries
When perception sees that all
Is mere perception

[atiguhya padma]

Is. Mere perception.
As Being and Becoming
Moonlight on water

[amuse]

moonlight on water
slivers of romance surround
me with fleeting warmth

[atiguhya padma]

me with fleeting warmth
you with sentimental dreams
breath-heat makes them rise

[seeker]

breath-heat makes them rise
our dreams together born of
the ashes of love


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I thought this link worthy of the haiku thread

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/decss-haiku.txt

It is the method by which to decode a DVD and burn it, in haiku form!! :lol:

[seeker]

nobody's picking up the poems!


the ashes of love
bohemian rhapsody
this song makes me cry

[seeker]

this song makes me cry
with pure life plucking each chord
chords within my soul

[nome1486]

chords within my soul
thrilling to the ancient strain
of truth, beauty, love

[baddad]

Of truth, beaty, love
I seek,travel, light, reflected
receded darkness

[nome1486]

receded darkness
unveils the silent snow
and still blue shadows

[Ickmeister]

and still blue shadows
gleam as though diamonds shining
compared to my soul

[seeker]

compared to my soul
can anyone describe it
the pain runs so deep

[verybaddmom]

the pain runs so deep
overcome it only if
survival is goal

[Jay]

survival is goal
if you have nothing better
to live for today

to live for today
without a certain purpose
does it make life right?

[Isagel]

Does it make life right?
I plant this tree, pondering
if it has purpose.

[atiguhya padma]

if it has purpose
Will this be significant
To its existence?

[Isagel]

To it´s existence
tree needs earth, water, light, air.
Tree exist, builds tree.

[verybaddmom]

Tree exist, builds tree
playhouse in the sky for me
gaze at stars, hiding

[Taliesin]

Gaze at stars, hiding
dead memories from yourself.
Night remembers not.

[verybaddmom]

night remembers not
the pains of the day gone by
blissfully sleeping

[amuse]

blissfully sleeping
hand on your chest, sharing your
blankies and sore throat.

[verybaddmom]

blankies and sore throat
wood burning fire, snow fall
cozy winter cold

[amuse]

cozy winter cold
ooh! what a nice play on words.

[Taliesin]

Cozy winter cold.
I close my eyes as snow falls.
Sleep is so tempting.

[verybaddmom]

sleep is so tempting
but what am i missing when
im unconcious

[Taliesin]

I'm unconcious
And on my face they run along -
five baby squirrels.

Ah, there are five little squirrels in an old bird-house on a rowan tree near my house. They are SO adorable and cute. The way they run on the tree, up and down like Spiderman, is just so cute to watch. But they don't run over people's faces, they are not that dumb. The haiku is just me dreaming of them being not afraid of me when I sleep and coming near.
They have got so pretty eyes too, black and smart and they are actually quite like kittens on the reason of being cute. My brother took some photographs, but not with a digical camera, so I cannot show them.
Oh, and did I mention that they are cute? ;)

[Monica]

You're right Taliesin baby sqiurrels are cute, I used to have one some time ago. Now I have a guinea-pig Oscar and she (she's a girl even thoug her name may be misleading) is the most cute (cutest?) creature in the whole world! :)

[Pickles]

This bank clerk
is killing me
with stupidity
oh gods!
a brick please!

[verybaddmom]

five baby squirrels
steal seeds from plant pots and risk
dying for their meal

[Pickles]

Is someone behind me?
I see no shadow, nor movement....

GAZOONTIGHT!

[verybaddmom]

Ok, so, I write a haiku, then the next poster uses the last line of myhaiku... k? ;)

Haiku:
1. A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

2. A poem written in this form.


what will you become
anything you want to be
Truth in time will tell

just in case you misunderstood the protocol of this thread.

i would like to play, but we have to be using the same rules. :nod:

[Pickles]

Yes I'm afraid I did, deepest apologies.
( I confess, I must not have read the full protocol.)


Perhaps the Admin will be kind enough to remove my posts in this
thread?

And hopefully the others will foregive me?

Again, deepest apologies.

[Isagel]

No edit, no cry
no need for apology
it is just a game

:-)

[verybaddmom]

it is just a game
we can all play together
i think, anyway

and you dont have to remove the posts from the thread, sour cucumbers....i just thought you might actually want to know, so that we could all play. sorry if i came off sounding like a um....uh.....well...if i came off sounding nasty.
not my intention. but i think im having a bad week. :blush:

[amuse]

i think anyway
though sometimes my thoughts are best
plucked and sneezed away

[verybaddmom]

LMAO...amuse, i do love you dear

plucked and sneezed away
like tiny eyebrow hairs
gone, on the wind

[amuse]

teehee ;)

gone on the wind
oh, scarlett, couldn't you see
rhett wasn't worth it?

[verybaddmom]

rhett wasn't worth it
but really, are there any
worth wearing that for?

[amuse]

worth wearing that for?
drapes, whalebone, paper dresses:
fashion :eek: faints away.

[verybaddmom]

fashion faints away
encourage reality
barbie's not real

[atiguhya padma]

Barbie’s not real
She’s just as fake and plastic
As the rest of us

[subterranean]

as the rest of us
from dust we came
back to dust we will

[atiguhya padma]

Back to dust we will
Return. Ozymandias,
Crumbling empires

[Pickles]

Crumbling empires
cold dead streets markets staring
am I forgiven?

[atiguhya padma]

Am I forgiven?
Does the Pope sit in the woods?
Where's that missing H?

[verybaddmom]

LMAO!!!!!
i wish there was a banana slapping his knee emoticon. i would use it right now....

[Pickles]

I have to agree, that's darn clever. :lol:

[verybaddmom]

where's that missing H
i think i might have seen it:
sesame street?

[Edzabeen]

Sesame street,
Still Ali Baba's hiding.
Do you remember?

[Pickles]

Do you remember?
Rome, Babylon, great Persia
Dust now, history

[Nemerov]

Dust now, history
teaches us that it is the
perfect moment

[verybaddmom]

perfect moment
how often do you see that?
cherish specks of time

[amuse]

cherish specks of time
do not dust them carelessly
great friends may await

[verybaddmom]

great friends may await
thank goodness for patience
or i'd be lonely

[amuse]

ow! very nice. like how you worked "may."

or i'd be lonely
except for bread, peanuts, and
squirrels in the park.

[verybaddmom]

squirrels in the park
like thoughts in my head, run round
with no direction

et merci, madame...
*bows*

[Miranda]

With no direction
I aimlessly wander here,
Tomorrow waiting.

[Pickles]

Tomorrow waiting.
In the cold remorseless rain
The bus late always.

[atiguhya padma]

The bus late always
Days pass. Fate plays games with us.
Grass grows on our names

[verybaddmom]

grass grows on our names
consequence of living slow
hurry up and wait

[amuse]

hurry up and wait
run fast: fly. like algae, life
puddles when ignored.

:confused:

[verybaddmom]

puddles when ignored
like the witch of the west or
was she from the east?

[Taliesin]

Was she from the east?
Or from north - Hyperborea?
My memory fails.

[Monica]

My memory fails
I am sleepless in sadness
The world is no more

[Pickles]

The world is no more.
The bed spins and I must pee.
I'm just drunk again.

[verybaddmom]

im just drunk again
how did that happen anyway
i just went for one

[Edzabeen]

I just went for one
But returned with many.
Something has changed.

[atiguhya padma]

[So] Something has changed
Attachment detached. Let loose
Euphoric feeling

[baddad]

Euphoric feeling
Eastern horizon gives life
Volition driven

[atiguhya padma]

Volition driven
By the language of freewill
Just a mix of words

[verybaddmom]

yes?

s10cr

[atiguhya padma]

I accidentally pressed send after the first line....!

[verybaddmom]

just a mix of words
communication a joke
no wonder its art

[atiguhya padma]

No wonder its art
When other subjects cower
From confrontation

[verybaddmom]

from confrontation
comes understanding others
and acceptance

(you okay today? seem to slipping keys all over the place? :))

[atiguhya padma]

No, I'm OK? How about you? (your last line is missing a syllable... now what exactly do you want me to do about that?:))

[verybaddmom]

and (1) ac (2) cep (3) tan (4) ce (5)

eh? does not work for you?
and im doing well thank you!

[atiguhya padma]

and ac cept ance
1 2 3 4

I'm afraid it doesn't work for me, no. But anyway, let us suppose it is 5 syllables

And acceptance
Is a reaction to life
And experience

[verybaddmom]

lol...sorry bout that...i'll try harder next time. im only on my first coffee today so far....

[atiguhya padma]

I know what you mean about coffee. It is the beverage of revolution. I could only get decaffeinated at the local rail station this morning! Can you imagine? I mean where would Che Guevara be today if he'd only had decaf? :)

[verybaddmom]

omg!! only decaf? you poor thing. i will immediately send you an injection of fabulously caffeinated coffee from our own special Tim Hortons.

oh and because this is the haiku thread:

And experience
is the only way to learn
i am so smart

[atiguhya padma]

Thanks.

I am so smart (....)
Art cannot keep up with me
I’m light years ahead.

I'm off now. Its been fun haiku-sparring with you. Ah the end of a working day. It smells like coffee with hazelnut syrup is awaiting me somewhere in commuter-space. Have a nice and pleasant day, if your work is just beginning. Farewell for now....:)

[baddad]

might be possible
understanding is vague
previous haikus

should we have a space where we can explain the roots of our constructs? Or, should the continuum blindly stumble along its preordained course

[verybaddmom]

you are free to ask for explanations at any point anywhere. which part of the above haikus were confusing?

previous haikus
have made a mess out of
baddad's brain space

[baddad]

Fine! The lit snob in me is just being a little cranky. I'm finding some of the recent 'Haiku' atempts less than ........................literay? Less than..... 'poetic'? Less than......inspiring, challenging, heartfelt, meaningful, poignant, soulful, artful or justified as 'Haiku'?

I think I'll just apologize now, find a new thread, leave you folks in peace...........good hunting..........BAddad.

[verybaddmom]

i gotta tell you baddad, sometimes the haikus present an opportunity to engage in whats called communication. i spelled that slowly in case you alien leaders didnt teach you that before they sent you here. i apologize if my haikus werent up to your standards, but these boards are above all else, a method of communicating with other people and having a bit of fun.
and if you go around criticizing other people's poetry (which is so highly personal in its construction and interpretation) they may be tempted to just not post any more poetry or tell you to take a donut and um....leap at it.

peace and love my friend, as always

[amuse]

baddad's brain space
communication hiat-
us. let's scream, shall we?

:)

edit: i like how the word hiatus is interrupted, too. hadn't noticed the symmetry of that.

[amuse]

us. let's scream, shall we?
silent assemblies await
infusion now. NOW!!!!!

[atiguhya padma]

Infusion now. Now!!!
But there is no addition
And no greater strength

[Pickles]

us. let's scream, shall we?
with our feet in wet cement
it's a short boat trip


( I am from NJ after all.)




My goodness you guys are quick.

[amuse]

<<<Pickles, when you go to "new posts" make sure there are no pages left unread. that's all. (see dates & times of last few posts.)>>>

[Pickles]

<<<Pickles, when you go to "new posts" make sure there are no pages left unread. that's all. (see dates & times of last few posts.)>>>


yeah, the egg is on me.

[atiguhya padma]

Its a short boat trip
To see where Sisyphus is
Return ticket's best.

[gyanendra_gaur]

Dear Den,

Let me read some Haiku poems written by you.

Thanking you a lot,

Yours Faithfully,

Gyanendra Gaur

[atiguhya padma]

Return ticket's best
If the turner faces back
To the joyous sun

[katealaurel]

To the joyous sun
we turn, eyes widening in
ecstasy of light.

-K

[seeker]

ecstasy of light
in my eyes as well as heart
a day of surfing

[seeker]

a day of surfing
tired, burned, but truely glad
contentment fills me

[amuse]

contentment fills me
like dinners with nana like
songbirds at dawn


*missing a syllable because nothing sounds right when **tampering.

**as opposed to tinkering.

[Kirsty]

Songbirds summon dawn
transition of dark to light
dreaming souls gently aroused

[amuse]

hm. maybe(?) you didn't care for how i ended with "songbirds at dawn" but we build off of each other's last line...though i didn't find a 5th syllable that i liked, and wrote 5-7-4, which was technically incorrect - haikus are 5-7-5.

glad to see this thread around more! :)

[Taliesin]

Dreaming souls gently aroused.
Real world calling upon them:
"Come with me, with me"

[Kirsty]

hm. maybe(?) you didn't care for how i ended with "songbirds at dawn" but we build off of each other's last line...though i didn't find a 5th syllable that i liked, and wrote 5-7-4, which was technically incorrect - haikus are 5-7-5.

glad to see this thread around more! :)


Hey there. No offence intended!! I was just putting it back into 5 syllables, that was my first ever Haiku so..dunno..just wanted to do it right. I guess Songbirds at dawn, has quite a different meaning than mine......

So this one is for you...

Songbirds at dawn
So happily they twitter
Amused with their song

[amuse]

it was? and you wrote it here, that's wonderful!

ohhhhh! how sweet of you. thank you. :)

[atiguhya padma]

Ecstacy of light
See how the stars shine in blue
They are all yellow

Europe! Europe!

[Taliesin]

They are all yellow -
all those little flying lights (that)
my aching eyes see.


I am not sure, whether "little" is 1 or 2 syllables. If 1, then read "that" too.

[Shore Dude]

My aching eyes see
the perturbed emotions of
dancing bananas

[Ickmeister]

dancing bananas
wearing slack sown pajammas
they look good in black

[Isagel]

They look good in black
mamas and papas insane
oh, you pretty things.

( - Sorry, could not help but steal/ mix some lyric lines by Bowie. :-) )

[Shore Dude]

Oh, you pretty things
Dulled by my consternation
Plagued by attrition

[Taliesin]

Plagued by attrition -
sunlight, harpstrings, smell of stars-
all gone -world is old.

[amuse]

all gone - world is old
i'd better wake, return to
dawn on mama earth

[Shore Dude]

Dawn on moma earth
she'a love all her babies
we find'a her sun

[coquelicot1106]

we find'a her sun
surrounded by solitude
near the forgotten

(wow i suck. o well, i tried :) )

[Jester]

near the forgotten
well we have sung songs to the
gone, lost and strange ones


Thought i'd give it a try... :P

[Jay]

Gone, lost and strange ones,
they're never really gone, lost
and strange, not at all

Jester, anything goes :p... well, that's 5-7-5 anyway ;)

[Jester]

and strange, not at all
is the rainbow up above
Blue skies beckon me

[amuse]

blue skies beckon me
darkness fills my hand one true
thrust will send me there

[Shore Dude]

Thrust will send me there
Panting, sweating; forgotten
feelings to furrow

[atiguhya padma]

feelings to furrow
burying past emotions
with borrowed seedlings

[amuse]

with borrowed seedlings
i plant my thoughts. they mature;
i don't know myself.


damn unrecognizable for being 6 syllables!

[Jester]

I dont know myself
I dont know any of you too
No, my mind is gone

(yeah i know, but hey it follows the rules)

[atiguhya padma]

No, my mind is gone
Though I knew not its entrance,
Pathway or exit

[Shore Dude]

Pathway or exit
destinations are blurry
means are justified

[BSturdy]

Means are justified
leaves ochre and skeletal
crying city shore

[atiguhya padma]

Crying city shore
Porous molecular skin
Absorbs salt water

[Jester]

absorbs salt water
so that many dogs can lick
our hands clean of salt

[seeker]

our hands clean of salt
that crystal drops leave behind
ready to move on


i love haiku!!

one of my own, with no correlation to this thread:

inquire of dead men
where the journy will bring us
they grin and crumble

repeat, dont use ^^^ this one ^^^ for the thread, use the first one!

[atiguhya padma]

ready to move on
flesh-cased molecules dissolve,
renovate the earth

[Eric, son of Chuck]

Ready to move on
Now, wholly unpretentious
I'll kneel before you

[Jester]

I'll kneel before you
and you before me, us both
end the strife of world

[atiguhya padma]

End the strife of world
peace. Conflict happens. Lets just
aim to reduce war.

[Taliesin]

Aim to reduce war -
total sillyness, I say.
Let's bomb them - who cares?

[amuse]

let's bomb them, who cares;
why lower rifles or hate?
we are soulless pigs.

*MEA CULPA to pigs

[Shore Dude]

We are soulless pigs
aiming to live a pale life
playing in our mud

[Falling_Embers]

playing in our mud
forgetting the days gone by
aiming ere higher

[essentience]

burn and rage away
like bonfires on the sun
seeking some solace

[essentience]

aiming ere higher
as the stars fade from our view
through the hazy skies

[atiguhya padma]

Through the hazy skies
Killing machines blaze away
Attacking zealots

[Jester]

attacking zealots,
attacking creatures, humans
plants and bad ones, life

(if this makes any sense to you tell me what it means because it makes no sense to me)

[amuse]

plants and bad ones, life
imbued both in rose gardens
and venus fly traps

[seeker]

it reminds me of that speech by the Friar in Romeo and Juliet:


In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities:
For nought so vile that on the earth doth live
But to the earth some special good doth give,
Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse:
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied;
And vice sometimes by action dignified.
Within the infant rind of this small flower
Poison hath residence and medicine power:
For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part;
Being tasted, slays all senses with the heart.
Two such opposed kings encamp them still
In man as well as herbs, grace and rude will;
And where the worser is predominant,
Full soon the canker death eats up that plant.

[Shore Dude]

And venus fly traps
seem to hold me, suspended
above all I seek

[amuse]

seeker, that's just beautiful. :) thanks for sharing. must read r & j now.