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[seeker]

thnx amuse! thans one of my favorites from shakespeare, and the whole universal love theme of R&J


above all i seek
i can watch it fade and die
from here i see truth

[Jester]

from here i see truth
and behold truth is ugly
so far it has been

[Eric, son of Chuck]

so far it has been
impeachment, hostility.
how unfortunate

[Jester]

how unfortunate
these waters that are so deep
must be black to me

[atiguhya padma]

Must be black to me
Before I see the stormy,
night-sea horizon

[atiguhya padma]

Night-sea horizon
Drawing in, enclosing all,
So significant

[Jester]

so signifigant
are the words we choose to us
to live by freely

[Miao]

to live by freely
and break the chains of life
oh! heavy burdens of my mind

[amuse]

oh! heavy burdens
of my mind i can barely
carry my brain - plop!

[Jay]

AZ: LMAO :D

[atiguhya padma]

carry my brain - plop
Plop, plop, easy now!, that thought
Its escaping! ....plop!

[Jay]

AP: LMAO :D ;) hehe - though a bit.. gory :p

[amuse]

i love this thread. AP, that was great. :p

[Jester]

Its escaping! ....plop!
oh no down the street it rolls
spinning, spiriling

[seeker]

spinning, spiriling
out of control, spread my wings
and i leave this world

... is "world" two sylables? i think it is...

ah well!

[Jester]

no its only one....... or thats the way i have always used it...

and i leave this world
to go beyond the last road
that leads out to Rome

[Bongitybongbong]

that leads out to Rome
time itself will never know
all shatter to death

[amuse]

all shatter to death
fluorescent grenades falling
because i'm clumsy


*explanation - i dropped a fl. light years ago in the mall - they make the loudest :( fricking noise, lethal almost. scared everyone who heard it. 'specially me. and shards everywhere.

[seeker]

because i'm clumsy
Quasimodo would agree
i am a pumpkin

haha that really pathetic, i thought i had somethng going with Quasimodo but i lost it...

maybie someone capeble can rewrite the last line?

[Jester]

i am a pumpkin,
large, orange. I have a strange face
on old hollow's eve

(iliked that last line)

[atiguhya padma]

On old hollow's eve
One told of followers who
Believed pillow dreams

[Jester]

believed pillow dreams,
sword fights, cannons and feather
blankets wrapped in warmth

[atiguhya padma]

Blankets wrapped in warmth
Around your tender body
Where my arms should be

[Jester]

where my arms should be
is not at limp by my sides
but up in the air

[seeker]

but up in the air
everyone is tiny
i could step on them

:smash:

[atiguhya padma]

I could step on them
and cover each cherished dream
of my dear lover

[Jester]

of my dear lover
who sleeps quietly like an
angel on her clouds

[Shore Dude]

Angel on her clouds
children, laughing and playing
Her love she sends down

[atiguhya padma]

Her love she sends down
Like summer rain. But they hide
Beneath broad-leaved trees

[Jester]

beneath broad leaved trees
during fall, a blanket of
leaves covers the ground

[amuse]

leaves cover the ground
vibrant oil paintings for
children to dance on

[seeker]

children to dance on
is the vision we must keep
ever fight the tide

[atiguhya padma]

Ever fight the tide
Corrosiveness of water,
Salience of love

[Jester]

salience of love
wonderous attack of love
beautiful love

[seeker]

of beautifil love?
i have yet to discover
if it may be real

[Jester]

if it may be real
come away with me, away
to the darkest part

[atiguhya padma]

To the darkest part
Of the heart, does the mind delve
To find your true self

[Isagel]

To find your true self
you went away this morning
a traveling light

[Bongitybongbong]

A traveling light
back to it's home, Italy
Strange and distorted

[Jester]

strange and distorted
the waves crash on the white shore
i sit an watch them

[Bongitybongbong]

i sit and watch them
with destruction and decay
all without a soul

[atiguhya padma]

All without a soul
outraged, ploughed through, courageous.
Waves so tall, made graves.

[Jester]

waves so tall, made graves
in stands of pines and oaks where
no one ever comes

[Miao]

no one ever comes
where silence hides and noice escapes
the cries of life's distress

[Jester]

the cries of life's distress
Beckon me to the edge, I
see the world on fire

[atiguhya padma]

See the world on fire
Desire for great love-giving
Living lives so free.

[Jester]

living lives so free
freedom only after death
oh, what mood i'm in

[amuse]

oh, what mood i'm in
but can't share it - they'd take my
shoelaces again

[Jester]

shoelaces again
and i'm at a loss of words
so ado, my friends

[amuse]

*oof, that's kind of creepy, considering why one sometimes can't have shoelaces...hadn't even thought of it like that until reading your response, though mine were removed not long ago.

did you mean "adieu"?*

[Jester]

yeah, ooops... :goof:

[amuse]

so adieu, my friends
read the note on her nightstand
i miss her laughter

[Jester]

i miss her laughter
her lovely nymph like giggle
she sounds like Kushi

[atiguhya padma]

She sounds like Kushi
sucking on sushi in a
London restaurant

[Jester]

london restaurant
I know i've been there once, but
i dont remember

[atiguhya padma]

I don't remember
September, let alone June.
I so miss Summer!

[Taliesin]

I so miss Summer
when I smell the honey made
of sun and warm days.

[atiguhya padma]

Of sun and warm days
Let's praise, for armed with love, from
One stage played two lives

[SuicideKitten]

One stage played two lives
love and hate bring mournful cries
whisper sweet a final kiss

[amuse]

whisper sweet a final kiss,
thunder final cries...'twas a
damn fine opera

[jessw]

damn fine opera
it was merly a glimps into the dark
of rage and horror

[Jay]

of rage and horror
she dreamt the other night, then
woke up in cold sweat

woke up in cold sweat,
felt a calming hand on her
shoulder, it soothed

shoulder, it soothed
her worries away, promised
eternal support

*sorry it's long, needed to submit it :)*

[Psyche]

Eternal support
tickling my nose, the scent
always in a dream

[GreenDog]

Always in a dream
The fearsome beasts are crawling slowly
Up the table leg

[Jester]

up the table leg
there you go you little mouse
food there is, this season

[SuicideKitten]

food there is, this season
faust of hellish fate be risen
watching owls, past demise

[Jester]

watching owls, past demise
past the midnight's darkest hour
long after all is gone

[amuse]

long after all is gone
time looks around decides he'd
better take off too

[SuicideKitten]

better take off too
before the glass does empty
tempest fury break

[Jester]

tempest fury breaks
against the shore, waves crash and
spray hits send me back

[lacewing87]

Spray hits send me back
Return to an earth of gloom
Just normality

[atiguhya padma]

Just normality
Is acceptable it seems.
Give me whackiness.

[SuicideKitten]

Give me whackiness
our stand alone complex
wreap insanity stead

[Jester]

weap insanity stead
stead rhymes with thread but I'm not
sure how to spell ryme???

[Psyche]

Sure how to spell rhyme
one is three but two is one
am I confused yet?

[amuse]

am i confused yet?
i've mittens on my feet so
i can dash down streets

[atiguhya padma]

I can dash down streets
A meerkat clowning around
With beer cans and cash.

[Shore Dude]

With beer cans and cash
my life descends into grey
end of beginning.

[atiguhya padma]

End of beginning
Creates a lifeless desert
All is becoming

[OceanSoul]

All is becoming
Shamed by the site of you
Alone and falling

[Psyche]

Alone and falling
in this state, tormented sleep
fear holds whips and chains

[Dyrwen]

Fear holds whips and chains
that beg for this suffering
and greet it hourly

[Isagel]

(I have no haiku, but still just wanted to say that I´m glad to see you again Dyrwen. )

[amuse]

oh my goodness! hi. :)

[Dyrwen]

Heya, sort of.. drifted away into other forums. heh

[Isagel]

and greet it hourly
the end and the beginning
sound of bells that toll.

[Dyrwen]

sounds of bells that toll.
Bats shriek in the dark with words
like fingers nightly

(eh, hate having to start a new line of thought)

[Isagel]

like fingers nightly
whisper over sheets and skin
moonlight on the snow

[atiguhya padma]

moonlight on the snow
I hear your heartbeat break this
beautiful silence

[Isagel]

Beautiful silence,
pocket full of poetry
but nothing to say.

[atiguhya padma]

But nothing to say
When something is on my mind.
Anything would do.

[Isagel]

Anything would do
just wrap it up in paper
and a red ribbon.

[atiguhya padma]

And a red ribbon
Is all that's left. It flutters
Around the lamppost.

[Isagel]

Around the lamppost
the light falls like the skirtfolds
of a debutant.

[atiguhya padma]

Of a debutant
Let me sing. She outdreams all
Dreams, dances through love.

[Taliesin]

Dreams, dances through love.
Half-real things from yesterday.
Who buys milk today?

[atiguhya padma]

Who buys milk today?
The baby serenading
Mother for supper

[Shore Dude]

Mother for supper
Allow me to pour some wine
Oedipus has died.

[atiguhya padma]

Oedipus has died
Elektra never quite lived
Who should we have next?

[Scheherazade]

Who should we have next?
Night after exciting night
Scheherazade still lives.

[atiguhya padma]

Scheherazade still lives
In my heart. Her last tale still
Echoes through the nights.

[Taliesin]

Echoes through the nights-
the song of creation; night
is full of music.

[atiguhya padma]

Is full of music
that no ear can hear, no mind
translate, interpret.

[Scheherazade]

translate, interpret!
hearts and minds will always weave
this enchanting canopy.

[SuicideKitten]

this enchanting canopy
so bliss doth end here
confrontation expectation

[atiguhya padma]

Something's gone awry
here methinks. the haiku thread
Has definite rules!

[amuse]

has definite rules!
lines 1 and 3: five, line 2:
seven syllables.

[Jester]

seven syllables
is this line I write now, and
now, very confused.

[Taliesin]

Now very confused
which side is sky and where's earth? - You
and delirium.

[OceanSoul]

And delirium
Cold and lost amid the waves
Near freedom

[atiguhya padma]

(The) waves near freedom
Lap like a cat's tongue in milk
Lack penetration.

[Scheherazade]

Lack penetration
Lies wasted in the desert
A love never known.

[atiguhya padma]

A love never known,
Glimpsed in moments of feeling,
Nurtured in your heart.

[Scheherazade]

Nurtured in your heart,
Promissing, devastating,
Aching, urging hopes.

[atiguhya padma]

Aching, urging hopes
Regurgitate my stomach
Don't think I can cope.

[amuse]

don't think i can cope
dancing in these red slippers
when will it all stop?


(reference to the ballet)

[atiguhya padma]

When will it all stop
Pots pile upon each other
Too much washing up!!

[Scheherazade]

Too much washing up;
Longing for a dishwasher
But, poor me, no luck!

[atiguhya padma]

But, poor me, no luck!
Life's a lottery ticket
And I've no money!

[Scheherazade]

And I've no money
Or a rich husband in sight;
What a girl will do?

[atiguhya padma]

What a girl will do?
All she can get away with,
With integrity.

[Scheherazade]

With integrity,
Plodding through high and low;
Paths of life are so.

[atiguhya padma]

Paths of life are so
Well-trodden that the mud clings
To your every step

[Bongitybongbong]

To your evey step,
Without passion or glory,
The souls decompose.

[Scheherazade]

The souls decompose,
The bodies flaunt in glory;
This is modern times.

[atiguhya padma]

This is modern times,
Life is longer, happiness
Is less manifest

[Scheherazade]

Is less manifest
Happiness what you live for?
We do not belong.

[atiguhya padma]

We do not belong
When we long to be. Better
Growth through becoming

[Scheherazade]

Growth through becoming;
Experience and toil will
Enlighten the way.

[Bongitybongbong]

Enlighten the way,
Many are struck with hatred,
Everything was lost.

[amuse]

everything was lost,
ravaged, and all hope was gone
from pandora's box

[atiguhya padma]

From Pandora's box
I crept into the darkness
And scurried back home

[Scheherazade]

And scurried back home,
Where the heart is;here I am,
Waiting at your door.

[atiguhya padma]

Waiting at your door
Like a child leaping, running,
Through summer meadows

[Scheherazade]

Through summer meadows
We travel, carefree and gay;
Fall a breath away.

[amuse]

Fall a breath away:
russet leaves, emotions, bathe
in summer's twilight.

[atiguhya padma]

In summer's twilight
Messages of love are seen
In silence you speak.

[Scheherazade]

In silence you speak,
Louder than the words;your eyes
I hear beckon me.

[amuse]

i hear; beckon me.
though i cannot see you, love,
your voice succors me.

[Scheherazade]

Your voice succors me
Softly, gently, patiently;
Open paths for me.

[Bongitybongbong]

Open paths for me,
I am the last wanderer,
Where I roam is home.

[atiguhya padma]

Open paths for me
Bring worlds of indecision.
Let's just breathe sunshine

[atiguhya padma]

Whoops... too late...

Where I roam is home
For everyone except me.
That's why I still roam.

[Scheherazade]

That's why I still roam;
So close and so distant,
Dreams awaits me.

[atiguhya padma]

Dreams awaits me
That my hidden mind creates
For entertainment.

[Scheherazade]

For entertainment
We will bare our sould and minds;
Nothing left to care.

[atiguhya padma]

Nothing left to care
for? Are we bereft of love?
Scared to love others?

[Scheherazade]

Scared to love others?
Scared to love ourselves even?
I roam to find home.

[atiguhya padma]

I roam to find home
My home is where your heart is
Will you let me in?

[Scheherazade]

Will you let me in?
A vagabond, derelict,
Longing for a home.

[atiguhya padma]

Longing for a home
That's made of stone, earth and grass
And flesh, blood and bone

[Scheherazade]

And flesh, blood and bone,
In one perfect harmony;
I'm in awe of you.

[atiguhya padma]

I'm in awe of you
Teaching beauty how to speak
A better language.

[Scheherazade]

A better language
Never knew I understood,
In silence we speak.

[Bongitybongbong]

In silence we speak,
All shall be restored with time,
Many will live on.

[Taliesin]

Many will live on.
Which one from all the thousands?
God keeps playing dice.

[Bongitybongbong]

God keeps playing dice,
Sacrificial people are,
For the world is one.

[amuse]

For the world is one
ball hurtling through space. You
enjoying the ride?

[atiguhya padma]

Enjoying the ride
Of waves of experience
Crashing on my shore.

[atiguhya padma]

Crashing on my shore,
The flotsam of endless waste
Make aesthetic art.

[Scheherazade]

Make aesthetic art,
Crushed and smeared by your able hands
My colourful dreams.

[Bongitybongbong]

My colorful dreams,
Without misery and woe,
Love engulfs the lost.

[atiguhya padma]

Love engulfs the lost
In caverns of emptiness
Echoes live what was.

[Bongitybongbong]

Echoes live what was,
Without rythym and purpose,
All became peace-filled.

[baddad]

All become peace-filled
Follies, raindrop's dance macabre
Hesitant existence

[Scheherazade]

Hesitant existence
Silently grows in the dark;
Your eyes set me free.

[atiguhya padma]

Your eyes set me free
Alas! Once trapped by your spell,
Liberty is pain.

[Bongitybongbong]

Liberty is pain,
All found the true happiness,
Where were you that day?

[atiguhya padma]

Where were you that day
Your consciousness first appeared?
Where were you before?

[Jantex]

Where were you before?
Nevermind
Thee I`ll find.

[amuse]

nevermind thee i'll
find be ye joyous and warm
or wizened by time

[Bongitybongbong]

Or wizened by time,
Were the few to sacrifice,
The many shall live.

[atiguhya padma]

The many shall live
Because a few shall need them
Too many shall die

[Bongitybongbong]

Too many shall die,
Lost are the unforgiven,
Soone there will be joy.

[Isagel]

soon there will be joy
the infants eyes widen
mouth opens to smile

[Bongitybongbong]

Mouth opens to smile,
Longing to be future's kin,
All fear the unknown.

[atiguhya padma]

All fear the unknown
Except those infant learners
Climbing mountain peaks

[Bongitybongbong]

Climbing mountain peaks,
Doing the impossible,
All thoughts are for love.

[Scheherazade]

All thoughts are for love;
But a mere jest on your lips,
Love becomes thoughtless.

[atiguhya padma]

Love becomes thoughtless
When expressed in flowers, food,
Mass-produced romance.

[Scheherazade]

Mass-produced romance,
Buried in hollow weightless hearts,
Nothing but a farce.

[Taliesin]

Nothing but a farce,
nothing but plastic hearts. Could
I have a ventricle?

[atiguhya padma]

I have a ventricle?
Feels more like an icicle
As a blood-tunnel.

[Scheherazade]

As a blood-tunnel
Carrying life to my heart,
Hope keeps me alive.

[atiguhya padma]

Hope keeps me alive
Belief sustains my living
Is life ever real?

[Scheherazade]

Is life ever real?
This hope and longing;this pain?
All a dream with you.

[Bongitybongbong]

All a dream with you,
Maybe all shall become great,
The passion is love.

[Scheherazade]

The passion is love,
Many will pretend gloating;
Only, we will know.

[atiguhya padma]

Only, we will know
There will be no surprise, just
Stark experience

[Isagel]

Stark experience
white snow creaks under the ski
sweat falls from my brows

[atiguhya padma]

Sweat falls from my brows
I labour to make you laugh
You smile with me

[Scheherazade]

You smile with me,
All worries are forgotten;
This is a new day.

[Isagel]

This is a new day
a newly ironed shirt
on the clothes hanger

(clothes is one syllable, since the e is silent, right? -otherwise just skip the "the")

[atiguhya padma]

On the clothes hanger
Lots of strange shells suspended
All bodiless skins

[Scheherazade]

All bodiless skins
Solemnly waiting to find
Life in soulless bodies.

[Bongitybongbong]

Life in soulless bodies,
All shall be unforgiven,
Why were they brought back?

[Isagel]

Why were they brought back?
The photos, thrown in the sea
are swept to the shore.

( Ok, small memory for this one. A photographer in Italy- I can´t remember her name - tried to throw some of her photos away in the sea. Gruesome pictures of people killed by the mafia. She has been taking pictures of the effects of mafia affairs in her hometown for decades. Now she was trying to arrange a photo shoot where the pictures were supposed to be washed away by the waves. But they kept coming back, covered in mud and seaweed, right by her feet. She looked at them and said - why are they coming back? )

[Ulalle]

The photos, thrown in the sea
are swept to the shore.
The shore, forever reseeds, our lives
Our loves, our goals

[Scheherazade]

Our loves and our goals,
Promises of yesterday,
Ashes of today.

[atiguhya padma]

Ashes of today
Sackcloth of backdated worth
Hairshirt awaits you.

[Scheherazade]

Hairshirt awaits you;
Regrets and mistakes entwined,
Judgement awaits you.

[Ulalle]

Judgement awaits you,
The Cherry Sovereigns preside,
Life, they ask, is it yours?

[atiguhya padma]

They ask, is it yours?
Of course they don't understand
The question they ask.

[Scheherazade]

The question they ask
Echoes sadly in the minds
Behind blank faces.

[atiguhya padma]

Behind blank faces
A world of bacteria
Nesting in the brain

[Scheherazade]

Nesting in the brain,
Lurking in patient vigil,
The malady grows.

[atiguhya padma]

The malady grows
Like sweat on the arching back,
Evening twilight

[amuse]

evening twilight
juxtaposes haste and rest
as we scurry home

[Ulalle]

As we scurry home
Mangos bring sweetness and light
To hunger, to might

[atiguhya padma]

To hunger, to.. might
we just lie in the fields
feed each other's mouths?

[Scheherazade]

Feed each other's mouths,
As the nightingale sings songs
Tend each other's wounds.

[atiguhya padma]

Tend each other's wounds.
With the medicine of love
Healing where it can

[Scheherazade]

Healing where it can;
How were we suppose to know
Souls are never cured?

[atiguhya padma]

Souls are never cured
Imagine a physician
Searching for a soul

[Scheherazade]

Searching for a soul
In a land of apathy
Full of empty shells.

[atiguhya padma]

Full of empty shells
These cliffs upon which I stand
Stretch out forever

[Scheherazade]

Stretch out forever
Every direction I turn
Nothing but the void.

[atiguhya padma]

Nothing but the void
Can comfort me now. Nothing.
Emptiness I crave.

[Isagel]

emptiness, I crave
evrything and anything
now I want it all

[Scheherazade]

Now, I want it all.
The hunger grows rapidly.
We all must obey.

[atiguhya padma]

We all must obey
Our innermost desires
Else suffer later

[atiguhya padma]

Else suffer later,
Myopia shrouds the truth:
The sun shall blind us

[Scheherazade]

The sun shall blind us
Sentencing us to dark lives
Under a bright sky.

[atiguhya padma]

Under a bright sky
Sand makes graves, quartered moon will
Stretch across the sea

[Scheherazade]

Stretch across the sea
Who will be helping us then?
Who will guide us through?

[atiguhya padma]

Who will guide us through
Fields of endless splendour
Clothed in golden earth?

[Isagel]

Clothed in golden earth
my tea reflects sunlight on
walls made out of clay

[atiguhya padma]

Walls made out of clay
Compacted with old soldiers;
Their unwanted bones.

[Ulalle]

Their unwanted bones
Clear of sensation and sin;
Smell of cinnamon

------------------
To be is not to be. (Upanishad)

[Psyche]

Smell of cinnamon
olfactory fire sets
allergies ablaze

[atiguhya padma]

Allergies ablaze
Rapeseed fields of England
Suffocating me

[Scheherazade]

Suffocating me;
Secretly, slowly severs
Me melancholy.

[atiguhya padma]

Me: melancholy
Echoes. Woe and poetry.
These themes that haunt me

[Ulalle]

These themes that haunt me
These distinct characters, irk
Is their middle name.

[atiguhya padma]

Is their middle name
Lesser than their first? Christian
Names...... whats in a name?

[Psyche]

Names...... whats in a name?
Is identity comprised
of what they call you?

[mono]

Of what they call you,
You call of what they call you
That what calls you they.

[Psyche]

That what calls you they
exist neither here nor there
never anywhere....

[mono]

Never anywhere
Exists here and there, but where
Thrives everywhere?

[Psyche]

Thrives everywhere?
exit 'R', add 'E' and spin
now I've found the thieves!

[atiguhya padma]

Now I've found the thieves
Pilfered ancient emptiness
Bought knowledge of death

[atiguhya padma]

Bought knowledge of death
With the price of birth and growth
Have I been short changed?

[atiguhya padma]

Have I been short changed?
Or have I not known the worth
Of this life, this love

[Psyche]

Of this life, this love
memories always remain
singing sad refrains

[mono]

Singing sad refrains,
The winds whisper through willows,
Weeping weary whirs.

[SwiftSleigh7]

Shttp://www.warui.com/stefan/fuchsiacomp/morose.jpg
Sullenly morose
suddenly buoyantly sad
I drove myself mad!

[amuse]

Singing sad refrains,
The winds whisper through willows,
Weeping weary whirs
Weeping weary whirs
twining teary touch-me-nots
grazing gazelles gasped -

[Ulalle]

grazing gazelles gasped –
how well does your gaze gets it?
As well as it is.

[amuse]

I drove myself mad!
As well as it is.


as well as it is,
i drove myself mad! yes, that's
to be expected

:D

[mono]

To be expected,
Like predictions sometimes false,
Lives devoid of hope.