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[Silas Thorne]

a fantasy world
brought all my friends together
to drink too much Coke

[alakungfu]

to drink too much Coke
make life a beautiful thing
the thirsty masses

[adwara1]

The thirsty masses
on droughty lands, drifting dark clouds
deluged the eyes

[kiz_paws]

Deluged the eyes
mists of forgotten mountains
slyly beckoning

[adwara1]

slyly beckoning
she cast a glance, calling me
to our hiding place

[firefangled]

to our hiding place
beyond forsaken hours

[alakungfu]

to our hiding place
the owls and mice are privy
spoil the atmosphere

[TheFifthElement]

spoil the atmosphere:
cloud-bloom, crescent moon rust-chewed,
night sky peeled open.

[firefangled]

night sky peeled open
it's everything you wanted
and Eden promised

[Il Penseroso]

and Eden promised
desires cannot be met
flame swords poised, guarded

[Silas Thorne]

flame swords poised, guarded
a patch of dark empty sky
fierce lightning flashes

[Il Penseroso]

fierce lightning flashes
the sky to pieces, torn crags,
an empty cliff-face

[alakungfu]

an empty cliff face
amplifying the naked
impact fo the waves

[Il Penseroso]

impact to the waves,
images transposed over
an odor well-known

[qimissung]

an odor well-known
bury my nose in your neck
your scent wafts me home

[TheFifthElement]

your scent wafts me home:
cinnamon-apple pricked skin
promise of sweetness

[Silas Thorne]

promise of sweetness,
sadly I'm diabetic
no sugar for me.

[alakungfu]

no sugar for me
the thought right now impales me
head's already light

[TheFifthElement]

head's already light -
imagine my hands in your
hands on your body.

[Silas Thorne]

head's already light
you should stop blowing me up
I think I will burst

[Silas Thorne]

oops I did it again

[LostPrincess13]

Did what again Silas?

I think I will burst
The pain is unbearable
Oh Death take me now!

[TheFifthElement]

Oh Death take me now
to the river's cold banks, there
to see the sunrise.

[Riesa]

To see the sunrise
through frosted oaks dressed in mist,
like living haiku

[Silas Thorne]

like living haiku
two tall trees kissed in the storm-
wind blew branches close

[Il Penseroso]

wind blew branches close
bony fingers of old men
my hands clutch at joy

[jon1jt]

my hands clutch at joy
my eyes gone into the light
searching for flowers

[Il Penseroso]

searching for flowers
under flames, petals holding
what cannot be touched

[jon1jt]

what cannot be touched,
or held in hands hot and wet--
her throated cries, tears.

[Il Penseroso]

her throated cries, tears
that jewel her cheek, prisms
cascading the blue

[kiz_paws]

Cascading the blue
where the seven shades all meet
I find solitude

[Il Penseroso]

niiiiiice kiz :)

I find solitude
like leaves find soil, blown free
empty of branches

[Dark Muse]

*edit*

[kiz_paws]

Empty of branches
a lonely prairie huddles
awaiting the thaw

[thanks, IP!] :blush:

[Dark Muse]

awaiting the thaw
to set free frozen flowers
captives of winter

[kiz_paws]

Captives of winter
delicate icicle wings
Northern Light halos

[jon1jt]

Northen Light halos,
I reach up take one away
to wear in the spring

[Dark Muse]

To wear in the spring
sweet fresh green leaves of ivy
dancing with the Nymphs

[alakungfu]

dancing with the Nymphs
catching hold of Apollo
to steal him away

[adwara1]

To steal him away
from the virtues of the world
devil hovered

[qimissung]

Cascading the blue
where the seven shades all meet
I find solitude

Beautiful!

[qimissung]

devil hovered
whispered in the lonesome heart
"take what you want, child."

[adwara1]

"take what you want, child."
all but fruit from the tree
and so it began

[sprinks]

and so it began,
the falling snow, the cold wind,
no more summer sun

[kiz_paws]

No more summer sun
harvest gold kisses my eyes
naked fields once more

[alakungfu]

naked fields one more
beckoning to the furtive
beyond, cliffs, hollows

[sprinks]

beyond, cliffs, hollows,
places where bodies shall fall,
but spirits will soar.

[Dark Muse]

But spirits will soar
unrestrained and always free
never to be chained

[sprinks]

Never to be chained,
breaking from cold hard shackles,
I escape again.

[adwara1]

I escape again
from sorrows of the world
for eternal joy

[Il Penseroso]

for eternal joy
a pebble languishes, skin
of moss its comfort

[Riesa]

nice. so lovely. difficult line to follow though.

of moss, its comfort
dependent on the waters
weaved throughout the world.

[jekan blazer]

karma is waiting
for you to do god or bad
it will repay you

[Il Penseroso]

whoops, didn't even notice. good to see you here!

weaved throughout the world
light blossoms against a wall
and folds into dusk

[jekan blazer]

whoops, didn't even notice. good to see you here!

weaved throughout the world
light blossoms against a wall
and folds into dusk

nice haiku...check out my song in personal poetry. it's called "its the end".

[adwara1]

And folds into dusk
the last light, longing for her sight
I wait into the night

[qimissung]

I wait into night
for my swallow to return
love's promise reneged

[Silas Thorne]

love's promise reneged
by grasping twilight candy
what fools that we are!

[adwara1]

What fools that we are!
arguing the existence of god
for all the beauty in world

[alakungfu]

for all the beauty
in world drawn in fantasy
clothed in metaphor

[atiguhya padma]

Clothed in metaphor
Mystery, obfuscation,
What is existence?

[adwara1]

what is existence?
wish of god, blessing of life
for all the creatures

[qimissung]

for all the creatures
bravely red in tooth and claw,
can you save yourselves?

[kiz_paws]

Can you save yourselves
from warped imaginations
and the quest for I?

[adwara1]

And the quest for I?
would journey through eternity
and end in almighty

[Il Penseroso]

and end almighty
in palm, jeweled sea over
unceasing creases

[adwara1]

Unceasing creases
grew with age, endured woes
turned him a sage

[alakungfu]

turned him a sage one
sober item of the age
good celebrity

[sprinks]

good celebrity
victim of paparazzi
smiles to hide the pain

[alakungfu]

smiles to hide the pain
stretches the truth to highlight
the cause he supports

[kiz_paws]

The cause he supports
was the new blood in his veins
flowing ceaselessly

[alakungfu]

flowing ceaselessly
unswerving, the mills of time
in slimy process

[firefangled]

in slimy process
slowly slop slung to the pigs

[Riesa]

I think your pigs ate your last line, ff. :D

that shiver and snort,
pleased with siphoning the words
from the poet's pen.

[Virgil]

I haven't done this in a long time. I hope it's any good.

From the poet's pen
To the balck panther's sharp claws
My heart is in angst.

[alakungfu]

My heart is in angst
Strung through the hip in rose lengths
Weary of reaching

[kiz_paws]

I haven't done this in a long time. I hope it's any good.

From the poet's pen
To the balck panther's sharp claws
My heart is in angst.I liked it! :)



Weary of reaching
a boney body huddles
and awaits the scythe...

[sprinks]

and awaits the scythe,
the grain in the field stands tall
swaying one last time.

[alakungfu]

swaying one last time
trying not to collapse at
the scene of the crime

[LostPrincess13]

the scene of the crime
holds but awful memories
who can remember?

[alakungfu]

Who can remember
the source of the lost question
that opened one mind?

[firefangled]

I think your pigs ate your last line, ff. :D

that shiver and snort,
pleased with siphoning the words
from the poet's pen.

that happened last time I wandered in to the wrong barnyard!

plagiaristic pigs
no telling where they'll use it
my best line ever

[Il Penseroso]

my best line ever
stretched from trembling twig shapes
that opened one mind

[alakungfu]

that opened one mind
closed like a licorice wand
at each end sweeter

[kiz_paws]

At each end sweeter
raspberry plants forever
the ladybug sighs

[firefangled]

the ladybug sighs
once more the warning begins
once again she flies

[kiz_paws]

Once again she flies
heels giggling on marble floors
the clock chimes midnight

[atiguhya padma]

The clock chimes midnight
Moonlight wanders through the wastes
Of this lonely world

[sprinks]

Of this lonely world
nothing pleasant can be said,
'til it is reborn.

[kiz_paws]

'til it is reborn
what are the poets up to
and the owl sighed

[firefangled]

and the owl sighed
whose song shares this lovely night
enchanted music

[Il Penseroso]

enchanted music
thrums against the temple's walls -
the waltz of candles

[Il Penseroso]

the waltz of candles
staggering in drunken swirls,
the flame, tiny feet

[Il Penseroso]

the flame, tiny feet
stepping into shadow, dance
to the loss of light

[dramasnot6]

To the loss of light
Blowing out crimson candles
Chinese New Year's here.

[kiz_paws]

Woot, IP's on a roll! :thumbs_up

Chinese New Year's here
festive dancing in the streets
bring on the dragons

[qimissung]

bring on the dragons
stomp snort breathe fire and smoke and
luck for the new year

[atiguhya padma]

Luck for the new year
Amnesia for the old
Love for the present

[Dark Muse]

Love for the present
is a moment free of time
raised in elation

[atiguhya padma]

Raised in elation
The gaze of admiration
Fuels hungry souls

[dramasnot6]

Fueling hungry souls
Cassius in the classroom
Biting hands that feed

[qimissung]

Biting hands that feed
Students, lean and hungry, wish
They wanted to eat knowledge

[Hotaru]

Years past, a question left my lips
now, years later
I realize
the question is the long-awaited answer

[dramasnot6]

Want to eat knowledge
Fingers sticky with facts,I'm
Learning gluttony

[alakungfu]

Learning gluttony
a welcome licensed retreat
devouring cable

[mazHur]

devouring cable
serpentine convoluted
hungry as ever

[firefangled]

hungry as ever
when my life here is over
I wish for seconds

[Hobbes]

Great Gatsby
I wish for seconds
to the moments of my bliss
Though, Green Light's only sight.

[dramasnot6]

I wish for seconds-
Those tiny life-crumbs that lose
themselves in our laps

[kiz_paws]

I wish for seconds-
Those tiny life-crumbs that lose
themselves in our laps
Very nice, dram. :nod:

Themselves in our laps
such a line to make a poem
it made my mind stop :eek:

[mmaria]

It made my mind stop
from falling into a trap
noiseless worlds smile

[mazHur]

It made my mind stop
from falling into a trap
noiseless worlds smile

good one!

noiseless worlds smile
watch my misery from afar
my heart bleeding cries

[alakungfu]

my heart bleeding cries
for vengeance, the blinding sword
shields squirting bloodstains

[Silas Thorne]

shields squirting bloodstains
Dirty Harry guns them down
no mercy, villains!

[Silas Thorne]

deleted duplicate

[LostPrincess13]

Braced myself for war
No blood was spilt, we had won
Empty victory

[Veva]

Empty victory
made me a villain - in their eyes
still I wish for truce

[mazHur]

still I wish for truce
still I want your company
still I wish to die!

[atiguhya padma]

Still I wish to die
When I so will. No state owns
The right to my life.

[mazHur]

The right to my life
I'm ready to relinquish
for your treasured kiss!

[atiguhya padma]

for your treasured kiss
lies deep-buried in your mind
smothered by itself

[mazHur]

smothered by itself
covered all over with scales
sharks not to be blamed

[Silas Thorne]

Sharks not to be blamed
but surfers, the news man said,
rough riding by rocks.

[Dark Muse]

Rough riding by rocks
with dagger-like jagged teeth
preying upon ships

[atiguhya padma]

Preying upon ships
Shining priapic dense bergs
Penetrate cold lives

[alakungfu]

penetrate cold lives
battery of feelings charged
ushering reform

[atiguhya padma]

ushering reform
Shunned rebels trash former acts
cool cats once lepers

[Il Penseroso]

cool cats once lepers
zoot suit loneliness and claws
searching for a catch

[ampoule]

searching for a catch
clues scattered upon the floor
the prize in your head

[LostPrincess13]

The prize in your head
Was won without any fight
A hollow vict'ry

[kiz_paws]

A hollow vict'ry
eighth notes dancing on a page
making Mozart smile

[alakungfu]

making Mozart smile
in a guarded moment followed
by bemused chortles

[mazHur]

by bemused chortles
by heart-wrenching sighs and tears
sky looks at the world!

[atiguhya padma]

sky looks at the world
as a blind man paws through air
feeling textured clouds

[Il Penseroso]

feeling textured clouds,
spinning the core, a twister,
candy-colored fluff

[alakungfu]

candy-colored fluff
teasing, a frozen rainbow
coated deep finish

[Il Penseroso]

coated deep finish,
the bark bronzed, coldly pressed
whirls, hands raised from stone

[kiz_paws]

Whirls, hands raised from stone
care etched in the deep furroughs
a lifeline of farms

[alakungfu]

a lifeline of farms
stretching from vanes to repast
slate interruption

[kiz_paws]

Slate interruption
tiny motes of crystal spheres
clinging to blackness

[alakungfu]

clinging to blackness
onyx cameos bleached stained
stunned surface flatters

[dramasnot6]

Stunned surface flatters
Whose palms,pressed upon the grass,
Drive down the black earth

[Janine]

Drive back the black earth;
her wet grave soaked in
saturated grief.

[alakungfu]

saturated grief
memories and printed pain
impressed on the page

[qimissung]

impressed on the page
maddened by rivers of words,
the author, chained, wrote

[alakungfu]

the author, chained, wrote
damning his soul, damning his promise.
damning his charmed wit

[Dark Muse]

Damning his charmed wit
with his devil may come grin
making me want sin

[Janine]

making me want sin
sin in this stained black heart
black rose of deceit

[firefangled]

black rose of deceit,
reddened by a slit of skin,
your prickly poser

[dramasnot6]

Your prickly poser
Porcupines under tightropes
Injured acrobat

[Janine]

hahaha - love that drama - just got it! good for you.

Injured acrobat,
Mere spectator for a time
Layed up for a month!

[dramasnot6]

Thanks,Janine.

[kiz_paws]

Layed up for a month
clocks ticking boring rhythms
time has no meaning

[TheFifthElement]

time has no meaning
to ducks, flicking their webbed feet
on star-shattered paths.

[Silas Thorne]

on star-shattered paths
the evening rain beats roughly
breaking up my dreams

[mazHur]

breaking up my dreams
the moon hides behind the clouds
stars give way to Sun

[zanna]

stars give way to sun
at night's long end, however,
the pale moon lingers

[Silas Thorne]

the pale moon lingers
at the end of my fingers
if I eat this pill

[alakungfu]

if I eat this pill
I'll be rough around the edge
for a little while

[kiz_paws]

For a little while
we splash in the moonlit dream
and I hold you close

[Dark Muse]

and I hold you close
until your pain fades away
you are safe with me

[alakungfu]

You are safe with me
Bring your insecureities
I can understand

[kiz_paws]

I can understand
the laws of quantum physics
but you leave me numb

[mazHur]

but you leave me numb
all my nano-particles
coming to a halt

[~Sophia~]

coming to a halt
pheromones dissipating
pesticides at work

[mazHur]

pesticides at work
the more they exterminate
the more arthroprodes

[zanna]

the more arthroprodes (did you mean arthropodes, mazHur?)
the less my dinner really
is appetizing.

[mazHur]

hi Zanna

sorry for the typo,,,
yes, it is 'arthropods.'

I think shrimp also belong to phylum arthropodae and they really make your dinner sumptuous, don't they?

[zanna]

Good point! =D

[kiz_paws]

Is appetizing
more important than the guest --
I burned the dinner!

[Pensive]

I burned the dinner
They burned the people alive
Are both crimes the same?

[Silas Thorne]

Are both crimes the same?
stuffed onto a kebab stick
we're all guilty meat.

[mazHur]

we're all guilty meat
first cut into small pieces
then ground to a mince

[alakungfu]

then ground to a mince
ginger root and jasmine leaf
to beckon the East

[Shea]

to beckon the East
with curry and scimitars
and Aladin's lamp

[zanna]

and Aladdin's lamp
now gave forth a puff of smoke --
only one wish left!

[~Sophia~]

only one wish left
to win the pageant of course
oh and for world peace

(sorry, in a goofy mood)

[adwara1]

only one wish left
no child should go to sleep hungry
no men fight again

[Shea]

and oh for world peace
so that no men fight again
strange how thoughts combine :D

[~Sophia~]

strange how thoughts combine
you came along just in time
to save our faces

[Shea]

to save our faces
we wear the brown paper bags
to protect from dust

[kiz_paws]

To protect from dust
we build the glass palaces
and keep to ourselves

[Dark Muse]

And keep to ourselves
the Earth's sacred mysteries
not meant for others

[kiz_paws]

Not meant for others
I try to hold my words in
keep my thoughts in check

[symphony]

keep my thoughts in check
the windows flashing colors
in thousands of dreams

[firefangled]

in thousands of dreams
snow falls, doors jamb, milk freezes
in its metal cage

[alakungfu]

in its metal cage
Circe's ravem predisposed
Ophelia's end

[Dark Muse]

Ophelia's end
met in a watery grave
so very tragic

[Silas Thorne]

'so very tragic'
she said, cutting new life-lengths
in pieces of string

[~Sophia~]

in pieces of string
the dental floss bikini
underscored her wile

[mazHur]

and Aladin's lamp
is not enough to cater
for my heart's desires.

[mazHur]

and Aladin's lamp
is not enough to cater
for my heart's desires.

Hey, what sort of black magic is this!
I wrote in response to Shea's Haiku but surprisingly it's not there??

[mazHur]

underscored her wile
exposed her innate nature
and cleared all my doubts

[zanna]

and cleared all my doubts
she wasn't all organic
but proud of her look

[alakungfu]

but proud of her look
what it really represents
her, fascinating

[Silas Thorne]

Her, fascinating?
About as much as dirt is.
She's all face, no heart.

[alakungfu]

She's all face, no heart.
Queen in every other
considered respect.

[zanna]

considered respect --
a polite nod walking by
a smile, a hello.

[Eugenie]

a smile, a hello.
There is no response save scorn,

[Silas Thorne]

a smile, a hello.
There is no response save scorn,
I jump off a cliff. ;)

(continue...)

[mazHur]

I jump off a cliff
only to find my mermaid
smiling down the sea

[Silas Thorne]

smiling down the sea
it rises again, with waves
slamming me under. ;)

[mazHur]

slamming me under
it terrified the thunder
clouds began to weep!

[zanna]

clouds began to weep
unleashing sorrowful rain
our tears feed the flood

[mazHur]

our tears feed the flood
flood feeds rivers, rivers seas;
seas feed clouds,clouds rain

[zanna]

seas feed clouds, clouds rain
and the cycle continues
sustaining our lives

(lol, I had a Freudian slip and typed 'loves' the first time.)

[Silas Thorne]

blada blada bla
something about rainbows
da da unicorns...

[mazHur]

Loves? Yummy!! :)

sustaining our lives
love begets love for love's sake
garnishes the soul

[mazHur]

da da unicorns...
someone gave tongue to the thorns
da da blow they horns

[ampoule]

I'm confused...duh...so I'll go with this one...


Loves? Yummy!! :)

sustaining our lives
love begets love for love's sake
garnishes the soul

garnishes the soul
a little parsley placed here
will hide the defect

[mazHur]

will hide the defect
a hot kiss is all you need
come closer, sweet heart!

[zanna]

come closer, sweetheart
words I wish to hear from him
all to no avail.

[kiz_paws]

All to no avail
sidelong glances at the phone
willing it to ring...

[Oniw17]

willing it to ring
bell of loss or victory
Closure fills my ears

[kiz_paws]

Closure fills my ears
as I watch you silently
my hands feel so cold

[Oniw17]

my skin feels so cold
yet bursting with energy
and I hold my tongue

[kiz_paws]

And I hold my tongue
though my eyes cast quick daggers
nails cut into palms...

[mazHur]

nails cut into palms
incisors press into lips
what have you done me?

[mmaria]

what have you done me
what have I done you, whisper,
I wait for your signs

[mazHur]

I wait for your signs
make me wait no further, dear,
time is running out

[ampoule]

time is running out
I truly hope it will not
run out in traffic

[alakungfu]

run out in traffic
feel the cars stream past dimly
at your own peril

[andave_ya]

At your own peril
dare to stand up for what's right.
Otherwise, please leave.

[mmaria]

Ohterwise please leave
together with me, my love,
to find our own world

[mazHur]

to find our own world
got lost in one another
and found ourselves!

[adwara1]

and found ourselves
in each other the wish to live
as one forever

[kiz_paws]

As one forever
I melt into your embrace
and float above clouds

[mazHur]

and float above clouds
keeping your head on the ground
high flying is bad!

[kiz_paws]

High flying is bad
the chemical leaves its mark
look me in the eyes

[adwara1]

look me in the eyes
and say that you do not love me
they can tell a liar

[mmaria]

They can tell a liar
who dwells in this world of lies
so, where do you live

[ampoule]

so, where do you live
ha! wouldn't you like to know
you sneaky thing you

[Neo_Sephiroth]

You sneaky thing you
You slept with my woman, yo
You can't keep your own?

[mmaria]

You can’t keep your own?
Why do you ask me, unknown?
I love boys, it’s true.

[mazHur]

I love boys, it’s true;
so what's keeping you away
so apart from me?

[andave_ya]

So apart from me?
That is how you want to live?
I see. I'm sorry.

[Il Penseroso]

I see. I'm sorry
we applied the stereo
and refused to speak.

[mazHur]

and refused to speak
the truth that was due on her
keeping her heart blocked

[zanna]

keeping her heart blocked,
he took the sword thrust instead;
true love's sacrifice.

[mazHur]

true love's sacrifice
Romeo and Juliet offered
by a Poisoned Kiss!

[Silas Thorne]

By a poisoned kiss
a little mouse died screaming
for a snake's dinner.

[kiz_paws]

For a snake's dinner
I dressed to the nines for him
but left abruptly :eek:

[Silas Thorne]

but left abruptly
out of a toilet window-
should have looked out first...

AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! :)

[alakungfu]

should have looked out first,
odds are one hundred to one,
would have made his day

[kiz_paws]

Would have made his day
if she was not so spunky
the puppets die first

[RobinHood3000]

The puppets die first
Avenue Q less fun as
Murder mystery

[Silas Thorne]

Murder mystery?
Her soft tongue licked crimson lips
my mouse is missing.

[Neo_Sephiroth]

My mouse is missing
That son of a goat went off
I lost my dinner

[Oniw17]

I lost my dinner
So I waited til night time
To check the car doors

[ampoule]

To check the car doors
Pointless somehow, extra work
You know they are locked