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[Ulalle]

Lives devoid of hope
Anticipating the point
Bring it on! Bring bring!

[Psyche]

Bring it on! Bring bring!
said the man with fists clenched tight,
clad in pink chiffon

[mono]

Clad in pink chiffon,
The queen paraded through pubs
On St. Patrick's Day.

[atiguhya padma]

On St. Patrick's Day
Wearing green, white, drinking black
The cream on my lips.

[mono]

^ nice, AP ^ ;)

The cream on my lips,
I shall regret tomorrow
When rising early.

[Scheherazade]

When rising early
Is your mere worry, you should,
You should be merry!

[atiguhya padma]

When rising early
I am half between dream and
reality. Yawn.

[mono]

Reality. Yawn.
What a bore, unless mixed with
Dreams' fascination!

[Psyche]

Dreams' fascination!
Never fails in connecting
body, mind and soul

[Ulalle]

body, mind and soul
all these are! a poet said
long live the poem!

[mono]

Long live the poem,
Through love, through strife, and chaos,
It will persevere.

[Psyche]

It will persevere
hasty tasty bacon bits,
Spam will never die!!!!!!!

[Ulalle]

Spam will never die!!!!!!!
Resurrection is not real
Options abound now

[mono]

Options abound now
Toward the less fortunate,
Like a breathing wind.

[Psyche]

Like a breathing wind
never will our souls collapse
united always

[Ulalle]

Like a breathing wind
Clarity confiscates pain
Blue waters flatter
-----------------------------

I am a human and therefore do not need eternity to understand my moment. ;)

[mono]

Blue waters flatter
Humble seas that flow modest
To compared oceans.

[Psyche]

Oh my, someone seems to have gotten confused. I shall follow Mono's last line then...

To compared oceans
land breathes high, mountain tops proud,
never judgemental

[Ulalle]

never judgemental
yet humility precedes,
allowance enters..
-------------------

sorry! was it me that got confused? seems a net glitch, no matter. :confused:

[mono]

sorry! was it me that got confused? seems a net glitch, no matter. :confused:
No worries. ;)

Allowance enters
Where force hinders not progress,
But thrives as passive.

[Ulalle]

But thrives as passive
It is the absurd human
That brings life to death

[mono]

That brings life to death,
That void of unconsciousness,
Feigning sleep with peace.

[Psyche]

Feigning sleep with peace
drip trails of freshly wet tears
whisper on pillows.

[mono]

Whisper on pillows
The hush of slumbering nights
Sounds sweetest with you.

[Psyche]

Sounds sweetest with you
barely open hooded lids
tug at your heartstrings

[mono]

Tug at your hearstrings,
Like a slow hindered zephyr,
You finally flow.

[Psyche]

You finally flow
by the hand of trust and love
esplosions ensue

[mono]

Explosions ensue
With the madness and fervor
Of unsettled minds.

[Psyche]

Of unsettled minds
cannibals of thought persue
all that's logical.

[mono]

All that's logical,
All that's learned compares not to
Wisdom's great treasure.

[atiguhya padma]

Wisdom's great treasure
Is an old rococo chest
Completely empty.

[Ulalle]

Completely empty
That is good, that is real, that!
The joy of nothing

[Scheherazade]

The joy of nothing;
Aimless lives, purposeless beings;
Writing void poetry.

[Ulalle]

Writing void poetry
The divine shines forth in void
The void is freedom

[amuse]

the void is freedom,
light and dark harmonize as
zero balances

[Scheherazade]

Zero balances
Once we are laid down, wasted.
Nothing but a sigh.

[mono]

Nothing but a sigh
Comes from the weeping willow
Waiting for love's turn.

[atiguhya padma]

Waiting for love's turn
My imagination steams
When is it my turn?

[Scheherazade]

When is it my turn?
Unanswered question echoes;
Secret lies within.

[atiguhya padma]

Secret lies within
My hidden identities
Created each day.

[Ulalle]

Created each day,
Berated anyway. Fun?
No way, no way, no!
-----------------------------------

[Psyche]

No way! No way! No!
Truth held dear felt not deceit.
Wool over my eyes.

[atiguhya padma]

Wool over my eyes,
I gaze in great amazement
Here come bouncing sheep!!

[Ulalle]

Here come bouncing sheep!!
Do they keep counting themselves?
In sleep, in deep sleep

[Kilini]

Y'know, haikus are supposed to be about nature...

But here's my own. :)

Living in a hole
The hamster has never seen
the golden world

[mono]

The golden world
Reflects light like a glass globe,
Refracting entranced.

[Psyche]

Refracting entranced,
my crystal ball gazes at
what remains of me.

[Stingray]

what remains of me
will soon become ash
I embrace these asps

[mono]

I embrace these asps,
And stare into the wide sky.
What do the clouds say?

[Ulalle]

What do the clouds say?
They say bergamot is real
The fragrance, here, now.

[mono]

The fragrance, here, now,
Breathes me in, like a swift wind,
Then leaves me empty.

[Ulalle]

Then leaves me empty.
And brings me to fruition.
Ahh! Crunched grapes, we are.
-----------------------------------------

[mono]

Ahh! Crunched grapes, we are:
Solid, yet filled with softness,
Where the sweetness lies.

[Ulalle]

Where the sweetness lies
There lays the lost laurel wreath
White frangipani

[mono]

White frangipani,
Adorned with Daphne's laurel
Circles in bright blooms.

[Psyche]

Circles in bright blooms
faery rings are glowing bright
step in if you dare.

[mono]

Step in if you dare
To that mystery, that dark,
Where minds fear to tread.

[Ulalle]

Where minds fear to tread.
There do I find my succor
Unrivalled splendor

[Psyche]

Unrivalled splendor
shine that blinds my mirth-filled eyes
sightless and in awe

[mono]

Sightless and in awe,
I climbed the highest mountain,
And found Paradise.

(somewhat inspired by Dante :D)

[Psyche]

And found Paradise.
Exploring the gardens lush,
avoiding apples.

[mono]

Avoiding apples,
The serpent faded to clear
In allegory.

[Ulalle]

In allegory.
The glorious gods destroy
Are we laughing yet?
;)

[mono]

Are we laughing yet?
Please remind me when we do;
I refuse absence.
:D

[Ulalle]

I refuse absence.
Indeed I do, roses bloom.
Should I be a rose??

[mono]

Should I be a rose,
Lily, orchid? Unlike me,
All have scenes sublime.

[Psyche]

All have scenes sublime.
Midnight Train to Nowhere chugs
on the gilded track.

[mono]

On the gilded track
Continues a thread of breath,
Writing each moment.

[Ulalle]

writing each moment
believing again in life
I am undone now.

[mono]

I am undone now,
Like a blossom not yet bloomed,
But coming so far.

[amuse]

but coming so far,
these travails pass into mist...
rather like kisses.

[Ulalle]

Rather like kisses
It seems the funeral hymn
Has lost its glory

[mono]

Has lost its glory,
Like a crudely dethroned king,
Cold over the sun.

[Ulalle]

Cold over the sun
Embraces a freezing heart
Palms leave a warm glow

[Psyche]

palms leave a warm glow
on the rush of oiled flesh
sun rises unseen

[mono]

Sun rises unseen
With the shining stars in view
To a barren oak.

[Ulalle]

To a barren oak
Mothers present shiny tithes
And mine? We question..

[Stingray]

And Mine? We Question..
The reflection captured in its luster.
Avalon's misty veils are lifted.

[amuse]

hi, Stingray! and welcome. :)
did you perhaps mean to write:

And Mine? We Question..
The reflection captured in
its luster. Ava-

lon's misty veils are
lifted...

we follow a 5-7-5 syllabic structure. love the reference to the Isle of Mist, btw!

[amuse]

i'll pick up from your poem. :)


lon's misty veils are
lifted; don quixote seeks,
however, in vain.

[mono]

However, in vain
Evil always taunts virtue,
Like the thorns of vines.

[Ulalle]

Like the thorns of vine
Completing the thin red line
Generating sin

[mono]

Generating sin,
The souls transmigrate in life,
Cycling in vice.

[Ulalle]

Cycling in vice
A white moral prostitute
Still eats oranges

[amuse]

cycling in vice,
strolling in debauchery,
hedonism glows.

hedonism glows,
hedonism grows; naught is
stunted but morals.

[mono]

Stunted but morals
The idle mind continues
Its monotony.

[atiguhya padma]

Its monotony
That draws me from my slumber
To write poetry

[atiguhya padma]

To write poetry
Get paper and pen. Relax.
Breathe. Sigh. Move hand. Flow.

[Ulalle]

Breathe. Sigh. Move hand. Flow.
Let the love of the beyond
Take its peal, its life!

[mono]

Take its peal, its life.
Unravel the mind like fruit,
Sweetest at its core.

[Ulalle]

Sweetest at its core.
Don’t we all want a bit more?
I do! So much more…

[nikki]

sweetest at its core
i do not eat anymore
where is my anchor?

(...) so what???

[HeoL_InsArtTure]

where is my anchor?
that strands me in my anger?
It is all inside

[mono]

It is all inside -
The world, the mind, the senses,
Reflecting outward.

:p

[HeoL_InsArtTure]

Reflecting outward
the mind projects enthrallments
to recall the time

[atiguhya padma]

To recall the time
The place, faces and voices,
I make memories

[amuse]

i make memories
recall arriving here; den,
where have you gone to?

[ldarkangel]

so how dose this work? and how do u make freinds?

[mono]

so how dose this work? and how do u make freinds?
Hello, ldarkangel, welcome to the forum. Haikus have a structure of three lines: the first line 5 syllables, the second line 7 syllables, and the third line 5 syllables. In this game, one person began with a haiku, the next person used his/her last line as a first line, and continued another haiku.
atiguhya padma wrote:


To recall the time
The place, faces and voices,
I make memories
amuse continued with atiguhya padma's last line:


i make memories
recall arriving here; den,
where have you gone to?
And I will continue amuse's last line:

Where have you gone to -
Those breathing skies and fine winds
That exert small drops?

[Ulalle]

That exert small drops
Easing emotional tax
Give a smile, void shines
------------------------------------ :D

[ldarkangel]

confused! so um how can i tell if my images work? can somone help?

[amuse]

if what you've written evokes something, your images work. your words can make a picture, or make us think, and even if your haiku has an odd ending, the next person can generally make do just fine with your last line. just jump in at some point and build off of the last posted haiku in the manner that mono showed up above.

good luck. :)

[Psyche]

Give a smile, void shines
far be it for stones to turn
themselves into graves.

[mono]

Themselves into graves
The idle minds push, unknown,
Like living in caves.

[Psyche]

Like living in caves
the jellied dreams of empty capes
curl into themselves.

[mono]

Curl into themselves,
Void spaces evolve while
Inhaling us in.

[Psyche]

Inhaling us in
surely they can't stop their breaths
rabid for our love.

[mono]

Rabid for our love,
The sea hushes to listen,
And petals spread wide.

[Ulalle]

And petals spread wide
And arms spread wider to lift
The courage and scents

[atiguhya padma]

The courage and scents
Of confusion mixed with fear:
Sex dreams of soldiers.

[Ulalle]

Sex dreams of soldiers
Whilst soldiers fear self-defeat
…Hallucinations…

[Scheherazade]

Hallucinations.
My silent screams never heard;
Prisoned in your eyes.

[atiguhya padma]

Prisoned in your eyes.
Your vision makes my movement
I live in your sight

[Ulalle]

I live in your sight
Poisoned, emptiness appeals
Nothing loudly calls

[mono]

Nothing loudly calls,
But consciousness of my mind,
Singing its chorus.

[Scheherazade]

Singing its chorus,
Like the sirens of dark seas,
My heart lures my mind.

[Ulalle]

My heart lures my mind
My muses obedient
Follow in silence

[mono]

Follow in silence
Into that dark, luring night,
Guided by moonlight.

[Ulalle]

Guided by moonlight.
And lit by inner fire
I bow before life

[atiguhya padma]

I bow before life
Finally abandons me.
Hollow, frozen shell.

[Scheherazade]

Hollow, frozen shell
Worn out, neglected, alone
That is my old body.

[mono]

That is my old body,
That persists in memory -
A mindless child.

[Scheherazade]

A mindless child;
Selfish, stubborn and vain,
Longing for some sweets.


Sorry, maybe it is too early for me to write poetry in the morning! :D

[atiguhya padma]

Longing for some sweets
I sing a song of sixpence
Come, feed me sugar

[mono]

Come, feed me sugar,
Drink nectar and ambrosia -
The feast of the gods.

[Ulalle]

The feast of the gods
Has left the eagle forlorn
Missiles bottle lust

[mono]

Missiles bottle lust,
With mad desire contained,
A palate for greed.

[Ulalle]

A palate for greed
Attachments released as seed
lift the veil , my friend!!

[mono]

Lift the veil, my friend,
And doff that bland illusion
To see un-screened truth.

[Ulalle]

To see un-screened truth
Brings maybe pain, maybe joy
Nakedness for sure

[mono]

Nakedness, for sure,
Flaunts Aphrodite in seas -
Cupid at her side.

[Psyche]

Cupid at her side
waits for her to turn away
ripe is his quiver

[Ulalle]

Ripe is his quiver
And seasoned is his shiver
Splendor sparks in side

[atiguhya padma]

Splendor sparks inside
The skull, scattering starlight
In sheltered spaces

[Ulalle]

In sheltered spaces
There, where the cherry blossoms
There were humans there

[mono]

There were humans there,
Behind the iridescence,
Where minds fear to lurk.

[Ulalle]

Where minds fear to lurk
I walk amongst my kindred
Lovers or buffoons
:santasmil

[mono]

Lovers or buffoons -
What seems the difference, when
Both make us foolish.

:D

[Bandini]

Burn and rage away,
Dwindle into ash and dust,
Floating into space

[amuse]

welcome, Bandini!

floating into space
i search for friends - none to be
found; oh dear, i'm lost

:D

[Bandini]

Why, thank you amuse!

[amuse]

np :)

mm. let's pick up from mono's last line

both make us foolish -
dancing under hand dryers
in the lav like tots


(the little one did this saturday, something i will always remember fondly. his hair was going every which way. :))

[mono]

In the lav like tots,
The automatic dryers
And sinks remain on.

:p

[Ulalle]

And sinks remain on
Yet spirits are now turned off
Should we hope again?

[mono]

Should we hope again -
When winter breezes approach,
When the warmth runs out?

[Ulalle]

When the warmth runs out
That is when barrenness wins
And life fights for joy

[mono]

And life fights for joy,
Like the illusion in the
desert, imagined.


Sorry for the cynicism - rough weekend. :confused:

[Bandini]

Desert, imagined
Sand in the throat of my eye,
Choking, spluttering.

[mono]

Choking, spluttering
Goes the dark, ravaged carriage
To infinity.

[amuse]

to infinity,
onward! ...:eek:, sally's stuck in a
worm hole: push, pull, gaaAH!

[mono]

Worm hole: push, pull, gaaAH! :lol:
Find your way to the white hole,
To next dimensions.

A good book I highly recommend, which I fell in love with, being reminded of it when thinking of these subjects: Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain.

[Psyche]

To next dimensions...
One cannot fathom the thought
of sequential worlds

[mono]

Of sequential worlds
The universe spins, and minds
Hold still in ether.

[Ulalle]

Hold still in ether
Allow full blown sensation
The access to now

[mono]

The access to now
Lies far from the mere outside,
But in one's own head.

[Ulalle]

But in one's own head
Bliss finds solace, life concord.
Laments are gone, ay!

[mono]

Laments are gone, ay!
When one breathes with ease, and walks
As if on light air.

[atiguhya padma]

As if on light air
Particles swim sun-breached rooms,
Mingling with shadows.

[Ulalle]

Mingling with shadows
Highbrowed masters have questions
Sweet golden questions

[amuse]

sweet golden questions
what to bake with these apples
oozing glazed sunshine

[atiguhya padma]

Oozing glazed sunshine
The sky laboriously sweats
Heat dripping earthwards.

[Ulalle]

Heat dripping earthwards
Whilst frost engulfs the goddess
Will she let us go?

[atiguhya padma]

Will she let us go?
Do we need her permission?
Come on, let us leave.

[mono]

Come on, let us leave,
Not knowing where, but from here,
Only far beyond.

[SwiftSleigh7]

Only far beyond
Reaches where Forever goes
Dreaming Beyond Night

[Ulalle]

Dreaming Beyond Night
I come away white, snow white
As pure as longing

[mono]

As pure as longing,
The heart weeps like a willow
Once during autumn.

[SwiftSleigh7]

Sad eyes reflect rain's image
In limpid grey pools

[Ulalle]

In limpid grey pools
Silver minds attest humbly
Love uncontested

[mono]

Love uncontested
Thrives best with hope, rather than
One's expectations

[Psyche]

One's expectations
often attach themselves to
meaningless titles

[amuse]

meaningless titles
like queen, bishop, page. traitors
all, the axemen say.

[mono]

All, the axemen say,
Live, breathing, as equal in
Mortal eyes of death.

[SwiftSleigh7]

mortal eyes of death
whose vision's fatal, flail--flawed--
up wild streams to spawn

[amuse]

up wild streams to spawn
journeyed devils in disguise
posing as Asrais


*Asrais = small, delicate, female fairies. They cannot be exposed to sunlight or captured; else they shall melt away into a pool of water.

[Ulalle]

Posing as Asrais
They shall pass the virtue gate
Unblemished , as sin

[mono]

Unblemished as sin,
The sweetest seems indulging,
But seemingly wrong.
:p

[Ulalle]

But seemingly wrong.
We come away as lovers
Vying for comfort

[SwiftSleigh7]

Vying For Comfort
Under Overwhelming Night
Sparkling With Bright Stars

[Ulalle]

Sparkling With Bright Stars
Angels faces shine of yearn
Softness encircles

[atiguhya padma]

Softness encircles
All objects, smoothing them round
With time's patient force.

[mono]

With time's patient force
The second-hand commits more
Than humans' hours.

[atiguhya padma]

Than humans' hours,
More than Earth's cool soil sleep,
My love outlives me

[Ulalle]

My love outlives me
Greater than life, majestic
All is one! Splendor

[mono]

All is one! Splendor
Continues abroad where life
To beyond stretches.

[Ulalle]

To beyond stretches
We walk, annihilating
Soils of self pity

[mono]

Soils of self pity,
Where, if tended too much, the
Most shocking weeds grow.

[SwiftSleigh7]

Most shocking weeds grow
choking divinest flowers
whose fragrance blooms peace

[Ulalle]

Whose fragrance blooms peace
Yet who’s the one to cry first?
Please, some comfort now

[mono]

Please, some comfort now,
More fragrant than pink fuchsia;
Love, I need you now.

[atiguhya padma]

Love, I need you now.
To let me breathe, feed on air
And nurtured, grow tall

[Ulalle]

And nurtured, grow tall
In the depth of sensation
We reach for the stars

[atiguhya padma]

We reach for the stars
A billion cold eyes search
Lonely emptiness.

[SwiftSleigh7]

Lonely emptiness
a void of myriad souls
crescendo of cries

[Ulalle]

Crescendo of cries
Still allows us be rueful
As free leftovers

[atiguhya padma]

As free leftovers
At a meal overflowing,
We scatter our thoughts.

[Taliesin]

we scatter our thoughts
to the endless sea and gulls -
minor sacrifice

[mono]

Minor sacrifice
Follows the less tolerant
With conformation.

[Psyche]

With conformation
never will there be a place
where hearts can collide.

[Ulalle]

Where hearts can collide
Fertility respires, ay!
My heart, inspired

[atiguhya padma]

My heart, inspired
Looking up the roofless dome,
See the light shine through

[Ulalle]

See the light shine through
Knowing it means less than I
Though I mean less still

[mono]

Though I mean less still,
The will shall try and persist
For mere attention.

[Ulalle]

For mere attention
Even a lost sensation
May bring salvation

;)

[Mo-z]

May bring salvation
Alas, numb all reservations
Hence, what kind of elevation?

[mono]

Hence, what kind of elevation
Proceeds death, but a spreading
Diffusion of life?

[Ulalle]

Diffusion of life
Upheaval as epitaph
Hooray to the fool

_________
mono, did you mean precedes? or proceeds?

[atiguhya padma]

Hooray to the fool
That dances through the springtime
Laughs into summer

[Ulalle]

Laughs into summer
Zephyrs of eternity
Emptiness is fine

[atiguhya padma]

Emptiness is fine
Snow geese fly through open skies
Skylarks fill silence

[mono]

Skylarks fill silence
Around the ivory peaks,
Surrounding warm peace.

[Ulalle]

Surrounding warm peace
Fantasy of the other
The first, the friend, One

[Mo-z]

The first, the friend, One
All of which are me
And yet none

[amuse]

5-7-5 (syllabic structure per line) hon ;)

welcome aboard :)

[mono]

And yet none,
But divine Nature, and you,
Can amaze me so.

[Ulalle]

Can amaze me so
Like Dodos, undisclosed lives
A poet can die

[Jay]

A poet can die
And still stay alive for some
In the realm of books

[mono]

In the realm of books
Hear the epics' living breath,
And poets' whispers.

[Ulalle]

And poets' whispers
Unspoken lies regress me
As limited gaffes

[Nightshade]

As limited gaffes
Are spoken when truth lies, then
Rule Hypocrasy

Is that right?? sorry cant spell
**edit okay is this right now??**

[Jay]

first line's supposed to be 5 syllables, second 7, third 5 again :)

[Nightshade]

I know but IM bit rusty on syllables so how many have I written Sorry

[Jay]

you wrote 5-5-5 :)

[Nightshade]

;) ;) okay then Im going back to cange it thanks

[mono]

Rule hypocrisy
Does mere falsity disguise
In alleged beliefs.

[Ulalle]

In alleged beliefs
We find the illusory
The real eludes us

[Nightshade]

The real eludes us
When all surrounding is illuison
yet hope never dies

[mono]

Yet hope never dies,
Expectations always taint
Hope's clear purity.

[star_gazer2000]

hope's clear purity
shine's through your lies and deceit
bring forth your dried tears

[Ulalle]

Bring forth your dried tears
The mind said to the lone soul
I am she answered

[amuse]

i am she answered
neither wispy nor weighty
nor am i your heart

[chmpman]

nor am i your heart
i am a muse for passion
while the moment's now

[atiguhya padma]

While the moment's now
And the hand moves thoughtfully,
It is time to stop.

[Ulalle]

It is time to stop
Winning the lost game of life
Good, unaided, wins

[amuse]

good, unaided wins
while bad triumphs in seasons
downing power grids

[atiguhya padma]

Downing power grids
Shuffling feet at number 10
Behind their closed doors

[Bongitybongbong]

Behind their closed doors,
A creation has been formed,
They are playing God.

[Ulalle]

They are playing God
But forget infinity
At their own peril

[atiguhya padma]

At their own peril
Sounds just like a plot in a
Very cheap novel

[chmpman]

very cheap novel
words only a collection
of thoughts due renewal

[atiguhya padma]

thoughts due renewal
return journey - sunlight paints
another picture

[Nightshade]

Another picture
starts to form in the dust,
so a new story,

[Ulalle]

So a new story
Conjures memory petals
Scented violets

[GruesomeBugman]

scented violets
blowing in the wind this day
did make my mind wilt

[atiguhya padma]

Scented violets,
Scenic skies, this sunlight does
Violence to my skin.

[Ulalle]

Violence to my skin
Conveys a blaze to my sky
I dream a free man

[mono]

I dream a free man,
Yet, who dare neglects one's dreams
Besides the un-free?

[Bongitybongbong]

Besides the un-free?
Who are truly lost without-
Freedoms come up cold.

[Ulalle]

Freedoms come up cold
Who cares for revenge, for lies?
The world stirs, solves all

[Nightshade]

The world stirs, solves all
Unhappiness is but a cloud
Dark but still mortal