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[hack]

one thousand pardons
speaking without listening
crimson on my cheeks

[ampoule]

crimson on my cheeks
wanting to take it all back
but you won't let me

[hack]

clinking spoon wakens
my one hundred meter stare
new day in china

[Silas Thorne]

new day in China
following the sharemarket
the numbers are cold

[ampoule]

the numbers are cold
the counting frozen solid
chill me to the bone

[hack]

chill me to the bone
in the freezer go the chops
Tuesday brings a thaw

[hack]

Tuesday brings a thaw
Saturday is bleak and wet
crocus stirs below

[ampoule]

crocus stirs below
turning over in its sleep
waiting to be called

[hack]

waiting to be called
there's a message from the king
we two have a dream

[mazHur]

we two have a dream
floating over our eyelids
shining in our eyes

[hack]

shining in our eyes
a distant fear now closer
Phobos at full tilt

[mazHur]

Phobos at full tilt
the war between the good and
evil continues.

[hack]

evil continues
though thwarted at every turn
side by each with love

[atiguhya padma]

side by each with love
a brutal line to contend
with. love to guide you

[hack]

with love to guide you
your hem sweeps my heart from me
ground beneath your feet

[sadparadise]

Ground beneath your feet
a romance once desired
humdrum days now old.

[ampoule]

humdrum days now old
seem new, rejuvenated
with you in my life

[hack]

with you in my life
a hundred other lovers
cursing my foul name

[Haunted]

cursing my foul name
let me be yours forever
that beautiful b*tch

[mazHur]

that beautiful b*tch
that sexy mamasita
walks and talks in dream!

[Haunted]

walks and talks in dream
she makes no whispers by day
saves all for the night

[mazHur]

saves all for the night
when stars twinkle with delight
around the blue moon.

[hack]

around the blue moon
Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze
colors changing hue

[sadparadise]

Colors changing hue
minnow waits under thin ice
amber leaves reflect.

[Dark Muse]

Amber leaves reflect
the color within your eyes
under the sunset

[hack]

under the sunset
thin hope rests on mountaintops
then comes crushing night

[sadparadise]

Then comes crushing night
fog rises, dew dampens moods
choking in the plight.

[atiguhya padma]

choking in the plight
passion aroused through the rope
intense precipice

[sadparadise]

Intense precipice
acute wound passions ensnare
a strangers allure.

[hack]

a strangers allure
eyes accidentally caress
a trader in love

[atiguhya padma]

A trader in love
is forever on the phone
making heart deals

[Buh4Bee]

a lonely heart ache

[hack]

making heart deals
I got the nuts, ten to ace
sunglasses pulled down

[Dark Muse]

Sunglasses pulled down
as she peers above their rim
"Come hither" she says.

[Silas Thorne]

'Come hither' she says,
but I paralytic, drunk,
can't even roll near.

[atiguhya padma]

can't even roll near
the right rocks stand a circle
crack-wizened and worn

[hack]

crack-wizened and worn
like an old rode hard saddle
hard luck junkie whore

[Haunted]

hard luck junkie whore
once a glamor pin up girl
until fate nailed her

[hack]

until fate nailed her
prophet who hung with Jesus
Mary Magdelene

[atiguhya padma]

Mary Magdalene
The other half of Mary
More interesting

[Silas Thorne]

More interesting
than the city's lights at night,
waves on a dark sea.

[white camellia]

waves on a dark sea
whose laments in the breath of
winter lingered on

[hack]

winter lingered on
not waiting for a season
that would do it harm

[Pensive]

That would do it harm
Hit heart in such one way now
Ought to be broken

[mazHur]

Ought to be broken
my heart in those careless hands
more brittle than glass

[atiguhya padma]

More brittle than glass
Is that faith without reason
Childhood fantasy

[mazHur]

Childhood fantasy
drove me to the yam yam tree
where waited my love.

[hack]

where waited my love
soft as steel in Gods two hands
bent toward my will

[Haunted]

bent toward my will
the silver fork in your hand
serving up a feast

[Silas Thorne]

serving up a feast
chicks strain their necks, their mouths wide,
o what sick goodness!

[Haunted]

o what sick goodness!
I beg the white satin to
not fall on your face

[hack]

not fall on your face
nor summer in your black hair
but spring in your step

Make it a tanka by adding this refrain;

there is no place for winter
because winter leaves me cold

[atiguhya padma]

but spring in your step
causes imbalance, better
take life in your stride

[hack]

take life in your stride
step across an ocean wide
stroll to distant stars

[Haunted]

stroll to distant stars
saying goodbye to a world
with no lights...no you

[Turtletoast]

with no lights...no you
forever in dark am I
you are my north star

[symphony]

you are my north star--
the night every night is far,
our world falls farther...

[mazHur]

our world falls farther...
like the far away bright stars
lost in the cosmos!

[symphony]

Lost in the cosmos
of your eyes, knowing the black
lights, I play your eyes.

[mazHur]

lights, I play your eyes
burning bright with lover's sight
aiming at my heart!

[symphony]

aiming at my heart,
do you fail? looking back, do
you return, wander?

[mazHur]

you return, wander
if that may get your devi
you are a lover!

[symphony]

you are a lover,
your breath smells of kisses, that
distant treasured world

[mazHur]

distant treasured world
awaits the love of my heart
my belov-ed fair.




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[symphony]

my belove-ed fair
of colors too wild, too rare,
of men who dont care

[mazHur]

of men who dont care
are scant in my religion
love you love thy dog!

[symphony]

love you, love thy dog
baked-cookie-disposition
morning in the pot

[mazHur]

morning in the pot
night snugged in your silky arms
Ah! the lucky dog!

[symphony]

ah! the lucky dog!
there in that couch the summer
remains, lets remain.

[mazHur]

remains? lets remain
together for a life time
till nothing remains!

[symphony]

Till nothing remains,
remains the questions of whys
and the hows and wheres.

[mazHur]

and the hows and wheres
and whys are clog in love's way
let's get two in one!

[symphony]

let's get two in one
life and live mine and yours in
one endless heaven

[mazHur]

one endless heaven
with you and me alone there
like Adam and Eve

[symphony]

like Adam and Eve
we love and fall, wisdom is
the sudden put-down.

[mazHur]

the sudden put-down
is a trait of the cowards
lovers never die!

[symphony]

lovers never die
unloved, the moment you see,
you are being seen.

[mazHur]

you are being seen
but you really don't know
who is watching you?

[symphony]

who is watching you?
the curtains draw the night out
leave a soft whisper.

[mazHur]

leave a soft whisper
press the petals with soft touch
of your rosy lips!

[symphony]

of your rosy lips
i sang but the music dies
when summer vetoes

[mazHur]

when summer takes off
green leaves turn into yellow
spread gold everywhere!

[symphony]

spread gold everywhere
bring in the honeyed morning
of suns and summers

[mazHur]

of suns and summers
of fairies , angels and gods
Man's a mystery.

[symphony]

Man's a mystery
that nature flips through, and will,
someday, close the book.

[Buh4Bee]

Ah! well done, well done
beautiful exchange of words
start a new haiku?

[symphony]

Ah! well done, well done
beautiful exchange of words
start a new haiku?

Start a new haiku?
Was my previous effort
completely ignored?

:P

[Annabelle]

Completely ignored?
Our sphere of existence
Within your wisdom

[hack]

within your wisdom
lie hid my meager questions
whisper master, low

[sadparadise]

Whisper master, low
a comprimised seduction
naked in our rooms

[mazHur]

naked in our rooms
lie two bodies still alive
moving up and down!

[hack]

moving up and down
pulled then pushed, turned away last
hot suns, distant stars

[learntodiscover]

hot suns, distant stars
burning crusts of existance
I am torn, upheaved.

[hack]

I am torn, upheaved
earth rent, sky shattered, sea black
and I want you still

[Haunted]

and I want you still
before God — can't forgive you
can't live without you

[sadparadise]

can't live without you
lost in your snarling tantrum
beat and forgotten.

[mazHur]

beat and forgotten
Adam now lives on scorched Earth
abandoned by god!

[hack]

abandoned by god
bereft of hope, who goes there?
whose hand shall I take?

[sadparadise]

Whose hand shall I take?
untrustworthy government
cultural ruin.

[ShoutGrace]

Cultural ruin
Rebuilding after failure
People lift their heads

[Haunted]

people lift their heads
at last, my day of glory
in a black casket

[hack]

in a black casket
strewn with roses red and white
my heart heavenbound

[mazHur]

my heart heavenbound
angels at the pearly gate
watching me with awe!

[hack]

watching me with awe
my sweet children there below
at my feet of clay

[Haunted]

at my feet of clay
my thighs would rise from hands
I'm your creation

[Annabelle]

I'm your creation
Yet you know just this of me
Infinity is here

[BienvenuJDC]

Infinity is here
From before the beginning
And after the end

[Haunted]

And after the end
when the black lace softly drops
will you kiss goodbye

[Silas Thorne]

Will you kiss goodbye
to those nights you so treasured?
Tears drop to the floor.

[TheFifthElement]

Tears drop to the floor
on chains I'm stringing for you:
sad pearls, rare jewels.

[Haunted]

sad pearls, rare jewels
chained to an unwanted love
far, far from the sea

[BienvenuJDC]

Far, far from the sea
The grand vessel is at rest
Yearning for the waves.

[Haunted]

yearning for the waves
to come crashing in, roll out..........
'til I fall asleep

[BienvenuJDC]

'til I fall asleep...
would you please, stay by my side...
...cause...I'm....afraid...ofzzzzzzzz

[Haunted]

...cause...I'm....afraid...ofzzzzzzzz
and the dark.......and the monsters......
that'll take you from me!!!!!!!

[BienvenuJDC]

That'll take you from me!!
Yes, that is the only thing...
Slipped in the abyss!

[Haunted]

Slipped in the abyss
a whole underworld opens
that's where I will stay

[BienvenuJDC]

That's where? ...I will stay
If you will show me the way,
I'll return again.

[Haunted]

I'll return again
in the middle the night
to watch over you

[BienvenuJDC]

To watch over you
Tis my honorable task
I will...at all costs!

[hack]

it will, at all costs
heaven rips my purse from me
needles eye awaits

[BienvenuJDC]

Needle's Eye awaits
The small gate of mystery
There undiscovered

[Captain_Kuchiki]

Don't you remember?
I was there for all that time
You never noticed.

[Haunted]

there undiscovered
our little secret world but
you never noticed

[mazHur]

you never noticed
you never cared about it
you were a dumb star.

[BienvenuJDC]

You were a dumb Star
a stupid celebrity
who cares for yourself

[Haunted]

who cares for yourself
more than me but that isn't
enough, or is it?

[BienvenuJDC]

Enough, or is it?
Is there more to search for now?
Is there contentment?

[Haunted]

Is there contentment?
why's a little peace of mind
so hard to come by?

[hack]

so hard to come by
peace bought with experience
of a broken heart

[mazHur]

of a broken heart
how could you the full heart feel
its cracked agony?

[Heathcliff]

Its cracked agony?
Shimmers in the chilly dawn,
stays awake 'til nigh.

[mazHur]

stays awake 'til night
searching with its beaming eyes
nothing but darkness.

[Heathcliff]

Nothing but darkness,
Invisible screaming light.
Hides in the shadows.

[hack]

hides in the shadows
hung there in the tanners shed
reeking of lost lives

[Haunted]

reeking of lost lives
reminiscent of lost loves
this grave bears my name

[Dr Jekyll]

This grave bears my name
Dark and swoote, dust lies here now
Under misty hands

[Haunted]

under misty hands
I'm victim to the charm of
a brooding vampire

[BienvenuJDC]

A brooding vampire
stands over his latest victim
turning them to night.

[hack]

turning them to night
stars wheel in heavens deep vault
searching out the Sun

[chaneybean]

search out the sun
daylight warms your very soul
smile in the sunlight

[Dinkleberry2010]

smile in the sunlight
grin in the light of the moon
frown when rain begins

[Heathcliff]

Frown when rain begins,
Look up to the crying sky.
See a rainbow drown.

[hack]

see a rainbow drown
in rain, then find sun once more
rousing hues just hid

[Haunted]

rousing hues just hid
you look cute when you are shy
feign small talk with me

[Heathcliff]

Feign small talk with me,
Pretend you know how to fly.
Stifle a bold smile.

[RobinHood3000]

Stifle a bold smile
Trying to feign dispassion
No use - I'm in love

[Heathcliff]

No use - I'm in love,
Heart clouded by intentions.
Make a lonely wish.

[Dinkleberry2010]

make a lonely wish
silence will give you a gift
that is beyond price

[Heathcliff]

That is beyond price,
A burden of the weakest.
Penny in your hand.

[hack]

penny in your hand
copper over both your eyes
Charon, keep the change

[Heathcliff]

Charon, keep the change.
Glimmers in the children's eye.
Sparkling of hope.

[Haunted]

sparkling of hope
in a string of Christmas lights
one burns out — all will

[Heathcliff]

One burns out - all will.
Faster to the finish line.
Stumble to glory.

[kiz_paws]

Stumble to glory
cardboard wings melting in rain
future trickles down

[Haunted]

future trickles down
cheek..shoulder...midriff...leg...sole
'til it's in the drain

[kiz_paws]

'til it's in the drain
pieces of yesterday's child
shattered consciousness

[Heathcliff]

Shattered consciousness,
Colours drip out of their hands.
A cherry on top.

[ashley_bergman]

A cherry on top
Completes a piece of beauty
Which sates my hunger.

[toni]

Which states my hunger,
empty plate, dinner table-
a whirlwind of sorts

[qimissung]

a whirlwind of sorts
winter storm-a snow globe of
insatiable grace

[Heathcliff]

Instatiable grace,
Unfathomable fate comes.
A heartbeat away.

[Haunted]

a heartbeat away
from flatlining, there is you,
waiting in the wings...

[Dark Muse]

Waiting in the wings...
for the final curtain call
of Death's masquerade

[toni]

of Death's masquerade,
dagger gleaming in the hall,
in 2 minutes - death.

[Haunted]

in 2 minutes - death
but between zero and two
it's love on the fly

[Heathcliff]

It's love on the fly.
Birds of a feather fall down,
Can't tear us apart.

[Haunted]

can't tear us apart
not shears nor splitting earthquakes
none except ourselves

[Heathcliff]

None except ourselves,
Dance on the blood-striken floor.
On a broken heart.

[qimissung]

on a broken heart
play a broken sad refrain
love is hard to find

[Heathcliff]

Love is hard to find,
The phiranas in the sea.
Search through the haystack.

And that is probably how you spell phirana... :rolleyes:

[qimissung]

search through the haystack
piranhas nip loving thoughts
plunge from divine dream

[Heathcliff]

Plunge from divine dream,
Tickle your own fantasies.
Wish upon a star.

(Ahh, so that's how you spell piranha...)

[Haunted]

Wish upon a star
which I nicknamed after you
our own universe

[Heathcliff]

Our own universe,
A mute scream of constant space.
Stands a lonely star.

[Dark Muse]

Stands a lonely star
across the vast desert land
lighting through darkness

[Heathcliff]

Lighting through darkness,
Night-drifter's lamp in the mist.
Snow falls in his cup.

[Haunted]

snow falls in his cup
covering some loose change and
the last drop of hope

[hack]

the last drop of hope
honey flavored, gold and sweet
saving best for last

[Haunted]

saving best for last
me, you, and your sweet mercy
here's to coup de grâce

[hack]

here's to coup de grace
antidote for a hard life
is an easy death

[ampoule]

is an easy death
the thing we are hoping for
no thrashing, no screams

[Haunted]

no thrashing, no screams
here I am, locked in a dream
can't move, speak or leave

[BienvenuJDC]

Can't move, speak or leave,
Paralyzed by the venom,
The venomous stare.

[hack]

the venomous stare
locked on a warm beating heart
scales slip over stone

[Heathcliff]

Scales slip over stone,
Sandy water in your toes.
Invisible teeth.

[kafkaroach]

invisible teeth,
gnashing, calmly, quietly
time opens, closes

[Heathcliff]

Time opens, closes,
See the world in black and white.
Clock strikes twelve - cuckoo.

[Haunted]

clock strikes twelve - cuckoo
there were two hands...now one's gone
I'm losing my mind

[kafkaroach]

I'm losing my mind
sight, sound, taste, smell, touch, fleeting;
black truth luminous

[hack]

black truth luminous
glowing brighter than red coals
beauty becomes ash

[Haunted]

beauty becomes ash
worshipped in a grecian urn
make me a goddess

[hack]

make me a goddess
fashioned from old sandalwood
ancient skies and pearls

[TheFifthElement]

Ancient skies and pearls
riven from oysters, tang of
the sea. My love. You.

[hack]

thesea.mylove.you
notthesmallestspacebetween
theearth.yourlove.me

[Heathcliff]

The Earth, your love, me.
A natural disaster,
Waiting to happen.

[ampoule]

Waiting to happen
It won't if I just sit here
So, I'll get started

[Heathcliff]

So, I'll get started,
I'll percevere 'til the ends.
Carry out my dream.

[AimusSage]

Carry out my dream
Without you I cannot die
Safe me from myself

[Heathcliff]

Save me from myself,
Climb the vine to the tower.
Carry me on horse.

[AimusSage]

Carry me on horse
Beauties of the great planes
Ride toward the sun

[Heathcliff]

Ride towards the sun,
Burning in the day and night.
Mid-summer Night's Dream.

[AimusSage]

Mid-Summer Night's Dream
Forgotten through time immortal
A poem so lovely

[Heathcliff]

A poem so lovely,
An effortless successor.
A walking legend.

[ampoule]

a walking legend
stumbles imperceptibly
we know it happens

[Heathcliff]

We know it happens.
Climbing in a mountain range,
Come back home again.

[Haunted]

come back home again
even if it's your shadow
a sign that you're here

[Dark Muse]

A sign that you're here
in traces of frosted breath
leaves lingering fear

[Heathcliff]

Leaves lingering fear,
Mountanous quake shivering.
The trees falling down.

[hack]

trees falling down
slowly tip and rip the earth
graceful with no sound

[Haunted]

graceful with no sound
snow falls, red roses turned white
above, headstone nods

[BienvenuJDC]

above, headstone nods
below, the ground hungers more
with no food tonight

[hack]

with no food tonight
hunger watching over sleep
stars above still spin

[BienvenuJDC]

stars above still spin
in their rotation around
our lives through the night

[Haunted]

our lives through the night
lit by a thin halo of
white mist, dew and tears

[BienvenuJDC]

white mist, dew and tears
drench us in the new morning
when hope is revealed

[Heathcliff]

When hope is revealed,
Escape a cursed prison cell.
To show her the stars.

[hack]

to show her the stars
Ngonde, the Moon, wakes and
shakes his spangled cloak

[Haunted]

shakes his spangled cloak
he wakes centuries old dust
from where I once lay

[BienvenuJDC]

From where I once lay,
the impression shows perfect,
revealing my form

[Haunted]

revealing my form
backlit by the setting sun
the dress undresses

[BienvenuJDC]

the dress undresses
making imaginations
unnecessary!

[atiguhya padma]

unnecessary
beauty that hides bitter pain
blood on pristine snow

[kiz_paws]

Blood on pristine snow
flesh adheres not to metal
the mercury falls

[hack]

the mercury falls
ragged breath congeals in fog
footfalls crunch through snow

[atiguhya padma]

footfalls crunch through snow
landscapes merging skyscenes with
quiet peaceful mind

[Dark Muse]

Quiet peaceful mind
shatters with the illusion
reflected in glass

[BienvenuJDC]

Reflected in glass
the image copies them all
but only reversed

[Babyguile]

but only reversed
except one troubling truth
pounding through the sky

[atiguhya padma]

pounding through the sky
snow bears crunching clouds make flakes
fall like parachutes

[Haunted]

fall like parachutes
tangled cords, broken harness
can you catch me still

[hack]

can you catch me still
humming bird too quick to see
are you really there?

[BienvenuJDC]

are you really there?
or are you the creative
product of my mind?

[Babyguile]

product of my mind?
like the many Gods of man
that man created

[atiguhya padma]

that man created
the child his fruit ripened
into latent death

[BienvenuJDC]

into latent death
each will go without slight hope
that do not know God...

[Heathcliff]

That do not know God,
Nothing much else to do now.
Lost eternity.

[TheFifthElement]

Lost eternity -
a stone dropped in calm waters
ripples the surface

[atiguhya padma]

Lost eternity
That dream of endless boredom:
Clap-happy heaven

[hack]

clap happy heaven
where venereal disease
is a frame of mind

[TheFifthElement]

Is a frame of mind
something which defines us or
something we define?

[blank|verse]

Is a frame of mind
just another term for skull?
And what's a brain box?

[JPHD]

And what's a brain box?
so many questions,
so little time....

[Babyguile]

And what's a brain box?
Something evasive and sly
Or just a headcase?

[Babyguile]

twice in a row lol

[JPHD]

twice in a row lol
intriguing dimensions of probability
the solution eludes me

[Babyguile]

the solution eludes me
lol, be it a one or three?
The sloth counts its toes.

[JPHD]

The sloth counts its toes.
they smell like death.
yet the question remains

[atiguhya padma]

the question remains
inside, seeking synthesis,
with any answer.

[JPHD]

with any answer.
the human spirit endures.
form has no meaning