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[BienvenuJDC]

In a pillow fight,
there is but one objective
don't get hit often

[Haunted]

don't get hit often
unless you're hitting the hay
then do it often

[BienvenuJDC]

then do it often
a repetitive game played
flipping over cards

[Haunted]

flipping over cards
the psychic has in her hands
our own destiny

[BienvenuJDC]

our own destiny
will result in blessed sleep
shuffling this coil

[mazHur]

shuffling this coil
of life, we all end up in
brutal hands of death

[Zeniyama]

Brutal hands of death
working the laundry mangle;
my clothes aren't dry yet.

[mazHur]

my clothes aren't dry yet
the sun has set and wind stopped
have nothing to wear!

[Haunted]

have nothing to wear
but my favorite perfume...
it's ok with you?

[mazHur]

it's ok with you?
I forgot to wear my shoes
can I dance bare feet?

[hack]

can I dance bare feet?
can I dance bare, can I dance?
can I dance, can I?

[mazHur]

can I dance, can I?
No, you'll first have learn to steps
dancing's not football!!


http://authspot.com/poetry/do-you-think-i-will-die/

[hack]

dancing is not football
but if football is not a dance,
will the dang fans go?

[mazHur]

will the dang fans go
and leave the losers alone
milk has been s-pilt!

[TheFifthElement]

milk has been s-pilt
I lap it with my tongue from
the kitchen counter

[mazHur]

the kitchen counter
speaks itself for the taste of
owners of the house

[BienvenuJDC]

owners of the house
newly wed in a new life
rebuilding old bricks

[mazHur]

rebuilding old bricks
garnering its tattered clothes
Life goes on and on.

[hack]

life goes on and on
and shines brief as a firefly
signpost on its path

[BienvenuJDC]

Sign post on its path
the silence of its message
vacancy ahead

[Haunted]

vacancy ahead
in a lonesome motel room
I lost your number

[BienvenuJDC]

I lost your number
seems to be a lonely night
isolated here

[Haunted]

isolated here
no one heard me scream your name
woke up in cold sweat

[BienvenuJDC]

woke up in cold sweat
I heard voices and I screamed
but they ignored me

[TheFifthElement]

but they ignored me
she said to the fields, the sky,
the clouds floating off.

[hack]

the clouds floating off
like high tossed whitecaps starboard
three sheets to the wind

[BienvenuJDC]

three sheets to the wind
the pins could not hold the clothes
chasing the laundry

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Chasing the laundry
China maid's pungent salt sweat
My tongue's tears of joy.

[hack]

my tongue's tears of joy
drowning in my hearts content
words are not enough

[mazHur]

words are not enough
deeds are like pie crusts crumpled
then where do we stand?

[hack]

then where do we stand
when the earth bids us depart
and our tiny dreams?

[mazHur]

and our tiny dreams
to fly in the sky like birds
kiss the face of moon.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Kiss the face of Moon--
that barren space miscalled Sea
of Fertility.

[mazHur]

of Fertility
make no mention of it now
it pains the eunuchs.

[BienvenuJDC]

it pains the eunuchs
When Scripture said celebrate
And not celibate

[Sebas. Melmoth]

And not celibate,
two went hand in hand set forth
to face out the world.

[kiz_paws]

To face out the world
quieter speculation
would serve us better

[hack]

would serve us better
peanut butter or jelly?
on pumpernickle

[Sebas. Melmoth]

On pumpernickle,
Cheese, onion, pickle: a lunch
Better than nothing.

[hack]

better than nothing
although along those same lines
rockafeller dimes

[moonbird]

rockafeller dimes
jingling like tiny wind-chimes
in the clogged gutters

[BienvenuJDC]

in the clogged gutters
the leaves continued to fall
there's another chore

[hack]

there's another chore
a windblown invitation
no R.S.V.P.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

No R.S.V.P.;
no room at the inn, nor place
in the empty heart.

[hack]

in the empty heart
there is no berth for solace
only crashing seas

[RaoulDuke]

Only crashing seas
Lost on a foaming ocean
Forever adrift

[hack]

forever adrift
casting off in ancient seas
tacking across now

[MarkBastable]

tacking across now,
with then in our wake, prow set
towards tsunami

[aliengirl]

towards tsunami
towards destruction or death
will you come with me?

[milktea]

will you come with me
and sing merrily until
da song wanes away?

[hack]

da song wanes away
do all your songs slip past me
all da do da day

[milktea]

I'm so sorry! I didn't notice the linkage :( I fixed my haiku and to make up for my faux pas:

'all da do da day'
a nonsensical sound, but
pleasing to the ears.

[hack]

pleasing to the ears
stroking Peter Cottontail
I won't harm a hare

[Sebas. Melmoth]

I won't harm a hare,
but Mad Hatters please note the
Wonderland hazard.

[aliengirl]

Wonderland hazard
Did Alice see it coming?
Through the looking glass

[humpty dumpty]

Through the looking glass
Beyond the far horizons
That's where I will be.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

That's where I will be--
some sweet someday far away
beyond madding crowd.

[aliengirl]

beyond madding crowd
amidst the lap of nature
wrapped in green mist

[MarkBastable]

wrapped in a green mist
of vaporised Cornish cale,
Heston's cod ain't cheap

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Heston's cod ain't cheap--
flakey fried with malt and salt,
chips and ale: enjoy!

[aliengirl]

chips and ale: enjoy!
Seize the moment that's flying
on its silver wings

[Jesterhead]

Sorrow hides under the water
As the girl of glass, dressed in white
Is happy enough to commit suicide.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

On its silver wings,
Looking-glass insects bizarre:
oh--wonderful dream!

[aliengirl]

Oh-- wonderful dream!
They charm, they haunt, they seduce
Yet they are divine!

[MarkBastable]

Yet they are divine,
All these ancient, bearded gods.
Divine and jobless.

[snowdrop17]

Divine and jobless
Devouring all our money
Cause of crisis

[humpty dumpty]

Cause of crisis
Pushing its way to the fore
Delivers the truth.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Delivers the truth:
can you handle it, though guy?
No sob sisters here.

[Buh4Bee]

No sob sisters here
Only the stock of Norway
We are beefy girls.

[hack]

we are beefy girls
who warm our hands at pink teats
milkmaids in a row

[RaoulDuke]

Milkmaids in a row
Leading the farm yard tango
But cows just can't dance

[dafydd manton]

See the steam train pass
Get an eyeball full of soot
Wish you'd stayed in bed.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Wish you'd stayed in bed,
As we did the other day--
Joint serenity.

[_JadeRain_]

Joint Serenity
The two of us together
Blissful and alone

[hack]

blissful and alone
rising golden eagle grasps
an oft answered prayer

[kiz_paws]

An oft answered prayer
how we worry about love
stillshot in shadows

[kiz_paws]

Stillshot in shadows
action always proves its point
and so the mirror cracks

[note to self: It is ok for me to reply and appear to double-post cuz I did wait a day for someone else to jump in, lol] :eek:

[aliengirl]

and so the mirror cracks
is it my reflection or
my false imagination

[kiz_paws]

Imagination
be who you want with no price
how high we can soar

[Sapphire]

How high we can soar
Is a question, no answer
Just to try and try

[Annabelle]

Just to try and try
Belief, not trust yourself though
How can I endure?

[dafydd manton]

How can I endure
If those around me hate me?
Where to go from here?

[JPHD]

where to go from here?
the crossroads of destiny
eclipse of the sun

[Sapphire]

Eclipse of the sun
Light and dark unite - untie
Shadow of the moon

[hack]

shadow of the moon
slips past oceans and mountains
to hide distant suns

[Sebas. Melmoth]

To hide distant suns--
carbon emissions have
succeeded doing.

[hack]

succeeded doing
nothing, flows into nothing
with no reminder

[Sebas. Melmoth]

With no reminder
nor gracious guide to help choose
the way one should take.

[hack]

the way one should take
should not be the whim of fate
as it ever is

[Sebas. Melmoth]

As it ever is,
as it always was, yet must
it be? It must be.

[Sapphire]

it be? It must be.
without being nothing sticks
temporarely

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Temporarily
incommoded in this life,
future freedom hope.

[hack]

future freedom hope
sacrificing now for then
dreaming of the fall

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Dreaming of the fall,
dreaming of the Spring of life,
of the future dream.

[Sapphire]

of the future dream
we can not have an idea
dream yours just today

[Aryaa]

dream yours just today
tomorrow you may eat wrong
and get all nightmares


---------------------------------
Don't Worry Be Happy

[Sebas. Melmoth]

And get all nightmares--
hideousness of Modern
Life Corporation™

[Aryaa]

Life Corporation
Long term planning Short term breaths
Dreams Unlimited

__________________________
.....

[Sapphire]

Dreams Unlimited
Unconscious thoughts keep streaming
River flows over

[Sebas. Melmoth]

River flows over,
Valhalla crumbles, toxic
gold maidens receive.

[Sapphire]

Gold maidens receive
from gentlemen - far away
missing body warmth

[ntropyincarnate]

Missing body warmth
Mechanical motions, words
Cold as death, hearts lost.

[Sapphire]

Cold as death, hearts lost
Or maybe we never were
Heatened on earth

[aliengirl]

Heatened on earth
Dried, parched, cracked land
Gasping for fresh rain

[mazHur]

Gasping for fresh rain
clouds of desert sand cupped their hands
as if in prayer..

[Sapphire]

As if in prayer
with closed eyes and folded hands
Hoping it ain't true

[snowdrop17]

Hoping it ain't true,
But when the words die on lips
Who can save the soul?

[ntropyincarnate]

Who can save the soul?
When the dirt clings like a shroud
in the haunted depths.

[aliengirl]

In the haunted depths
Of that cavernous factory
He sweated out blood

[Neo_Sephiroth]

He sweated out blood
For our sins is much to bear
He is and not was

[TheFifthElement]

He is and not was
who he is, not I, not you.
His own unique self.

[white camellia]

His own unique self
Is less happy than a tree
Pained isolation

[AdoreroDio]

Pained isolation
Desperate for contact new
As yet still alone

[TheFifthElement]

As yet still alone,
the Sun, pained, reaches out with
many-fingered light.

[RaoulDuke]

Many fingered light
Breaking through the rafters and
Glinting off her eyes

[AdoreroDio]

Glinting off her eyes
she shuttered in the daylight
returning indoors

[sadparadise]

returning indoors
the mask of summer is shed
crackling in the fire

[TheFifthElement]

Crackling in the fire
letters, notes, poems from you -
fuelling my desire.

[AdoreroDio]

Fueling my desire
a glance, a kiss,midnight meets
a minute with you

[sadparadise]

A minute with you
separated hard labor
sweet visitation

[Neo_Sephiroth]

Sweet visitation
From a beautiful angel
But, alas, goodbye

[AdoreroDio]

but, alas, goodbye
the darkest words you uttered
were spoken too late

[sadparadise]

were spoken too late
poetic lines of regret
passages unkept

[Dark Muse]

Passages unkept
in the ruins of your heart
still I dare to tread

[RaoulDuke]

Still I dare to tread
Where the wind howls chillingly
Through the darkest night

[underthepink]

Through the darkest night
I followed you endlessly
Followed your laughter

[sadparadise]

Followed your laughter
down the lane, stealing a glimpse
of a friend once mine

[hack]

of a friend once mine
forlorn swinger of birches
made glad by a switch

[sadparadise]

made glade by a switch
pitiful,sad or lonely?
Questions for the day

[GEETASHREE]

Questions for the day
Gone unanswered any way
A few thoughts stray

[TheFifthElement]

A few thoughts stray
through an open window, out
they go POOF! away.

[Skia]

they go POOF! away,
When I wake in the morning,
See you the tonight dreams.

[sadparadise]

see you the tonight dreams
morning star scribblers arise
and write of old ghosts

[hack]

and write of old ghosts
but alive, their souls newborn
their tales of lives lived

[Tallefred]

Their tales of lives lived
Stand in rows upon the shelves
To remind the young.

[GEETASHREE]

To remind the young
Life is a song, create
Your tune as you sing along

[TheFifthElement]

Your tune as you sing
along tickles my ear drum -
Go! Shoo fly! Be gone!

[GEETASHREE]

Go!Shoo!Fly!Be gone!
Shadows of past forlorn
Let me welcome a sunny morn

[sadparadise]

let me welcome a sunny morn
aside Eucalyptus tree
reading Cervantes

[mazHur]

reading Cervantes
made me fall in love with French
I left for Paris.

[sadparadise]

I left for Paris
and dry caustic flesh turned to
rose petals on grass

[mazHur]

rose petals on grass
like tears trickling down the cheeks
like pearls in the dust.

[sadparadise]

like pearls in the dust
our Cinderella is found
down on Rottenrow

[Sapphire]

down on Rottenrow
a statue is to be found
life-like by daylight

[RaoulDuke]

Life-like by daylight
But as with the setting sun
It dies with the dusk

[mazHur]

It dies with the dusk
it is a lost lover's heart
there's no dawn for him.

[sadparadise]

there's no dawn for him
pestilence running rampant
crucified for love

[hack]

crucified for love
cold iron bites warm flesh
as spirit sublimes

[sadparadise]

a spirit sublimes
acrid scent of death covers
a small town moonlit

[Sapphire]

a small town moonlit
a ghostly scene - deserted
and no stars in sight

[GEETASHREE]

And no stars in sight
A dark alley winding
Cold feet echo

[aliengirl]

Cold feet echo
On the wet cobblestone path
Reviving memories

[GEETASHREE]

Reviving memories
Sad and happy
Mist in my eyes gleams

[Sapphire]

Mist in my eyes gleams
Mirorring greyness of thought
Shiny, yet obscure

[GEETASHREE]

Shiny yet obscure
A distant star in the horizon
Beckons me like a receding dream

[Sapphire]

GeetaShree, I think you got confused a bit - this is not a 5/7/5 syllable scheme.

Shi/ny/yet/ob/scure = 5
A/dis/tant/star/in/the/ho/ri/zon = 9
Bec/kons/me/like/a/re/ce/ding/dream = 9

I'll take the last 5 syllables from your last line

A Receding Dream
I feel the distance closing
in eternity

[sadparadise]

in eternity
feasting with old friends long gone
an empty promise

[hack]

an empty promise
gods hard wired in human brains
effect seeking cause

[sadparadise]

effect seeking cause
mired in a superstition
blind to man's nature

[Sapphire]

blind to man's nature
his wife only sees the good
suicidal love

[sadparadise]

suicidal love
a pact wicked, worn and wed
cold sheets over heads

[Silas Thorne]

(bad joke, taken away)

[Silas Thorne]

:lol: just messing with you

Oh, sorry, out of touch, continuous haiku.

cold sheets over heads
I wish we bought a heat pump,
it's warm here with you.

[mazHur]

it's warm here with you
keep the torch of love burning
until the last breath!

[Silas Thorne]

'until the last breath!'
or so we said, one gun shot,
we all ran like hell

[mazHur]

we all ran like hell
when earth felt the first tremor
and splitting sideways!

[sadparadise]

and splitting sideways
eternal hegemony
capital squalor

[Virgil]

Capital squalor
bathes Washington these days.
The bums do not lead.

[sadparadise]

the bums do not lead
create a new paradise
the dream is over

[mazHur]

the dream is over
reality shows its face
It's so frightening!

[Buh4Bee]

I want to play this

[Buh4Bee]

But there is no one to play

[Buh4Bee]

I want to play this
But there is no one to play
So I play alone.

[Buh4Bee]

Solitaire is fun

[Buh4Bee]

Solitaire is fun
Particularly with people

[mazHur]

Solitaire is fun
Particularly with people
who are left alone
.....

[symphony]

Who are left alone
in evenings of dark red wine:
a man and his chair

[mazHur]

Who are left alone
in evenings of dark red wine:
a man and his chair

Hi Symph
Banglar Jadoo!!:)

nice to see you after long time, how are you??

a man and his chair
depend on one another
down one down go both! .

[RaoulDuke]

down one down go both
lovers perpetually
kissing below deck

[aliengirl]

kissing below deck
hugging beside stormy sea
sinking past conflicts

[sadparadise]

sinking past conflicts
commanding father figure
rends murderous dreams

[Silas Thorne]

rends murderous dreams
a coconut drops on me,
foolish place to sleep.

[symphony]

foolish place to sleep
try to fight off, when the prof
lectures lullabies

[Silas Thorne]

lectures, lullabies.
dew drops from leaves without care
onto mossy ground

[Virgil]

Onto mossy ground
the leopard slinks his behind.
Cat tired, sleepy.

[symphony]

Cat tired, sleepy
Soft indifference, blunted
Life in a wardrobe.

[Silas Thorne]

life in a wardrobe
man, wish there were some plants here
getting hard to breathe

[sadparadise]

getting hard to breathe
chalice ignites, eyes blood red
chip crumbs fall on chest

[symphony]

getting hard to breathe,
a hundred unknown perfumes,
a few known cocktails

[Silas Thorne]

a few known cocktails
cause smirks: Screaming Orgasms
and Sex on the Beach

[symphony]

and sex on the beach,
summer's sea of cleavages
laying the groundwork

[Silas Thorne]

laying the groundwork
he spread the scrawl vertically
trying words on first

[symphony]

trying words on first
she donned the sentence folding
consonants with care

[Silas Thorne]

consonants with care
clambered onto craggy coasts,
cute clogs clonk-clunking
;)

[symphony]

cute clogs clonk-clunking,
'cross clueless clacking clocks, comes
a clutter of clowns

:crazy:

[Virgil]

A clutter of clowns
juggled for the screaming child.
Mother had a ball.

[symphony]

Mother had a ball
to attend the day she first
learned indifference

[Virgil]

Learned indifference
comes early to a marriage.
Divorce arrives next.

[symphony]

Divorce arrives next.
A family of exes
all claiming kinship.

[Silas Thorne]

all claiming kinship
Tarzan swung somehow different
and toes couldn't grip!

[hack]

and toes couldn't grip
family trees with thorns like these
above the lions

[Silas Thorne]

above the lions
fall foolish skydivers,
home delivered meal

[AdoreroDio]

home delivered meal
supposed cure of sickness and
even loved ones' deaths

[sadparadise]

even loved one's deaths
once together forever
had a lot of fun.

My daughter's first Haiku contribution

[ntropyincarnate]

had a lot of fun
well, i did anyway
that look on your face

[Virgil]

that look on your face
when you get fed spoiled milk
amounts to hoo do.

[BienvenuJDC]

Amounts to hoo do...
Who do? You do! I do what?
You do hoo do too!!

[hack]

You do hoo do too
beneath spanish moss
dripping summer rain

[Dark Muse]

Dripping summer rain
during sultry August nights
lain upon the sheets

[underthepink]

Lain upon the sheets
hearing my heart, like the rain
we're calling your name

[hack]

we're calling your name
and the streetlights have come on
you'd better high tail

[aliengirl]

you'd better high tail
and return to sweet sweet home
where she is waiting

[TheFifthElement]

Where she is waiting -
mysterious symmetry -
I am waiting too

[Silas Thorne]

I am waiting too
for these damn earthquakes to stop,
shaken, but not stirred.

[Virgil]

Shaken, but not stirred
the wash cycle completed
without rinsing well.

[Silas Thorne]

without rinsing well
don't use the Japanese bath-
pigs muddy fresh streams

[aliengirl]

pigs muddy fresh streams
But the mirror like river
was spoiled by whom?

[mazHur]

was spoiled by whom?
Eve? Oh, no, it was Adam!
self-spoiled child of god.

[aliengirl]

self-spoiled child of god.
But who spoiled this tiny tot
Whining since morning

[mazHur]

Whining since morning
dude insisting for the moon
but moon is in clouds!

[aliengirl]

but moon is in clouds.
Oh, my dreams are like
Heap of broken images.

[mazHur]

Heap of broken images
Piles of priceless shattered dreams
burried in my heart.

[Sapphire]

burried in my heart
the secret of our murder
none will have the key

[mazHur]

none will have the key
that fits the lock of her heart
heart transplant seems due!!;)

[Sapphire]

:lol:

Heart transplant seems due
but no donor will stand up
one of gold shall do

[Silas Thorne]

'one of gold shall do'
the poet excretes verbage
to buy a goldfish

[mazHur]

to buy a goldfish
without a heart made of gold
is simply foolish!

[solaris]

is simply foolish
the pig in a blue bonnet
blue ribbon bacon!

[Silas Thorne]

blue ribbon bacon
heard the screams of the other pigs,
cured, he feels no pain.

[jajdude]

Cured, he feels no pain
but he will someday again.
Does he wonder when?

[Silas Thorne]

Does he wonder when?
Raindrops fall from bright blue skies
Sun burns wispy cloud

[jajdude]

Sun burns wispy cloud,
Is such a dry thing allowed?
If so, I'd be proud.

[Sapphire]

"If so, I'd be proud"
He said, and smiled at the girl
She felt her heart drop

[jajdude]

She felt her heart drop:
"Is that you my long lost love?"
He fell, no more of.

[Sapphire]

He fell - no more of
his jokes will ever be told
sense of humour lost

[dark_writer500]

sense of humor lost
to the wraths of time, of course
and all of them sob.

[aliengirl]

and all of them sob.
Painful sensation remind
Of that bump on the head. ;)

[dark_writer500]

Of that bump on the head
they're truly so very sad
laughing as they do

[Silas Thorne]

laughing as they do
I'm sure that they're on something
'You want a cookie?'

[Sapphire]

"You want a cookie"
The parrot asked me polite
But I turned him down

[Pensive]

But I turned him down
Mercilessly returned him
Back where he came from

[Sapphire]

Pensive! :wave:

Back where he came from
Disillusened and unsure
An empty future

[RaoulDuke]

An empty future;
A lone radio playing
Nothing but static

[jajdude]

Nothing but static
On all the TV channels;
Guess I'll read a book.

[moonbird]

Guess I'll read a book
Curled up by the fireplace
While it rains outside

[downing]

While it rains outside,
I'll cry my heart out within -
I left it unlocked

[aliengirl]

I left it unlocked.
And they thought I was careless
To leave it like that!

[AlfredtheGreat]

To leave it like that!
I'm utterly insulted
Begone from my sight

[mazHur]

Begone from my sight
Let the shining rays of sun
touch and warm my heart.

[fiatlux]

Touch and warm my heart
For this I waited for long
In this endless cycle of life