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[chmpman]

dark but still mortal
evil wars relinquish man's
dreams of a higher plan

[mono]

Dreams of a higher plan
Taunt the dreamer, who dreams life,
And breathes poetry.

[Bongitybongbong]

And breathes poetry,
A light within the shadows,
All shall be in peace.

[Ulalle]

And breathes poetry
She does, and engulfs my tune
Being melody

[Bongitybongbong]

Being melody,
Lost in the dance of others,
Knowing not trying.

[Ulalle]

sorry, here comes the next
------------------------- :mad:

All shall be in peace
Resting the old red rat race
Blue is the aura

[Nightshade]

Being melody,
Sweet is a happy day
Life has so few

[Bongitybongbong]

Life has so few,
Where are the real night figures,
None shall have mercy.

[Nightshade]

None shall have mercy,
On the children of tommorow,
Unless they know hope

[Ulalle]

Unless they know hope
And realize liberty
Lovers will be lost

[chmpman]

Lovers will be lost
In trials of the willful
The 'strong' will remain

[Bongitybongbong]

The 'strong' will remain,
Without other they will pass,
Vacant the world is.

[mono]

Vacant the world is,
When naught exists but dreary,
Dark pessimism.

[Nightshade]

Dark Pessimisim
Reeks of decaying life
Where is the light?

[Bongitybongbong]

Where is the light?
Shine upon the lonely souls,
Find a peace once gone.

[atiguhya padma]

Find a peace once gone,
Leaving loneliness behind,
A mind filled with love.

[Bongitybongbong]

A mind filled with love,
Lost in never ending thought,
Until she tears his heart

[Ulalle]

Until she tears his heart
The goddess will never rest
Before life all bow

[chmpman]

Before life all bow
Submitting to her glowing
Struggle for control

[Ulalle]

Struggle for control
Produces the death of sense
A sensual loss

[PistisSophia]

Lightening has now come
Roaring like a death dragon
And shall soon be gone

~~~

[Nightshade]

And shall soon be gone,
Was said of the darkest time
Yet it does return

[atiguhya padma]

Yet it does return
A wave recedes, moves forward,
Repetitively.

[Isagel]

Repetitively
your fingertips leave my skin
a sensual loss

(I did not understand why Ulalles last line wasn´t used - so I took it back. I see that PistisSophia wrote a comment on 5-7-5 , but "A sen-su-al loss " - is five syllables. Or is one of them silent? I may just be pronouncing wrong)

[Nightshade]

A sensual loss
The senses grow numb and die
Followed by rebirth

( A (1) Sen(2) Su(3) al(4)loss(5) It seems to be five sylobols to me??) :cool:

[PistisSophia]

Followed by rebirth
Another life was given
I bathe in the lake

[atiguhya padma]

I bathe in the lake
A cathedral of sunlight
Panoramic views

[Nightshade]

Panoramic Views
showing beauty unfold
The mist cloaks you

[mono]

The mist cloaks you,
Like a milky over-coat,
Surrounded by clouds.

[Bongitybongbong]

Surrounded by clouds,
Lost in the enternal bliss,
Lonely perfection.

[amuse]

lonely perfection
admired but never held
like the hope diamond

[Nightshade]

Like the hope diamond
Dreaming of breaking through
To seize the day now

[atiguhya padma]

To seize the day now,
Let go of yesterday and
Forget tomorrow

[Ulalle]

Forget tomorrow
Time, less, ness, is the good sign :banana:
Emancipation

[atiguhya padma]

Emancipation
- Eleutherophobia -
Incarceration

[Ulalle]

Incarceration
Releases the hidden beast
The cavernous green
-----------------
thanks for the new phobia word AP..:-)

[atiguhya padma]

The cavernous green
Of pike, tree-moss, valley floors,
Mountaintop's soft curves

[Ulalle]

Mountaintop's soft curves
Lets the breasts of nothingness
Be magnificence

[Nightshade]

Be magnificence
Natures thrown belongs
To all who admire her

[Jay]

To all who admire her
She will present you with all
Should you ask for love

[mono]

Should you ask for love
In its absence, or wait for
Love to ask for you?

[Bongitybongbong]

Love to ask for you?
Worried about rejection,
Shyness insues now.

[Ulalle]

Shyness ensues now
But what will progress from fear?
Not love, nay! Not love

[Bongitybongbong]

Not love, nay! Not love,
The one thing that never dies,
No one loses love.

[chmpman]

No one loses love ?
The mantis ever hungry
Preying to be full.

[Ulalle]

Preying to be full
And yet praying to be null
I, a chrysalis.

[Bongitybongbong]

I, a chrysalis,
My identity is here,
Soon I'll be living.

[atiguhya padma]

Soon I'll be living
In another, stranger dream
I'll just close my eyes.

[Ulalle]

I'll just close my eyes
As free Morning butterflies
Dancing in the rain

[Nightshade]

dancing in the rain
This is the meaning of life
Joy, hope and dreams

[Bongitybongbong]

Joy, hope and dreams,
It's time is now and will be,
For a few eras.

[Ulalle]

For a few eras
A wild Jacinth has not bloomed
For the free spirit

[Bongitybongbong]

For the free spirit,
The world is barely enough,
Nomads will travel.

[atiguhya padma]

Nomads will travel
In all kinds of extreme worlds
Getting lost in dreams

[Nightshade]

Getting lost in dreams
Where the guiding threads of life
Lead you back to home

[Ulalle]

Lead you back to home
They do, the pixies, they do
The gnomes do as well

[atiguhya padma]

The gnomes do as well
For bird droppings, as any
Other dull statues

[Nightshade]

Other dull stautus
make cold lines of the way-side
Silent observers

[atiguhya padma]

Silent observers
Fall swift through the air, like an
Arrow through the heart

[Ulalle]

Arrow through the heart
Moves my mind through the heavens
I bleed for you, fiend

[Bongitybongbong]

I bleed for you, fiend,
Remember my legacy,
I am a legend.

[Nightshade]

I am a legend
says the man before the fall
shallow is pride

[amuse]

shallow is pride - like
intradermal injections
and tasteless frosting

[Ulalle]

And tasteless frosting
Used by ignorance to hide
The stench of the lack

[mono]

The stench of the lack
Saturates absence of all,
Except the nothing.

:eek:

[Ulalle]

Except the nothing
Such that incites the true charm
The lure of to know

[Nightshade]

The lure of to know
The wisdom that dazzels
Is that really true?

[Ulalle]

Is that really true?
Beauty is fast perception?
Maybe so; so what?

[chmpman]

Maybe so; so what?
To know would be to release
The ignorant son

[atiguhya padma]

The ignorant son
Gets blessed. Parents forget the
Talented daughter.

[Nightshade]

Talented daughter,
Her love is lifes strong glue.
She creates home.

[mono]

She creates home
In strife, love in chaos, and
Brilliancy in dark.

[Bongitybongbong]

Brilliancy in dark,
A true irony of sorts,
Hark! The hypocrites!!

[Ulalle]

Hark! The hypocrites!!
Those mediocre midbrains
They win? Or do they?

[Bongitybongbong]

They win? Or do they?
We retrived the power back,
Back to all the meek.

[chmpman]

Back to all the meek
And throw down your vanguard swords-
For repression moves.

[atiguhya padma]

For repression moves
Me to feel for strangers of
Distant space and time

[Bongitybongbong]

Distant space and time,
When the worlds traveled often,
Age has stopped movement.

[atiguhya padma]

Age has stopped movement
And yet the mind still wanders,
The heart still rises

[Ulalle]

The heart still rises
In tandem and consensus
The blood allows now

[brighttears]

the blood allows now
letting me breathe until death
start to rise but fail

[amuse]

start to rise but fail
these soldiers, their staffs - to their
great embarassment

[brighttears]

great embarassment
usually sheds a great tear
and comes with great fear

[Avalive]

and comes with great fear
Fight take hold and grant
Never let the hope sink

[chmpman]

Never let hope sink
Strive for the great promises
Of a day for light

[brighttears]

Of a day for light
and until the darkness brights
I will wait for you

[Jack_Aubrey]

I will wait for you
till my soul no longer aches
Our hearts will be one.

[atiguhya padma]

Our hearts will be one
When duality ceases:
No heaven and hell

[Ulalle]

No heaven and hell
Will liberate inner peace
To be, to thrive, yes!

[brighttears]

To be, to thrive, yes!
the winners circles of test
Only to protest

[chmpman]

Only to protest
What is inevitable
Is also to live

[Nightshade]

Is also to live
The reason that we must die?
One defines the other.

[atiguhya padma]

One defines the other
You inherit a line: get
Imperfect haiku.:)

[Ulalle]

Imperfect haiku.
Allows the initiate
Perfection respite

[Nightshade]

Perfection respite,
Oaisis in the storm of-
Imperfect morrow

[atiguhya padma]

Imperfect morrow,
Is striving for existence,
Smothering today.

[Ulalle]

Smothering today
Asphyxiating my way
I am my own scent

[chmpman]

I am my own scent
Wafting throughout another
Individual

[atiguhya padma]

Individual
And yet statistically
Understandable

[chmpman]

Understandable
Inconceivable notions
Filtered through brain's sight

[imthefoolonthehill]

filtered through brain's sight
Who has eaten my minds eye?
I'm bored. bla bla bla

[atiguhya padma]

I'm bored bla bla bla
How endless seconds, minutes,
Hours, days, go on.

[Ulalle]

Hours, days, go on
Fleeting insignificance
Meaning can be born

[mono]

Meaning can be born
From the minute to large in
Equal elements.

[Ulalle]

Equal elements
Are not equal in value
Presence equals all

[mono]

Presence equals all,
As neither past nor future
Show the omniscient.

[Ulalle]

Show the omniscient
We cry, let somebody see
We may be moral

[mono]

We may be moral!
O, let the pure will be led
By intuition.

[chmpman]

By intuition
Paths through the darkness of time
Become newly seen

[Ulalle]

Become newly seen
He was that, but much more yet
He was genuine

[mono]

He was genuine,
Like Mr. Dorian Gray,
Until his voice spoke.

:D

[Nightshade]

Until his voice spoke
then it was discovered
that he was a she

[Ulalle]

That he was a she
As common as life, or death
The matter is null

[mono]

The matter is null
As the smallest pebble sand
On infinite shores.

[Mikester]

On infinite shores
a morning jog takes too long
but property's cheap!

[mono]

But property's cheap
Compared to the human will,
Which will one pursue?

[Ulalle]

Which will one pursue?
One desire! The false correct
The void is unheard

[Nightshade]

The void is unheard,
When the days become again
like life from seeds grow

[baddad]

Like life from seeds grown
dimness's wail begins at birth
darkness takes flight now

[atiguhya padma]

Darkness takes flight now
Unveiling bedroom windows
Honey flowing through

[Nightshade]

Honey flowing through
the veins sweetly cativating
Asphyxiate- Death

[chmpman]

Asphyxiate - Death
A hollowless yelp reveals
Inner frustration

[mono]

Inner frustration
Compensates worse for one than
Outer frustration.

[Nightshade]

Outer frustration
The collision of planets
Or a softer show

[Ulalle]

Or a softer show
May bring us relief from doubt
Or maybe fresh love

[mono]

Or maybe fresh love,
For which the spring birds sing, will
Relieve us ourselves.

[chmpman]

Relieve us ourselves
Our inhibitions for truth
Exchanged in silence

[atiguhya padma]

Exchanged in silence
A glance that changes feelings
From serene to fear

[Ulalle]

From serene to fear
We walk unhindered, as one
We march to freedom

[chmpman]

We march to freedom
Along a path lined with fries
With ketchup banners

[Nightshade]

With Ketchup banners
Is marked the path towards
Famed Golden arches

[mono]

"Famed Golden arches,"
After bypass surgery,
Claimed the tired man.

:D

[Chava]

Claimed the tired man
soon to be reunited
with his family

[amuse]

with his family
he celebrates thankful for
his sister's absence

[mono]

His sister's absence
Brought him dusty nostalgia
Through old photographs.

[atiguhya padma]

Through old photographs
Lives once lived, a history,
On the market stall

[Nightshade]

On the market stall
behind the greying curtains
lies the truth of hope

[atiguhya padma]

Lies - the truth of hope
That hides in folk stories of
Eternal return

[blp]

Eternal return
This is the shop assistant's
Unending nightmare

[mono]

Unending nightmare
Precedes the greatest of dreams
Where the night saunters.

[Nightshade]

where night saunters
Day would never dare approach
Here will pain fester

[blp]

Here will pain fester
Even by this clean, clear pond
In gentle sunlight

[atiguhya padma]

In gentle sunlight
The flesh slowly separates
Intense sweet perfume

[mono]

Intense sweet perfume
Followed fine Titania,
Walking through the woods.

[amuse]

Walking through the woods
i chanced upon a hawk caught
in a spider's web

[mono]

In a spider's web
I spied a vast web of time,
Twined by tiny legs.

[adilyoussef]

Twined by tiny legs.
I stared and I'm amazed
For the world can give and take

[blp]

A reminder adil: syllables per line should be 5 7 5. Not 5 6 7.

world can give and take
And time, a pointed steel blade
spins on a table

[mono]

Spins on a table
Proceeded the shiny coin -
Who would win or lose?

[atiguhya padma]

Who would win or lose
If we all co-operate:
Anarchy football.

[Golding15BF]

They would sit there, watch
They would sit there until time passed
I now say to act

[Golding15BF]

They would sit there, watch
They would sit there until time passed
I now say to act

"A being who dons a lime-green tie is the one you have to watch the longest"-
L.N.S

[Ulalle]

I now say to act
Wired for contemplation
We need meditate

[atiguhya padma]

We need meditate
On emptiness, forgetting,
Nothing remembered.

[Nightshade]

Nothing remebered
capasity to learn is lost
What a waste of time!

[atiguhya padma]

What a waste of time?
Learning not through mind record
Is meditation.

[Ulalle]

Is meditation
A path to self creation?
Annihilation..

[atiguhya padma]

Annihilation....
Ah Nirvana, like a long
Neverending drink.

[nickelsilver]

Neverending drink
For immortal imbibers
Nectar of the gods

[Nightshade]

Nector of the gods
Known as Ambrosia
Seductive poison

[nickelsilver]

Seductive poison
But aren't they all seductive?
Allure of danger

[Ulalle]

Allure of danger
Brings forth the brain of passions
Scents of no account

[Nightshade]

Scents of no account
The curse of poverty looms
The world is stopped

[Ulalle]

The world is stopped
The human is again stooped
Yet love looms above

[nickelsilver]

Yet love looms above
Small comfort when pondering
What dread looms below
:eek:

[atiguhya padma]

What dread looms below
Rotting wood, subsiding earth
Nutritious soil

[nickelsilver]

Nutritious soil
Which gives rise to good above
We come full circle

[amuse]

*funny, as soon as i read "Nutritious soil" i knew who'd written it above*

we come full circle,
skirting delays (like rhomboids
and bold obstinance).

[mono]

And bold obstinance
Controls the stubborn angry,
Who guides all others.

[Ulalle]

Who guides all others
But he that knows the nothing
To be the plenum

[mono]

To be the plenum,
One must begin with one's self,
And spread like fire.

[Nightshade]

And spread like fire,
Wild and true burning to show
Exposing the truth

[nickelsilver]

Exposing the truth
Unspeakable. Unspoken.
There for all to see.

[dejosc]

There for all to see
is my undying pride that
I will always be.

[Ryan Dollard]

I will always be
Awful at writing haikus
Because I have absolutely no idea how many syllables the last line is supposed to contain. I mean, my haikus start off okay but then they always seem to degenerate into a verbal morass of rambling incoherence. If anyone has any advice about how I might improve the structure of my haikus then let me know. Thanks a million and one.

[dejosc]

well done that man, mine is also dismal with a hint of the really bad

Because I have absolutely no idea how many syllables the last line is supposed to contain. I mean, my haikus start off okay but then they always seem to degenerate into a verbal morass of rambling incoherence. If anyone has any advice about how I might improve the structure of my haikus then let me know. Thanks a million and one.
this isnt going to well
better to give up

[Ryan Dollard]

Hi,

I've been asked to edit my post so that the fun can continue unabated. Here goes...

I will always be
A slave to an acrid quill
Moved by Satire's hand

How's that? The back of my hand was pressed against my forehead as I wrote it so I hope it's sufficiently lofty and serious in tone. If not I can re-draft.

[Ulalle]

Moved by Satire's hand
Across the desolation
I stumble aloof
-------------------
well done ryan, welcome to the club.. :wave:

[dejosc]

ok ill do it seriously to

Moved by satires hand
nope cant do it the nextperson will have to follow on from ryan

[Logos]

Ryan Dollard and dejosc, I'm going to ask you once to please refrain from hijacking/insulting and generally disrespecting these forums.

They consist of members of all ages and many members who's first language is not english, therefore, our Forum Rules are set out to foster a friendly and positive atmosphere :)

[Ulalle]

so here I'll post it again so the thread can continue..
--------------------------------
Moved by Satire's hand
Across the desolation
I stumble aloof

[Ryan Dollard]

I stumble aloof,
My sweaty dragon T-shirt
Clinging to my chest

[Scheherazade]

Clinging to my chest
The burdens of yester years;
I stumble across.

[Nightshade]

I stumble across
The line dividing my life
Black is white is Black.

[mono]

Black is white is black;
The sunlight faulters to make
A dull shade of grey.

[Taliesin]

A dull shade of grade.
Funny, how everything fades
at blood on a sword.

[nickelsilver]

At blood on a sword.
Sounds like a brave way to die.
Really--just messy.

[amuse]

really - just messy;
who gave Baby permission
to try cake batter?

[Aurora Ariel]

Batter morning rain,
In drips of bright winter dew-
Ice and silver frost.

[nickelsilver]

really - just messy;
who gave Baby permission
to try cake batter?

to try cake batter?
to try unbaked cookie dough?
they're best left undone

[Ryan Dollard]

They're best left undone:-
I crave clement breeze to cool
My sweaty scrotum

[Ulalle]

My sweaty scrotum
Enlightens a foggy brain
Basking the simple

[nickelsilver]

Basking the simple?
The simple-minded, maybe
I know the feeling

[Nightshade]

I know the feeling
Glowing from deep within me
Pure joy and happiness

[Aurora Ariel]

Pure joy and happiness,
Lie frozen across dark time
Where words are kept close.

[nickelsilver]

Where words are kept close.
And secrets are kept closer.
Mouths shut, ears open.

[Aurora Ariel]

Mouths shut,ears open,
Desperate for the sound of life-
Cut from ivory keys.

[mono]

Cut from ivory keys
Rest the dark pewter key holes;
Opposites in twine.

[Ulalle]

Opposites in twine
Reveal the truth of I, mine.
Benign is the lie

[atiguhya padma]

Benign is the lie
For none who enter come out
Sane from room B9

[Isagel]

sane from room B9
they say I´m corrected now
my thoughts in order

[mono]

My thoughts in order,
All in their right place, but still
A creative mess.

[nickelsilver]

A creative mess
Sanity's overrated
Safety in madness

[Mark F.]

Safety in madness
Gone too far to come back now
Sleep here forever

[nickelsilver]

Sleep here forever
No alarm clocks in heaven
Truly paradise

[Aurora Ariel]

Truly paradise-
Lost in smoke and pollution
As the sea turns grey.

[PistisSophia]

Thank you very much--
A tranquilizer would help
deaden my dendrites now.

[Aurora Ariel]

Deaden my dendrites now
In the forest of the unknown
While the sky burns black


...did I miss something?;)
As the sea turns grey...?

[mono]

While the sky burns black,
The sun's bright iridescence
Glows ever brightly.

[Aurora Ariel]

Glows ever brightly
Like fair stars of a new birth
Spread across the universe.

[nickelsilver]

Spread across the universe
Their vastness dwarfs my small world
Puts me in my place

[Aurora Ariel]

Puts me in my place
The cold midnight garden shed
Locked with a lost key.

[nickelsilver]

Locked with a lost key
A scene from Francis Burnett?
Or reality?

[Aurora Ariel]

Or reality?
Stumbling into singularity
Dream from dream from dream.

[mono]

Dream from dream from dream -
How many times must I wake?
Must I dream longer?

[amuse]

Must I dream longer?
i shall waken exhausted
disturb me, my love.

[brittney1907]

The day's now settled
With a shiny rim of light
at the horizon

[brittney1907]

ooh i did it wrong, srry its my first day

[brittney1907]

Disturb me my love
for my mind is racing in
circles of frenzy

[amuse]

ooh i did it wrong, srry its my first daybut you noticed - which is a first (maybe, i think?) anyway, it's cool.

AND, :wave: welcome to the forums.

[nickelsilver]

circles of frenzy
like a dog chasing his tail
I'm chasing my life

[mono]

I'm chasing my life,
But cannot quite run as fast -
Where have the years gone?

[Johnny Odd]

where have the years gone
and how does one get there too?
More road behind me.

[Jay]

More road behind me
The plane taking off having
Wings tightly folded

[nickelsilver]

Wings tightly folded
Against the buffeting wind
Cruising altitude

[Aurora Ariel]

More road behind me,
Broken from a fearless wave
Riding the last beat.

[Aurora Ariel]

Cruising altitude,
The waves are rocking slowly
Over his calm mind.

[nickelsilver]

Over his calm mind
Pass all the troubles of life
Never sinking in

[Johnny Odd]

Never sinking in
that all these lessons you teach
don't educate me

[nickelsilver]

Don't educate me
Don't try to "civilize" me
Dogma won't help me

[Psycheinaboat]

Dogma won't help me
Neither is Karma my friend
I shun Destiny

[brighttears]

I shun destiny
Till forgotten morrows lie
Deep eternity

[Psycheinaboat]

Deep eternity
Hollow spiral, never spill
Too many echoes

[blp]

Too many echoes
Sights crowds yellow grey mirror
Sound ripples water

[nickelsilver]

Sound ripples water
Hot tub with built-in speakers
Back-beat in bubbles

[Chava]

Back-beat in bubbles
Twirling in a steamy mist
Bring tears to my eyes

[atiguhya padma]

Bring tears to my eyes
That I may see how you weep,
Kiss away sorrows

[blp]

Bring tears to my eyes
Sentiment onion stab pain
Salt liquid results

[atiguhya padma]

Salt liquid results
In bouyancy, freshwater
Will kill our Gulf Stream

[blp]

Will kill our Gulf Stream
William murder our Lear Jet
Bill destroy our Stealth

[nickelsilver]

Bill destroy our Stealth
but they'll ne'er take . . . our freedom!!
Love Mel in a kilt
:blush:

[Psycheinaboat]

Love Mel in a kilt
Naïve lass toys with oldest sin
Praise that temptation

[nickelsilver]

Praise that temptation
All is fair in love and war
Some things never change

[Psycheinaboat]

Some things never change
Once that drive takes hold of you
That serpent's too sweet

[nickelsilver]

That serpent's too sweet
Danger lurks for the naive
Until it's too late

[samercury]

Until it's too late
She drifts through the dreary stars
Looking for home

[Aurora Ariel]

Looking for home,
Where Death scatters the roses
Of deep deep saffron.

[Psycheinaboat]

Of deep, deep saffron-
Ragged wildflowers grow here.
A year of worship!

[blp]

A year of worship
Wasn't half as much fun as
Six months of whoreship

[nickelsilver]

Six months of whoreship
It got old. I got older.
Oldest profession