New Poetry Game-Cinquain Chain- Come on, it's easy and fun!

[ampoule]

once grand
she stands, back swayed
remembering dances
one two three, one two three, with him
dreaming

[Pendragon]

dreaming...
"all we ever
do or seem is but a
dream within a dream...", so said Poe...
correct...

[firefangled]

correct
what you have learned
about this paper boat
afloat upon a paper sea
and breathe

[ampoule]

and breathe
your cleansing breath
that it might fill you up
so you can float around and watch
yourself

[symphony]

And breathe
fire, like dragons,
roar like the oceans seethe,
pounce on targets like a lion!
Storm on.

[Bii]

storm on
as we approach
our enemies. Prepare
to fight, to kill, to maim. We are
at war

[firefangled]

at war
do not cry child
angels watch the soldiers —
hear them sigh, as they spread their wings
and fly

[ampoule]

and fly
we must go high
bounce off clouds, touch the sky
the rainbow wants to tell us why
we cry

[Bii]

we cry
although our tears
are wasted. Slipping down
ineffectually they are
pointless

[symphony]

pointless
to try to say
empty words meaningless,
for words dont heal, neither do they
give way

[ampoule]

give way
to this great love
hear it beckoning you?
fill your senses, quench your desire
jump, jump

[symphony]

jump, jump--
up! down! up high!
next day i got that bump
in my head! mom's right again, why
God why?!

[firefangled]

jump, jump —
the dark fish leapt,
scales softened for the flight —
somewhere you soar high and weightless
homeward

[Pendragon]

homeward
bound, I wish I
was, homeward bound—not lost
endless stream of broken dreams—wish
I was…


(a nod to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)

[Bii]

I was
walking lonely
as a cloud floating high
over hills and valleys. I saw
a crowd...


(ode to William Wordsworth!)

[_JadeRain_]

A crowd
Of daffodils
Sways in a bright meadow
Wordsworth paints a pretty picture
Poets

[firefangled]

Poets,
different children,
learned late to hide your heart,
found a strength in the tender ways
of love

[ampoule]

of love
there is no end
like the circle of life
it goes on and on forever
turning

[totyfroty]

Turning over there
and coming back
this is love
always and forever
No end

[ampoule]

The traditional cinquain is based on a syllable count.

line 1 - 2 syllables
line 2 - 4 syllables
line 3 - 6 syllables
line 4 - 8 syllables
line 5 - 2 syllables

in this game, take the last line of the previous persons cinquain, the same way we play the shared Haiku game.


No problem for me and I don't mean to be a stickler but maybe a review of the 'rules'.

[symphony]

Turning over there
and coming back
this is love
always and forever
No end

hmm a little deviation from the form but since there's still 2 syllables at the end i guess i can continue...

No end
to the rigors;
and still, down the deep bend
of duty, and forbearance, soars--
uproars.

[Whifflingpin]

Uproars,
Wild riotous
Assemblies, for a cause,
Or, the Masters say, malicious
Purpose.

[Il Penseroso]

purpose,
a weeping face
above the falling rain,
a sliding smile in granite skies
twinkling.

[littlewing53]

twinkling
the dark night sees
across the midnight sky
peering through seeking direction
turning

[_JadeRain_]

Turning
The seasons change
Nature withers and dies
Spring comes and life starts anew
Rebirth

[ampoule]

rebirth
it happens when
your inside earth grumbles
and your outer plates cause friction
pushing

[symphony]

pushing
the options out
and thereby welcoming
the agonies, doubting about
the doubts

[ampoule]

the doubts
freeze me in place
I grow numb waiting now
for a smart man to thaw me out
hurry

[firefangled]

hurry
this is not me
I stop to watch rain fall
and listen for the Monarchs wings
passing

[Il Penseroso]

passing
lone island fluff,
swaying spokelike tendrils
that leap sugared curves across the
salt sea.

(dandelions, the light kind)

[_JadeRain_]

Salt sea
The ocean roars
The sea is furious
Waves crash in every direction
Drowning

[ampoule]

Drowning
The tender reeds
In a river of shame
My get-away basket is torn
I tread

[Bii]

I tread
with empty feet,
empty heart, empty mind.
A deserted house, forgotten,
vacant

[firefangled]

I tread
toward the light
you can tell where I have been
the pieces of dream fall from me
like snow

[firefangled]

missed that one. I'll follow Bii's to keep myself honest



vacant
but that makes room
to dance, to whisper words
that may change everything: Listen
lovers

[ampoule]

lovers
wanting inside
becoming each other
looking for a room in moonland
dreaming

[Pendragon]

dreaming
Morpheus' realm
where all is still weaving
growing crops of nightmares on stems
by tens

[ampoule]

by tens
you quickly count
the ones who have lost love
but then categories begin
start here

[Il Penseroso]

start here:
a glazed crevice
expanding childlike,
breaking the dismal shell of gloom:
smile

[firefangled]

I have lived in places where smile is 2 syllables, so I'm cool with that


smile,
heart is aching...
oh charlie, so like you
I laugh at the surrealism
of life

[ampoule]

of life
no turning back
do not lust for the past
only pet it and let it go
to seed

[littlewing53]

to seed
the blossom goes
another year passes
till time again resumes the bloom
to rest

[Il Penseroso]

to rest
from folded dreams
that brush and shrink on walls,
roots enclosed in ceramic stalls
released.

[Adolescent09]

released:
the cormorant,
beauty specks horizon
on heaven's entrance and snoozing
angels

[firefangled]

angels
in your cages
of worship without sin
come run with me through the redwoods
naked

[Adolescent09]

(ooo.. dirty thoughts? LOL)

naked,
pure chastity,
flake your dunes on my chest,
lay your love in my balmy nest,
and come...

[symphony]

cant believe i've been such a lazy git in this thread!! :eek:

and come,
the world awaits
yet another lonesome
unwavering knock on the gates
of fate...

[Adolescent09]

of fate,
and wonder twined,
in angel hearts divined
Whisping clouds of seraph gold,
onward

[symphony]

onward
coursing the beams
of light, engulfed and scarred
by radiance-- being stellar-ed
is hard.

[ampoule]

is hard
your thinking core
but oh how your deep eyes
massage my blushing face and kiss
my lips

[Pendragon]

My lips
stay sealed. Say not
what I may think nor feel.
No one listens anyway these days...
One tear...

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/ZwinkPenIII.gif

[Bii]

one tear
is all it takes;
opens a hardened heart
softening the muscled walls. It's
broken

[firefangled]

broken…
and what is that?
I take the tattered shirt,
weave it in a quilt and make it
centerpiece

[ampoule]

center
piecemeal, piecing
ribbons, swatches, torn bits
there truly is a pattern now
in life

[firefangled]

uh oh, sorry for the extra syllable everyone. nice correction ampoule.

[ampoule]

Uh uh...not a correction...just carrying on.

[_JadeRain_]

In life
Days pass quickly
You blink and time flys
Or so the old addage proclaims
Aging

[Adolescent09]

aging
always imprints
time on a worn dermis
but love binding through the years is
endless

[firefangled]

endless
infinity
world without end, amen
all time and space are relative
now what

[ampoule]

now what
time to relax
time to jump in the clouds
time to slip and slide down rainbows
enjoy

[Bii]

enjoy
this moment for
soon it will pass. Why must
we strive so desperately to
move on?

[ampoule]

move on
nothing to see
but accidents of life
we cause them, have them, tiptoe round
but yes

[Pendragon]

but yes
I see your point,
I concede the motion.
have you stopped just to try to
listen….

[lalaine]

Listen
Forget your fears
Believe you can withstand
The chaos, the turmoil deep within
Do it!

[ampoule]

do it
just, they say, sure
but afraid of the dark,
or spiders, heights, or waters deep,
don't jump

[Bii]

Don't jump
but leap instead
and cast your feet up from
the willing ground, don't hesitate
to soar....

[firefangled]

to soar,
don’t think of clouds,
leave the moon behind you,
seek to be frail, to be formless,
like air

[Haven]

like air
invisible
so is it really there?
without the air where would we be?
breathless...

[ampoule]

breathless
I know it well
a poet word or phrase
catches in my mind, so that
I faint.

[lalaine]

I faint
Blurry vision
Ti's deafening silence
Plunging to the deep abyss what
Went wrong

[littlewing53]

went wrong
righting the rain
pebbles faintly falling
catching the wet in the cupped palm
hold firm

[Pendragon]

hold firm,
when love fails, hate
trys to take its place. the
question you must face is: will you
give in?

[littlewing53]

give in
lightning strikes strong
piercing deep left breathless
grasping hold of yesterday thoughts
let go

[firefangled]

let go
you do not die,
no heaven or hell waits,
judgment does not hide in pure light,
you do

[symphony]

you do
what your gods say,
i in my godless sect
rule the seven seas, and then cry
for more...

[ampoule]

for more...
of that, from you,
said she, looking hungry.
open your fingers and tell me
the truth

[littlewing53]

the truth
listens humbly
pondering the wisdom
humanity creates for bread
stand strong

[symphony]

"Stand strong."
"I do try to!"
"Then why stumble upon
the smallest trivial pebbles?"
Silence.

[Bii]

Silence
spreads like poppies
in a field, the sudden
spill of blood red blooms bobbing in
the hush

[littlewing53]

the hush
ignores the wind
and moves along without
sandswept dunes and cold nights stirring
strangers

[Susan Sonnen]

Strangers
idly wander,
waving nonchalantly
at others, each stranger than those
before.

[ampoule]

before
time slips away
look at my palm and read
if you are part of my fortune
cookie

[Bii]

cookie,
the screen flashes...
what does this mean? I bash
the keys helplessly hoping for
a sign...

[PrinceMyshkin]

a sign
of certain mad-
ness is to fool around
with arbitrary poem forms
till dusk

[ampoule]

till dusk
do us part, ha!
I sure think I'm funny
until it is time for the sun
to rise

[littlewing53]

till dusk
do we part not
beneath the bridge of time
wavering with abiding strength
the will

[littlewing53]

i love it when the haikus appear magically at the same time...well almost..and what they both say...

[ampoule]

Beat cha by two minutos but that's okay...we can go with yours.

[littlewing53]

to rise
again not yet
tomorrow comes quickly
appearing in neon shadows
colors

[Bii]

colours
spread like shifting
sand disturbed by water.
A kalaidoscopic vision
ensues

[PrinceMyshkin]

ensues
the ruddy mess
when we have done our worst
with what was given us
for now

[firefangled]

for now
there is only
the story of heaven
the last page is an open door
step through

[PrinceMyshkin]

step through
to what awaits
for, see, beyond these gates
there is the other side of what
is here

[firefangled]

is here
where heaven is?
she pointed to her heart,
yes child, heaven is where you are
always

[PrinceMyshkin]

always
is the day that
preceded yesterday
and will come after tomorrow
has gone

[Bii]

is here
where heaven is?
she pointed to her heart,
yes child, heaven is where you are
always

This is so lovely firefangled.

...has gone
but where? Sadness
bubbles just below the
surface. I realise I am
missing

[PrinceMyshkin]

missing
is not lost though
it may feel that way, but
what feels to you as missing is
elsewhere

[Bii]

elsewhere
is just a dream;
imagination reigns
there yet I am trapped here in this
moment

[ampoule]

moment
I pause to touch
it will flitter away
if I don't pay close attention
to time

[PrinceMyshkin]

to time
I will not cede
anything of my own
that surely dwells most deep and sharp
in me

[Pendragon]

in me
people confide
what do they think they see?
hermit gone away seeks to hide
inside...

[CdnReader]

inside
darkness exists
strength, courage and honour
are needed to drive out the fear
of life

[symphony]

of life
i am scared of,
life is tough to survive.
while death has its beauty veiled oft
and scoffed.

[ampoule]

and scoffed,
her sneery look
she gave to him, the one
who changed everything tonight
for best

[PrinceMyshkin]

for best
results use twice
daily, once before and
twice after making love with
whomever

[symphony]

whomever
i've met so far
has but left me wonder:
can this be the one lightbearer
born e'er?

[littlewing53]

whomever
spoke the stranger
mumbling a few words
hat tipped kind words spoken slyly
dark wolf

[Bii]

dark wolf
follows my steps.
A grey shape in the night,
like the wind, and I only see
his eyes

[PrinceMyshkin]

his eyes
and his alone
have the power to see
deeply without fear or reproach
my soul

[Bii]

my soul
stirs the water
a single touch, circles
ripple outwards. Simple cause and
effect

[symphony]

my soul
cant surrender,
neither can reach the goal,
but still wont give in to despair
or fear

[symphony]

damn :D

[littlewing53]

:) ...thought i better refresh before posting...its clear

or fear
speaks so loudly
amongst the shells at sea
sand held stories told secretly
in waves

[ampoule]

in waves
we thrash around
slapping and kicking air
help! save me! we say back and forth
laughing

[CdnReader]

laughing
spilling forth loud
no maintaining reserve
let the giggles overtake now
release

[ampoule]

release
the things that hold
throw yourself into life
breathe in deeply the essence of
good life

[CdnReader]

good life
search for wisdom
eyes forward, determined
to bravely step through obstacles
achieve

[PrinceMyshkin]

Achieve,
Achieve, achieve
No matter what the cost.
No achievement, the middle-class
is lost

[Bii]

is lost
a place where we
go when darkness rains down
and life seems pointless? Is it just
a word?

[PrinceMyshkin]

a word
is nothing if
it is not everything.
Love, for example, is nothing
but love

[Bii]

but love
is undefined,
a word so simple yet
complex. If only it could be
easy.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Easy
love is that which
we feel for puppies and
our kids. Much harder to love a
"grown-up".

[Bii]

grown up
and suddenly
full of disappointment.
Childish expectations now seem
foolish.

[PrinceMyshkin]

foolish
I suppose, is
how we imagine we
are seen by others. But they too
are fools.

[Bii]

are fools
the ones that know
the way it is and do
it anyway, untouched by their
knowledge?

[CdnReader]

Knowledge
is only as
good as the results of
its wielding. Do not judge it by
its book.

[Pendragon]

its book
turn each page, read
a book useless unless
someone delves into secrets
therein

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/read.gif

[PrinceMyshkin]

therein
any book lies
what we read into it
We are each the authors of our
own book

[CdnReader]

own book
absorb contents
spill out what you recall
forget most of what you just learned
collapse

[Bii]

collapse
into my arms
I'll hold you there until
your strength returns. Take what you need
from me

[PrinceMyshkin]

from me
or for me, who
can truly tell? Lovers
are those who receive when they think
they give

[Bii]

they give
something, a word,
a kiss, a touch of breath
on waiting skin, a moment in
eternity

[PrinceMyshkin]

eternity
in an hour, wrote
Blake, and yet how many
eternities, kisses, hours can
we stand?

[Bii]

we stand
opposed in time
oceans apart unclear
as to the possibilities.
What next?

[symphony]

we stand
when united,
while divided we fall--
and who can say if we e'er care
at all?

[PrinceMyshkin]

What next
may never come
for it may have arrived
unbidden, unforeseen and yet
here, here

[symphony]

gosh! not again! why is it me all the time?! :p

what next
can we expect
from a vicious fanged world
which does nothing but pose a threat
timeless

[symphony]

*sigh*

here, here
a tourniquet
can solve it all, expels
all the pain there is, and heals all
there is

[Bii]

timeless
is the need that
seals a letter closed and
hurls it to space. In darkness we
reach out

[Bii]

my turn!

there is
a busy time
on this site when poets
clamour to be heard, sometimes they
will clash!

[PrinceMyshkin]

reach out
with an open
hand, for the palm that shows
itself empty, humble and free
is blessed

[symphony]

muhahah *evil grin* i'm not the only one then ;)


will clash
with each other--
the haste makes us bump, and
trust me dude, when i say, its quite
enjoyed! ;)

[symphony]

:eek:

[Bii]

enjoyed
this banter, the
exchange of words that bat
back and forth like tennis balls on
the court

[CdnReader]

The court
of the land says
your evidence is not
sufficient for clear conviction.
Questions?

[Bii]

:eek:

This so make me laugh!

Questions
serve no purpose.
What's the point of asking
why when no one ever deigns to
answer?

[PrinceMyshkin]

Answer
me this, answer
me that, but why not look
to yourself for the answers that
matter?

[CdnReader]

Matter
Math and physics
Quantum leaps through wormholes
Spatial anomalies that make
heads spin.

[motherhubbard]

Heads spin
In my new dress
Mysteries are no more
And I see myself differently
Shameless

[motherhubbard]

Shameless
With out self doubt
She moved through the people
And they, watching her pass by, smiled
Shameless

[CdnReader]

Shameless
but not blameless
for she chooses with care
the arrows fired into the abyss.
She aims.

[Bii]

she aims
and misses yet
again, the arrow drops,
fletchings stripped they drift and fall to
the ground

[PrinceMyshkin]

the ground
on which we stand
is not the only ground
there is but some think only that
it is

[CdnReader]

It is
nothing more than
what it appears to be
but appearances can deceive,
can't they?

[PrinceMyshkin]

Can't they
always do what
you and I can only
wish to do? And get away with
it too?

[motherhubbard]

It too
Is revealing.
But I do like the fit.
I’m sure he will like it as well!
I’m sold

[CdnReader]

oops.... hehehe

[CdnReader]

I'm sold
on the red one,
the one with the squiggly
antenna that bops and wiggles
with glee.

[motherhubbard]

Real life
Just imagine
How it could be if we
Could work through our differences and
Forgive

[motherhubbard]

With glee
I bound from bed
Anxious to begin this
Adventure that is life and love
What joy

[CdnReader]

What joy
to greet the day,
the sunbeams creeping through,
leaving shining trails that draw me
within.

[motherhubbard]

Within
Hide the secrets
Would you like to peek inside?
You may be pleased, but you will be
Surprised!

[Bii]

Surprised!
You bet I am
she says, surveys the mess
with undisguised amusement, swoops
to kiss

[PrinceMyshkin]

to kiss
would be a fine
way to begin the meal
but what, I'd like to know, would be
dessert?

[CdnReader]

Dessert
is only served
to those who well deserve.
Have you eaten your potatoes?
Let's see.

[symphony]

'let's see
what u got there',
the grumpy man grumbled,
while the girl took off her clothes in
tears

[ampoule]

tears grow
in eyes so kind
that cannot imagine
the futility of a mean
spirit

[motherhubbard]

Spirit,
Left over shadow ,
What remains once we’re gone.
The question is where does it go?
Back home?

[Bii]

Back home
where I belong
familiar streets are
welcoming me with open arms.
Such love

[CdnReader]

Such love
as I can give
will never heal the wounds
that have wrestled your soul from its
moorings.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Moorings:
necessary
at times but beware of
staying for too long in foetid
water

[Pendragon]

water
just a drop left
and I must cross wastelands
where heat causes the mind to mistake
everything...

[Bii]

everything
is kind of wet
today, and warm. Have I
moved to Thailand, I wonder? Weird
weather..

[ampoule]

weather
beats and pets me
makes me run, makes me look
makes me wonder, cower and shake
quick change

[PrinceMyshkin]

Quick change
is coming soon
when each of us will turn
into something like that which we
are not

[CdnReader]

Are not
you ready for
coming changes that will
cause the seas to rise, the land to
recede?

[PrinceMyshkin]

Recede?
My hair perhaps
but not alas my waist
-line, but I myself will always
resist

[Bii]

resist
gravity's pull,
reach your arms up to the
sky and stretch, stretch, until you touch
heaven

[CdnReader]

Heaven...
sounds wonderful.
There will be chocolate...
potato chips....toffee ice cream...
Behave.

[Bii]

Behave!
She slapped his hand,
and giggled playfully.
Despite appearances she was
willing...

[CdnReader]

Willing
to entertain
the notion of being
single and fancy-free, but not
long-term.

[PrinceMyshkin]

"long-term"
has such a grim
sound, as if one were to
jail bound. I'd prefer a term of
longing

[PrinceMyshkin]

longing
for your answer
which I suppose won't be
long in coming or longer than
five lines!

[PrinceMyshkin]

Five lines
I've left here twice
but have yet to receive
so much as a single reply
from you!

[motherhubbard]

from you
I expect much
because you are able
I want to see you succeed and
Flourish

[PrinceMyshkin]

Fluorish
my darling friend
among your fine hens and
even more darling children, whom
you bless

[motherhubbard]

you bless
with your wisdom
and personality
we are all so lucky to have
our Prince

[Bii]

our Prince,
I wonder will
you ever answer my
message? Or are you now onto
third thoughts?

[CdnReader]

Our Prince
will be left here
for all to see once we're
all gone....oh, sorry, you said "Prince"
not prints. ;)

[motherhubbard]

Third thoughts?
What’s the hold up?
Do you want it or not?
Get off the pot! There’s not time left
To doubt.

[Bii]

To doubt
is natural
it seems; to trust, a risk
especially amongst these
harsh times

[motherhubbard]

Harsh times
can break a man.
But, he who faces up
to the challenge ahead of him
succeeds.

[ampoule]

succeeds
the honest one
who looks for all the good
that is inherent in others
for you

[motherhubbard]

for you
I will do it
I will lasso the moon
and pull it down for you to touch
my love

[ampoule]

my love
is not my love
for he will not succumb
to the pleasures I can give him
today

[motherhubbard]

Today
I offer up
all that I have to give.
Why will you not take it from me?
no strings...

[motherhubbard]

No strings
On this puppet
He’s like a real live boy
Maybe the blue fairy will grant
His wish

[PrinceMyshkin]

our Prince,
I wonder will
you ever answer my
message? Or are you now onto
third thoughts?

Third thoughts
are often where
I begin then work my
way back to my original
thinking.

_ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . _

And now back to our original programme

[PrinceMyshkin]

His wish
was always your
command for the heart is
open to the pebble that is
dropped down

[CdnReader]

Dropped down,
below his sight....
we hide, giggling in glee,
knowing that any minute now,
we're caught.

[PrinceMyshkin]

We're caught
in our heart's own
hollow, the white slaver-
y of waiting for someone else
to care.

[CdnReader]

To care
for each other....
Is this not life's greatest
achievement? Shall we not share this
with all?

[Bii]

With all
this time why do
we spend so much of
it waiting? Shouldn't we seize the
moment?

[PrinceMyshkin]

Moment
by moment we
trade life in favour of
death. The moments glide by. Sometimes
they speed

[Bii]

they speed
without a care
towards the sudden end
of non-existence, or something
like it

[ampoule]

like it
for all it's worth
liking before you love
helps you want to know and grow with
someone

[PrinceMyshkin]

Someone
is waiting for
you, someone is always
waiting, but is it the someone
you want?

[motherhubbard]

You want
What you can't have.
Enough is not enough.
With greedy hands you grab and take.
Selfish!

[CdnReader]

Selfish
beyond limits,
perhaps....but all they want
is to love and be loved, beyond
limits.

[motherhubbard]

limits
not set by me
confine me, hold me here
I long to escape the things that
bind me

[Pendragon]

bind me
to memory—
but even those fetters
can not hold me; shatter all chains—
release

[CdnReader]

release
to she who waits
the love that's been ignored
and chained up in a dark place for
too long.

[symphony]

too long
i'll wait no more
let the eye uncover
secrets furled within; let the mist be
lifted

[CdnReader]

Lifted...
arms stretched open...
let the swirling winds raise
you high above this pretense of
real life.

[symphony]

real life
and the "reality"
in it makes me wonder,
can anything be more faux than
life is?

[CdnReader]

Life is
a dance around
the universe, waltzing
along the path of a comet...
spellbound.

[symphony]

spellbound,
caught in the mo'--
life stood a bit away
from where we were, and death itself
held back.

[CdnReader]

Held back
without good cause
or justification....
Give me the full width of the world
to live.

[symphony]

to live
we cry, we strive,
and yet, alas, cannot
find life in life's deadly quest
for death!

hello CdnReader, by the way. :p

[CdnReader]

Hello backatcha, Symphony. :)


For death
seems but a breath
away. Must we always
struggle to keep it safely at
arm's length?

[ampoule]

arm's length
the line he draws
do not get close to me
but, oh, if I could curve that line
'round me

[PrinceMyshkin]

'round me
is memory
and the expansive round
earth around which space is silent
and deep

[CdnReader]

And deep
is the lost night
of my longing...without
you here to keep the shadows
at bay.

[PrinceMyshkin]

At Bay
corner of Bloor
I was hoping to meet
my lover but she alas was
elsewhere!

[CdnReader]

Elsewhere
and Main, she said,
no wonder you missed her....
Intersections apart... the heart
is lost.

[symphony]

"is lost
the times we shared",
trite it was and would be,
except that u, of all, said it
aloud.

[Riesa]

Aloud;
dully fading,
your voice oscillates:
Seamist and red chairs. I see, then
I don't.

[symphony]

i dont
let one too close
lest there are involvments,
dare not get into blisses, lest
they hurt

[CdnReader]

They hurt
our ears when they
fling epithets. They hurt
our hearts when they forget to be
human.

[Bii]

human
nature never
fails to surprise, although
we ought to have figured it out
by now.

[PrinceMyshkin]

by now
of course it could
be tomorrow, in which
we'd have missed out on the rest of
today!

[CdnReader]

today
will soon
be lost in the annals
of history....did you do all
you could?

[Bii]

you could
ask, and I could
answer but then where would
the mystery be? It might be
boring.

[CdnReader]

Boring
is eggs without
salsa. Boring is tea
without sugar or spaghetti,
no sauce.

[Bii]

no sauce!
You're having a
laugh aren't you? The burly
trucker yelped while egg yolk spilled down
his shirt

[CdnReader]

His shirt
displayed the wear
of one who struggled through
threadbare times of never enough.
She sighed.

[ampoule]

She sighed
the patch was sewn
atop the hole of thoughts
but it was not strong enough to
hold them

[firefangled]

hold them,
they won’t bite you,
unless you squeeze to hard,
then they may disappear like ghosts —
poems

[CdnReader]

poems...
scatters of words
that reflect inner thoughts,
our true selves on display for all...
or not

[firefangled]

or not…
the way Hepburn
pronounced rough Charlie’s name...
and what became of rust and lace,
ol’ girl?

[PrinceMyshkin]

ol' girl
as I first thought
you, till I discovered
there were qualities better than
gender

[CdnReader]

Gender...
a two-sex world
can't cover the concept.
Surrender your misconceptions...
Accept.

[Riesa]

Accept
the disconnect,
hollowed crystal prison
mutes words shot across galactic
distance

[ampoule]

distance
close then farther
than when I touched your arm
and you threw it across the world
away

[littlewing53]

it's great to read the awesome haikus coming thru....

away
directions change
the wind blows hard eastward
turning i saw your shadow pass
come close

[Bii]

come close
to the cliff edge,
watch the quibbling sea.
Swollen waves storm the waiting shore,
at war

[firefangled]

at war,
and if you won
all the land, all the wealth,
all choices were yours, your God ruled,
watch out!

[Riesa]

watch out,
lest beguiled
becomes as air to gills
and no furtive back-swimming
un-nets.

[littlewing53]

un-nets
weary rider
passing thru the waters
beneath the deep seas wondering
dreaming

[Il Penseroso]

dreaming
of the heavens
half-conscious scanning of
stone clouds, marble walls; reflections
of us.