Three People Haiku

[DanielBenoit]

With or without you
All things bad seem to fade away

[toni]

With or without you
All things bad seem to fade away
You're my only hope

[DanielBenoit]

Saturation of mirrors

[krymsonkyng]

Saturation of mirrors
clouded by steamy faces

[Dark Muse]

Saturation of mirrors
clouded by steamy faces
watching with black eyes

[DanielBenoit]

Forgotten dreams cling

[Dark Muse]

Forgotten dreams cling
caught in cosmic spider webs

[toni]

Forgotten dreams cling
caught in cosmic spider webs
complex theories

[DanielBenoit]

No longer a dream

[Dark Muse]

No longer a dream
when I wake in this nightmare

[DanielBenoit]

No longer a dream
when I wake in this nightmare
my mind grows old

[toni]

Look, your wooden bones

[mazHur]

Look, your wooden bones
won't help you do the circus

[toni]

Look, your wooden bones
won't help you do the circus
or march the parade

[DanielBenoit]

Look, my hollow soul

[toni]

Look, my hollow soul
ashen, and dehydrated

[DanielBenoit]

Look, my hollow soul
ashen, and dehydrated
you brought me water

[toni]

They talk like puppets

[DanielBenoit]

They talk like puppets
Socks, living breathing, bloodless

[toni]

They talk like puppets
Socks, living breathing, bloodless
Bound in silver strings

[DanielBenoit]

So strange nightingale

[toni]

So strange nightingale
treading the path to the light

[DanielBenoit]

So strange nightingale
treading the path to light
sing your mysteries

[toni]

Mirror all my thoughts

[DanielBenoit]

Mirror all my thoughts
Thy dear invisible ghost

[toni]

Mirror all my thoughts
Thy dear invisible ghost,
untangled madness

[DanielBenoit]

What is that which dwells

[toni]

What is that which dwells -
lost soul in turbulent seas

[DanielBenoit]

What is that which dwells -
lost soul in turbulent seas
Alas, you are found!

[toni]

Vultures- hovering

[DanielBenoit]

Vultures - hovering
Over thine own rotten corpse

[toni]

Vultures - hovering
Over thine own rotten corpse
they make prey-your feet

[DanielBenoit]

'Do you think it is?'

[toni]

'Do you think it is?'
a ghost veiled in the shadows

[DanielBenoit]

'Do you think it is?'
a ghost veiled in the shadows
of my prison house*

*from Hamlet

[toni]

Better things await

[DanielBenoit]

Better things await
In the forrest, where all is

[toni]

Better things await
In the forrest, where all is
dim and forgotten

[DanielBenoit]

Memories of you

[toni]

Memories of you
ancient haunts of distant past

[DanielBenoit]

Memories of you
ancient haunts of distant past
brings back the silence

[toni]

20th Century Dream

[DanielBenoit]

20th century dream
Dead, in the bars of Fitzgerald

(I know, I broke the law :lol:)

[toni]

:cold:

20th century dream
Dead, in the bars of Fitzgerald
On gutters - a corpse

[mazHur]

Just leave me alone

[toni]

Just leave me alone
slowly awaiting the End

[DanielBenoit]

Just leave me alone
slowly awaiting the End
the whole empty world

[toni]

Fractured skulls and veins

[DanielBenoit]

Fractured skulls and veins
Draining out my blood and breathe

[toni]

Fractured skulls and veins
Draining out my blood and breathe
x-rays and blood tests

[Dark Muse]

She stole the moonlight

[DanielBenoit]

She stole moonlight
From my soul, and took it

[mazHur]

She stole moonlight
From my soul, and took it
to the stars beyond

[toni]

Painting perfection

[mazHur]

Painting perfection
should I praise the brush or hand

[toni]

Painting perfection
should I praise the brush or hand
or mind- which creates

[AdoreroDio]

A slipped mistake

[mazHur]

Mona Lisa smile/this is cancelled

[mazHur]

A slipped mistake
Mona Lisa smile reflects

[toni]

A slipped mistake
Mona Lisa smile reflects
Broken promises

[mazHur]

Bubbles talk to me

[toni]

Bubbles talk to me
in teapots, we rose - as steam

[DanielBenoit]

Bubbles talk to me
in teapots, we rose - as steam
Rolls over and out

[toni]

Mocking the sunset

[DanielBenoit]

Mocking the sunset
Stiff, petrified upon the shore

[toni]

Mocking the sunset
Stiff, petrified upon the shore
a death, washed by waves

[DanielBenoit]

I tossed the ashes

[toni]

I tossed the ashes
with a bat of an eyelash

[DanielBenoit]

I tossed the ashes
with a bat of an eyelash
the wind blew them back

[toni]

Lit, Parisian streets

[DanielBenoit]

Lit, Parisian streets
Gives me goosebumps in winter

[toni]

Lit, Parisian streets
Gives me goosebumps in winter
snowflakes on mine cheeks

[DanielBenoit]

droplets of water

[toni]

Droplets on water
form an image on the floor

[DanielBenoit]

Droplets on water
form an image on the floor
I look into it

[mazHur]

drops drop drop by drop

[toni]

drops drop drop by drop
fall on velvet umbrella

[DanielBenoit]

drops drop drop by drop
fall on velvet umbrella
velvet leaks in drops

[toni]

Up the brick rooftops

[DanielBenoit]

Up the brick rooftops
Might I fall to dusty death?

[toni]

Up the brick rooftops
Might I fall to dusty death?
Or stain the ground red?

[DanielBenoit]

Newspapers forgot

[toni]

Newspapers forgot
To state my obituary

[DanielBenoit]

Newspapers forgot
To state my obituary,
How pointless it was!

[toni]

The charred piano keys

[DanielBenoit]

The charred piano keys
Eat away at my fingers

[toni]

The charred piano keys
Eat away at my fingers
For your lullaby

[DanielBenoit]

Silently, it blows

[toni]

Silently, it blows
the paper-thin feminist

[DanielBenoit]

Silently, it blows
the paper-thin feminist
down the draining pipes

[toni]

Among grassy plains

[DanielBenoit]

Among grassy planes
I am, and yet I am not

[Dark Muse]

Among grassy planes
I am, and yet I am not
held in natures arms

[toni]

Skulls in prison cells

[DanielBenoit]

Skulls in prison cells
A neat arrangement, spilled wine

[toni]

Skulls in prison cells
A neat arrangement, spilled wine;
Fortress of suicide

[DanielBenoit]

Doth the voice not speak?

[toni]

Doth the voice not speak?
of phrases both sad and sweet?

[DanielBenoit]

Doth the voice not speak?
of phrases both sad and sweet?
makes a perfect song

[Dark Muse]

Dancing desert winds

[toni]

Dancing desert winds
Silk sheets on my marble skin

[DanielBenoit]

Dancing desert winds
Silk sheets on my marble skin
A surreal landscape

[toni]

Monoprints of past

[DanielBenoit]

Monoprints of past
They paint a blurry picture

[toni]

Monoprints of past
They paint a blurry picture
Untold history

[DanielBenoit]

Unwritten pages

[toni]

Unwritten pages
Images wait to be penned

[DanielBenoit]

Unwritten pages
Images wait to be penned
Sweeping syllables

[toni]

From behind the walls

[DanielBenoit]

From behind the walls
Wheels the eye of omniscience

[toni]

From behind the walls
Wheels the eye of omniscience
mirroring movements

[DanielBenoit]

the gun to ceiling

[toni]

the gun to ceiling
heartbeats burn holes on the wall

[DanielBenoit]

the gun to ceiling
heartbeats burn holes on the wall
isomorphic sides

[toni]

Silk, graceful movements

[DanielBenoit]

Silk, graceful movements
Like light, trickling upon glass

[toni]

Silk, graceful movements
Like light, trickling upon glass,
soft strokes of whispers

[DanielBenoit]

Pretty prison cell

[toni]

Pretty prison cells
roguery, guilt, adorn walls

[DanielBenoit]

Pretty prison cells
roguery, guilt, adorn walls
happy, bloody, numb

[toni]

:p

specks of dusk on skin

[DanielBenoit]

specks of dusk on skin
weeping sweat from sun's beauty

[toni]

specks of dusk on skin
weeping sweat from sun's beauty
basking midnight musks

[DanielBenoit]

^:thumbs_up

The aums of midnight

[toni]

:3

The aums of midnight
Creeps, in the dreary silence

[DanielBenoit]

The aums of midnight
Creeps, in the dreary silence
Of the sunless skies

[toni]

The pale, arched statue

[Dark Muse]

The pale, arched statue
weeped among the ivy vines

[DanielBenoit]

The pale, arched statue
weeped among the ivy vines
thought upon its state

[toni]

Expression of dance

[DanielBenoit]

Expression of dance
Lightfooted, dancing joy and

[toni]

Expression of dance
Lightfooted, dancing joy and
lighting candlesticks

[DanielBenoit]

Flying into stars

[toni]

Flying into stars
trapped within surreal dreamscapes

[DanielBenoit]

Flying into stars
trapped within surreal dreamscapes
never to leave again

[toni]

Bleak thoughts on blank page

[DanielBenoit]

Bleak thoughts on blank page
My pen, dies of apathy

[toni]

Bleak thoughts on blank page
My pen, dies of apathy
laid on tomb of thorns

[DanielBenoit]

A hair falls, calling

[balehead]

A hair falls, calling
Up thoughts of lost summers spent

[Haunted]

A hair falls, calling
Up thoughts of lost summers spent
on your soft shoulders

[toni]

A door to madness

[Dark Muse]

A door to madness
opens deep within my soul

[DanielBenoit]

A door to madness
opens deep within my soul
and shuts thyself out

[dara.cv]

beyond her limits

[toni]

Beyond her limits
She treads the streets of unknown

[DanielBenoit]

Beyond her limits
She treads the streets of unknown
Where shadows collide

[toni]

A rose on the porch

[Dark Muse]

A rose on the porch
forgotten among the dust

[AdoreroDio]

A rose on the porch
forgotten among the dust
trumpled underneath

[Dark Muse]

Distant souls collide

[balehead]

Distant souls collide
And, reviled by the world, end

[Il Penseroso]

Distant souls collide,
and reviled by the world, end
in suction to sky

[balehead]

Fallen angels, so

[toni]

Fallen angels, so
in swift strides, they fall, collapse

[DanielBenoit]

Fallen angels, so
in swift strides, they fall, collapse
awakened and fade

[Dark Muse]

Among the black hills

[ampoule]

Among the black hills
shadows offering the past

[Haunted]

Among the black hills
shadows offering the past
a place to ferment

[Buh4Bee]

A place to ferment
an undrinkable Blue Moon

[Silas Thorne]

A place to ferment
an undrinkable Blue Moon.
My shadow hunts me!

[symphony]

We sell tomorrows

[hack]

we sell tomorrows
yesterdays are two for one

[tailor STATELY]

we sell tomorrows
yesterdays are two for one
except Black Fridays

[hack]

elderberry whine

[hack]

elderberry whine
choking sobs of zinfandel

[hack]

elderberry whine
choking sobs of zinfandel
don't cry in your beer

[hack]

a course Burmese blend

[Dark Muse]

a course Burmese blend
on a sultry afternoon

[hack]

a course Burmese blend
on a sultry afternoon
silk and cotton wed

[Buh4Bee]

I remember a time

[hack]

I remember a time
when you burned the beans and cried

[Haunted]

I remember a time
when you burned the beans and cried
the pork is ruined!

[Silas Thorne]

Good morning sunshine

[Dark Muse]

Good morning sunshine
please stop shining in my eye

[Silas Thorne]

Good morning sunshine
please stop shining in my eye
piss off behind clouds!

[BienvenuJDC]

The morning sun peeked...

[Haunted]

The morning sun peeked...
curtains billow to reveal

[BienvenuJDC]

The morning sun peeked...
curtains billow to reveal


(We need a 3rd person for three people haiku.)

[Haunted]

You can be the third person like Silas did. I won't report you.

[BienvenuJDC]

The morning sun peeked...
curtains billow to reveal
a small waking child

[hack]

but hope clings to me

[BienvenuJDC]

But hope clings to me
Good fortune drifts around me

[Haunted]

But hope clings to me
Good fortune drifts around me
snow gives way to sun

[BienvenuJDC]

The colossal giant

[Haunted]

The colossal giant
a big heart carved out of stone

[hack]

The colossal giant
a big heart carved out of stone
blood stone in his veins

[kiz_paws]

Melting memory

[hack]

melting memory
true love reduced to blank stare

[toni]

melting memory
true love reduced to blank stare-
whisper, lost in winds

[hack]

below crystal peaks

[ashley_bergman]

Below crystal peaks
A beauty holds your gaze

[BienvenuJDC]

Below crystal peaks
A beauty holds your gaze
With eyes of a hawk

[toni]

Fleeting memories

[hack]

fleeting memories
dreams and things that never were

[Haunted]

fleeting memories
dreams and things that never were
soon without a trace

[toni]

Looking through the glass

[BienvenuJDC]

Looking through the glass
Seeing from new perspectives

[hack]

looking through the glass
seeing from new perspectives
kaleidoscopic

[Haunted]

a rainbow of grays

[Dark Muse]

A rainbow of grays
reflect the ash of your soul

[hack]

a rainbow of grays
reflect the ash of your soul
kaleidoscopic

[toni]

Watercolour strokes

[hack]

watercolor strokes
twisted into an orange sun

[Haunted]

watercolor strokes
twisted into an orange sun
dark night dripped away

[Dark Muse]

The violin plays

[tailor STATELY]

The violin plays
Its vibratro trill sends chills

[toni]

The violin plays
Its vibratro trill sends chills
from past centuries

[DanielBenoit]

Time enthuse and use

[toni]

Time enthuse and use
claustrophobic ideas

[DanielBenoit]

Time enthuse and use
claustrophobic ideas
Away and away

[Heathcliff]

The sun and the moon.

[Dark Muse]

The sun and the moon
two unrequited lovers

[ampoule]

The sun and the moon
two unrequited lovers

they fight for sky-time

[toni]

No room for the songs

[hack]

no room for the songs
neither dirge nor elegy

[Heathcliff]

No room for the songs,
Neither dirge or elegy.
Singing through a speech.

[ampoule]

Stop! Clear your settings

[MarkBastable]

Stop! Clear your settings!
Dump the cache! Abort the job!

[toni]

Stop! Clear your settings!
Dump the cache! Abort the job!
Take a break! Live free.

[Heathcliff]

Past the title page,

[Haunted]

past the title page
comes a new chapter of life

[Heathcliff]

Past the title page,
Comes a new chapter of life.
Epic, life-long dream.

[hack]

each drip beats the drum

[Haunted]

each drip beats the drum
my bleeding heart marches on

[BienvenuJDC]

each drip beats the drum
my bleeding heart marches on
the rhythm kills me

[kiz_paws]

In dangerous times

[BienvenuJDC]

In dangerous times
a brave haunted beauty lived

[Haunted]

In dangerous times
a brave haunted beauty lived
her hero at war

[BienvenuJDC]

Her dear valiant peach

[Haunted]

Her dear valiant peach
served up to please His Highness

[BienvenuJDC]

Her dear valiant peach
served up to please His Highness
the lowly pitted

[Haunted]

midnight confessions

[BienvenuJDC]

Midnight confessions
reveal inner desires

[Haunted]

Midnight confessions
reveal inner desires
praying for a dream

[BienvenuJDC]

A dream before you

[BienvenuJDC]

A dream before you

the wonders of dusk...

[Haunted]

A dream before you
of day rendezvous with night
the wonders of dusk...

[tailor STATELY]

Sapphire eyes flash bright

[Heathcliff]

Laminated watch,

[kiz_paws]

Sapphire eyes flash bright
frozen halo in the dusk
laminated watch

[BienvenuJDC]

The beast from within

[Haunted]

The beast from within
longs for a thing called Beauty

[BienvenuJDC]

The beast from within
longs for a thing called Beauty
Hidden in shadows

[Haunted]

Lightning has struck twice

[BienvenuJDC]

Lightning has struck twice
illuminating the way

[Haunted]

Lightning has struck twice
illuminating the way
to the hall of fate

[toni]

A pocketwatch ticks

[DanielBenoit]

A pocketwatch ticks
Ticking, in my coat-pocket

[BienvenuJDC]

A pocket watch ticks
Ticking, in my coat-pocket
ready to tell time