Three People Haiku

[mazHur]

How can I see God?

[Haunted]

how can I see God?
in the unexplainable

[Janine]

how can I see God?
in the unexplainable
mystics meditate

[BienvenuJDC]

I saw him once and...

[mazHur]

I saw him once and
we strolled in heaven awhile

[Haunted]

I saw him once and
we strolled in heaven awhile
that day...time stands still

[Janine]

I saw him once and
we strolled in heaven awhile
infinite moments

[Janine]

that day...time stands still
thoughts' pendulum suspended

[Haunted]

that day...time stands still
thoughts' pendulum suspended
us — eternity

[mazHur]

Love without sex is

[BienvenuJDC]

Love without sex is
Like a cake without sprinkles

[Janine]

:lol: haha.....

Love without sex is
Like a cake without sprinkles
myst'ry without crime

[BienvenuJDC]

Chocolate Cheesecake

[Haunted]

Chocolate Cheesecake
titillating my taste buds

[Janine]

Chocolate Cheesecake
titillating my taste buds
count no calories!

[Haunted]

oh please humor me!

[mazHur]

oh please humor me!
sing a song or tell a joke

[Haunted]

oh please humor me!
sing a song or tell a joke
or bring me the moon

[mazHur]

Moon begs light from you

[Janine]

Moon begs light from you
Celestral priestess, palms sealed

[Haunted]

Moon begs light from you

what a lovely line :p

[Dark Muse]

Moon begs light from you
Celestral priestess, palms sealed
draw Diana down

[mazHur]

thanks, Haunted!

''If I shall meet thee''

[Janine]

''If I shall meet thee''
upon this path of living

[Haunted]

''If I shall meet thee''
says the moon to the lil' star

[qimissung]

"If I shall meet thee"
says the moon to the lil' star
"we'll swim cobalt night"

[qimissung]

"If I shall meet thee"
upon this path of living
rapture will bloom here

[mazHur]

''How shall I greet thee?''

[Dark Muse]

''How shall I greet thee?''
maiden of the Sabbath fair

[Janine]

"How shall I greet thee"
maiden of the Sabbath fair
with pure devotion?

[mazHur]

Ripe mangoes are sweet

[Janine]

Ripe mangoes are sweet
taste buds tingle with nector

[qimissung]

ripe mangoes are sweet
taste buds tingle with nector
sunlight on my tongue

[Haunted]

mmm french vanilla!

(are we having a food fetish or what) :P

[Janine]

mmm french vanilla!
creamy and smooth, delicious

[mazHur]

mmm french vanilla!
creamy and smooth, delicious
like a maiden kiss!

[Janine]

like a maiden kiss
he touched my palms with his lips

[BienvenuJDC]

like a maiden kiss
he touched my palms with his lips
they traveled further

[jekan blazer]

foxes are sly like

[mazHur]

foxes are sly like
the hidden hands of black death

[jekan blazer]

foxes are sly like
the hidden hands of black death...
sneaky little fox...

[ReflectionOfSky]

fire is light and warmth

[qimissung]

fire is light and warmth
losing you is dark and cold

[PoeticPassions]

fire is light and warmth
losing you is dark and cold
like winter's first night

[BienvenuJDC]

The sweltering breeze

[Haunted]

the sweltering breeze
air brushing beads made of sweat

[Haunted]

the sweltering breeze
air brushing beads made of sweat

[mazHur]

the sweltering breeze
air brushing beads made of sweat
let's take off our shirts!

[alakungfu]

a Freudian slip

[Haunted]

a Freudian slip
revealing...like lingerie

[Janine]

a Freudian slip
revealing...like lingerie
silky allusion

[alakungfu]

Luscious Lady Luck

[BienvenuJDC]

Luscious Lady Luck
Her fateful name Destiny

[mazHur]

Luscious Lady Luck
Her fateful name Destiny
lurks over my head

[Haunted]

Luscious Lady Luck
Her fateful name Destiny
twin of Désirée

[mazHur]

sometimes time moves slow

[alexar]

sometimes time moves slow
the dogs sleep and the hot sun

[Janine]

sometimes time moves slow
the dogs sleep and the hot sun
ducks behind dense woods

[mazHur]

sometimes time moves slow
the dogs sleep and the hot sun
ducks behind dense woods

Hi Janine

Hope you are fine

Beautiful ending!!:)

[mazHur]

My lips are thirsty

[alexar]

My lips are thirsty
For honey and kisses and

[mazHur]

My lips are thirsty
For honey and kisses and
a sharp poison sting!

[alexar]

the honey bees have left

[mazHur]

the honey bees have left
wasps storm the beehive and smile

[alexar]

the honey bees have left
wasps storm the beehive and smile
while the honey lasts

[mazHur]

don't create a scene

[Haunted]

don't create a scene
get a grip and hide your tears

[alexar]

don't create a scene
get a grip and hide your tears
you owe it to us

[mazHur]

I owe you nothing

[Haunted]

I owe you nothing
but you owe me everything

[mazHur]

I owe you nothing
but you owe me everything
Did you say something??

[BienvenuJDC]

Haunted is pretty

[mazHur]

Haunted is pretty
she seemed so in my sweet dreams

[Haunted]

Haunted is pretty
she seemed so in my sweet dreams
she's dancing away.....!!!!

[BienvenuJDC]

Mysterious maz

[mazHur]

Mysterious maz
Novel creation of God

[BienvenuJDC]

Mysterious maz
Novel creation of God
Not just a comic

[Haunted]

Bien, the knight in steel

[mazHur]

Bien, the knight in steel
waving jav'lin on a steed

[BienvenuJDC]

Bien, the knight in steel
waving jav'lin on a steed
Need not say...a thing

[Haunted]

Janine harem queen

[mazHur]

Where are all my friends?

[Janine]

Janine harem queen
her veil glitters with sequins

[mazHur]

Janine harem queen
outshines all other pawn 'Kwens' (as used in Grimm's fairy tales!!)

[mazHur]

Janine harem queen
her veil glitters with sequins
pearls drop when she smiles!

[BienvenuJDC]

kiz_paws the creator

[Janine]

Nice one maz! Thanks....I love pearls....sea pearls are nice.....or are they pearls of wisdom?

kiz_paws the creator
sensitive nature author

[mazHur]

kiz_paws the creator
busy creating mysteries

[mazHur]

Nice one maz! Thanks....I love pearls....sea pearls are nice.....or are they pearls of wisdom?

Both:)

Four friends together

Good Augury for future!:)
the Fifth one is on her way!!;)

[Janine]

would this work....?

kiz_paws the creator
sensitive nature's author
creating myst'ries

hope you don't mind, maz, I altered your last line to make it work. I bet you out on the second line by a second.

[Janine]

Good Augury for future
the Fifth one is on her way
together, create

[Janine]

sorry I missed this line before:

Where are all my friends?
Here lurking in the background

[mazHur]

would this work....?

kiz_paws the creator
sensitive nature's author
creating myst'ries

this seems perfect! aloha!

[Janine]

this seems perfect! aloha!

Thanks; glad you are not mad at me for altering your line some...Aloha? :lol:

[mazHur]

Thanks; glad you are not mad at me for altering your line some...Aloha? :lol:

As I told you before, I love women doing such innocent things!!;)

[BienvenuJDC]

Bravi...Bravi...Bravissimi

[Janine]

:lol: who says I'm innocent? ;)

this one needs completing.....

Where are all my friends?
Here lurking in the background

[mazHur]

:lol: who says I'm innocent?

this one needs completing.....

your heart and mind tells:p

Where are all my friends?
Here lurking in the background
making me haunted.:)

[mazHur]

Bravi...Bravi...Bravissimi
Bravo Bravus Bravicum

[Janine]

your heart and mind tells:p

Where are all my friends?
Here lurking in the background
making me haunted.:)

Bravo, maz!

...and I really give myself away, eh?

Here's a first line

haunted, alluring....

[Janine]

Bravi...Bravi...Bravissimi
Bravo Bravus Bravicum

Isn't that first line more than 5 syllables? I am confused and I don't know Italian...obviously....

[mazHur]

haunted, alluring....
on her way to conquer hearts

[mazHur]

Isn't that first line more than 5 syllables? I am confused and I don't know Italian...obviously....

Yes it is( infact 8 syllabled)but I though it is pronounced in short form by Bien, I hope he is not half asleep??;)

[Janine]

Yes it is( infact 8 syllabled)but I though it is pronounced in short form by Bien, I hope he is not half asleep??;)

I thought so....I am the one who is half asleep right now...:yawnb:

[mazHur]

okay, then lets hit the sack and prepare to dream!llol

[Haunted]

haunted, alluring....
on her way to conquer hearts
mmmmm, Bravissimi!!!

(whatever that means! :lol:

[Janine]

okay, then lets hit the sack and prepare to dream!llol

Must be super late there.....I am dreaming via movieland in a few minutes and then I will "shuffle off this mortal coil" to dreamland and sleep...."sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care"...Shakespeare...Hamlet and McBeth......;) Peaceful dreams, my friend.....

[BienvenuJDC]

"Bravi...Bravi...Bravissimi!" sang Erik in response to Daae's performance...

Therefore, I was giving the ultimate praise for a job well done!

[mazHur]

Must be super late there.....I am dreaming via movieland in a few minutes and then I will "shuffle off this mortal coil" to dreamland and sleep...."sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care"...Shakespeare...Hamlet and McBeth......;) Peaceful dreams, my friend.....

G'night
sleep tight!!:)

[alakungfu]

the legend derailed

[mazHur]

the legend derailed
its bogeys turned upside down

[Haunted]

the legend derailed
its bogeys turned upside down
spilling its magic

[alakungfu]

by-product of vice

[mazHur]

by-product of vice
the precursor of swine flu

[alakungfu]

by-product of vice
the precursor of swine flu
and harbinger vile

[mazHur]

one two three four five

[Haunted]

one two three four five
six seven eight step step kick step

[Janine]

one two three four five
six seven eight step step kick step
let's do the can-can!

[mazHur]

she slept like a thrush

[Haunted]

she slept like a thrush
all snug in her little nest

[mazHur]

she slept like a thrush
all snug in her little nest
nestlings under wings

[alexar]

bright sun on white stones

[just mercedes]

bright sun on white stones
under black Cold Mountain pines

[Buh4Bee]

bright sun on white stones
under black Cold Mountain pines
I stand and wonder

[alexar]

bright sun on white stones
under black Cold Mountain pines
I stand and wonder

Hey that one came out well, high fives.

[Buh4Bee]

five fingers, one up

[just mercedes]

unequivocal signal

[alexar]

five fingers, one up
unequivocal signal
and symbol of self

[Buh4Bee]

a mean girl said sorry

[just mercedes]

a mean girl said sorry
but her fingers were still crossed

[Buh4Bee]

a mean girl said sorry
but her fingers were still crossed
only you may know

[just mercedes]

ocean-floating sun

[Red-Headed]

ocean-floating sun
distorted like a fractal

[just mercedes]

ocean floating sun
distorted like a fractal
surprised, meets itself

[Red-Headed]

:thumbs_up

[Red-Headed]

Finch lands on a fence

[just mercedes]

finch lands on a fence -
garden cat stretches and yawns

[Red-Headed]

finch lands on a fence -
garden cat stretches and yawns
too lazy to care

[alakungfu]

too lazy to care
and still just remote enough

[Red-Headed]

too lazy to care
and still just remote enough
to go back to sleep

[Janine]

to go back to sleep
listen to thunder far off

[alakungfu]

to go back to sleep
listen to thunder far off
interact in sync

[Red-Headed]

with dreams in colour

[Janine]

with dreams in colour
album runs through my brain cells

[mazHur]

with dreams in colour
album runs through my brain cells
hewn with gold edges

[alexar]

september starlight

[mazHur]

September starlight
lovers two sit beside brook

[Janine]

with dreams in colour
album runs through my brain cells
hewn with gold edges

maz, I love your ending....beautifully visual...

September starlight
lovers two sit beside brook
stars, refracted senses

[mazHur]

thanks so much, Janine.

worth a thousand words

[alexar]

A mouse! A mouse! Look!


(starting these poems is such a privilege)

[mazHur]

Alex, ....had a look at the previous entry? No?

it says

'worth a thousand words'

[mazHur]

A mouse! A mouse! Look!
cleverly my pancake took

[Janine]

A mouse! A mouse! Look!
cleverly my pancake took
scurrying away!


'worth a thousand words'
a thousand times more potent

[alexar]

A mouse! A mouse! Look!
cleverly my pancake took
quick, hide the sugar

...sorry Mazhur, I thought 'worth a thousand words' was your grateful response to Janine's comment about your 'visual' writing, pictures being very precisely...

Worth a thousand words
but poets might use fewer

[alexar]

oh DAMN I messed this thread up twice now

hang on...

[alexar]

'worth a thousand words'
a thousand times more potent
but half as lovely

[mazHur]

No prob. Was just jokin, hehe!

Worth a thousand words
but poets might use fewer
but every word counts.

In response to Jan

'worth a thousand words'
a thousand times more potent
than gladiators.

[mazHur]

gently blows the breeze

[alexar]

gently blows the breeze
but nothing can ever change

[Janine]

gently blows the breeze
but nothing can ever change
in a world like this

[Janine]

time's wandering waves

[mazHur]

time's wandering waves
confound before touching shore

[Janine]

time's wandering waves
confound before touching shore
eroding the soul

[mazHur]

I'm here you are there

[Janine]

I'm here you are there
imaginary spaces

[mazHur]

I'm here you are there
imaginary spaces
hid in brutal time.

[Janine]

hid in brutal time
past restrictions of the mind

[mazHur]

hid in brutal time
past restrictions of the mind
yet veiled in heart's clime.

[Janine]

oops, I mixed up Haikus and stole you line, mazHur, sorry 'bout that.
Your last one is a good one!

beyond earth's bound'ry

[alakungfu]

beyond earth's bound'ry
white film of hesitancy

[Janine]

beyond earth's bound'ry
white film of hesitancy
can we make the leap?

[mazHur]

Look before you leap

[Haunted]

Look before you leap
into the land of unknown

[Janine]

Look before you leap
into the land of unknown
passion's depths consume

[mazHur]

passion paves my plight

[Janine]

passion paves my plight
prisoner of fate's cruel hand

[mazHur]

passion paves my plight
prisoner of fate's cruel hand
lone star of the night.

[Janine]

Nice last line, maz...

bright night lost in fog

[mazHur]

thanks, Jan.


bright night lost in fog
blinded vision with the smog

[Janine]

bright night lost in fog
blinded vision with the smog
touch finds path to light

[mazHur]

touch finds path to light
come closer, sit beside me
feel blaze of my heart.

[Janine]

Nice one, maz, but his is three person......beware of the haiku police.....

hearts on fire dancing

[mazHur]

Gosh! i don't seem to wait!
Come on 'third person'....sometimes waiting is hell!

hearts on fire dancing
like moths circ-ling around lamp

[Janine]

Gosh! i don't seem to wait!
Come on 'third person'....sometimes waiting is hell!

hearts on fire dancing
like moths circ-ling around lamp

That's ok, the H police haven't stopped us yet; we can morph into the third person; no one else seems to be around. I will be gone soon myself for awhile.

hearts on fire dancing
like moths circ-ling around lamp
temptation's bright flame

[mazHur]

That's ok, the H police haven't stopped us yet; we can morph into the third person; no one else seems to be around. I will be gone soon myself for awhile.

hearts on fire dancing
like moths circ-ling around lamp
temptation's bright flame

Have you heard the song, If you go away/On a summer day ??

If you will leave there will be 2 persons short and me alone ,,, How will a sparrow make spring!;)

[just mercedes]

sorry, try again

[just mercedes]

one sparrow makes spring

[mazHur]

a sparrow makes spring
two sparrows bring hail and rain

[Janine]

a sparrow makes spring
dance in perfect unison

[Janine]

a sparrow makes spring
two sparrows bring hail and rain

a sparrow makes spring
two sparrows bring hail and rain
three sparrows turmoil

maz, can you finish mine? You are so good at this.

[mazHur]

a sparrow makes spring
two sparrows bring hail and rain
three sparrows turmoil

maz, can you finish mine? You are so good at this.

a sparrow makes spring
dance in perfect unison
singing to love's tune.;)

[Janine]

Very nice - thanks!

peacock's feather eyes

[mazHur]

peacock's feather eyes
dollar coins spread all over

[just mercedes]

peacock's feather eyes
dollar coins spread all over
are they heads or tails?

[Janine]

Have you heard the song, If you go away/On a summer day ?? I know that song well and I think I know the next lines..."then you might as well take the sun away, all the birds that flew in the summer sky, when our love was new and our hearts were high" - wow, surprised I remembered that.:) Been a long time since I heard it...good song!


If you will leave there will be 2 persons short and me alone ,,, How will a sparrow make spring!;) hahaha...isn't that they other Haiku theme? I have to go and eat dinner. It must be late there.

Ok, to present haiku.....

peacock's feather eyes
dollar coins spread all over
shimm'ring shadows glow

[Janine]

peacock's feather eyes
dollar coins spread all over
are they heads or tails?

oops, sorry mercedes, I was 3 sec's too late. Anyway, I love yours best!
I will use my last line as my first now.

Shimm'ry shadows glow

[just mercedes]

Shimm'ry shadows glow
winter moon breaks through grey cloud

[mazHur]

Shimm'ry shadows glow
winter moon breaks through grey cloud
surrounded by stars

[just mercedes]

nice shift of focus!

[mazHur]

nice shift of focus!
mind has left heart has entered

[Janine]

nice shift of focus!
mind has left heart has entered
within find heaven

[mazHur]

Build a paradise

[Haunted]

build a paradise
east of Garden of Eden

[alakungfu]

build a paradise
east of Garden of Eden
unhinged from sorrow

[mazHur]

Go away ill wind

[Lynne50]

go away ill wind
blow across a dusty sky

[Janine]

go away ill wind
blow across a dusty sky
paint it blue again

[alakungfu]

stars flaring at night

[Janine]

stars flaring at night
lanterns glow on tranquil pond

[mazHur]

stars flaring at night
lanterns glow on tranquil pond
moon glares at water

[Janine]

last lunar eclipse

[mazHur]

last lunar eclipse
a full moon had descended
in my heart's love-land.

[Janine]

love's tangled garden

[Lynne50]

love's tangled garden
oh, what a web we do weave

[mazHur]

love's tangled garden
oh, what a web we do weave
get trapped ourselves

[Janine]

love's tangled garden
oh, what a web we do weave
entrapped, then lifeless

[Janine]

oops, mazHur, we think alike; but then Lynne did lead us into that train of thought....haha...I am sadly one sec late. I will use my last line for my first -

entrapped, then lifeless

[mazHur]

I like you being late !! haha!:)

entrapped, then lifeless
blow the magic of your love

[Janine]

fashionably late, I might add....

entrapped, then lifeless
blow the magic of your love
ov'r dormant senses

[mazHur]

fashionably late, I might add....

entrapped, then lifeless
blow the magic of your love
ov'r dormant senses


Oh,lovely!
Is this why you are looking for a 'hand'? I mean a 'brother's hand'?;)



here
"looking for a 'hand'?"

[Janine]

Oh thanks, maz. No, I was actually thinking of a Lawrence work, where the blood brotherhood idea crops up.

looking for a 'hand'
not just any hand, to help

[Haunted]

looking for a 'hand'
not just any hand, to help
finish this haiku

[mazHur]

looking for a 'hand'
not just any hand, to help
finish this haiku

Haunted, thanks for the swipe! :)

You make me spell bound

[Janine]

You make me 'spell bound'
name of Hitchcock's famous plot

[mazHur]

You make me 'spell bound'
name of Hitchcock's famous plot
that makes me possessed!

[Janine]

possessed or obsessed?

[mazHur]

both words belong to the occult, you may use any!

[Janine]

both words belong to the occult, you may use any!

What maz? That's my first line of the new Haiku.

Possessed or obsessed?

[mazHur]

okay, okay...let it be 'possessed'! Fine?

[Haunted]

Possessed or obsessed?
it's about time you confessed

[mazHur]

Possessed or obsessed?
it's about time you confessed
who is haunting you?

[Haunted]

:lol: great closer, Maz

[mazHur]

:lol: great closer, Maz

Thanks, Haunted. You really made a successful 'ambush'! :)

[Haunted]

successful ambush

[mazHur]

successful ambush
surprise for the fearful foe

[just mercedes]

Possessed or obsessed?
it's about time you confessed
what is in this drink

[just mercedes]

successful ambush
surprise for the fearful foe
lurking in the dark

[Janine]

patience depleted

[Haunted]

patience depleted
pointless emails deleted

[Janine]

patience depleted
pointless emails deleted
goal is completed!

[Janine]

Ah! Haunted haikus

[Haunted]

Ah! Haunted haikus
don't try to read them! Or else....

[mazHur]

Ah! Haunted haikus
don't try to read them! Or else
you will have to pay.

[Janine]

Then pay up or else....

[mazHur]

Then pay up or else
you will have to go home bare

[Janine]

Then pay up or else
you will have to go home bare
naked to the bone

[mazHur]

Can a thousand men

[Janine]

can a thousand men
win with impossible odds?

[Haunted]

can a thousand men
win with impossible odds?
...charm of one woman

[Janine]

Troy's trophy Helen