Haikuicide

[JAlpha]

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Congrats to our Pat
who posted the thousandth post
sushi for all here

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[Pat~]

thanks for the sushi!
i'll bring shrimp and grilled salmon--
margaritas, too!

[Stew21]

ooh! Margaritas!
I'll do a hat dance for one!
after three - cha-cha!!!!!

[poetinahat]

Lifting my leg to
mount, okay that sounds so bad
I am right behind

wipe that ***smile*** right off my face,Okay?

whizzing into sunglare
the breeze, exhaust and perfume
intoxicate us

[JAlpha]

BYO is fine
but the chef will take requests
you've all earned the perk





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[Pat~]

wishing for a spin
on a motorcycle fast...
can i hitch a ride?


(puhlease??)

[Pat~]

no one parties like
JAlpha with her smilies
extravaganza!

[Pat~]

seven years ago
dreams are dashed against hard rocks
five-year old crippled

therapy and prayer
I believe in miracles
(God's arm is not short)

:)

today's track practice
"Thanks for driving me," she says
"My pleasure, honey!"

[Ganesha]

whizzing into sunglare
the breeze, exhaust and perfume
intoxicate us


wheels are still spinning
sun, wind, exhaust, our spice
intoxicating

[Pat~]

restless yearning that

consumes even as it grasps,

Augustine’s lament

[Ganesha]

BYO is fine
but the chef will take requests
you've all earned the perk



I am deeply honored
by your gift
sake
tuna
sashimi salad
&
your company

[D.J.]

Thank you JAlpha!
Can my fish be cooked, corn meal?
I'll bring the iced tea!

[Ganesha]

Variations on Gray


sky, heavy cream white
skeletal trees splayed, bone black
winter weary, me

[D.J.]

Skeleton of light
flashes and flickers in threat
fingers reach for me

(This was written for my dogs. They take storms personally. LOL!)

[JAlpha]

Thank you JAlpha!
Can my fish be cooked, corn meal?
I'll bring the iced tea!


country-fried haiku
catfish is in the skillet
hush puppies, grits too

[Stew21]

Poems to pick fights
Only in five-seven-five
A mean hiaku-er!!


:D

[JAlpha]

Poems to pick fights
Only in five-seven-five
A mean hiaku-er!!


:D

You talkin' to me
maybe we should step outside
black and haiku bruise :box:

[Stew21]

You talkin' to me
maybe we should step outside
black and haiku bruise :box:

You wanna throw down?
GI Joe's kung-fu grip words?
Bring it on sistah! :D

[JAlpha]

You wanna throw down?
GI Joe's kung-fu grip words?
Bring it on sistah! :D


Gi Joe! No balls
Make my day--Clint Eastwood's way
Barbie Doll girlie!

[Stew21]

Gi Joe! No balls
Make my day--Clint Eastwood's way
Barbie Doll girlie!

I'll take your Eastwood -
Spaghetti Western Wussy!
My style's Cool Hand Luke

[JAlpha]

I'll take your Eastwood -
Spaghetti Western Wussy!
My style's Cool Hand Luke

Anti-hero Luke
cut heads off parking meters
Ya, now I'm scared

[Stew21]

Anti-hero Luke
cut heads off parking meters
Ya, now I'm scared

But he's so damn cool!
Better than "make my day" whine
Newman is a god!

[JAlpha]

But he's so damn cool!
Better than "make my day" whine
Newman is a god!


Newman is a God!
On that we have no quarrel
have a flower , friend :e2flowers

[Stew21]

Newman is a God!
On that we have no quarrel
have a flower , friend :e2flowers

Best part of fighting
is the making up after
thanks for the flowers!

:snoopy:

(that was fun, thanks JAlpha)

[Zonk]

virgin white pages
a snowstorm of emptiness
the poet's great fear

:D:D:D

[Ganesha]

when empty's zero
white upon vanilla white
how void can one be


Ganesha & fading

[D.J.]

Overcast dreary
snores upstairs, keys click down here
breakfast for dogs...coffee - quick!

[Ganesha]

good morning


roasted coffee bean
brown, add a shot of white cream
run it round my tongue

[D.J.]

Yes, have cream in cup
heavenly brew to savour -
ding, sausage balls cooked

[Pat~]

perched in balcony
beneath a fluffed-up quilt i
ponder bird's-eye view

sky blushes to see
gentle spring breezes dance to
birds' cacophony

[Ganesha]

spring in my step, I
am ready for the fun; swim-
suit anxiety
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[poetinahat]

livestock, thrill rides, crafts,
woodchopping races and jousting:
love country town fairs!

[Beyondian]

Ticking clocks measure
Steady Beats, my feet hop, dance
spring to their calling

[kdnxdr]

Rapunzal your hair
a silken staircase to climb
let it down I cry

[Pat~]

it will all depend
on if you are prince charming
or that nasty witch

[Ganesha]

livestock, thrill rides, crafts,
woodchopping races and jousting:
love country town fairs!

roller coster ride
go up the down side of up,
cotton candy man

[kdnxdr]

three blind mice running
their tails a tale to be told
avoid farmer's wife

[kdnxdr]

little pigs' construction
straw sticks brick mortar to suit
wolf fast financing

[kdnxdr]

jack climbed up the stalk
stole the harp and golden goose
giant took the fall

[poetinahat]

gentle cool turns warm
warm turns hot, and hot turns wet
wet turns dark... then dead

[poetinahat]

She flinches at my breath
so
I swallow a diamond

[Stew21]

Date Grammar

He could have loved her.
Then his coffee house date said,
"I seen it". He cringed.

[Prosthetic Foreheads]

Lower back tattoo
Not very original
Ink it somewhere else

But your smile at me
Mouth full of metal is cute
Pretty face indeed

[Stew21]

procrastination
I need to kick my @ss, but
I'll do it later.

[rhymegirl]

I want something sweet,
but my inner critic says,
No, you can't have it.

[Stew21]

oh that damn crunching
if he wasn't my boss, those chips
would go up his arse!:D


(not very poetic - but oh so true!)

[Ganesha]

She flinches at my breath
so
I swallow a diamond

pretty jewels fall
from his mouth so sweet, reflects
the light from within

[poetinahat]

I would hide from you
yet reveal, in hiding, that
you are now in me

[Ganesha]

I would hide from you
yet reveal, in hiding, that
you are now in me

wonderful!

[Ganesha]

I would hide from you
yet reveal, in hiding, that
you are now in me


wear are you, inside
or out? Thy skin, is my skin;
2 peas in a bod!

[Stew21]

hearing those words cross
his lips felt the warm sun
after a cold rain

I close my eyes and
raise my face up to the sky
recognize the source.

As that radiant
heat does saturate my skin
his words do my soul.

[Stew21]

"nevermind" I say!
sometimes I need to shut up
now is a good time

;)

[Beyondian]

An Island dream, in
vibrant blues, greens, golds, settled
gently in the sea

With people smiling
as they stop in the road to
acknowledge their friends

A land of bumpy
roads, stolen speed bumps, fairies
nutters and beaches

All together in
a christmas-cake-like mixture
all sweet and lumpy

[Stew21]

leaves burning - clings to
memories - drifting, smoky
fragrant nostalgia

[Godfather]

wheres the man in me?
out a-chasin' fantasies.
all i gots my artist.

[Stew21]

She always brings me
back to me; in me I find
more of her each day

[ddgryphon]

Morning light: eyes sting
I stumble up unsteady
Why do the birds sing?

[Ganesha]

Morning light: eyes sting
I stumble up unsteady
Why do the birds sing?

are the birds singing
or croaking: I rest with a
redwing in my throat

[Ganesha]

smoky blue sky, star
dust of diamonds smarting
skin of universe

[poetinahat]

accidental braille
melds into lyric poetry
through your looking-glass

[Ganesha]

accidental braille
melds into lyric poetry
through your looking-glass

Alice was looking
for the white braille rabbit
touching scene, really

[Stew21]

I can't tell the truth
betray my heart for something
less than love not mine.

[Pat~]

thunder claps its hands
lightening rips the star-sown sky
the heavens are loosed

[Ganesha]

fir tree sap ignites
lightening illuminates all
tap roots sucked dry:fire

[PrettySpecialGal]

Okay, King Poetnotinahat...


I'm up late again
Writing so that I can go to
Sleep and dream more plots



PrettyNotSoSpecialPoet

[JRH]

Saint Patrick's day
time for wearing green
and leprechaun's tricks

everybody's Irish
and green beer is flowing
it's Saint Paddy's day

no leprechaun gold
just green beer and shamrocks
luck o' the Irish

Copyright (c) 16 Mar 2006 James R. Hoye

[D.J.]

Spring action triggered
Air gasses with floral scent
Birds reload with seed.

The sky throws light spears
Tall trees are cannon fodder
Rain pelts the fragile.

[D.J.]

Spring is fresh and right
Nature's rejuvination
It renovates souls.

[Stew21]

I see the lilacs
long to surround myself with
velvet textured smell.

The pastel coolness
Bunches top-heavy; flexible
They drip scented life.

sweetened air surrounds
lilacs are a part of me
I'm alive in them

Think of myself when
I see them, the girl I was;
how they sweeten me.

[Yeshanu]

poetinahat
king of the water cooler
we bow down to you

[Ganesha]

clouds hanging heavy
mashed potatoes, heaven scooped
astral blue gravy

[JAlpha]

(It's St. Patrick's Day downunder so I'm posting this now in honor of our Irish, Aussie, Poet King.)

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Daddy was Irish
my birth right to drink green beer
dance a gig and cheer

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shades of Ireland
and emerald promises
pots of gold to all

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Links to a wonderful two part article featured in the World Haiku Review. . .Haiku: The Gentle Art of Disappearing, by Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock

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A link to translated Irish haiku, by Seaan MarMathuuna, Dublin Ireland

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[Stew21]

a homemade blanket
covers the sleeping baby
ah, peace finally

[jdkiggins]

I’m really lousy at haiku, but I’ll give it a shot. http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif
For the King

Poet is our king
The weekend is coming near
Who’ll be next in here?

[JRH]

grumpy bears awake
confused and bleary eyed
where has winter gone
_______

icicles drip
grass pokes through the snow
fragile buds burst forth

Copyright (c) 16 Dec 2004 James R. Hoye

________

snow turned to rain
streams and rivers rise
soon fields of flowers

Copyright (c) 13 Mar 2005 James R. Hoye

JRH

[Ganesha]

shamrock & clay pipe;
my family of bards still sing,
American celts

[JAlpha]

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Dyed my bath water
green--since I left Chicago
corned beef’s in the crock

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[Ganesha]

corned beef tumbled in
tender meat in heavy broth
I am so kissed green

[Godfather]

paddys day is passed
we all knew it wouldnt last,
time to sober up.

[D.J.]

Morn of Drear hangs tight
Though Sun stages for battle
Rain claims win of Day.

[D.J.]

Rain's soft carresses
stirs the sleeping bud of spring -
summons for color.


Gentle Sunlight's touch
stirs with offerings of warmth;
how the redbud sighs.

[kdnxdr]

cool day of summer
early morning mist hangs heavy
rising sun grows warm

[kdnxdr]

bough of dew sparkles
soon to join the clouds above
midnight's cold dark rain

[kdnxdr]

cones corns and needles
squirrels celebrate the day
with happy chatter

[kdnxdr]

knock on wood for luck
woodpecker doesn't think so
he looks for his lunch

[D.J.]

Rain heralds Spring's birth
birds trumpet its arrival -
Nature's purity.

[D.J.]

Spring's newness abounds;
here, unmarred beauty resides
deep within our souls.

[kdnxdr]

damp tilth smells so good
my hands get filthy working
sleeping grub must go

[kdnxdr]

quietly I creep
my camera poised to capture
life in the forest

[Ganesha]

when is one a two?
nestled inside a woman
the secret revealed

[poetinahat]

cleaning his fingers
he regrets having finished
working makes him whole

[Stew21]

made a friend today
we are going to ride bikes
listen to records.

;)

[D.J.]

My sister's tree lives
representative honor -
cannot compare souls.

[D.J.]

Memorial tree
sways and bends but stands strongly -
only if she had...

[rich]

Morning, virgin snow

but for a trail of catprints

that stop at the fence

[D.J.]

Bittersweet thoughts prowl
at times they taunt, at times - rage,
I stop short Devour.

[Pat~]

I succumb to it...
the delicious impulse to
play instead of work

[Pat~]

sunlight streams through clouds
chases dampishness away
lightens mood and thoughts

[Ganesha]

Morning, virgin snow

but for a trail of catprints

that stop at the fence


snow can be a slut
takes advantage and traps you
I love pregnant spring

[poetinahat]

this fecund season
bears its swollen purple buds
ripe in summer's heat

[Ganesha]

this fecund season
bears its swollen purple buds
ripe in summer's heat


nudging the sweet buds
bees suck on nectar till drunk
I overheat easy

[JAlpha]

On the pine table
honeycoimb laughter flickers
candle wax teardrops

[Ganesha]

On the pine table
honeycoimb laughter flickers
candle wax teardrops


I am leaking pine
sap, that I may be for you
to light this candle

[poetinahat]

the question that burns
is answered not in quenching
but in smears of ash

[JAlpha]

my frigid passion
clinging to an open door
magnet poetry

[Ganesha]

the question that burns
is answered not in quenching
but in smears of ash

honey, that's my ash
hanging off the pink candle
smoldering and more

[Ganesha]

my frigid passion
clinging to an open door
magnet poetry

winter ice melting
fire warming our old love
we couple nicely

[poetinahat]

my words mean no more
than i imagine they do
until you read them

[Stew21]

read and imagine.
but for the distance between,
I could get there too.

[Ganesha]

my words mean no more
than i imagine they do
until you read them

words are one thing, your
energy is endowed with
ever so much meaning

[D.J.]

I dine on my words
and how bitter they do taste -
yet better than feet.

[D.J.]

Magnificent Day
fair of sky, and fertile field,
pool of grandeur dreams.

[Ganesha]

I dine on my words
and how bitter they do taste -
yet better than feet.

this little piggy
tastes of curry, that one is
sweet, nibbling feat

[Ganesha]

Magnificent Day
fair of sky, and fertile field,
pool of grandeur dreams.

gray day teaming with
life, barking & hooting ducks
heaven enfolds me

[kdnxdr]

tension of two worlds
invisible power holds
keeping things conformed

[poetinahat]

so tired, but afraid:
sleep is giving hours to death
I don't want to die

[Pat~]

blizzard hits my desk
mounds of white in drifted piles
tax season is here

[Ganesha]

so tired, but afraid:
sleep is giving hours to death
I don't want to die

Please tell me you aren't dying!
I guess we all are in some way or another.
but, I would miss you terribly.
sigh
a haiku this is not.

[JAlpha]

Please tell me you aren't dying!
I guess we all are in some way or another.
but, I would miss you terribly.
sigh

a haiku this is not.




It is now :D


Tell me you won't die
I would miss you--terribly
but, we all do. . .sigh

[Stew21]

Insincerity -
but when the paint washes off;
you are transparent

[Stew21]

random dark places
illuminated with you
my shining nightlight

[poetinahat]

reading in the bed
may do damage to the eyes...
that's the least of it

[Ganesha]

It is now :D


Tell me you won't die
I would miss you--terribly
but, we all do. . .sigh

kiss, kiss downy cheek
smile with my teeth showing
charmed by your Haiku

[Ganesha]

reading in the bed
may do damage to the eyes...
that's the least of it
sleeping upon bed
of sharp thorns, I nestle deep
into full goose down

[poetinahat]

sharp crisp pencil point
crank-sharpened wood shaving curls
pink rubber stubble

[kdnxdr]

antagonism
forrest and road stand opposed
where are we going?

[kdnxdr]

trees over my head
cement takes me far away
barefoot I walk home

[kdnxdr]

shadows interplay
passing ancient secret code
wisdom of the woods

[kdnxdr]

soft whispering trees
conspiring amonst themselves
long for their escape

[rich]

Wiggling leaves and sun

Reflecting on a child's face

Her cheeks are dancing

[kdnxdr]

mud between my toes
my feet do a squishy dance
they clean up quite well

[kdnxdr]

hooting owl watches
a sanctimonious walk
I the intruder

[kdnxdr]

lover's limbs embrace
under spring's green canopy
married to the earth

[kdnxdr]

first spring blush of life
veiled by winter's grey attire
flash of vanity

[poetinahat]

please shut the curtains
I am blinded by the glare
over the keyhole

[Haruko_Ito]

Though the leaves fall now,
they will return in the spring,
starting a new life.


((Not too bad, right? I thought of it at the top of my head... ))

[JAlpha]

surprise from hubby
we're leaving on a jet plane
second honeymoon

[poetinahat]

wonder at wonder
delight in simple delight
tell me about it

[D.J.]

Lone drop from above
it freefalls without a net
it dries a quick death.

[D.J.]

One drop sent to scout
conditions favorable
send reinforcements.

[D.J.]

Awake Muted Day
disperse the rain you hold tight
let it share its gifts.

Awake Muted Day
let your undercurrents rage
quench our land's parched skin.

[Ganesha]

drifted on river
amber oak leaves laid in silt
my breath floats to you

[poetinahat]

the boulders stand firm
damning my navigation
but snowmelt still flows

[PrettySpecialGal]

Take me to the doc
Make dinner and clean up, too
Great husband you are

[poetinahat]

elastic waistband
embraces but doesn't bind
model for lovers

[kdnxdr]

love happens somewhere
a private communique
passed from me to you

[kdnxdr]

sex, a vehicle
transporting something unclear
what's remembered counts

[Ganesha]

eagle circles pond
waves of champaign colored foam
dead redwing rolls in

[poetinahat]

I became a fool
when one man in a thousand
said I might be wrong

[Ganesha]

old woman, fooled not
tree blossoms explode-no leaves
his green socks resting

[kdnxdr]

bloody parasite
nature's harbinger of pain
sacrifice I'm not

[JRH]

the First of April
day when fools show their colors
Whether tricked or not

Copyright © 1 Apr 2006 James R. Hoye

[poetinahat]

the plaster crumbles
and the lead-glass panes rattle
but our hearth is warm

[rich]

But our hearth is warm

We nurture its constant need

With rejection slips.

[rich]

Oops, wrong thread.

[kdnxdr]

April is the fool
thinking spring would warm my heart
the chill lingers yet

[kdnxdr]

spring is full of hope
Teniman flowers remind
life struggles with death

[kdnxdr]

eternal altar
found by looking around you
beckons holy God

[kdnxdr]

wooden impalement
raised for all to see Glory
the way has been marked

[Ganesha]

crow sheds large blue tears
nest, built of sticks, now destroyed
she opens her wings

[poetinahat]

bitter, musty hate
spirited away in air
despair nurtures hope

[Pat~]

“Read as you taste fruit
or savor wine, or enjoy
friendship, love or life.”

--George Herbert

[D.J.]

Morning resides in
all who still pursue fresh starts;
never deny life.

[D.J.]

We must search for more;
Life grasps at what you offer -
give only the best.

[poetinahat]

snug rumpled blanket
soporific counterpoint:
linen cool pillow

[Pat~]

wonder why it is
birds will serenade the sun
without fail each morn?

[poetinahat]

wonder why it is
birds will serenade the sun
without fail each morn?
The carpenter knows:
just like he, they long to be
close to you (to you!)

[Pat~]

The carpenter knows:
just like he, they long to be
close to you (to you!)

clever play on words,
mr. poet-in-a-hat!
(song stuck in my head...:tongue )

[Ganesha]

rain ran down the road
faster than a rabbit: I
take your hand this spring

[poetinahat]

handsprings and cartwheels
lolling in the backyard grass
spin on the swingset

[Ganesha]

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tight green buds open
bumble gathers amber love
swinging-feet touch sky

[kdnxdr]

steady drips trickle
streaming through a thirsty world
rivers run their course

[Ganesha]

steady drips trickle
streaming through a thirsty world
rivers run their course


unruly water
deep brown mud in turmoil
spring rains take dead trees

[poetinahat]

dusty spine of pine
juts defiantly and gnarly
from the dry prairie

[kdnxdr]

waiting for the bus
transported to the unknown
the blind here-after

[Akuma]

The blind here-after
Such sweet mourning of the endless
Falling in dead sands

[Ganesha]

The blind here-after
Such sweet mourning of the endless
Falling in dead sands

grain after grain I
count the blonde embedded sand
in your falling hair


:Hug2:

[poetinahat]

there's a perfect peace
after the tires slip their grip
as you wait to crash

[Ganesha]

there's a perfect peace
after the tires slip their grip
as you wait to crash

descending notes sound
springing up from underground
I am singing you

[poetinahat]

descending notes sound
springing up from underground
I am singing you
when a blue mood strikes
green grass folds its tender spikes
beneath our black soles

[kdnxdr]

each blue day I live
morbidity's a mistress
I withhold my love

[JAlpha]

First time at a range
channeling Annie Oakley
my new revolver

[Ganesha]

when a blue mood strikes
green grass folds its tender spikes
beneath our black soles

when the mean reds hit
I am hungry for ripe pears
we munch together

[kdnxdr]

photos like poems
capture a certain idea
with a thousand words

[Pat~]

a picture may speak
a thousand words, while leaving
hidden truth unsaid

[Pat~]

chirping, warbling song

morning time soliloquy

stirs my soul to praise

[poetinahat]

the answer is wrong
but uncertainty is hard
just how wrong am I?

[Ganesha]

the answer is wrong
but uncertainty is hard
just how wrong am I?

wrong's not important
how kind are you is the key
spring brings many breaks

[kdnxdr]

you're killing me softly
gently you cut off my head
I know you love me

[D.J.]

Written words of red,
offer His knowledge of life -
for now and to come...

[Pat~]

found it on page two
headed for obscurity
poor thread needs a bump

[kdnxdr]

sacrificial Lamb
substituted for our sins
if we will receive

[Ganesha]

a bump on the head
cherry tree blossoms super sized
pollen on my face

[poetinahat]

I shake and I flick
the ant won't flee my finger
tiny loyalty

[kdnxdr]

morning awakens
evening coaxes reverie
night restores my soul

[kdnxdr]

lift your tiny head
reach up and embrace the sun
unfurl your glory

[D.J.]

Eggs, chicks, plastic grass,
mere symbols, there's so much more -
Easter never ends.

[D.J.]

Eggs and treats hidden,
but there's so much more to find -
life everlasting.

[JAlpha]

My work in progress
a biological gong
pounding in my head

[Ganesha]

new chicks to my right
rooster to my left, I am
left springing to you

[Bret]

Spring-
the sunlight lengthens on
on the shovel handle

Spring-
The shovel blade bites
a grin in the soil

April heat-
a bead of sap oozing
from the hand rail

I'm not a syllable counter. I mean I know how and cheerfully conform in the "chain chain" thread as it was specified.

It just hasn't been my style. I read The Haiku Anthology a few years ago. The exposure to shorter haiku (and two and one liners) changed my approach.

I hope 17 or less is OK in your thread...Haibun? Tanka? Would this be the place for all things haiku related?

[L M Ashton]

Sri Lankan time change
Half hour back, now match region
Everyone still late.

[Bret]

Morning tide-
a shorebird lifts a star
back into the sky

[Ganesha]

killdeer calls, I wait
wait! life rushes on-your voice
calls me, I am here

[Pat~]

editor requests
partial manuscript today
po'try/devo book!


so nervous i am;
want to eat the contents of
kid's Easter baskets

[kdnxdr]

tender green
saplings catch the sun
fabricating life

[kdnxdr]

raw energy, sun
converts to life
in every leaf

[kdnxdr]

leaves breath out
a rescue, earth
revives

[Bret]

dial tone-
staring at the lilacs
weighed down by the rain

[JRH]

colored Easter eggs
delivered by a bunny
senseless tradition

JRH

[Ganesha]

editor requests
partial manuscript today
po'try/devo book!


so nervous i am;
want to eat the contents of
kid's Easter baskets


manuscript is mailed
upon request, at best, soon
as you are finished

pillaging baby's
chocolate bunnies, peeps & eggs
tummy ache tonight

[JRH]

spring rains
soak the earth
waterfalls roar

******

April rains
the gift of life
for thirsty seeds

*******

none can deny
April is the cruelest month
the taxman cometh

Copyright © 4 Apr 2005 James R. Hoye

[kdnxdr]

shall I count the ways
and mean the ways I count so
each daisey speaks love

[kdnxdr]

yellow common seen
dressing wild the summer fields
catching eyes adrift

[Ganesha]

yellow common seen
dressing wild the summer fields
catching eyes adrift


that's beautiful..
hummmmmm

[Godfather]

she is beautiful,
her smile is so marvellous
that it makes me smile

[poetinahat]

one tiny droplet
ringlets ripple through your face
then, calm: I see you

[Bret]

evening primrose-
blossoms rise on the horns
of a crescent moon

[Ganesha]

April wind spins round
tossing early blossoms high
turkey vultures soar

[Cassie88]

Be silly with me
touch me like a piano
tra la la la la

[rich]

Tra la la la la

Note this my precious children

That ain't what life is

[Ganesha]

but we can play touch
night decended with an ouch
I am dead tired

[poetinahat]

but we can play touch
night decended with an ouch
I am dead tired
pie on the counter
everyone will take a slice
baker goes hungry

[Ganesha]

patting the dough nice
making apples and spice twice
me smiles to you

[poetinahat]

the anxious hunger
of the procrastinator
feeds and starves itself

[kdnxdr]

woodpecker nails lunch
knocks his brains out for a bite
he's a bit cukoo

[Ganesha]

god help the pecker
I, engaged with a bottle
sip the teeth stainer

[poetinahat]

scraping the bonesaw
across the bare humerus
o, grisly music

[kdnxdr]

o, grisley music
rasping breath and clinking chain
raising hell tonight

[Ganesha]

flowers heaven scent
powered on April wind gusts
the air is golden

[Pat~]

editor's response...
like cold molasses dripping
through a small funnel

[Pat~]

editor's response...
like worst play I ever saw
(Waiting for Godot)...

[poetinahat]

egregious offense:
keeping pat on tenterhooks
get it in gear, mate!

[Ganesha]

writing, waiting-sigh
we all hurry up to wait
my fingers are crossed

[D.J.]

I can do without;
my child who I love with all -
you must have it all.

[kdnxdr]

verdant valleys old
carpet the vanished ideal
glories rest beneath

[kdnxdr]

writer of the wind
words caught in your train reveal
slain of wielded pen

[D.J.]

He knocked at Death's door
my husband, stronger each day
Thank God - no one there.

[D.J.]

God answered prayer
in darkness we found treasure,
my husband - alive!

[Ganesha]

love holds us quiet
healing rays emanate out
beloved is healed

[poetinahat]

the spinning stone skips
tapping water soft as toes
six circles then plunk

[Ganesha]

the spinning stone skips
tapping water soft as toes
six circles then plunk
oooohhhhhhhhhh, so nice!

[Ganesha]

spare clouds colliding
storm a'brewing in my heart
spring is present tense

[Bret]

rural airstrip-
cicada fill the windsock
with sound

[poetinahat]

smell of neat's foot oil
in my trusty baseball mitt
play catch, anyone?

please...

[Pat~]

don my stiff old mitt;
squinting in the sun I'm up
for a game of miss :D

[poetinahat]

haiku - it's not just for poetry anymore (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=585756&postcount=16)

[Bret]

Spring winds
the sports page blows
high and outside

[Ganesha]

pieces of paper
yesterday's news scurried past
I blinked and it's gone

[Bret]

social services-
a small face recedes
framed by tail lights