Haikuicide

[JAlpha]

Oh no! I'm a newbie here, and this morning, at 9:16, I posted a haiku in Rob-rite's "Keep It Down Thread" and now everyone has gone missing!!

I'm so sorry!!! I promise I'll never do it again!!!!

Can I still play? Or have I been banned from AW by the haiku police?

JAlpha

[Sher2]

Oh no! I'm a newbie here, and this morning, at 9:16, I posted a haiku in Rob-rite's "Keep It Down Thread" and now everyone has gone missing!!

I'm so sorry!!! I promise I'll never do it again!!!!

Can I still play? Or have I been banned from AW by the haiku police?

JAlpha
I do not think you did a
Shocking thing, so no
You must not go away sad.

I forget -- is it 7-5-7 or 5-7-5? If it's the latter, I goofed.:)

[JAlpha]

It's 5-7-5, but I like it your way too!

[Sher2]

It's 5-7-5, but I like it your way too!
Forgive my faux pas,
Now the numbers do add up,
I bid you hello.

[JAlpha]

Sher2

Awesome haiku welcome:Trophy: Thank you! Haiku high fives to you.

Anyone else up to the challenge of constructing a haiku welcome?

JAlpha

[Mark Anderson]

Sadly, all my haikus are very profane, so I suspect not very welcoming.

Here's one off the top of my head:

Aspiring writer
are you reading the forums?
Get back to writing!

:whip:

[JennaGlatzer]

New friend to corrupt,
I'm glad you have arrived.
O! You shall be fun!

[MacAllister]

:hooray:don't take stuff too hard
prob'ly they just had other
threads to visit then

ohhhhhhhhhh....I suck at this...:ROFL:

[paprikapink]

:hooray:don't take stuff too hard
prob'ly they just had other
threads to visit then

ohhhhhhhhhh....I suck at this...:ROFL:

Here's a tip, Mac: Next time, don't post a haiku right under Jenna's. :ROFL:

No, really, I love yours and Jenna's. It's deeply existential and something else philosophical that I can't think of because of all the snoring in here!

-pkpk

[XThe NavigatorX]

I don't like haikus.
No matter how hard I try
I always screw it up.

[MacAllister]

Here's a tip, Mac: Next time, don't post a haiku right under Jenna's. :ROFL: Excellent advice, pkpk! I shall make a mental note for future reference!

[JAlpha]

Thanks all,

I gave rep points to those that played along by constructing their own haikus. I may be new around here, and to a bulletin board forum in general. But I do know how the game is played.

Thanks for reviving this thread; I was overwhelmed with guilt.
JAlpha

[robeiae]

Overcome with guilt
She offered an olive branch
Found joy once again

Rob

[JAlpha]

Overcome with guilt
She offered an olive branch
Found joy once again

Rob

Story of my life!

JAlpha

[Rob-rite]

http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=138878&postcount=65

Seeing as I'm the source of guilt, here I am setting the record straight...

[Rob-rite]

Oh dear, I'll never get the hang of working this damn board!

[allion]

Now we read the words
Given in welcome spirit
Hope you stay a while

Karen

[JAlpha]

Karen,



:cry: Very touching.


Thank you for playing along,
JAlpha

[rhymegirl]

I'll try a haiku, but I'm afraid that everything I write turns into rhyme.

There's nothing to fear,
we don't mind if you mess up,
we're all writers here.

[WVWriterGirl]

Live in your dreams too
Like the rest of us here do
You'll fit right in here.

Blech. Not made for the haiku thing. :)

WVWG

[JAlpha]

I'll try a haiku, but I'm afraid that everything I write turns into rhyme.

There's nothing to fear,
we don't mind if you mess up,
we're all writers here.

Rhyme girl,

For the most part westerners have abandoned the traditional rules of haiku. Far as I know rhymes are fine. Besides when it works, it works, and your haiku is certainly working :thankyou:

[JAlpha]

Live in your dreams too
Like the rest of us here do
You'll fit right in here. WVWG

WVWriterGirl,

Depending on how people pronounce certain words, there can be a lot of play with the syllable count in a haiku. I was playing with your's a bit and found that when I read it out loud I end up with something more like this . . .

Live in your dreams
Like the rest of us here
You'll fit right in too

Then I got to thinking maybe the first and last lines could be switched

You'll fit right in too
Like the rest of us here
Live in your dreams

What do you think? Either way, I get that warm feeling all over :Hug2:

Thanks,
JAlpha

[brokenfingers]

So this is the place
to expel your thoughts in words,
like breath held too long.

[JAlpha]

like breath held too long.


Brokenfingers,

I think your last line would make a mighty fine definition of a haiku.

Also, I had a thought about possibly changing the 2nd person POV "your" to

to expel thoughts into

That sort of keeps it an understood 2nd person POV as well as a adding a personal tone. What do you think.

JAlpha

[brokenfingers]

I think you are right,
it makes it more personal –
increasing its strength…

[JAlpha]

I think you are right,
it makes it more personal –
increasing its strength…


Speaking of strength
mighty fine writing you do
read your idol piece

Good luck:Clap:

JAlpha

[rhymegirl]

This haiku isn't writing-related, but I think it's one of my better ones. And it doesn't rhyme.


Clouds filter through sharp
branches, unravelling threads
of sky tapestry.

[JAlpha]

This haiku isn't writing-related, but I think it's one of my better ones. And it doesn't rhyme.


Clouds filter through sharp
branches, unravelling threads
of sky tapestry.

Very nice!

If you shift the word "sharp" to the second line you'll get

sharp branches unravelling

You can cut "thread" because it's understood in the tapestry reference

That leaves you with space in the first line to describe the clouds.

Working on haikus was and always will be the best way for my to sharpen my revision skills. As a tool for improving a writer's craft . . . I think haikus are highly underated.

JAlpha

[rhymegirl]

Yeah, good suggestions! I agree that it's a challenge to write these because we are limited (5-7-5) in the number of syllables. Therefore, we have to choose our words carefully. I'll be thinking about a re-write.

[brokenfingers]

Speaking of strength
mighty fine writing you do
read your idol piece

Good luck:Clap:

JAlpha

I must say your words
shine brightly upon my face -
like sun through the clouds…



Thank you.

[Richard White]

No typing appears
Haikus distract me from work
Empty manuscript

;)

[JAlpha]

[QUOTE=brokenfingers]I must say your words
shine brightly upon my face -
like sun through the clouds…


Brokenfingers,

neon pink post-its
haiku's from new AW friends
your's front and center

[JAlpha]

No typing appears
Haikus distract me from work
Empty manuscript ;)

Richard,

Haiku's a distraction, never:Shrug:

Writing haiku's is the best way to learn how to put down the words that really count . . . best editing exercise a writer can ever undertake, no matter the genre.

Thank you for playing along,
JAlpha

[brokenfingers]

JAlpha,

Have you a story
standing in line with the rest,
An Idol to be?

[rich]

I agree JAlpha. I like to pick a subject I'm interested in and write a number of haikus on it. Half the ones I write are light--like epigrams, and almost always with the last line being a twist. Moving lines, words and syllables is a great writing exercise, and since one is dealing with just 17 syllables it's less daunting than playing with a larger piece.

[JAlpha]

JAlpha, Have you a story

#100

[JAlpha]

Rich,


Are you familiar with the form of poetry called Haibun? I find that particular form of poetry one of the easiest ways for me to decide what shape (either a very short--flash piece or poem) that some of my work should take.

JAlpha

[rich]

Yes. I've read some, but never attempted one. Sounds like a good idea. Seems that'd work on not just flash pieces and poems, but short stories as well.

[JAlpha]

Rich,

Yes, I converted one short story in particular into a haibun poem, Break Away. Darn glad I did too. It placed 9th in last years 73rd Annual Writing Competiton. The Flashquake website offered a class on Haibun poetry two years ago, best thing I ever did in the way of cross-training for my short story writing. If you put one together, fire it my way. I'll give you some feedback and share some of the market info I have as to where you might be able to place it. That said, Flashquake does publish them, and they did publish, Break Away. I sent it to them after it placed in WD. Seemed fair, since they were the ones who first introduced me to the form. Though they no longer offer the class, because the instructor has been very ill.

JAlpha

[Betty W01]

Can you explain Haibun to those of us who are clueless? <waves hands and yells, "That would be me!">

Meanwhile,

spring in Ohio
comes in fuzzy green slippers
sprinkled with snowflakes.

[JAlpha]

Hi Betty,

The broader definition of a haibun poem is . . . a work of terse autobiographical prose accompanied by haiku verse. It was originated by the well-known seventeenth-century Japaneese travel journal by Matsuo Basho. Though as all things artistic typically evolve so to has the haibun. Various other adaptions have surfaced.

It shouldn't take but more than a few google searches, and I think you will find some examples. Also, here's a lead on a very good book on haibun poetry as it has evolved in the west . . . Journey to the Interior:American Versions of Haibun, edited by Bruce Ross.

If you find the form suits you, be sure and send me what you've created.:)
JAlpha

[brokenfingers]

JAlpha,

I read your entry and liked it alot!

I felt the beach breeze
and the sorrow that life brings
in time and in war

Good Luck!!

[JAlpha]

The buzzing bar fly
licks the last drop of warm beer
from narrow red necks

If anyone else feels inspired to write a beer theme haiku, here’s a market for your creation.

http://beerhaikudaily.blogspot.com/ (http://beerhaikudaily.blogspot.com/)

And of course, it would be great if you shared some of your haikus (beer themed or otherwise)here too. :Cheers:

[William Haskins]

frustration felled me
the distance is too great to
touch someone with words

[mommie4a]

Your words fill my fix.
You say the distance is great,
But friends don't give up.

[three seven]

New friend to corrupt,
I'm glad you have arrived.
O! You shall be fun!don't take stuff too hard
prob'ly they just had other
threads to visit then

ohhhhhhhhhh....I suck at this...

Here's a tip, Mac: Next time, don't post a haiku right under Jenna's.

Unless of course, as
in this case, Jenna got it
wrong and you didn't.




;)

[Perks]

behind this screen smiles
someone who adores your words
for each is hard won

[Perks]

and one more for my current frustration -


A summer's folly
to learn a way of seeing
what I don't do well

[Sarita]

:hi:

remembered joy fills
my mind when old friends pop in
sharing poetry

[reph]

The limerick lady
stumbles in and looks around.
I'm lost: no dactyls.

[smallthunder]

No! You come again
too late to join the party.
Can you still haiku?

[JAlpha]

A virtual jaunt
musing syllabic breezes
Haiku, Hawaii



http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/photos/album/full/623077-06.jpg

[Perks]

Here's one for an honest look in the mirror -


mildly amusing
she of the middling talent
but good attitude



it's hard to stop once you start - especially when you're feeling like an idiot

[JAlpha]

she of the middling talent

Hi Perks,

You have more talent than you give yourself credit.

You came close to creating a great haiku in one of your posts.
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=279465#post279465


Mixed up baker swaps

red pepper for cinnamon

Cajun apple pie :idea:


it's hard to stop once you start

Why stop? Here's a fun market for submitting your creations :)
http://tinywords.com/index.php/about/submissions/ (http://tinywords.com/index.php/about/submissions/)

Thanks for playing along,

Janet

[Perks]

Hi Perks,

You have more talent than you give yourself credit.

You came close to creating a great haiku in one of your posts.
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=279465#post279465


Mixed up baker swaps

red pepper for cinnamon

Cajun apple pie :idea:




Why stop? Here's a fun market for submitting your creations :)
http://tinywords.com/index.php/about/submissions/ (http://tinywords.com/index.php/about/submissions/)

Thanks for playing along,

Janet


Thanks for that! Totally frustrating morning, but the day wasn't a total loss. That pie is much better as a poem then it was a dessert.:)

[JAlpha]

That pie is much better as a poem then it was a dessert.:)

See, you almost haiku'd again!

I'm eating my words
because my saccharine poems
are just desserts

[rhymegirl]

All the news is bad,
it's so hard to find the good--
time to turn it off.

[poetinahat]

This is the first line
The second line follows it
Finally, the third.

(yes, I'm ashamed)

[JAlpha]

This is the first line
The second line follows it
Finally, the third.

(yes, I'm ashamed)

I like it:Clap:

You've kept the poem's main focus "between the lines". Shamefully clever of you:poke:

[reph]

Counting syllables
I lose track of my message
so I say nothing.

[paprikapink]

A summer in France
Mountains, meadows, heart renewed.
Home will be good too.

[scfirenice]

Paprika,
Wow, that was good. I'm going to post my first ever one of these things, and I have to follow you

On a nurse at Work

Sometimes I like to be here
They have DSL
My work ethic lost again.

[JAlpha]

Paprika,
Wow, that was good. I'm going to post my first ever one of these things, and I have to follow you

On a nurse at Work

Sometimes I like to be here
They have DSL
My work ethic lost again.

Thank you for honoring us with your very first haiku. :hooray:

You created a poem with a 7-5-7 syllable pattern. It needs to be 5-7-5. No biggie, it's an easy fix:idea: . . .


I'm a nurse at work
sometimes I like being here
they have DSL

[scfirenice]

ah, thank you. I had forgotten the pattern. Yours is better!

[poetinahat]

Write Backspace Sit Think
Think Write Backspace Browcrease Think
Yes. No? Yes! Write. Save.

[rhymegirl]

Whispers of white clouds
dispersing through the sky like
cotton candy dreams.

[William Haskins]

what sad lives they lead
who squander entire lifetimes
wishing themselves dead.

[PattiTheWicked]

My first Haiku, in honor of the DVD that I watched tonite:

A boy with scissors
left on his hands by mistake
Tim Burton is God

:::curtseys:::

[poetinahat]

My first Haiku, in honor of the DVD that I watched tonite:

A boy with scissors
left on his hands by mistake
Tim Burton is God

:::curtseys:::

Brava! But genius has its drawbacks (http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/254)...

[trumancoyote]

Eyes hurt from the screen
But it's noontime in Beijing
Long flights without sleep

[Sarita]

revel in the life
you have, beauty discovered
sunsets come too soon

[PattiTheWicked]

Brava! But genius has its drawbacks (http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/254)...

Wow. There's a visual I didn't need first thing in the morning.

[rich]

I see minds meshing

to weave the threads of nature

in boo-koo haiku

[AprilBoo]

My first Haiku, in honor of the DVD that I watched tonite:

A boy with scissors
left on his hands by mistake
Tim Burton is God

:::curtseys:::

If I may follow-up...

Cry Baby to Ed
Wonka and Jack Sparrow too
Johnny Depp is King

[Perks]

A longing to be
assured of my future lives
for peace in this one

[JAlpha]

Here's one I just had published in Tiny Words http://tinywords.com/index.php/about/. . .


fresh iguana stew
with the last warm tortilla
mopping the tureen

[trumancoyote]

What a filling poem, and w/ so few words :)

[poetinahat]

What a filling poem, and w/ so few words :)

Agree wholeheartedly!
---------------

Yellowed fingertips
hold my breakfast cigarette
in dull TV glow

[JAlpha]

View from my balcony
she prefers Fruit of the Loom
he fancies peach thongs

[poetinahat]

Neighbours' underwear
Immortalised in haiku:
What strange genius!

[PattiTheWicked]

Hanging up siding
on the patio today
It's just freakin' hot

[JAlpha]

Neighbours' underwear
Immortalised in haiku:
What strange genius!

Is that the same thing as being a brilliant idiot? :roll:

[rhymegirl]

On your balcony
you view half-naked people,
what a peeping tom.

[Perks]

much talk of skivvies
makes me wonder what moon phase
brings on panty craze

[JAlpha]

On your balcony
you view half-naked people,
what a peeping tom.


Bored to death at Mom's
beachside condo balcony
she made me do it!

[poetinahat]

when you say 'peach thongs'
i hope to highest heaven
you're talking sandals

[Perks]

What have you people done to me? I don't write poetry... especially haikus.

tired out from thinking
in the standard prose confines
limited verse soothes

[poetinahat]

much talk of skivvies
makes me wonder what moon phase
brings on panty craze

O, startled reader,
blanch not at this ribaldry;
rather, come join us!

[JAlpha]

when you say 'peach thongs'
i hope to highest heaven
you're talking sandals

No sandals in sight
his peach thong was sporting
a cheeky sunburn

[Perks]

O, startled reader,
blanch not at this ribaldry;
rather, come join us!

seems I have no choice
my mind wanders where it will
I've no wish to stop

[poetinahat]

No sandals in sight
his peach thong was sporting
a cheeky sunburn

A word of warning:
don't read JAlpha's haiku
while drinking: "Mop, please!"

[scfirenice]

Yikes...good visual.

my second haiku

I should be asleep
The alarm will soon go off
Twelve step program Please.

S

[PattiTheWicked]

Bored to death at Mom's
beachside condo balcony
she made me do it!

Briefs ride up too high
Thongs floss the center crevice
Why bother wearing?

[JAlpha]

Yikes...good visual.

my second haiku

I should be asleep
The alarm will soon go off
Twelve step program Please.

S

No, no no :Lecture: It's a 5-7-5 step program, that you need :)

[poetinahat]

Briefs ride up too high
Thongs floss the center crevice
Why bother wearing?

it's a paradox
look or feel good - seldom both
answer: commando

[PattiTheWicked]

it's a paradox
look or feel good - seldom both
answer: commando

Easier for girls.
What's between us and denim?
No one ever knows.

[poetinahat]

Easier for girls.
What's between us and denim?
No one ever knows.

Knowledge satisfies
But mystery fascinates:
Light needs its shadow.

[Alphabet]

It vibrant, I dull
I am my shadow's shadow
Being dragged around.

[JAlpha]

It vibrant, I dull
I am my shadow's shadow
Being dragged around.

That is soooooo deep, it makes my head hurt. Love it :Hail:

[JAlpha]

Getting two for the price of one this morning--I posted this one for the "aquatic" prompt in the poetry game too . . .


reddish-green larvae
mosquito sized lobsters
flaunting their sharp claws

[rhymegirl]

Do it or say no,
to determine what will be,
a toss of the coin.

[JAlpha]

Well here's a very prestigious publishing kudo I'll be proudly adding to my writing resume :Trophy:

http://beerhaikudaily.blogspot.com/2005/08/contribution-friday.html

I just wrote this haiku on 7/29 as per the "beer" writing prompt in the Poetry Game thread, and it got published today:Clap:

Not a Pulitzer
just a fun writing kudo
beers on me today!
:Cheers:

[brokenfingers]

The haikus of friends
Bring a smile to me, like wind:
Soft upon my face.

[Alphabet]

The AbsoluteWrite
Absolutely Awful Po-
etry Contest is
Here (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17068)
(Like wind in the wind)

[rhymegirl]

It's so nice to see
old friends return to the flock,
birds of a feather.

[poetinahat]

Old bluesman's voice soothes
with exquisite loneliness:
I envy his pain

[brokenfingers]

It's so nice to see
old friends return to the flock,
birds of a feather.

With ease she can rhyme,
But what is her true nature?
A troublemaker.

:)

[brokenfingers]

The howl of a dog,
the wail of a police car -
sounds of the city.

[brokenfingers]

I must be in a poetic or haiku mood tonight. Guess I just need to squeeze some words out between all the demands of the outside world. Sorry guys.


Days and weeks go by
and I hope my life won't be
like an exit missed.

[poetinahat]

I must be in a poetic or haiku mood tonight. Guess I just need to squeeze some words out between all the demands of the outside world. Sorry guys.

Talent begets entitlement; go for your life, mate!

these guys are so good:
jeez, what am i doing here?
grooving and learning.

[reph]

Here, the haiku page.
There, the bad-poem contest.
Please don't mix them up!

[rich]

Metaphorically Seeking?



Being a poet

And never knowing it, is

Prose personified.

[rhymegirl]

With ease she can rhyme,
But what is her true nature?
A troublemaker.

:)


Looking for trouble
is something he does so well,
'cause now he's in it.

[JAlpha]

these guys are so good



I second that thought :Clap:
so glad I resurrected
this forgotten thread

[rich]

undeniably

a thread in the scheme of things

sans an abicus

[poetinahat]

Here, the haiku page.
There, the bad-poem contest.
Please don't mix them up!

Bulwer-Lytton fans:
Take your dark and stormy nights
To the other page.

[JAlpha]

Writers are like plows
weeding and turning their words
while pitching manure


This haiku was inspired by the suggested metaphorical connection between writers and swine in William Haskin's "Drought" thread
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17188

[Perks]

A productive day
and wine slipping through the veins
poetry tumbles

[JAlpha]

A hot August day
handfuls of refreshing grapes
the farmers market

[PattiTheWicked]

My hands in the dirt
immersed, covered, becoming.
A sacred garden.

[rhymegirl]

speaking of swine:


Piggies in the mud
track dirty little footprints
all through the kitchen.

[Perks]

swelter, fume, sizzle
sun and vapor cook the day
long for velvet night

[poetinahat]

Pithy works of two
writers clamor for applause:
Perks, and the rhymegirl

[Perks]

applause is pleasant
but smiles and new friends cost more
than haikus can buy

[rhymegirl]

It's kinda iffy
that my work is pithy, but
thank you anyway.

[poetinahat]

gloves keep my hands warm
but i don't notice, because
chill wind blasts my face

[Perks]

gloves keep my hands warm
but i don't notice, because
chill wind blasts my face

Funny, it's winter there. I hadn't thought about that. You are welcome to some of this cauldron's heat... yikes.

[poetinahat]

You've got a deal!

[poetinahat]

pen ran out of ink
one clue shy of a crossword:
unscratchable itch

[PattiTheWicked]

five, five, and thirteen
a constant chorus of "mom!"
i think i'll keep 'em

[Perks]

These things are like vitamins... gotta have one-a-day. So now, in honor of my sitting here trying to do some revising -



Enthusiasm
Wicked, fickle, hateful b*tch
She's run off again

[rhymegirl]

All the signs are there
pointing East, West, North, and South--
but she goes nowhere.

[JAlpha]

She's run off again
but she goes nowhere.

Anybody I know?

[JAlpha]

Concealing gray hairs
box label read "spiced cider"
I crave "spiked cider"

[Perks]

Anybody I know?

I'm taking Rhymegirl's poem to fit my fancy this evening. She's telling me that my enthusiasm didn't really leave me.

[rhymegirl]

Nope. Mine's about a person who can't make a decision.

[Perks]

Nope. Mine's about a person who can't make a decision.

Can I keep my take on it, just for tonight? I really need it!

[rhymegirl]

Can I keep my take on it, just for tonight? I really need it!

Okay. :)

[poetinahat]

why so much umbrage
at my postings yesterday?
good mirror required.

[JAlpha]

"athletes of the word"
muse and train the worldwide
poetry subsists

[trumancoyote]

Wish strewn on the floor:
I have a wheel to grind with;
but I got no stones.

[JAlpha]

Wish strewn on the floor:
I have a wheel to grind with;
but I got no stones.

That's wonderful Zach, and you got it posted just in the nick of time, because have you heard . . .

Poetry is dead
it died because he said so
may it rest in peace

[trumancoyote]

In cold sandy stone,
carved: 'She Hath Done What She Could.'
Then I die some too.

[JAlpha]

I miss poetry:cry:

oh why did it have to die :Shrug:

time to watch TV :flag:

[trumancoyote]

Yay for TV!

I'm gonna go poop and look at the picture in magazines.

[PattiTheWicked]

droning dripply drops
endless from the bathroom sink...
where is that damn wrench?

[William Haskins]

Selective blindness
Frames the world like a picture
Well-cropped, framed by lies.

[rhymegirl]

What is true blindness,
an eye without a lens or
one that remains closed.

[Perks]

tricky devils -


Two small girls devise
A plan to stay up late by
brushing mama's hair

[JAlpha]

Selective blindness
Frames the world like a picture
Well-cropped, framed by lies.



Love that, makes for a fine definition of poetry :Clap: IMHO.

[poetinahat]

beach, sunday morning:
little hands clutch sand and sift
for tiny white shells

[PattiTheWicked]

the moon at midnight
I cut mugwort, rue, sage, thyme
and honor my gods

[JAlpha]

web cam by the sea
a photograph is taken
far from the shoreline

[Perks]

webcam in my house
photos selling well online
smile! I'm just joking

[JAlpha]

webcam in my house
photos selling well online
smile! I'm just joking

:ROFL: :roll: :Hail:

[poetinahat]

Let: X = Ha
And: Y = clever joke
Y = 3X

[rhymegirl]

Time for beddy-bye,
no more rhymes for me it seems,
only time for dreams.

[Sara Rachael Hope]

I am glad to read

the 'haiku' threads I've seen.
Made day interesting!

Thank you:kiss:

[JAlpha]

mouth like a faucet
tapping into loose valves
leaking in my brain

[PattiTheWicked]

hurry and scurry
clean house from top to bottom
mom coming to town

[Perks]

Celine, Celine, Ce-
Line, Celine, Celine, Celine
Celine, Celine, Ce-



Well, I didn't want to be totally left out! :)

[JAlpha]

Inspired by Nateskate's bookstore thread http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17682

A twofer!

arm like a forked rod
I reach for my famed name
set in an anthology

From dark and stormy
compilations of the worst
to the Pulitzer

[Alphabet]

In the mail today
manuscript unexpected
personal response

[Sara Rachael Hope]

Weekend Vacation.
Into the hot tub I go...
grateful and blessed!

[JAlpha]

Long after midnight
my neighbor’s party spills
onto my back deck

[Sara Rachael Hope]

I feel happy

I can party on a deck
and feel homey!
:kiss:

[Perks]

The shoulder devil
whispers and confides my fear,
"I don't think you can."

[three seven]

If you spent more time
writing and less time in here
he'd prob'ly f**k off.

[rhymegirl]

But some of us are
procrastinators so we
choose to lurk in here.

[three seven]

Unlike me, of course,
popping in from time to time
just to take the piss.

[Perks]

Why would you assume
your work ethic outshines ours
omnipotent one?

[three seven]

I'm trying to write.
Please stop trying to distract
me with silly verse.

[Perks]

Put your eyes elsewhere;
your mind to its grisly work,
if this thread distracts.

[three seven]

I shall do just that.
And shortly we'll see just whose
ethic outshines whose.

[Perks]

Do it inverted
while yodeling and knitting
then I'll be impressed

[poetinahat]

Monday: just reading
the last two days' new entries.
Lord, what have I missed?

[poetinahat]

Check the haiku thread,
pin drops in a deep shag carpet
where is everyone?

[JAlpha]

Selecting flowers
for the inevitable
death of a new thread


The Eternal Rest Arrangement

http://a80.g.akamai.net/f/80/71/6h/www.ftd.com/pics/products/S10-3142_a.jpg (http://www.ftd.com/5970/catalog/product.epl?product_id=S10-3142)

[Perks]

What thread's in peril?
Surely not our dear haikus?
They'd be sorely missed...

[poetinahat]

lollopping, shuffling,
you-can't-catch-me he teases:
dog don't want his bath

[Alphabet]

Keeping foot in mouth
Cannot be injured by the
Pin in the carpet

[JAlpha]

Coming here each day
keeps my writing craft in tack
and my pins sharpened

[three seven]

Guess how many words
I've managed to write today?
Yeah, that's right. F**k all.

[Perks]

Me too, but by choice
I'll starve the shoulder devil
Bastard won't best me

[three seven]

Send Shoulder Devil
over here and I will kick
his evil red a$s.

[Perks]

Word play too much fun
Wish nonsense paid all the bills
I'd be Queen Midas

[three seven]

Thinking back, I've been
unfair to myself. I wrote
the word 'eleven'.

[Perks]

'Eleven' is fine.
Looks excellent on your blade.
Useless otherwise.

[Sarita]

Freaky mustache is
causing a block. Remove the
facial hair and write.

[poetinahat]

Ladies -- gentlemen --
(and any undecideds) --
luurrv the repartee.

[JAlpha]

They've been comin' in two's lately folks, it's an addiction--I'm no longer in denial!

Restless natives rouse
the locals run for cover
the tourists retreat

Now you’re seeing them
now you definitely don't
Poof! It’s like magic

[poetinahat]

Forty-one today
Shall I mourn my youth? Heck, no -
New toys are still fun

[trumancoyote]

Drinking fiber lots:
Colonix with orange juice
Keeps me on my feet.

[Pat~]

Planning to commit

Haikuicide on forum;

This is first attempt.

[poetinahat]

Welcome, O newbie -
Your limerick acumen
precedes you; write on.

[Perks]

Day lost to dreaming
Contemplating the doorframe
Gateway to new dreams

[Pat~]

Thank you haiku sage;
May the candles on your cake
All blow out at once.

[JAlpha]

Thank you haiku sage;
May the candles on your cake
All blow out at once.

:Clap:

no going back now
welcome to the other "cide"
land of wit and whim

[JAlpha]

Planning to commit

Haikuicide on forum;

This is first attempt.

Thank you haiku sage;
May the candles on your cake
All blow out at once.

:Clap:

no going back now
welcome to the other "cide"
land of wit and whim

[Pat~]

Gracious welcome here;
Much to learn from haiku pros!
(First let's eat some cake...)

[Alphabet]

And Haikuicide
Is the only 'cide' where crowds
Say "Do it. Do it."

[JAlpha]

And Haikuicide
Is the only 'cide' where crowds
Say "Do it. Do it."

Tell that to the roach
found in my basement last night
shot of pesti "cide"

[Pat~]

Ugh,nasty roaches

Last house almost crawled away

On their ugly backs.



(Good reason to move);

Now we have tarantulas--

Garden-friendly things.

[JAlpha]

Planning to commit
Haikuicide on forum;
This is first attempt.





Thank you haiku sage;
May the candles on your cake
All blow out at once.




Gracious welcome here;
Much to learn from haiku pros!
(First let's eat some cake...)

[QUOTE=pb10220]

Ugh,nasty roaches
Last house almost crawled away
On their ugly backs.

(Good reason to move);
Now we have tarantulas--
Garden-friendly things.




Beginner you say
I spy a haiku hustler
folks we've all been had :)

[Pat~]

Generous you are
Just compulsive poet here;
Love to play with words...

Want to see real 'cide?
Check out awful poetry
On the contest thread!

[JAlpha]

all together now
many birthday wishes to
Poet in the hat

:Cake:

[Perks]

Alas, we missed it.
The globe turned to tomorrow
before our wishes.

(Happy Birthday anyway! :) )

[Pat~]

Each new year a gift
Give it back to live it well,
Poet in a hat.

[trumancoyote]

A jingo's sun sewn
on a worn hat from Japan
My faraway heart

[poetinahat]

Beginner you say
I spy a haiku hustler
folks we've all been had :)

Poets, take your shots
Before she runs the table -
Three lines, side pocket!

[Pat~]

http://bestsmileys.com/sports1/5.gif

[Pat~]

:roll:
Rolling on the floor
Reading all the early posts;
Fun place, haiku thread!

(Being as how I'm new here.....)

How would you describe
YOU in a haiku or two?
(Someone else begin.)

[Alphabet]

Still practicing life
Determined. Will get it right
Given enough time.

[JAlpha]

Sometimes, I can be
a fiery lioness
full of attitude


Other times, I’m tame
as a clawless hermit crab
my life on the cusp

[trumancoyote]

My palm lines are light
and I was told it's because
I'm scared to exist.

I really think, though,
that it's from masturbating
too much as a teen.

[poetinahat]

I like to believe
I'm misunderstood. The truth:
I just don't make sense.

[Pat~]

Once in desert flight
Knelt to drink at Hagar's well
Life forever changed.

[JAlpha]

private time machine
sprockets of mortal moments
project memories

[three seven]

I can't be bothered.
Am lacking motivation.
Need kick up backside.

[Perks]

Glad to kick your rear
It's a bit too far from here
Rhymes will have to do

[rhymegirl]

Which foot would you like?
The left or the right--just say
which one and it's yours.

[JAlpha]

http://www.pctechtalk.com/forums/images/smilies/kickass.gif

a plea to kick a**
my foot rises and takes aim
a call to action

[three seven]

Perks, you've done me in.
I cannot even begin
to make these things rhyme.

[three seven]

Kate, I'm thinking left.
Left cheek distinctly bereft
of boot-shaped bruises.

[Perks]

Bested so you say,
I'll not believe you'll give way.
Excuses won't play...

[three seven]

Been in sun too long.
Head shiny like the Rank gong.
Three lines rhyming? Nope.

[Perks]

Haiku war is fun

This evening's free time is done

Children's fight's begun

[three seven]

You messed with my head
so I watched a film instead.
Shortly off to bed.

Enjoyed the movie -
Roadkill, on the BBC
incidentally.

Two guys, brains turned low,
misuse CB radio.
Get stalked by psycho.

Thought it was alright.
Good stuff for a Monday night.
Certainly not shite.

Believe it was called
Joyride when released abroad.
Look it out if bored.

Right, must heed bedtime
'fore committing heinous crime
against rules of rhyme.

Thing is, I can't stop.
Just keep going 'til I drop.
Oops, my head went pop.

[Perks]

:Hail:

[Alphabet]

Words
Fail to arrive
Silence

[rhymegirl]

Three has lost his head,
and now he's going to bed,
headless and rhyme-free.

[poetinahat]

the emptiest space
i am able to conjure
is between commas

[Pat~]

Flat on back in bed
Worked too hard at play again
(Will I never learn?)

[Pat~]

Son is driving now.
Family van parked in the drive
Now sports 'racing stripe'.
:scared:

[three seven]

It's not really clear
what the hell I'm doing here.
Feel a little queer.

Bloody writer's block.
All my words are utter cock.
Clock: Tick tock. Tick tock.

I'm not in the mood.
Female lead needs to be wood.
I just want some food.

Night's turning sour.
I'll give it half an hour.
Brain low on power.

Once felt ten feet tall.
Now I've dropped the f*cking ball.
Well, can't win 'em all.

In fact, so pissed off,
can't even be bothered to
make the last verse rhyme.

[Perks]

Your book may have stalled
But your haikus now can scald
You're on fire with rhymes

[Sarita]

keep writing, my friend
right down to the bloody end
royalties to spend

burn her if she's wood
you'll do with her what you should
and stop the brood-ing

(oh so close...)

[three seven]

Just can't help but feel
this won't get me a book deal.
Eyes: road. Hands: on wheel.

[Sarita]

and I know first hand
you have a masterpiece planned
it will not be bland

so keep writing gore
and your man wont ever bore
the markets you'll lure

[rhymegirl]

Make it happen, Dude!
And get yourself in the mood!
Or I'll just get rude!

[three seven]

Wait, don't go berserk!
Last remark was aimed at Perks,
not my masterwork!

[Sarita]

well, if that's the case
try some rhymes of poor taste, to
get your head in place.

[Perks]

Started a riot
Your fans will not be quiet
You had better write...

[rhymegirl]

I am NOT beserk,
I just will not let you shirk
getting done your work.

[three seven]

That is just the point.
Spending too long in this joint.
What else rhymes with point?

[Sarita]

off I go to bed
filled to the brim is my head
legs are made of lead

(annoint?)

[three seven]

Sod it. I'm doing
myself no favours spewing
all this Haiku...ing

[rhymegirl]

We all hang out here
Instead of having a beer--
all need kick in rear.

[three seven]

Anoint just has one N.
Exactly the same as pen,
hen, men, ten and den.

[Perks]

I take swigs of beer
while lurking and posting here
and writing of fear