Chain, chain, chain, chain of haiku fools

William E. Harlan · Jun 18, 2013

Your book in my hands.
I want to hurt your feelings.
Kick you in the book.

zanzjan · Jun 18, 2013

Kick you in the book,
drag you deep down into plot,
drown you, tense, suspense!

William E. Harlan · Jun 18, 2013

Drown you, tense, suspense...
"Ellipsis" counts as three beats,
Unless you use it.

B.D. Eyeslie · Jun 19, 2013

Unless you use it,
the muscles in your fingers
will reject the pen.

William E. Harlan · Jun 19, 2013

Will, reject the pen!
How dare you say such a thing?
No! I am Shakespeare.

zanzjan · Jun 21, 2013

No! I am Shakespeare!
That Marlowe bloke was a hack,
with bad breath, besides.

William E. Harlan · Jun 21, 2013

With bad breath, besides.
Is she someone beautiful?
Or is she ruined?

Kate Thornton · Jun 21, 2013

Or is she ruined?
I keep asking myself that
Eraser in hand

kkbe · Jun 21, 2013

Eraser in hand,
and then she hesitates. Waits.
Obliterate me.

laurasbadideas · Jun 21, 2013

Obliterate me.
Or try, at your own peril.
Go on. I dare you.

B.D. Eyeslie · Jun 22, 2013

Go on, I dare you
to find the joy within you--
the heart of mankind.

red · Jun 22, 2013

The heart of mankind
Impaled on copper hangers.
Sold by suited beasts.

William E. Harlan · Jun 22, 2013

Sold by suited beasts,
For thirty-nine ninety-five,
You can have one too!

laurasbadideas · Jun 23, 2013

You can have one too!
All you have to do is ask.
I think you'll like it.

William E. Harlan · Jun 26, 2013

I think you'll like it.
Everything you see is yours.
Take one hundred years.

kkbe · Jun 27, 2013

Take one hundred years,
plus ought, times pi to the nth
power. That's how much. :Hug2:

William E. Harlan · Jun 27, 2013

Power, that's how much.
Not size, quantity or cost.
You are or are not.

Kate Thornton · Jun 27, 2013

You are or are not
Just what I was looking for
All bets are off now

William E. Harlan · Jun 27, 2013

All bets are off now.
Abandon structure, restraint.
Triumph at all costs.

Putputt · Jun 27, 2013

Triumph at all costs.
Broken hearts and bruised egos
are collateral.

William E. Harlan · Jun 27, 2013

"Are collateral."
Two words and similar sounds.
Say it five times fast.

laurasbadideas · Jun 27, 2013

Say it five times fast.
"It, five times fast" is the joke.
I laugh every time.

onestepp · Jun 28, 2013

I laugh every time
twilight's dimpled evening sky
golden slivered smile

zanzjan · Jun 28, 2013

Golden, slivered smile,
cold knife eyes, you profess love,
and so, slow, murder.

William E. Harlan · Jun 28, 2013

And so, slow murder.
I hide in your confidence.
Only ten more years...