Chain, chain, chain, chain of haiku fools

[JAlpha]

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A haiku game...​

The last line of the previous person's haiku becomes the first line of the next person's haiku.​

For purposes of this game, my definition of haiku is simply a 5-7-5 syllable format.​

I'll start with a haiku inspired by the lyrics of Aretha Franklin's Chain Of Fools.​

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You treated me mean,​

now I'm where you wanted me--​

a link in your chain​

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The first line of the next haiku becomes​

A link in your chain​

 

[kdnxdr]

a link in your chain
daisies fashioned from our spring
crown of lovers fair

 

[ddgryphon]

Fair weather passing
Over this glorious day
Ah, earthly heaven

 

[JAlpha]

Fair weather passing
Over this glorious day
Ah, earthly heaven

Oops! Sorry ddgrphon; perhaps it will take a few more links to illustrate the chained formation.

The first line of the next haiku in the sequence needs to be the last line of the last haiku posted. . .

crown of lovers fair

 

[D.J.]

Crown of lovers fair
wafted scent of purfume lasts
lingers on the air.

 

[poetinahat]

lingers on the air
rings and echoes in my brain
your voice calls my name

 

[Shwebb]

Your voice calls my name
I turn, and to my shame, I
see just a mirror.

 

[ddgryphon]

Oops! Sorry ddgrphon; perhaps it will take a few more links to illustrate the chained formation.

The first line of the next haiku in the sequence needs to be the last line of the last haiku posted. . .

crown of lovers fair

OOPS! See what happens when you're half-asleep and reading -- I'll get with the program.

 

[ddgryphon]

Your voice calls my name
I turn, and to my shame, I
see just a mirror.

See, Just a mirror:
The simplest of self-portraits
Remaining current

 

[kdnxdr]

remaining current
against the tide carry me
born to yonder shore

 

[ddgryphon]

Born to yonder shore
lost to family and friends
memory fading

 

[JAlpha]

memory fading
like photos of old lovers
cut and torn to shreds

 

[Jo]

cut and torn to shreds
stinging battle monument
smiling cat sleeps

 

[D.J.]

Smiling cat sleeps
beguiling, his grin in dream
faux-sweetness beckons

 

[Pat~]

faux-sweetness beckons
restaurant dessert tray tempts
with plastic delights

 

[JAlpha]

faux-sweetness beckons
restaurant dessert tray tempts
with plastic delights

With plastic delights
fanned out in her winning hand
she charges the mall

 

[Pat~]

she charges the mall
like a sprinter in a race
it's sale day today

 

[D.J.]

It's sale day today
what lovely wares shall I buy?
Perhaps some crystal...

 

[rich]

Perhaps some crystal

In some Godly place, will shine

More than your eyes...no.

 

[Godfather]

more than your eyes... no
nothings colder than your eyes
not even the ice

 

[Stew21]

not even the ice
could keep me away - travel
treacherous to you.

 

[D.J.]

Treacherous to you
evil thoughts are dreamt, but no -
humanity wins.

 

[rich]

Humanity wins

When Spring in its insistence

Shows a single bud

 

[rich]

"Shows a single bud" would not be the start of much. I suggest that somebody can change it to something like "A single bud shows" (Hmm, that would've done just as well on my piece.)

 

[JAlpha]

Shows a single Bud
and a fistful of pretzels
date with a cheapskate