Haiku Chain

[Apech]

  CowTao said:

That foreign lingo

to me is 'pink flamingos'

pretty to look at..

 

 

pretty to look at...

arranges plastic flowers...

then throws them away.

[trailmaker]

  apepch7 said:

pretty to look at...

arranges plastic flowers...

then throws them away.

 

then throws them away.

'Mateus' bottles empty but

still there is one more!

[soaring crane]

  trailmaker said:

 

then throws them away.

'Mateus' bottles empty but

still there is one more!

 

only nine thousand

nine hundred ninety nine more

before I reach Tao

 

edit: oooooopssss... messed that up... but I wanna leave it

 

here:

 

still there is one more

then, after it's gone, perhaps

I'll have another

Edited January 6, 2010 by soaring crane

[C T]

  soaring crane said:

still there is one more

then, after it's gone, perhaps

I'll have another

I'll have another;

why not, since its on the house

as its always been..

[mYTHmAKER]

  CowTao said:

I'll have another;

why not, since its on the house

as its always been..

 

 

 

As its always been

At the most basic level

the rising sun sets.

[Guest artform]

  mYTHmAKER said:

As its always been

At the most basic level

the rising sun sets.

 

 

the rising sun sets

faster with each passing year

such is the meaning

[Mark Foote]

  artform said:

the rising sun sets

faster with each passing year

such is the meaning

 

such is the meaning

in old age ageless again

as never before

[C T]

  Mark Foote said:

such is the meaning

in old age ageless again

as never before

as never before

this timeless indifference

as the gong shudders...

[Apech]

  CowTao said:

as never before

this timeless indifference

as the gong shudders...

 

 

as the gong shudders...

breakfast at the monastery

bitter sweet tea steams.

[C T]

  apepch7 said:

as the gong shudders...

breakfast at the monastery

bitter sweet tea steams.

bitter sweet tea steams

from the old copper tea pot

no steam, no hot tea!

[Apech]

  CowTao said:

bitter sweet tea steams

from the old copper tea pot

no steam, no hot tea!

 

 

no steam, no hot tea!

shout loudly at your cold friends,

just to break the ice.

[mYTHmAKER]

  CowTao said:

bitter sweet tea steams

from the old copper tea pot

no steam, no hot tea!

 

 

No steam, no hot tea!

No problem drink it luke warm.

I watch my cup fill.

[Mark Foote]

  mYTHmAKER said:

No steam, no hot tea!

No problem drink it luke warm.

I watch my cup fill.

 

I watch my cup fill

tears cloud my eyes, at the sounds

of old friends and tea

Edited January 7, 2010 by Mark Foote

[C T]

  Mark Foote said:

I watch my cup fill

tears cloud my eyes, at the sounds

of old friends and tea

of old friends and tea

of warm blankets, fireplaces,

of the ways to peace...

[Apech]

  CowTao said:

of old friends and tea

of warm blankets, fireplaces,

of the ways to peace...

 

 

of the ways to peace...

I prefer war. As in life -

the wicked don't rest.

[trailmaker]

  apepch7 said:

of the ways to peace...

I prefer war. As in life -

the wicked don't rest.

 

 

the wicked don't rest.

but then thoughts smooth and easy

give way to nod...sleep..

[Guest artform]

  trailmaker said:

the wicked don't rest.

but then thoughts smooth and easy

give way to nod...sleep..

 

 

give way to nod...sleep..

just to break the ice, and find

other life beneath

 

chain gone loopy

[C T]

  artform said:

give way to nod...sleep..

just to break the ice, and find

other life beneath

 

other life beneath

only when viewed from the top

be 'low' like water...

[Apech]

  CowTao said:

other life beneath

only when viewed from the top

be 'low' like water...

 

be 'low' like water...

reflect light like mercury

here there is thunder.

[mYTHmAKER]

  apepch7 said:

be 'low' like water...

reflect light like mercury

here there is thunder.

 

 

Here there is thunder.

SHOCKING! AROUSING! and still.

i sit and i am.

[C T]

  apepch7 said:

be 'low' like water...

reflect light like mercury

here there is thunder.

here there is thunder

like an eternal Mantra

echoing the void...

 

  mYTHmAKER said:

Here there is thunder.

SHOCKING! AROUSING! and still.

i sit and i am.

i sit and i am

all shook up from arousal

i remain seated..

[soaring crane]

  CowTao said:

i sit and i am

all shook up from arousal

i remain seated..

 

I remain seated

Laptop wobbling on my knees

Write another line

[TheSongsofDistantEarth]

  soaring crane said:

I remain seated

Laptop wobbling on my knees

Write another line

 

 

Write another line

HAIKUCHAINHAIKUCHAINHAI

kucheekucheekoo!

 

 

 

toff!

[Guest artform]

  TheSongsofDistantEarth said:

Write another line

HAIKUCHAINHAIKUCHAINHAI

kucheekucheekoo!

 

 

kucheekucheekoo

tickles varied fancies now

energies arise

Edited January 9, 2010 by artform

[C T]

  artform said:

kucheekucheekoo

tickles varied fancies now

energies arise

energies arise

from where is this source one asks?

A snowflake perhaps?