Haiku Chain

[konchog uma]

Haiku to live for

Six syllables in last line

Basho's corpse shudders

Edited September 16, 2013 by konchog uma

[rainbowvein]

6 syllables in last line.

 

white cat impedes flow:

"6 syllables in last line"

yet offered no more...

[konchog uma]

Yet offered no more

Cats are just like that sometimes

Some offer too much

Edited September 16, 2013 by konchog uma

[Apech]

Haiku to live for

Clean dirt from a needless phrase

In [the] space: open doors

 

In space: open doors

A clean phrase from needless dirt

Haiku to live for

 

Haiku to live for

Six syllables in last line

Basho's corpse shudders

 

Basho's corpse shudders

as a feline presence comes

white cat impedes flow

 

 

white cat impedes flow:

"6 syllables in last line"

yet offered no more...

 

Yet offered no more

Cats are just like that sometimes

Some offer too much

 

Some offer too much

and others take too much time

to finish the line.

 

(phew)

[Dagon]

To finish the line,

I take time to make a rhyme,

Slowly passing time.

[Mark Foote]

To finish the line,

I take time to make a rhyme,

Slowly passing time.

 

Slowly passing time

with friends, the sun sinks westward

so soon, so soon done

Edited September 17, 2013 by Mark Foote

[Dagon]

So soon, so soon done,

Seemingly eternity,

when you are so young.

[Mark Foote]

So soon, so soon done,

Seemingly eternity,

when you are so young.

 

when you are so young

walking a moonlit road home

alone is lonely

[C T]

when you are so young

walking a moonlit road home

alone is lonely

alone is lonely

even in a crowded hall

saunters out the door...

[teknix]

Saunters out the door,

Oh shit, guess who's back again?

Just a random guy.

[joeblast]

just a random guy

temet nocse, know thyself

be it through and through

[konchog uma]

be it through and through

the nature of unborn mind

what you really are

[Apech]

be it through and through

the nature of unborn mind

what you really are

 

what you really are?

well wouldn't you lie to know

but it's a secret.

[konchog uma]

but its a secret

though sort of the open kind

if you're a dreamer

[SEEKER OF TRUTH]

but its a secret

though sort of the open kind

if you're a dreamer

if you a dreamer

like me, there boy, well then,

best pay attention.

[FokusFyre]

best pay attention

for the trees blow with no wind

afraid ive sinned

[rainbowvein]

best pay attention

for the trees blow with no wind

afraid ive sinned

afraid I [ha]ve sinned

boat doesn't fit that I'm in

forgive myself, love

[Brian]

forgive myself, love

my neighbors -- even the ones

who are annoying

Edited September 17, 2013 by Brian

[FokusFyre]

forgive myself, love

my neighbors -- even the ones

who are annoying

Who are annoying?

anyone? no one? time will tell.

dream of a dark well

[Taomeow]

_/\_ a fix to the extra syllable in the second line is humbly suggested -- e.g., "anyone? no one? time, tell!"

 

Dream of a dark well,

with dark fish on the bottom,

means you are pregnant.

[Dagon]

"anyone? none? time will tell!"

Means you are pregnant,

If you are superstitious,

Why not just test it.

[Taomeow]

Why not just test it:

Do you have superpowers?

If yes, raise my hand!

[Mark Foote]

Why not just test it:

Do you have superpowers?

If yes, raise my hand!

 

if yes, raise my hand

built-in ouija board planchette

guided me for years

[Dagon]

Guided me for years,

Were the trees, streams, thoughts and tears,

Banishing my fears.

[C T]

Guided me for years,

Were the trees, streams, thoughts and tears,

Banishing my fears.

banishing my fears

this faithful pillow for years

can't live without it...