Haiku Chain

[Apech]

reminds me of home

the end of all our journeys

back where we began

 

back where we began

I heard a cockroach singing

now that's not cricket.

[soaring crane]

now that's not cricket

cricket-cricket-cricket-crick-

nature's wind-up clocks

Edited December 21, 2015 by soaring crane

[Taomeow]

now that's not cricket

cricket-cricket-cricket-crick-

nature's wind-up clocks

 

Nature's wind-up clocks...

Walking in the snow, I crushed

so many of them.

 

 

[Chang]

Nature's wind-up clocks...

Walking in the snow, I crushed

so many of them.

 

so many of them

thoughts come, thoughts go, on and on

shallow and restless

[Apech]

so many of them

thoughts come, thoughts go, on and on

shallow and restless

 

shallow and restless

that's my personality

defined to a 't'.

[Mark Foote]

shallow and restless

that's my personality

defined to a 't'.

 

defined to a 't'

dropped, like a french consonant

rolled, up out of bed

Edited December 26, 2015 by Mark Foote

[Taomeow]

shallow and restless

that's my personality

defined to a 't'.

 

Defined to a "t,"

tea for two is two for tea --

dual cultivation. 

[Taomeow]

Beat me to it by one second!

[Apech]

defined to a 't'

dropped, like a french consonant

rolled, up out of bed

 

rolled , up out of bed

just like a french cigarette

defined to a 't'

 

 

 

 

Defined to a "t,"

tea for two is two for tea --

dual cultivation. 

[Apech]

Defined to a "t,"

tea for two is two for tea --

dual cultivation. 

 

 

Dual cultivation

Mine in yours and yours in mine

who is doing who?

Edited December 27, 2015 by Apech

[Taomeow]

Dual cultivation

Mine in yours and yours in mine

who is doing who?

 

Who is doing who?

Don't ask for whom the bell tolls:

the bell tolls for "whom." 

[soaring crane]

the bell tolls for "whom"

and whom is you, whom is me

one big family

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thyfriends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

[Chang]

the bell tolls for "whom"

and whom is you, whom is me

one big family

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thyfriends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

 

one big family

mum, dad, son daughter and dog

such domestic bliss

[Apech]

one big family

mum, dad, son daughter and dog

such domestic bliss

 

 

such domestic bliss

but the in-laws are coming

run outside and scream.

[Taomeow]

such domestic bliss

but the in-laws are coming

run outside and scream.

 

Run outside and scream

Basho: "Haikai are made of

plainness and oddness." 

[soaring crane]

plainness and oddness

Haiku thread a safe haven

For Taobums ex-mods

[liminal_luke]

plainness and oddness

Haiku thread a safe haven

For Taobums ex-mods

For Taobums ex-mods

MoPai threads now optional

Enjoy the time off

 

later edit...

 

For Taobums ex-mods

MoPai threads now optional

Soaring Crane takes flight

Edited December 27, 2015 by liminal_luke

[Chang]

For Taobums ex-mods

MoPai threads now optional

Enjoy the time off

 

enjoy the time off

from the mo pai and more pie

the waffle and wonder

[Mark Foote]

enjoy the time off

from the mo pai and more pie

the waffle and wonder

 

the waffle and wonder

winter's balm, the solstice stars

dual wings, hard to beat

Edited December 27, 2015 by Mark Foote

[Taomeow]

the waffle and wonder

winter's balm, the solstice stars

dual wings, hard to beat

 

"Dual wings, hard to beat" -- that's a true haiku device right there, known as kake-kotoba, "words that suddenly change the meaning, or the expectation of meaning, of a sentence, as you read it, a kind of grammatical double exposure."  Well done! 

 

Dual wings, hard to beat --

my sword makes bat spaghetti

with spaghetti sauce.

[Mark Foote]

"Dual wings, hard to beat" -- that's a true haiku device right there, known as kake-kotoba, "words that suddenly change the meaning, or the expectation of meaning, of a sentence, as you read it, a kind of grammatical double exposure."  Well done! 

 

Dual wings, hard to beat --

my sword makes bat spaghetti

with spaghetti sauce.

 

(thanks.  Trying to get that "dual" reference in, was I!)

 

with spaghetti sauce

there is no try; only do

drenched from the chin down

Edited December 28, 2015 by Mark Foote

[Taomeow]

(thanks.  Trying to get that "dual" reference in, was I!)

 

with spaghetti sauce

there is no try; only do

drenched from the chin down

 

Drenched from the chin down

in wine, the sorcerer's beard

draws a talisman

[Apech]

Drenched from the chin down

in wine, the sorcerer's beard

draws a talisman

 

draws a talisman

and dons a stylish black hat

wide eyed demons stare.

[Chang]

draws a talisman

and dons a stylish black hat

wide eyed demons stare.

 

wide eyed demons stare

through darkness, rain, wind and fire

what is there to see?

[Apech]

wide eyed demons stare

through darkness, rain, wind and fire

what is there to see?

 

what is there to see?

far in a dark hurricane

an old figure leans.