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What sounds Arjuna

with his swift arrows? Krishna's

Annunaki will. 

 

Annukaki will

strange deities from the east

now long forgotten

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Pain me once again

will suffering end?

All too soon my friend.

 

all too soon my friend

will salad days run to seed

as youth fades away

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all too soon my friend

will salad days run to seed

as youth fades away

as youth fades away

cobweb a spider thus spins

birthing a new morn... 

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as youth fades away

cobweb a spider thus spins

birthing a new morn... 

 

birthing a new morn

dawns left hand is in the sky

as the rooster crows

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birthing a new morn

dawns left hand is in the sky

as the rooster crows

as the rooster crows

a big frog crawls near my feet

smiling, i made tea...

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smiling, I made tea...

a special treat; no one knows

but me (it's J-weed)

 

but me (it's J-weed)

the very Devils hot brew

bringing me sweet dreams?

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. my apologies for writing nonsense earlier . 

 

 

It was the mid-line that seems short of a syllable. 

Edited by C T

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here's a place holder

in case CT wants to make

a bridging haiku

 

(should he do so, this one may be subject to change)

 

a bridging haiku

over a troubled water

it will ease your mind

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a bridging haiku

over a troubled water

it will ease your mind

 

it will ease your mind

a gin and tonic at dusk

lemon or lime chaps

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lemon or lime chaps

blend of protective garments

and some stinging fruits

 

and some stinging fruits

for their laxative effect

added to the mix

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and some stinging fruits

for their laxative effect

added to the mix

 

Added to the mix,

the black sheep serves to offset

cookie-cutter peers

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Added to the mix,

the black sheep serves to offset

cookie-cutter peers

 

Cookie-cutter peers

with sly mischievious grin

at snickerdoodle.

Edited by liminal_luke
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Cookie-cutter peers

with sly mischievious grin

at snickerdoodle.

at snickerdoodle

two bassets and a poodle

one white and two browns... 

Edited by C T
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one white, two brown and (tan)

I could critique syllables

but here's something else

 

But here's something else:

the yellow butterfly lands

on the yellow sub. 

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But here's something else:

the yellow butterfly lands

on the yellow sub. 

 

on the yellow sub

we do sail the sea of green

yellow submarine

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on the yellow sub

we do sail the sea of green

yellow submarine

yellow submarine

a jaundiced practitioner

turns lead into gold... 

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yellow submarine

a jaundiced practitioner

turns lead into gold... 

 

turns lead into gold

jing into chi into shen

paths mysterious

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turns lead into gold

jing into chi into shen

paths mysterious

 

paths mysterious

through dark shadows and bright light

but there is no goal

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paths mysterious

through dark shadows and bright light

but there is no goal

 

but there is no goal

so think not of the harvest

but of the sowing

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but there is no goal

so think not of the harvest

but of the sowing

 

But of the sowing

the lily of the valley

thinks, "Detention camp."

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But of the sowing

the lily of the valley

thinks, "Detention camp."

thinks, "Detention camp."

feels like a tour of Warsaw

acts like a tourist... 

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thinks, "Detention camp."

feels like a tour of Warsaw

acts like a tourist... 

 

acts like a tourist

not feeling quite at home in

bright shirt and sandals

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bright shirt and sandals

Tourist attire or daily

garb in Hawaii

 

garb in Hawaii

grass skirt and flowers in hair

with bare feet stamping

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