Haiku Chain

[Taomeow]

  On 12/28/2015 at 10:20 PM, Apech said:

what is there to see?

far in a dark hurricane

an old figure leans.

 

An old figure leans

Wu style -- bamboo in the wind,

rampant cobra sway*

 

 

* kake-kotoba alert:  rampant cobra's way

 

Edited December 29, 2015 by Taomeow

[soaring crane]

rampant cobra sway

a crane soars and joins the play

children of the Tao

[Apech]

  On 12/29/2015 at 9:11 AM, soaring crane said:

rampant cobra sway

a crane soars and joins the play

children of the Tao

 

children of the Tao

a breeze blows on the meadow

golden flowers dance.

[Chang]

  On 12/29/2015 at 12:16 PM, Apech said:

children of the Tao

a breeze blows on the meadow

golden flowers dance.

 

golden flowers dance

whilst trees sway and grasses wave

neath the suns soft glow

[Taomeow]

  On 12/29/2015 at 12:27 PM, Chang said:

golden flowers dance

whilst trees sway and grasses wave

neath the suns soft glow

 

'neath the suns soft glow

worlds of morning dew dry up

like my tears for them.

[Apech]

  On 12/29/2015 at 5:13 PM, Taomeow said:

'neath the suns soft glow

worlds of morning dew dry up

like my tears for them.

 

like my tears for them,

that have no comprehension,

of why I'm crying.

[soaring crane]

of why I'm crying

while flying and trying

to water the grass

[liminal_luke]

  On 12/30/2015 at 9:45 PM, soaring crane said:

of why I'm crying

while flying and trying

to water the grass

to water the grass

seems an impossible chore

faucet tight --screw it!

[Brian]

To water the grass

Is to manipulate life

<shrug> my wife likes it

[soaring crane]

faucet tight - screw it

one to hold the faucet tight

three to turn the house

 

 

 

 

(sorry, Brian, Luke was first)

[Brian]

  On 12/30/2015 at 10:24 PM, soaring crane said:

faucet tight - screw it

one to hold the faucet tight

three to turn the house

 

 

 

 

(sorry, Brian, Luke was first)

Yeah, I started typing my response but then got hijacked by SWMBO.

[Taomeow]

  On 12/30/2015 at 10:24 PM, soaring crane said:

faucet tight - screw it

one to hold the faucet tight

three to turn the house

 

 

 

 

(sorry, Brian, Luke was first)

 

Three to turn the house:

Father, Son, the Holy Ghost.

Sign on the door: MEN.

Edited December 31, 2015 by Taomeow

[Apech]

  On 12/31/2015 at 3:58 AM, Taomeow said:

Three to turn the house:

Father, Son, the Holy Ghost.

Sign on the door: MEN.

 

Sign on the door: MEN.

Who may wish to be engaged

But are still vacant.

[Taomeow]

  On 12/31/2015 at 9:45 AM, Apech said:

Sign on the door: MEN.

Who may wish to be engaged

But are still vacant.

 

But are still vacant

rooms to fill with creatures great

and small?  Write that book. 

[Apech]

  On 12/31/2015 at 5:05 PM, Taomeow said:

But are still vacant

rooms to fill with creatures great

and small?  Write that book. 

 

and small?  Write that book. 

and large?   Create a journal.

Medium?   Ghost-write.

[Mark Foote]

  On 12/31/2015 at 6:05 PM, Apech said:

and small?  Write that book. 

and large?   Create a journal.

Medium?   Ghost-write.

 

Medium? Ghost write.

Chalk and tuna, in the air

wafting lofty prose

[Chang]

  On 1/4/2016 at 1:21 AM, Mark Foote said:

Medium? Ghost write.

Chalk and tuna, in the air

wafting lofty prose

 

wafting lofty prose

he fools many all the time

some he fools never

[soaring crane]

some he fools never

till he looks in the mirror

lips all aquiver

[Brian]

  On 1/4/2016 at 1:29 PM, soaring crane said:

some he fools never

till he looks in the mirror

lips all aquiver

Lips all aquiver

Bilabial fricative

Ye olde raspberry

Edited January 4, 2016 by Brian

[9th]

ye olde raspberry

the sound of puckered asses

just farting away

[C T]

  On 1/5/2016 at 12:31 AM, 9th said:

ye olde raspberry

the sound of puckered asses

just farting away

just farting away

oblivious to fallen souls

from the stench of old

[liminal_luke]

  On 1/5/2016 at 12:34 AM, C T said:

just farting away

oblivious to fallen souls

from the stench of old

from the stench of old

cod livers, fermented oil.

old-school omegas

[soaring crane]

Old-school omegas

Groceries from bodegas

Driving to Vegas

Edited January 7, 2016 by soaring crane

[Apech]

  On 1/7/2016 at 7:24 AM, soaring crane said:

Old-school omegas

Groceries from bodegas

Driving to Vegas

 

Driving to Vegas

with black Jack my good friend

the one armed bandit.

[Chang]

  On 1/7/2016 at 1:19 PM, Apech said:

Driving to Vegas

with black Jack my good friend

the one armed bandit.

 

the one armed bandit

soon emptied all my pockets

no word no gesture