Haiku Chain

[Mark Foote]

21 hours ago, Apech said:

 

Think themselves too good

For those of us who thoughtless

Sit down unnoticed.

 

 

 

Sit down unnoticed

amongest the orchard flowers
look around, take stock

[Cobie]

16 minutes ago, Mark Foote said:

Sit down unnoticed

amongest the orchard flowers
look around, take stock

look around, take stock 
 neem een stok en sla jezelf,

ik de zenmeester. 
 

 

[Mark Foote]

10 minutes ago, Cobie said:

look around, take stock 
 neem een stok en sla jezelf,

ik de zenmeester. 

 

ik de zenmeester

I have that big stick, you know

for just such as you

[Cobie]

11 hours ago, Mark Foote said:

ik de zenmeester

I have that big stick, you know

for just such as you

for just such as you 
Rascal, no respect for one’s 
elders and betters.  

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by Cobie

[Mark Foote]

11 hours ago, Cobie said:

for just such as you 
Rascal, no respect for one’s 
elders and betters.  

 

 

[Mark Foote]

11 hours ago, Cobie said:

for just such as you 
Rascal, no respect for one’s 
elders and betters.  

 

elders and betters
amongst the lake waterfowl

eye suspiciously



 

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by Mark Foote

[Cobie]

2 hours ago, Mark Foote said:

elders and betters
amongst the lake waterfowl

eye suspiciously

the lake waterfowl

Beautiful picture, thank you; 

silence is golden.

 

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by Cobie

[thelerner]

2 hours ago, Cobie said:

the lake waterfowl

Beautiful picture, thank you; 

silence is golden.

 

Silence is golden

Shhh Shh Shh Shh Shhh Shhh Shh

You're thinking too loud

[Cobie]

Shhh Shh Shh Shh Shhh
The Lion-Eating Poet

in the Stone Den. Shi

 

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2023 by Cobie

[Cobie]

in the Stone Den. Shi

Classical Chinese, cannot

easily be read. 

 

Edited September 18, 2023 by Cobie

[Unota]

easily be read,

and you're open to danger

but walls make poor friends

Edited September 20, 2023 by Unota

[Apech]

On 9/20/2023 at 5:35 AM, Unota said:

easily be read,

and you're open to danger

but walls make poor friends

 

 

but walls make poor friends

never phone or ask you out

but just stare blankly.

 

 

[Cobie]

6 hours ago, Apech said:

but walls make poor friends

never phone or ask you out

but just stare blankly.

Just stare blankly, but 

don’t let your eyes go glassy 

or they’ll lock you up. 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2023 by Cobie

[Mark Foote]

On 9/21/2023 at 10:35 AM, Cobie said:

Just stare blankly, but 

don’t let your eyes go glassy 

or they’ll lock you up. 

 

or they'll lock you up,
those mula bandhas--stay clear

avoid the deep end

[Apech]

19 hours ago, Mark Foote said:

or they'll lock you up,
those mula bandhas--stay clear

avoid the deep end

avoid the deep end

superficiality

is its own reward

 

[Cobie]

32 minutes ago, Apech said:

avoid the deep end

superficiality

is its own reward

 

superficiality [6 syllables ] : 
the simplicity of the

most intelligent. 
 

 

[Apech]

2 minutes ago, Cobie said:

superficiality [6 syllables ] : 
the simplicity of the

most intelligent. 
 

 

su-per-fic-i-al-it-y

[Cobie]

6

https://syllablecounter.net/count

[Apech]

6 minutes ago, Cobie said:

6

https://syllablecounter.net/count

Yankee nonsense 

[Cobie]

Please supply an English gentleman’s syllable counter. 

[Cobie]

3 minutes ago, Apech said:

Yankee nonsense 

Your facial expression on your profile picture perfectly matches saying “Yankee nonsense”.  
 

 

Edited September 23, 2023 by Cobie

[iinatti]

25 minutes ago, Cobie said:

superficiality [6 syllables ] : 
the simplicity of the

most intelligent. 
 

 

 

Most intelligent

speak intelligent-i-ly

'spec-i-aly me

[Apech]

1 hour ago, iinatti said:

 

Most intelligent

speak intelligent-i-ly

'spec-i-aly me

 

'spec-i-aly me

for I am the only king

and the king's English.

 

 

[Mark Foote]

On 9/23/2023 at 2:28 PM, Apech said:

 

'spec-i-aly me

for I am the only king

and the king's English.

 

and the king's English

battalion rode to Scotland

mispronouncing lionn

mispronouncing lionn

--money talks, their thirst for beer

quenched like fire in rain
 

Edited September 24, 2023 by Mark Foote

[S:C]

On 25.9.2023 at 12:09 AM, Mark Foote said:

mispronouncing lionn

--money talks, their thirst for beer

quenched like fire in rain

Quenched like fire in rain.
A stone cave and gravity’s
Purpose? What’s true north?

 

Edited October 7, 2023 by stellarwindbubble