The Never Ending Haiku Game

[Person056]

So good that it's real
It's too good not to be true
or am I dreaming?

[Minerva]

Or am I dreaming
Holding you here, in my arms
Like this forever

[Person056]

Like this forever:
Hoping to find you one day.
Heal me from within.

[Minerva]

Heal me from within
Where happiness should reside
Nothing outside hurts

[Person056]

Nothing outside hurts
Safe deep within my own walls
I shall not wander

[Minerva]

I shall not wander
For out there, only despair
Hidden away, safe

[Person056]

Hidden away, safe
Until they come and find me
Goodbye ignorance

[Minerva]

Goodbye ignorance
I shall bask in new knowledge
Bring light to my mind

[Person056]

Bring light to my mind
Through ever dark emotion
Bittersweet wisedom

[Minerva]

Bittersweet wisdom
I learned how to conquer love
But the price, too high

[Person056]

But the price, too high
No cheaper alternative?
Guess I'll just save up.

[Reizu]

Guess I'll just save up
To go skydiving one day
It will be so fun

[Person056]

It will be so fun
To break from this romance stuff
After two whole days

[venuspop]

After two whole days
walking dazed and starry eyed
Reality hit!

[Minerva]

Reality hit
I'm no longer a dreamer
Just a soldier

[WoodsWoman]

just a soldier
so broken on the inside
i couldn't heal you

[Person056]

I couldn't heal you
Tampering just made it worse
You're so delicate

[JulietCapulet]

You're so delicate
Beyond the darling spring time
A heart burgeoning

[KelvinDjangoTeo]

A heart burgeoning
Oh, all the sleepless night I had
never felt like this

[QuantumEnigma]

Never felt like this
before when I was awake
Oh, keep on dreaming!

[venuspop]

Oh, keep on dreaming!
Serenading in the dark
Morning woes return

[Minerva]

Morning woes return
But my dreams took me away
Oh, eternal sleep

[maddhatter]

Oh, eternal sleep
I want it but can't get it
So I should just sleep

[QuantumEnigma]

So I should just sleep
hibernate until the spring,
go searching anew

[maddhatter]

go searching anew
the truth of living a life
is it bad or good?

[Sprelious]

Is it bad or good
All alone there in the fridge
Is that hair I see?

[QuantumEnigma]

Is that hair I see?
Life thriving in cold bleakness
Alone in the night

[maddhatter]

Alone in the night
I saw lights from land afar
Is it a new hope?

[silvercrystal07]

Is it a new hope?
Birthed from the womb of old that
Gifts us with a chance

[JulietCapulet]

Gifts us with a chance
Radiant ocean sparkles
Soft light reflecting

[WoodsWoman]

soft light reflecting
shades of gray genuflecting
in enchanting eyes

[Sprelious]

In enchanting eyes
Lies the soul of my true love
Forever I gaze

[maddhatter]

Forever I gaze
Into Erised mirror
Looking for something

[JulietCapulet]

Looking for something
Love pours from all thats gaping
Pain grows tenderness

[WoodsWoman]

pain grows tenderness
part of the healing process
leaves growing new leaves

[QuantumEnigma]

leaves growing new leaves
a canopy of new life
fractals of delight

[WoodsWoman]

fractals of delight
the entire solar system
dancing in her eyes

[INTJane]

Dancing in her eyes
The spark of old memories
Clearer than today

[silvercrystal07]

Clearer than today
The sky without a cloud seen
Reflects happiness

[Seriously]

Reflects happiness
Darkly mirror of deceit
Foolish games we play

[INTJane]

Foolish games we play
When we're on I N T J
Need more message space

[Seriously]

Need more message space
Try using delete button
Message hoard no more

[INTJane]

Message hoard no more
Must rely on memory
I'm in deep trouble

[Seriously]

I'm in deep trouble
But that's nothing new, is it?
Trouble calls my name

[INTJane]

Trouble calls my name
Jane! Stop avoiding me dear
I'm waiting right here

[venuspop]

I'm waiting right here
With a coffee and sandwich
You have not appeared

[INTJane]

You have not appeared
To say goodbye in my dreams;
Didn't think you would

[venuspop]

Didn't think you would
Predictable as you are
Incorrigible!

[QuantumEnigma]

You will never change
I brought only one coffee
now its all for me

[venuspop]

now its all for me
If you thought about a sip
Kindly think again.

[WoodsWoman]

kindly think again
about the midnight moonlight
and the whip-or-will

[JulietCapulet]

And the whip-or-will
Starlight spirits on moonbeams
Filled with radiance

[INTJane]

Filled with radiance
His eyes flash as he runs past
Racing toward the goal

[QuantumEnigma]

Racing toward the goal
like a lemming toward the cliff
Unkind destiny

[JulietCapulet]

Unkind destiny
Forsake that dearth of glory
Magnification

[QuantumEnigma]

Magnification
Now an ant can feel the sun
The spotlight burns some

[INTJane]

The spotlight burns some
But not Ms. Look-Look-At-Me
She soaks up the heat

[venuspop]

She soaks up the heat
To point of saturation
She is such a pal

[INTJane]

She is such a pal
Always thinking of others
Forgetting herself

[venuspop]

Forgetting herself
and her lofty ambition
She made a mistake

[Sprelious]

She made a mistake
In her Tax calculations
And now she must pay

[Dancingqueen]

And now she must pay
she will reap what she has sown
The piper is here

[INTJane]

The piper is here
The children follow him far
It is time to pay

[Sprelious]

It is time to pay
Retribution is at hand
Punishment for you

[INTJane]

Punishment for you
Because you were so naughty
How would you like it?

[venuspop]

How would you like it?
Shaken, not stirred, if you please
That's how I like it.

[INTJane]

That's how I like it
You know it baby, right there
Keep going, don't stop

[venuspop]

Keep going, don't stop
Not now when I'm all worked up
Press on with Haiku!

[INTJane]

Press on with Haiku!
Keep going says Venuspop
This must never stop

[venuspop]

This must never stop
INTJane has spoken
We must all obey.

[INTJane]

We must all obey
Listen, play fair, and be kind
Kumbayah, my friends

[venuspop]

Kumbayah, my friends
are sang around camp fires
It all ends with Taps!

[WoodsWoman]

it all ends with taps
and a salute with a flag
carefully folded

[INTJane]

Carefully folded
An old, worn, heartfelt letter
Unsent in her purse

[JulietCapulet]

Unsent in her purse
Depth of feeling in her heart
Underneath layers

[Gerard91]

Underneath layers,
lies the heart of introvert.
It makes a sad life.

[JulietCapulet]

It makes a sad life
No one hears that heart being crushed
One so delicate

[venuspop]

One so delicate
A rose crushed in virgin snow
Trampled, forgotten.

[QuantumEnigma]

Trampled, forgotten,
the fire burns beneath the ice
Will spring melt this jail?

[Sprelious]

Will spring melt this jail
Will the conveyor shut down
and freeze us over

[WoodsWoman]

and freeze us over
a crystalline canopy
a house of rainbows

[venuspop]

A house of rainbows
Violet, indigo, blue, green
yellow, orange, red

[WoodsWoman]

yellow, orange, red
leafy flicker of autumn
flames burn out the year

[Minerva]

Flames burn out the year
Spring shall bring a renewal
Rebirth, a fresh start

[Fujimoto]

Rebirth, a fresh start
To a welfare family
More cash for Momma

[INTJane]

More cash for Momma
To feed our hungry children;
Sending it home now.

[venuspop]

Sending it home now
A pair of socks, some sugar
Please clean and mend socks.

[INTJane]

Please clean and mend socks
Then sweep the cinders away
Dear Cinderella.

[Dancingqueen]

Dear Cinderella
Cleaning lady is aquired
Go meet Prince Charming

[INTJane]

Go meet Prince Charming
Have a good time at the ball
Be home by midnight.

[Sprelious]

Be home by midnight
Otherwise there will be a
Wardrobe malfunction

[venuspop]

Wardrobe malfunction
Happens occasionally
When the time is right.

[silvercrystal07]

When the time is right
The season will start to change
Bringing a new day

[Doppelbock]

Bringing a new day
Planetary rotation
That is what it does

[INTJane]

That is what it does
When you mess around like that
Do not act surprised.

[QuantumEnigma]

Do not act surprised
If another claims your slipper
when you keep silent

[INTJane]

When you keep silent
I wonder what you're thinking.
Will you share yourself?

[venuspop]

Will you share yourself?
I am not sure if I can
If I have the rights

[GenessorDios]

If I have the rights,
I'd just keep on starting fights,
probably in tights.

[INTJane]

Probably in tights,
Ballet slippers and tutus,
Ballerinas dance.

[venuspop]

Ballerinas dance.
When GD writes the Haiku
Unheard of! Absurd!

[ipmendy77]

Unheard of! Absurd!
Are my eyes deceiving me?
A talking turtle!

[silvercrystal07]

A talking turtle!
I can't understand it though.
It's talking too slow.

[QuantumEnigma]

It's talking too slow
about Michelangelo
and yummy pizza pie

[venuspop]

and yummy pizza pie
I counted six syllable
My fingers said so

[QuantumEnigma]

My fingers said so
Only they can count for me
sad they can't type too

[silvercrystal07]

Sad they can't type too
My toes, which appear to lack
Coordination

[Seriously]

Coordination
Life is a balancing act
Don't fall on your ass

[INTJane]

Don't fall on your ass.
But if you do, just stand up,
Smile and keep going.

[Seriously]

Smile and keep going
Mary Poppinish advise
Grumble grumble grouch

[INTJane]

Grumble grumble grouch
Says the person on the couch
Get up off your ass

[Seriously]

Get up off your ass
And shake that money maker
Mama needs new shoes

[INTJane]

Mama needs new shoes
High-heeled, flat, and blue suede, too
What's she gonna do?

[Gerard91]

What's she gonna do?
Nothing, because she knows that
hope doesn't exist.

[INTJane]

Hope doesn't exist.
Existential freedom comes
After despair kills.

[Espadrille]

After despair kills
Up from the ashes of time
Again life starts new

[INTJane]

Again life starts new
Growth, rebirth, and chapter two.
Springtime's relentless.

[Espadrille]

Springtime's relentless
effortless reinvention
Seasonal return

[WoodsWoman]

seasonal return
Christmas's markdown specials
after Boxing Day

[Gerard91]

after boxing day
goes the happy Jigglypuff.
I don't make any sense.

[Espadrille]

I don't make any sense
Likely that I never will
Unless life changes

[INTJane]

Unless life changes
All will remain as it is.
What will happen next?

[Espadrille]

What will happen next?
Would that we could will it be
Just as our desire

[INTJane]

Just as our desire
Grows through anticipation
It wanes through neglect

[Espadrille]

It wanes through neglect
So efforts are not lacking
In continuing

[INTJane]

In continuing
The never-ending haiku
We enjoy ourselves

[venuspop]

We enjoy ourselves
and amuse ourselves silly
Isn't that awesome?

[GenessorDios]

Isn't that awesome?
Non sequiturs are, of course.
Hey look, a bunny.

[Bardas]

Hey look, a bunny
Oh fuck, it's got some big teeth
Get this thing off me

[INTJane]

Get this thing off me.
Good grief, what the heck IS that?
Make it go away.

[venuspop]

Make it go away
Oh please, make it disappear
It is revolting!

[INTJane]

It is revolting!
Someone please take it off me!
Oh God, it's too late!

[Espadrille]

Oh God, it's too late
For any change to occur now
The winds having turned

[venuspop]

The winds having turned
In a wayward direction
Is a sight to see.

[INTJane]

Is a sight to see
Worth your time and energy?
It's so far away

[silvercrystal07]

It's so far away
I can not reach it at all
So why even try?

[INTJane]

So why even try
When you know there is no point?
Enjoy the moment

[silvercrystal07]

Enjoy the moment
Cause it may not come again
So live it up now

[INTJane]

So live it up now
For tomorrow we may die.
Hedonism rules!

[Espadrille]

Hedonism rules!
But it can't last forever
you burn very fast indeed

[GenessorDios]

Rabbits cannot count,
but it's not really their fault;
carrots kill brain cells.

[INTJane]

Carrots kill brain cells
While weed improves her eyesight.
Eagle-fried bunny.

[Dancingqueen]

Eagle-fried bunny
Does not respond well to DEET
But is delicious!

[INTJane]

"...but is delicious"
I overheard her saying.
Wonder what it was.

[venuspop]

Wonder what it was?
That will make the two of us.
Maybe mushroom soup?

[Samoan Corleone]

Maybe mushroom soup?
Made with those that are magic?
Call the DEA

[INTJane]

Call the DEA
I think I smell some of that
Wacky tobacky

[venuspop]

Wacky tobacky
Cannot be good for our nerves
My teacher said so!

[INTJane]

My teacher said, "So,
You are such a naughty girl."
End of fantasy.

[venuspop]

End of fantasy
That was what my teacher thought
She should know better.

[INTJane]

She should know better
Than to create bad haikus
Sorry, dear Reader

[venuspop]

Sorry, dear Reader
You must come back tomorrow
For a print review

[INTJane]

For a print review
Please see the poster above.
Let's change direction.

[venuspop]

Let's change direction
Look at the Weeping Willow
See how she bends low

[INTJane]

See how she bends low
Sounds like words I've read before.
Literotica?

[venuspop]

Literotica?
You must never suggest that.
Unheard of! Absurd!

[INTJane]

"Unheard of! Absurd!"
Your excitement suggests you've
Read a story there

[venuspop]

Read a story there?
"Never!" says I. "Never!" "No!"
I am innocent. :)

[INTJane]

I am innocent
Whatever you are thinking
I didn't do it

[WoodsWoman]

i didn't do it
i didn't make the birds sing
or flowers blossom

[QuantumEnigma]

Or flowers blossom
into heavy, ripe new life. . .
oh, I did do it

[INTJane]

oh, I did do it
It wasn't a dream, was it?
Is that all there is?

[Distance]

Is that all there is?
Mouths on levers, up and down,
Spewing words of not.

[venuspop]

Spewing words of not.
Should I speak out, be silenced?
Like my fellow men?

[GenessorDios]

Like my fellow men?
I would rather become a
vampire hunter.

Vampire hunter,
killed by his incompetence.
It was his mis-stake.

[venuspop]

It was his mis-stake.
Or so you would have us think
We saw you at it.

[INTJane]

We saw you at it
Driving the stake through his heart
GenessorDios.

[venuspop]

GenessorDios!
Yes! Yes! We saw him do it.
Oooh! It was gruesome!

[INTJane]

Oooh! It was gruesome!
Robot stabbing hunter's heart
Should we report him?

[QuantumEnigma]

Should we report him?
Or wait for an alibi?
Twas the evil twin

[venuspop]

Twas the evil twin
The one with two antenna?
I thought so. I did.

[Sprelious]

I thought so I did
I saw him at the crime scene
Bloody knife in hand

[INTJane]

Bloody knife in hand
Of the two-antennaed twin?
Exonerated.

[Sprelious]

Exonerated.
Aquitted by a jury,
But not, not Guilty

[QuantumEnigma]

But not, not Guilty
And all the vampires now
wait for dusk to fall

[INTJane]

Wait for dusk to fall.
The vampire hunter is gone.
Time for blood pudding.

[QuantumEnigma]

Time for blood pudding
With a sprig of antenna
What is for dessert?

[venuspop]

What is for dessert?
Some screws, bolts, three rows of teeth
How should I dress them?

[CrudeHypothesis]

I'm quite hungry
but I'm stuck in a classroom
Oh FML!

[Distance]

Oh FML!
It's such an overused meme
Get more creative!

[silvercrystal07]

Get more creative!
Get out and do something fun
You won't regret it

[Distance]

You won't regret it
Unless you miss your deadline
Then it's crying time.

[venuspop]

Then it's crying time
What an awesome avatar
Tell us what it is.

[INTJane]

Tell us what it is
Causing you to hate yourself
I heard your crying

[venuspop]

I heard you crying?
I never cry. I do swear
You are hearing things.

[silvercrystal07]

You are hearing things.
You should get that checked out soon.
That is a problem.

[INTJane]

That is a problem
But not insurmountable.
Let's do it again.

[Doppelbock]

Let's do it again.
Only this time let's do it
Without the ice cubes.

[INTJane]

Without the ice cubes
Is acceptable to me.
They melt much too fast.

[venuspop]

They melt much too fast?
Perhaps we should slow them down?
Shall I speak to them?

[INTJane]

Shall I speak to them?
If you'd like to have my help
Please feel free to ask.

[venuspop]

Please feel free to ask
me out to dinner tonight
I'll eat anything

[silvercrystal07]

I'll eat anything
As long as it is cooked right
I'm not that picky

[QuantumEnigma]

I'll eat anything
so long as its not cooked
or raw or between

(snaked)
I'm not that picky
just let me pick my entre
and dessert for us

[INTJane]

"...And dessert for us,"
I ordered, hoping that our
Time together lasts.

[venuspop]

Time together lasts?
Time and tide waits for no man
I think, woman too.

[INTJane]

"I think, woman too"
A challenging opener
For a new haiku.

[JulietCapulet]

For a new Haiku
Ascertain intelligence
And manifest it

[venuspop]

And manifest it?
So Juliet Capulet thought.
Boy, oh boy! She's wrong!

[WoodsWoman]

Boy, oh boy! She's wrong!
Spring does still follow winter
Flowers bloom again.

[JulietCapulet]

Flowers bloom again
Though stationary passing
Beautiful spring time

[Seriously]

Beautiful Spring time
Renewal of life and hope
To be dashed at Fall

[Sprelious]

To be dashed at fall
To ruin each person comes
When the cropper shows

[JulietCapulet]

When the cropper shows
Metamorphosis quickened
Behold the stillness

[venuspop]

Behold the stillness
Of the murky deep blue sea
Behold the beauty

[silvercrystal07]

Behold the beauty
Of the eucalyptus trees
Koalas like them

[INTJane]

Koalas like them,
Greater gliders like them, too--
Eucalyptus leaves.

[QuantumEnigma]

Eucalyptus leaves
dropping down from heights above
fall on hungry crocs

[venuspop]

fall on hungry crocs
showing off their ugly jaw
and that devious grin

[INTJane]

And that devious grin
of his--what is that about?
What is he thinking?

[venuspop]

What is he thinking?
Is he brewing evil plans?
Beware, fair damsels!

[INTJane]

Beware, fair damsels!
His intentions are not good.
He will eat you up.

[Sprelious]

He will eat you up

* The rest of this message has been censored, due to graphic and explicit content. That is all*

[WoodsWoman]

he will eat you up
consuming you from this earth
born again compost

[wrongjargon]

born again compost
he wonders what he has done
in a previous life

[INTJane]

In a previous life
Before eating fair damsels
He was innocent

[silvercrystal07]

He was innocent
But not to the judge, so he
Sentenced him to death

[WoodsWoman]

sentenced him to death
autumn down to winter's frost
condemned now to sleep

[wrongjargon]

condemned now to sleep
his last thought is of the sky
and what lies beyond

[WoodsWoman]

and what lies beyond
is new birth, essence of spring
flowers blossoming

[QuantumEnigma]

flowers blossoming
from the seeds of corruption
What kind of bloom shows?

[venuspop]

What kind of blooms shows?
It should be the blushiest pink
Scandalous crimson

[INTJane]

Scandalous crimson
Flower blossoms on the bush--
Reincarnation.

[venuspop]

Reincarnation
Known to be a fallacy
Have you not heard, pal?

[wrongjargon]

Have you not heard, pal?
The circus won't be coming.
There's always next year.

[venuspop]

There's always next year
And then, the year after next
Time is unending

[wrongjargon]

Time is unending
Made up of quantum stuff that
I don't understand

[Faux hawk]

I don't understand
Why five faces six not seven
And eight does so vary

[wrongjargon]

Eight does so vary
Why is it infinity
When it's lying down

[Faux hawk]

When it's lying down
It's obviously exhausted
Infinite Is hard

[venuspop]

Infinite is hard
For a simple soul like me
to grasp and ponder

[INTJane]

To grasp and ponder
All the eternal questions,
I will meditate.

[wrongjargon]

I will meditate
On the grave mystery of
Refrigerators

[venuspop]

Refrigerators
were not invented by me
Isn't that a shame?

[INTJane]

Isn't that a shame?
I'm so sorry for your loss.
What a tragedy.

[wrongjargon]

What a tragedy
I have finished all the milk
My cat is angry

[WoodsWoman]

my cat is angry
and my dogs are upset too
at the thunderstorm

[QuantumEnigma]

At the thunderstorm
I yell in fury and grief
It does not hear me

[wrongjargon]

It does not hear me
As I inch slowly closer
Only one will leave

[venuspop]

Only one will leave
I shuddered with anxiety
My avatar cringed.

[WoodsWoman]

my avatar cringed
how very appropriate
for a hiding fox

:laugh:

[INTJane]

For a hiding fox
You sure do have many friends.
You must be clever.

[QuantumEnigma]

You must be clever
or perhaps crazy that is
crazy like a fox

[WoodsWoman]

crazy like a fox
i can survive with my
INTJ friends

[INTJane]

INTJ friends
Should know that I think it is
Fun to talk with them

[Seriously]

Fun to talk with them
Invisible friends of mine
Arguments are few

[INTJane]

Arguments are few
During our twenty-three years
Compatibleness

[wrongjargon]

Compatibleness
Is like a jigsaw puzzle
Always the last piece

[venuspop]

Always the last piece
Is impossible to find
Who hid it, and where?

[GenessorDios]

Who hid it, and where?
That fucker's going to die.
Where's my killing knife?