The Never Ending Haiku Game

[Nikita]

Innate ambition
Meets impotent volition
Procrastination

[Seriously]

Procrastination
Time waster extraordinaire
Lovely laziness

[Nikita]

Lovely laziness
A weekend morning in bed
Lost in ecstasy.

[Rudy]

lost in ecstasy
the end of the line, unseen
the fast track to death

[Nikita]

The fast track to death
Answering the "phone" at night
With a loaded gun.

[Rudy]

with a loaded gun
all things may seem possible
dangerous illusion

[Nikita]

dange'rous illusion
an intj's control
over the masses

[Rudy]

over the masses
the pontiff nobly presides
a beacon of hope

[kazzamunga]

a beacon of hope?
confused by contradictions,
losing direction

[Nikita]

losing direction
the fate of his erection
endless distraction

[Seriously]

endless distraction
page upon page of postings
INTJf

[Nikita]

INTJf
fortress of the forgotten
alone they perish

[reb]

alone they perish.
nature watches, but does not
act-she flourishes.

[Nikita]

act - she flourishes
before the eyes of the crowd,
audience applauds

[gestalt]

Audience applauds
The parasol unfurls
With much aplomb

[Seriously]

With much aplomb
Curtsy sweeping to the ground
Ceaseless dance goes on

[Distance]

Ceaseless dance goes on
The neverending haiku
Count five-seven-five

[Seriously]

Count five-seven-five
Nothing else acceptable
Poetry faux pas

[Distance]

Poetry faux pas
A limerick you describe
There once was a man...

[Nikita]

There was once a man
From Kentucky, who begged her
Please won't you fuck me?

[gestalt]

Please won't you fuck me?
I've a shoe to boot
And limericks many too

*Nikita: My bad on the edit*

[Nikita]

Death forevermore
Suicide is sweet success
There is no mourning

[gestalt]

There is no mourning
Night nowest creep under happiness
A blanket yonder

[Nikita]

A blanket yonder
Stained with the blood of torment
Encases her head.

[gestalt]

Encases her head
Bedrock veiled with stunning strength
Panorama feeling

[Nikita]

Panorama feel
As I look over my life
Lens of nostalgia

[gestalt]

Lens of nostalgia
I always think of the smiles
Who's who shining through

[Nikita]

Who's who shining through
Hidden, false identity
But I, I see you

[OwenF]

but I see that you
have access to some really
good amphetamines

[gestalt]

Good amphetamines
Cavern filled, abyss no more
Sated, besotten

[Nikita]

Good amphetamines
Mic check one two, you, hello?
Didn't expect that...

[gestalt]

Didn't expect that
That that would be the case
Hear these chains of text

[Nikita]

Hear these chains of text
Reality suspended
Read them, don't hear them

[gestalt]

Read them, don't hear them
This rope of paper mache
Realm with blue and gray

[Nikita]

Realm with blue and grey
Distortion of my psyche
Bleak the landscape is

[gestalt]

Bleak the landscape is
Flexibility tribute
Ride the wind with me

[Nikita]

Ride the wind with me
Feel the freedom under wing
Until you crumble

[kazzamunga]

until you crumble
never deem it possible
positive thinking

[Nikita]

Positive thinking
Fails against reality
Life so encumbered

[gestalt]

Until you crumble
Milk and cookies follow after
Afternoon delight

Life so encumbered
Cucumber dream soothes all
Now believe, or fall

[Nikita]

Now believe, or fall
Back down to earth, the real world
Does not wait for man

[gestalt]

Does not wait for man
Foxy. Taut. Breeze ashiver.
Thought made manifest

[Nikita]

Thought made manifest
Burgeoning talent ignites
Art work immortal

[gestalt]

Art work immortal
Ever cognate, bourbon-burn
Skate with timelessness

[Nikita]

Skate with timelessness
The edge of revolution
Taints the memories

[kazzamunga]

taints the memories
tortures the intellect and
questions the meaning

[Nikita]

questions the meaning
of every indecision
progress, stagnation

[kazzamunga]

progress, stagnation
of apathy, rejection
of useless languor

[gestalt]

Taints the memories
Elegiac golden throated
Lips of drink sour sweet

Of useless languor
Gun to the head, trigger ready
That life is gone, done

[Distance]

Of useless languor
Doth the hyperactive sneer
Sensuality

[kazzamunga]

sensuality
replaced by staid convention
that life is gone, done

[Triglav]

that life is gone,done
i hear cherryblossom weeping
the monster within

[kazzamunga]

the monster within
merely craves attention, like
any extravert

[Triglav]

any extravert
myriads of expressions uncontained
all for naught

[kazzamunga]

contained all for naught
Jews behind the barbs wondered
why the caged bird sings

[Triglav]

why the cage bird sings
walls of the Temple have seen better days
wicked commandments

[kazzamunga]

wicked commandments
or religious advancement?
literalism.

[Triglav]

literalism
the religion of words incarnate
Apollo smiles

[kazzamunga]

carnate, Apollo smiles,
aware of the irony;
Achilles' revenge.

[Triglav]

Achilles revenge.
Hector hopes for Ares' grace
Father mourns

[kazzamunga]

disgraced father mourns
social acceptance; is blood
really more viscous?

[gestalt]

Really more viscous
Calligraphy ink, pendragon
Deft throw spears the heart

[temi]

Deft throw spears the heart
shattering fragments of love
departed and mourned

[hutbug]

Departed and mourned
Morning comes on golden wings
to heal the savaged breast

[Nikita]

heal the savaged breast
with gentle tongue pressed to flesh
he fed, but you soothe

[kazzamunga]

he fed, but you soothe
traditional gender roles
the stereotype

[Nikita]

the stereotype
a process of division
fittingly corrupt

[kazzamunga]

fittingly corrupt,
contrived 'debates'...censorship
clothed in a thin veil

[Triglav]

clothed in a thin veil
Scheherazade tells fables and stories
a garden of delights

[Nikita]

garden of delights
lab'rinth of my twisted mind
color, pain abound

[Triglav]

color, pain abound
pool of twisted reflections
I hear a distant laugh

[kazzamunga]

colour, pain abound
Battle of the Hundred Slain
craftwork stained with blood

---------- Post added 04-17-2010 at 11:59 AM ----------

my bad!

[Nikita]

craftwork stained with blood
slip of the wood carving knife
santa's elves will pay

[Triglav]

Santa's elves will pay
Kringle will not save them this time
Wind howls in the chimney

[Nikita]

Wind howls in chimney
Ashes from her charred body
Whisper in the breeze

[Triglav]

Whisper in the breeze
Sea will not give away its secret
Fancy another glass, dear?

[Nikita]

Another glass, dear?
"Fancy another glass, dear?"
Syllables, seven

[Triglav]

Syllables, seven
Why not six I dare to ask?
Numbers twilight zone

[Nikita]

numbers' twilight zone
In haiku, structure is all
forbidden to stray

[Triglav]

The structure is all
The Greeks would beg to differ
So tells the history

[Nikita]

so tells history
he has forgotten the way
forbidden to stray

[OwenF]

forbidden to stray
from the path, she still did so,
and the wolf sleeps well

[Nikita]

and the wolf sleeps well
in the belly of the lamb
nature corrupted

[OwenF]

nature corrupted
with pretty matryoshka dolls
ad infinitum

[Nikita]

ad infinitum
beauty of flowing waves as
she succumbs to death

[Triglav]

she succumbs to death
but that becomes her indeed
illusions of youth

[Nikita]

illusions of youth
the great escape, reflection
cannot be denied

[reb]

cannot be denied
thinking-still the best way to
travail. mind gone wild.

[Nikita]

travail. mind gone wild.
illuminating lies of
heaven's last frontier.

[OwenF]

heaven’s last frontier
is ten for Dante, seven
for Jessica Biel

[Nikita]

for Jessica Biel
a year of acting classes
is money well spent

[gestalt]

Is money well spent
In trite or tryst with a kiss
Scent of autumn leaves

[Nikita]

Scent of autumn leaves
Burning in the dead of night
The land is ravaged

[gestalt]

The land is ravaged
Peddlers amok with flags
Wistfully exhaled

[Nikita]

Wistfully exhaled
Sets like fire over the earth
Dawn of coming night

[gestalt]

Dawn of coming night
Thudding thunder cobblestones
Pebbled skyline bright

[Nikita]

Pebbled skyline bright
Dispelling of mushroom clouds
Apocalypse now

[gestalt]

Apocalypse now
Time out of mind this highway
Generation beat

[Nikita]

Generation beat
The beatnik generation
Generating beats

[gestalt]

Generating beats
Drummers drumming drumming drums
Drambuie black beret

[Nikita]

Drambuie black beret
The costume of the poser
Infiltrating scene

[gestalt]

Infiltrating scene
Cosmic serpent entwining
Protection toasted

[Nikita]

Protection toasted
Bane of toasted protectors
To toast and protect

[gestalt]

To toast and protect
Burkhas jellied gasoline
Omni potentate

[Nikita]

Omni potentate
The forgotten masses' plea
Blowing in the wind

[gestalt]

Blowing in the wind
Dusty travail quenching squelch
Five fingers center us

[Nikita]

Five fingers center us
To time, to space, sensation
One palm undoes us

[gestalt]

One palm undoes us
Destination encircled
Eyes closed imagine

[Nikita]

Eyes closed imagine
A different fate. Open eyes
Behold the horror.

[gestalt]

Behold the horror
Jedi mind tricks slipstream wedge
Raise the leverage

[Nikita]

Raise the leverage
For the time is arriving
The hostage must die

[gestalt]

The hostage must die
One roll concentrated wish
Breech birth twisted chrome

[Nikita]

Breech birth, twisted chrome
Unnatural distortion
A natural world

[gestalt]

A natural world
Smithied unto colonies
Dialectical

[Nikita]

dialectical
diabolical release
a war left unwaged

[gestalt]

A war left unwaged
The piper trills triumph
Slated teething tiny

[Nikita]

Slate, teething, tiny
Soldiers march onto the field
The weapon trombone

[gestalt]

The weapon trombone
Musical notes jubilant
Walk to remember

[Nikita]

Walk to remember
Abomination of film
Lobotomy please

[gestalt]

Lobotomy please
Trepanier obligatory
Revolutionary

[Nikita]

Revolutionary
The times they are a-changin'
You think you're ready?

[gestalt]

You think you're ready
Time is static entertained
Destroy your system

[Nikita]

Destroy your system
And learn to live without it
the world of the "P"

[gestalt]

The world of the "P"
Not even in Hollywood
Skyscraping reprieve

[Nikita]

Skyscraping reprieve
to reach and to know success
a life's work complete

[gestalt]

A life's work complete
Stranded batter sugary
Here is a cookie

[Nikita]

Here is a cookie
for the dark side's new recruit
sweetness of success

[gestalt]

Sweetness of success
Chasming embracement
Short circuit humpy dumpty

[Nikita]

Short circuit humpty
Dumpty, water plugged the holes
don't fall off again

[gestalt]

Don't fall off again
Purple soul gaze paramount
Scampering foots

[Nikita]

scampering footsteps
racing through the forest's boughs
wildfire rages on

[gestalt]

Wildfire rages
Seed corpses spring finally
Necromantic flame

[Nikita]

Necromantic flame
The harbinger of delight
The phoenix's womb

[gestalt]

The phoenix's womb
Stone cutter striplings
Eat your vegetables

[Nikita]

Eat your vegetables
Just like the dinosaurs did
Look how long they lived!

[Triglav]

Look how long they lived!
Longevity so tempting
Cigarettes and Scotch.

[kazzamunga]

cigarettes and scotch
do little to prolong youth
disinformation

[WoodsWoman]

cigarettes and scotch
not the first but the latter
drives away the clouds

-----
Snaked!!
-----

disinformation
clouded necessary thought
relationship gone

[kazzamunga]

relationship gone
burden lifted, replaced by
nothing - a vacuum

[WoodsWoman]

nothing - a vacuum
lifts away all dust and dirt
refreshing the heart

[OwenF]

refreshing the heart
quickening my dying brain—
the sound of her breath

[Distance]

The sound of her breath
Wheezing, hacking, coughing loud
Quit'cher smoking please!

[mozi84]

Quit'cher smoking please!
I don't care for lung disease
just give me brownies

[Triglav]

just give me brownies
'cause my sweet tooth won't come loose
bitterness of life

[Nikita]

bitterness of life
fragrant dew of redemption
gathers on my lips

[mozi84]

gathers on my lips
one tiny drop at a time
yet to be savored

[Nikita]

yet to be savored
the agony of defeat
constant vigilance

[kazzamunga]

constant vigilance
reluctant acuity
damned paranoia

[Nikita]

damned paranoia
doesn't mean they're not watching
a laugh in the night

[mozi84]

damned paranoia
everyone's out to get me
no one left to trust

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Whoops, guess I was too slow, so...


a laugh in the night
since Nikita beat my post
by just two minutes

[Nikita]

by just two minutes
a difference of life or death
to many a mind

[kazzamunga]

by just two minutes
did the tortoise beat the hare...
less impressive now.

[Triglav]

less impressive now
mindless games of ambition
oh, the drudgery!

[kazzamunga]

oh, the drudgery!
but disregard the mundane,
live for the beauty.

[Nikita]

live for the beauty
but forget not the footpath
you missed the top post

[kazzamunga]

you missed the top post
the note placed above the rest:
the Dear John letter.

[WoodsWoman]

the Dear John letter
she had written was not sent
for dear John was dead

[kazzamunga]

for dear John was dead
dust danced pirouettes around
frozen hours and days

[Triglav]

frozen hours and days
the cathedral of lost time
uncouth barbarians

[kazzamunga]

uncouth barbarians,
fearsome pariahs, or mild,
naive defenders?

[Triglav]

naive defenders?
They found a cause to die for
so illogical

[kazzamunga]

so illogical
that we use logic at all
animal instinct

[Triglav]

animal instinct
transcends all inhibitions
Sigmund Freud was right

[Minerva]

Sigmund Freud was right
He sure did know his own mind
Could I do the same

[Triglav]

Could I do the same
Hunger for knowledge kills me
It is fool's errand

[Minerva]

It's a fool's errand
Chasing your own tail like dogs
What is one to do

[Triglav]

what is one to do
No path leads to happiness
Labyrinth of doubt

[Minerva]

Labyrinth of doubt
Can no one hear my crying
Will no one help me

[Triglav]

will no one help me
Poor little Minerva asks
No hero in sight

[kazzamunga]

Will no one help me
or should I re-frame the thought
can I help myself?

my bad...

no hero in sight
alone, lacking perspective
no hero's insight

[Minerva]

Can I help myself
This is the way of the world
Selfishness always

[Triglav]

selfishness always
too much negativity
but do not give up

[Minerva]

But do not give up
For I will walk besides you
A friend till the end

[Triglav]

a friend till the end
will go with you everywhere
the meaning of love

[Minerva]

The meaning of love
I will happily show you
If you feel the same

[Triglav]

if you feel the same
the gates of heaven open
true path lies ahead

[Minerva]

True path lies ahead
Into the light we shall step
Hand in hand we go

[Triglav]

hand in hand we go
luminous beings we are
not this crude matter

[Minerva]

Not this crude matter
Crudeness stopped when I met you
Nothing less than love

[Triglav]

nothing less then love
I marvel at what we have
Gods must envy us

---------------
You need to be faster, grasshopper
Your haiku kung-fu is slow :)

[kazzamunga]

if you feel the same
the world will glow and shimmer,
illuminated

argh!

---------- Post added 04-18-2010 at 10:19 PM ----------

Gods must envy us
a mess of emotions and
logic: yin and yang

[Minerva]

Gods must envy us
For they know not what we share
I'm forever yours

[Triglav]

I'm forever yours
At last i can feel secure
my dreams are fulfilled

[Minerva]

My dreams are fulfilled
There is nothing more to ask
You are all I need

[Triglav]

you are all i need
my universe bears your name
i am one with you

[kazzamunga]

you are all i need
is cliched to say the least
is this a sonnet?

[Minerva]

This is a sonnet
The joy is all consuming
Never before felt

[kazzamunga]

never before felt
the fire beneath the fingers
poetry on speed

[Triglav]

never before felt
for the second time I'm born
oh, the joy of life
-----
now i am the haiku slacker!

[Minerva]

Oh, the joy of life
You brought sunshine to my world
Darkness nevermore

[Triglav]

poetry on speed
words faster than light are here
fingers are bleeding

---------- Post added 04-18-2010 at 11:34 PM ----------

darkness nevermore
crows of grief have departed
only you I see

[Minerva]

fingers are bleeding
How lovely the colour is
Red is for passion

Only you I see
You are my whole universe
Did I tell you that

[Triglav]

red is for passion
your dress is so wonderful
would you like to dance?

[Minerva]

Would you like to dance
Wish to hold you close to me
Can you fell my heart

[kazzamunga]

can you fell my heart
like a tree in the forest
you are my woodsman

[Triglav]

can you feel my heart
rythm of passion so strong
intoxicating

[Minerva]

Intoxicating
My senses are filled with you
Nothing beyond you

[Triglav]

what can i do know?
give in to your desire
my eyes say it all

[kazzamunga]

nothing beyond you
you are your own horizon
limitless expanse

[Triglav]

nothing beyond you
you make time and space curve
you are the center

[kazzamunga]

my eyes say it all
implicit hatred hidden
well behind a smile

---------- Post added 04-18-2010 at 10:47 PM ----------

this is getting so confusing lol

[Minerva]

Well behind a smile
And deep within downcast eyes
See nothing but you

[Triglav]

well behind a smile
lies the land of deadly sins
envy rules them all

---------- Post added 04-18-2010 at 11:50 PM ----------

see nothing but you
it is such a perfect sight
i need to be close

[Minerva]

I need to be close
Wills this burning desire
Will you come to me?

[kazzamunga]

will you come to me
if i offer you a bribe
self-deprecation

[Triglav]

will you come to me?
no wall can hold me from you
my lips are burning

---------- Post added 04-18-2010 at 11:56 PM ----------

shall we take rounds? it look messy.

[Minerva]

My lips are burning.
With full fiery passion
Will you quench this thirst?

Shall we (Triglav and myself ) go a few more rounds and then I will leave?

[Triglav]

will you quench my thirst?
sweet is the nectar of love
and so are your lips

[Minerva]

and so are your lips
Tender inviting you kiss
You have seduced me

[Triglav]

you have seduced me
two bodies unite in dance
intmate caress

[Minerva]

Intimate caress
Your warm touch betrays your heart
My body sublime

[Triglav]

your body sublime
you make me hunger for more
insatiable lust

[Minerva]

Insatiable lust
Fills my entire being
Help me overcome

[Triglav]

help me overcome
hands and lips so impatient
quickening of breath

[Minerva]

Quickening of breath
My heart beats too rapidly
I pull you closer

[kazzamunga]

i pull you closer,
closer to the monitor
making love with words

;)

[Minerva]

Making love with words
For the mind is sexier
Much more than body

[Triglav]

much more than body
oneness of soul, mind and heart
perfection captured

[Minerva]

Perfection captured
Ecstasy rips all through me
Feel my quivering

[Triglav]

feel my quivering
my fingers run through your hair
no questions to ask

[Minerva]

No questions to ask
For our bodies say all
Silence Perfection

[Triglav]

silence perfection
eyes glow; emotions radiate
sigh. deep breath taken.

[Minerva]

Sigh. Deep breath taken
Yes, utter satisfaction
My eyes lost in yours

[Triglav]

my eyes lost in yours
our own universe we build
perfect unity

[Minerva]

Perfect unity
Nothing can separate us
You and I are one

[Triglav]

you and I are one
no boundaries can hold us
so unexpected

[Minerva]

So unexpected
But this is the way of love
A lovely surprise

[Triglav]

a lovely suprise
the grandest trick of them all
walls of reason fall

[Minerva]

Walls of reason fall
But you alone won my heart
Surely a fair trade

[Triglav]

surely a fair trade
it is a small sacrifice
logic sold for love

[Minerva]

Logic sold for love
How my heart sings to hear thee
I shall never leave

[Triglav]

'I shall never leave'
her smile like myriads of suns
her kisses like wine

[Minerva]

My kisses like wine
But it is I who am drunk
You let me indulge

[Triglav]

I let you indulge
your pleasure means all to me
new ways to touch found

[Minerva]

New ways to touch found
My body keeps no secrets
An instrument played

[Triglav]

an instrument played
smooth skin covered in kisses
no need to hurry

[Minerva]

No need to hurry
You tease out beautiful sounds
My ardent artist

[Triglav]

your ardent artist
making sweet love is true art
life's opus magnum

[mozi84]

My ardent artist
For you have painted my soul
With your radiance

[Minerva]

Life's opus magnum
No instrument can compare
To a lover's words

[Triglav]

to a lover's word
we hold keys to life's secrets
illumination

[Minerva]

Illumination
We have brought to each other
Darkness is no more

[Triglav]

Darkness is no more
Our hearts fire give us warmth
Shielded by our bond

[Minerva]

Shielded by our bond
I can conquer all the world
You my Emperor.

[Triglav]

You my emperor
The army of love mustered
Every battle won

[Minerva]

Every battle won
For nothing can stand against
The love that we share

[Triglav]

that love that we share
will give us a good, long sleep
time to say goodnight

[Minerva]

Time to say goodnight
How can my heart survive this?
Good night sweet lover.

[Triglav]

good night sweet lover
i will dream of your sweet kiss
your lips next to mine

[Minerva]

Your lips next to mine
One last caress as we part
Promises to return