The Never Ending Haiku Game

[Seriously]

a nice Chianti
rolls across the tongue, delight
savor the finish

[katrin]

savor the finish
months of pounding the pavement
your goal is in sight

[MassHysteria]

Your goal is in sight
The sun is nearly up now
The worst is behind

[WoodsWoman]

the worst is behind
the tomorrow worried about
before today came

[katrin]

before today came
yesterday came, before that
i don't remember

[maddhatter]

I don't remember
When is the last time I cried
Lying on the bed

[kazzamunga]

lying on the bed
under white emulsion sky,
twist pile sea below

[katrin]

twist pile sea below
floating on a daydream with
my dog at my side

[kazzamunga]

my dog at my side
accordion on my knee
parrot on my head

[katrin]

parrot on my head
I search through brilliant fabrics
must match these colors!

[maddhatter]

must match these colors!
I won't allow blue with red
this is not easy

[WoodsWoman]

must match these colors
rang throughout the meeting place
the old dame was mad


snaked...

this is not easy
keeping pace with a frantic
place full of people

[katrin]

place full of people
I watch from behind my hair
why am I wary?

[Seriously]

why am I wary?
lifetime of experience
jades a weary soul

[WoodsWoman]

jades a weary soul
overburdened with worry
and seeking relief

[maddhatter]

and seeking relief
from the pressure in my head
Can I go to sleep?

[jmizell]

can I go to sleep?
I just opened up my eyes
Can I look around?

[maddhatter]

Can I look around?
I promise I will be good
Just believe in me

[jmizell]

Just believe in me
Trust me, what I say is truth
Ignore my fingers

[Seriously]

Ignore my fingers
Running lightly down your spine
It doesn't tickle

[kazzamunga]

it doesn't tickle
don't euphemise the trickle
of cells like sickles

[katrin]

of cells like sickles
she knew not, nor did she care
she wanted to live

[WoodsWoman]

she wanted to live
her own life not one designed
against her wishes

[katrin]

against her wishes
she is sent to bid you to
come in to dinner

[OwenF]

come in to dinner
said the spider to the fly
the food’s to die for

[jmizell]

the food's to die for
don't choke on the wordless taste
don't forget to chew

[kazzamunga]

don't forget to choo
you're a tank engine thomas,
it's just what we do

[katrin]

it's just what we do
making money multiply
a pyramid scheme

[kazzamunga]

a pyramid scheme
Imhotep's vision, first
of the phallic tombs

[katrin]

aside to Kazza: tombs are phallic? Huh? :thinking:

of the phallic tombs
we must explore, discover
their inner secrets

[WoodsWoman]

their inner secrets
will be revealed to man
the mystery gone

[MassHysteria]

The mystery gone
He's no longer interesting
Just another dude

[Metrocop]

Just another dude
Longing, dreaming of supper
Slap me with a steak

[katrin]

Slap me with a steak
Here comes the steak back atcha
I like vegetables

[WoodsWoman]

I like vegetables
but for me meat is better
and I enjoy it

[katrin]

and I enjoy it
restless questing after truths
that sneak up on you

[mozi84]

that sneak up on you
like an invisible touch
its presence you fear

[WoodsWoman]

its presence you fear
if you think you've no control
and it can eat you

[katrin]

and it can eat you
it's consuming your insides
your skin collapses

[WoodsWoman]

your skin collapses
like removed with sandpaper
in shreds on the ground

[kazzamunga]

in shreds on the ground
remnants of paper-thin dreams
clean up, start again

[katrin]

clean up, start again
clean up, start again, and then
clean up, start again

---------- Post added 07-25-2010 at 07:15 PM ----------

clean up, start again
break another glass mirror
seven years' bad luck

[WoodsWoman]

seven years' bad luck
surely must be over now
for he died last year

[kazzamunga]

for he died last year
wild winds howled in sympathy
with my tortured thoughts

[Archaic Smile]

With my tortured thoughts
I lie in total darkness
Breathing in and out

[Liason]

Breathing in and out
Letting everything its will
Going as it may

[WoodsWoman]

going as it may
new developments arise
whether willed or no

[Doppelbock]

whether willed or no
sh*t always seems to happen
so just deal with it

[WoodsWoman]

so just deal with it
not quitting is the thing
learn to carry on

[Archaic Smile]

Learn to carry on
Though the heart may be heavy
Time will ease the load

[RedOrange823]

Time will ease the load
Truckers driving north to south
Off-loading burdens

[Archaic Smile]

Off-loading burdens
Jesus is at the wheel of
The semi of life

Hee ;D

[WoodsWoman]

time will ease the load
much there is still to be learned
easy distraction

---oops----

the semi of life
continues to roll onward
bringing new visions

[RedOrange823]

bringing new visions
artist, musician, author
to open our eyes

[katrin]

to open our eyes
this is a good idea
don't fall off the cliff!

[Seriously]

don't fall off the cliff
into eternal nothing
keep me company, please

[WoodsWoman]

keep me company please
on this road to the future
the best things are shared

[RedOrange823]

the best things are shared
except ice cream and cheesecake
on second thought, no

[maddhatter]

on second thought, no
I will pass on that cheesecake
Although I want it

[RedOrange823]

Although I want it
Total world domination
Is not a good plan

[MortalWombat]

Its not a good plan
to set free the caged monkeys
due to the havoc

[RedOrange823]

due to the havoc
all major highways are closed
zombies on the loose

[ClydeB]

I take comfort in
the fact that my life sucks less
than yours does loser

[katrin]

zombies on the loose!
the apocalypse? really,
there's no difference

[MortalWombat]

"Zombies on the loose!"
Better get a baseball bat
Take aim and swing hard

double snaked, really?
I'll fix it..

there's no difference
though I try to post quickly
the snakes still prevail.

:irked:

[RedOrange823]

Take aim and swing hard
"Hey, batter, batter, batter"
7th inning stretch

[MortalWombat]

7th inning stretch
the peanuts are gone
better hope it's not Casey

[katrin]

he's playing a song
better hope it's not Casey
house cleaning music

[Archaic Smile]

House cleaning music
Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach
Smells like Nirvana

[katrin]

Smells like nirvana
Sensory deprivation
Living in this tank

[MortalWombat]

Living in this tank
Swimming around in circles
The monotony

[kazzamunga]

the monotony
spare me the frequency of
such cacophony

[WoodsWoman]

such cacophony
of feelings, like wildflowers
rampant in my heart

[katrin]

rampant in my heart
the hope, the optimism!
must stomp out the fire

[MassHysteria]

Must stomp out the fire
The man isn't worth this hurt
Find someone better

[Desmond Linus]

Find someone better
Someone who respects my soul
That's what I hope for

[katrin]

find someone better
at putting up with your sh-t
Mr. Douche Baggins

[MortalWombat]

Mr. Douche Baggins
Such an unfortunate name
Book by a cover?

[WoodsWoman]

book by a cover?
while it just may be helpful
it never tells much

[MortalWombat]

It never tells much
though, maybe it tells enough
to the listener

[maddhatter]

to the listener
I want to announce something
The bear ran away

[Minerva]

The bear ran away
The forest was polluted
And crying for help

[Seriously]

And crying for help
The lost child wanders alone
Rejected again

[WoodsWoman]

rejected again
the manuscript languishes
on the closet shelf

[MortalWombat]

on the closet shelf
sits the child's precious toy
some punishment, huh?

[OwenF]

Some punishment, huh?
But then a masochist won’t
like eating ice cream.

[MortalWombat]

like eating ice cream
life's a drippy mess
why don't we all scream?

[Seriously]

why don't we all scream
I'm lactose intolerant
make it soy next time

[Archaic Smile]

Make it soy next time
The barista at Starbucks
Screwed up my latte

[Desmond Linus]

Pineapple sushi
Disgusting and Revolting
I'm gonna vomit

[MortalWombat]

I'm gonna vomit
Are you being serious?
a sickening twist

[Liason]

A sickening twist
With each tumbling array
Navigate it slow

[MortalWombat]

navigate it slow
dangerous curves and sharp turns
this perilous road

[WoodsWoman]

this perilous road
to be walked along today
yet joy is waiting

[Seriously]

yet joy is waiting
I see it in the distance
just beyond the tears

[kazzamunga]

just beyond the tears
honourable amidst lies
fraudulent facade

[katrin]

fraudulent facade
four shiny avatar walls
with nothing inside

[WoodsWoman]

with nothing inside
what do I have to offer
to anyone else?

[OwenF]

to anyone else
she was just a pretty face
to him, though, the world

[kazzamunga]

to him, though, the world
was a prairie at sunset...
she saw tangled trees

[MortalWombat]

she saw tangled trees
he saw a vast adventure
such is tarzan's life

[katrin]

such is tarzan's life
endlessly swinging in trees
his feet stay so clean!

[MortalWombat]

his feet stay so clean!
oh, the remarkable suds
so good at their job

[kazzamunga]

so good at their job
mellifluous whirring wings
feed the heavy drone

[Minerva]

Feed the heavy drone
Workers are also precious
But not like the Queen

[Archaic Smile]

But not like the Queen
Proper in her countenance
The Red King nods off

[MortalWombat]

The Red King nods off
Will McCarthy lead the way?
Does the scare lead on?

[kazzamunga]

does the scare lead on
to anaphylactic shock?
tragic halloween

---------- Post added 08-10-2010 at 03:27 PM ----------

tragic halloween
candle falls, pumpkin weeps wax
second degree burns

[OwenF]

second degree burns,
but the third degree, that can
leave him in ashes

[MortalWombat]

leave him in ashes
for dust's to dust, and all that
but never forget

[kazzamunga]

but never forget
freewheeling poppy petals
form floating garlands

[OwenF]

form floating garlands,
fair Ophelia, but take some
swimming lessons first

[kazzamunga]

swimming lessons first
then ballet, tap and modern
middle class Monday

[WoodsWoman]

middle class monday
beyond my experience
we all had to work

[kazzamunga]

we all had to work
muscles melted, minds melted
birds howled and wolves sang

[MortalWombat]

birds howled and wolves sang
the dances of life went on
pick up, keep going

[WoodsWoman]

pick up, keep going
tomorrow will be coming
new thing will happen

[maddhatter]

new thing will happen
happiness is in the air
music to my ears

[MortalWombat]

music to my ears
the rhythm fits my movement
such is this charade

[N0c7urn3]

such is this charade
actions making my brain flee
such banality

[OwenF]

such banality
of irony and bleakness:
the stale avant-garde

[N0c7urn3]

the stale avant-garde
paints but words silenced
seen by all yet heard by none

[katrin]

seen by all yet heard by none
meteors raced through the night
so many wishes

[MortalWombat]

So many wishes
Eyes to the sky, hopeful, yet
Just one shooting star

[WoodsWoman]

just one shooting star
carries with it all my dreams
so very fragile

[MortalWombat]

So very fragile
the tightrope balancing act
one slip breaks the trick

[kazzamunga]

one slip breaks the trick
but more to the point at least
a couple of bones

[MortalWombat]

a couple of bones
organs, skin, muscles and nerves
what else makes humans?

[katrin]

what else makes humans?
thought, breath, grief, love, memories
synapses firing

[MortalWombat]

Synapses firing
their messages rush forward
neuron to neuron

[OwenF]

neuron to neuron,
the fireworks spread, romantic
semantic structure

[Cam66]

semantic structure
puncture, what mind can know well
or dare to tell all

[OwenF]

Or dare to tell all?
Should I explain what’s missing
in the cookie jar?

[N0c7urn3]

in the cookie jar?
treats and such await taking
sweet sweet sugar rush

[OwenF]

sweet sweet sugar rush
at the bakery, let’s hope
no one gets trampled

[MortalWombat]

no one gets trampled
we hold the children up high
the crowd crushes on

[Archaic Smile]

The crowd crushes on
Gaining momentum in its
Mob mentality

[MortalWombat]

Mob mentality
normally I wouldn't, but..
Every one else is

[WoodsWoman]

Every one else is
Continuing their lives as
Though nothing happened

[kazzamunga]

though nothing happened
there was no lack of matter;
not really nothing

[OwenF]

not really nothing
but no thing was in the chest
the future filled it

[MortalWombat]

the future filled it
they stood tall and looked on to
their hopes, dreams, and goals

[N0c7urn3]

their hopes, dreams, and goals
laid beaten, bloodied and crushed
I can only laugh

[Liason]

I can only laugh
With wanton abandonment
To be so amused

[OwenF]

I can only laugh
when I’m firing a pistol
it’s hard to make friends


---------- Post added 08-17-2010 at 05:58 PM ----------


OOPS!


---------- So "to be so amused" gets used.--------------


to be so amused
that I weep like a schoolgirl
that’s the life for me

[N0c7urn3]

that's the life for me
the brain is my ecstasy
my world, mine to see

[WoodsWoman]

my world, mine to see
and share with friends if I can
things that I enjoy

[N0c7urn3]

things that I enjoy
Money, fame and power? No.
knowledge and silence

[WoodsWoman]

knowledge and silence
all it takes is for good men
to allow evil

[Liason]

To allow evil
Sayeth and is said by all
Endure it fully

[N0c7urn3]

Endure it fully
reward lies ahead, or not!
No heaven for you.

[MortalWombat]

No heaven for you
except not 'heaven', but 'soup'
the TV nazi

[N0c7urn3]

the TV nazi
controls all our minds, save one
the one they call 'V'

[OwenF]

the one they call V
is the object of Stencil (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 15 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)
as weirdness goes on

[N0c7urn3]

as weirdness goes on
one clings to that one constant
the eternal void

[Archaic Smile]

The eternal void
Lost in the contemplation
What is nothingness?

[WoodsWoman]

what is nothingness
but a heart amputation
that you must survive

[MortalWombat]

that you must survive
things to do, places to see
stick around a while

[rwyatt365]

stick around a while
excitement galore awaits
no time to be shy

[WoodsWoman]

no time to be shy?
will others have patience if
they see i'm trying?

[OwenF]

they see I’m trying,
do the flowers, but they have
their own mute struggles

[N0c7urn3]

their own mute struggles
for forever, ever takes
silence is golden?

[OwenF]

silence is golden
in the afternoon, and when
my thoughts must be weighed

[N0c7urn3]

my thoughts must be weighed
not a satisficing search (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 15 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)
am I a robot?

[tarabelle]

am I a robot
programmable by the world
to overtake you?

[N0c7urn3]

to overtake you?
i would need to rush myself
i would rather not

[OwenF]

I would rather not
eat thumbtacks and gasoline
please rethink the plan

[kazzamunga]

please rethink the plan
turned thirty and unmarried
try not to panic!

[katrin]

try not to panic!
it's a red ant invasion
quick! grab the pepper!

[kazzamunga]

quick, grab the pepper
and salt; add some flavour while
she's in the kitchen

[jmizell]

she's in the kitchen
putting together something
the smell is too much

[N0c7urn3]

the smell is too much
cacophonous sensations
just leave me alone!

[jmizell]

just leave me alone
to wallow in self-loathing
darkness leads to light

[MortalWombat]

darkness leads to light
the sun is somewhere shining
and all that jazz, right?

[jmizell]

and all that jazz, right?
that's how it's supposed to be?
tell them I said no

[N0c7urn3]

tell them I said no
no drones mingle around me
tell them to buzz off

[tarabelle]

tell them to buzz off
I will not take calls today
alone in my thoughts

[WoodsWoman]

alone in my thoughts
I found a place of beauty
to visit often

[jmizell]

to visit often
my own small sanctuary
in my own small mind

[OwenF]

in my own small mind
the universe is contained
vastness isn’t so

[N0c7urn3]

vastness isn’t so
infinity is nothing
my mind is still blank

[kazzamunga]

my mind is still blank
fish bowl turned to bell jar, thoughts
suspended, so bleak

[WoodsWoman]

suspended, so bleak
yet holding seeds of promise
and sunrise breaking

[kazzamunga]

and sunrise breaking
paints inky leaves shades of gold
blue-sky alchemy

[WoodsWoman]

blue-sky alchemy
render colors to my day
rainbow hews and gray

[N0c7urn3]

rainbow hews and gray
perceptions all out of whack
damn panic attacks

[Liason]

Damn panic attacks
And all that they bring with them
Forever shocking

[WoodsWoman]

forever shocking
those electric pulses fly
through the cattle fence

[MortalWombat]

through the cattle fence
the dogs fly after their sport
continuous 'tag'

[katrin]

continuous tag
our town wears your graffiti
it matches your tats

[kazzamunga]

it matches your tats,
your new (and old) sweetheart's name
who says love's skin deep?

[OwenF]

who says love’s skin deep?
even lust is deeper, is
soaked in sweet mindstuff

[Taste of peat]

soaked in sweet mindstuff
my rage blends with happiness
in a poison bed

[Seriously]

in a poison bed
built from remnants of our love
may you die slowly

[Taste of peat]

may you die slowly
the eyes stuck in empty space
holding tight with pride

[OwenF]

holding tight, with pride,
to my inflatable duck,
I frighten the sharks

[Taste of peat]

I frighten the sharks
They can eat thousand fishes
To go far away

[jmizell]

to go far away
leaving behind, all that is
death to those who wait

[OwenF]

death to those who wait
on orders and paperwork
when the town's on fire

[WoodsWoman]

when the town's on fire
everyone shows up to help
small community

[OwenF]

small community
on an endless plane: find the
point of origin

[Taste of peat]

point of origin
a DNA we still make
as walking onwards

[OwenF]

as walking onwards
proved difficult, I opted
to cartwheel backwards

[Taste of peat]

to cartwheel backwards
I'll just sit and have a coke
while watching the sky

[WoodsWoman]

while watching the sky
it turned red and yellow hues
as the sun went down

[kazzamunga]

as the sun went down
it started to sound like night
when silence echoes

[WoodsWoman]

when silence echoes
sometimes it holds whispers of
old love and laughter

this silence cuts twice
first by the absence of love
then by memory

[maddhatter]

then by memory
I draw a picture of you
and put in my heart

[WoodsWoman]

and put in my heart
for the wicked ax to fall
heart amputation

[OwenF]

Heart amputation?
A heart’s a choice. Love with
velvet and sawdust (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 15 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

[paperclip]

velvet and sawdust
though I thought I heard a thump
prefab breaks often

[OwenF]

prefab breaks often
but is fun to assemble,
hello, Legoland

[kazzamunga]

hello, Legoland
build me a fairytale, a
pixelated dream

[WoodsWoman]

pixelated dream
of people both near and far
who I long to meet

[kazzamunga]

who I long to meet
charming little person with
all our best features

[OwenF]

all our best features
are earthen pigments, painted
with a fine-tip brush

[Taste of peat]

with a fine-tip brush
I will clean the cutest nails
they are simply yours

[KillJohnConnor]

with a fine-tip brush
our autobiographies
are penned in the dark

[WoodsWoman]

are penned in the dark
will not hold deepest longings
pain beyond bearing

[maddhatter]

pain beyond bearing
I cried of my suffering
my eyes are closing

[Taste of peat]

my eyes are closing
they stand for wet and mean dreams
before I wake up

[WoodsWoman]

before I wake up?
am I really still sleeping?
it's only a dream?

[Taste of peat]

It's only a dream
Flying saucers with green men
Eating laser beans

[OwenF]

eating laser beams
will be all the rage soon—come
the revolution

[WoodsWoman]

the revolution
that my heart is going through
shows me someone new

[Deliberator]

shows me someone new
as he trips down the hallway
shouting like a fool

[alt lit]

shouting like a fool,
heretic chokes on his wish
bone-headed demise

[OwenF]

bone-headed demise,
Yorick? this flagon’s poured, then,
for infinite jest

[alt lit]

for infinite jest
Yorick read Foster Wallace,
laughed himself to death

[OwenF]

laughed himself to death
over endnotes, tennis, and
some curious gloom

[Taste of peat]

Some curious gloom
Spreads around me like a fog
I try to touch it

---------- Post added 09-30-2010 at 02:03 AM ----------

Some curious gloom
Spreads around me like a fog
I try to touch it

[WoodsWoman]

I try to touch it
make it something on it's own
this feeling unknown

[maddhatter]

this feeling unknown
I don't know what to do now
Can you please tell me?

[Minerva]

Can you please help me?
Or will you just pass on by?
No caring, no heart?

[jmizell]

no caring, no heart?
an empty space where once was
alone in your shell

[OwenF]

alone in your shell,
dreaming tortoise, you race past
Achilles again

[alt lit]

Achilles again
miscalculates Zeno’s mind,
resilient riddles

[Taste of peat]

resilient riddles
Some place I could make for them
I cannot control

[WoodsWoman]

I cannot control
what tomorrow may contain
only this moment

[Taste of peat]

Only this moment
Contains proper existence
Past lays in shadows

[WoodsWoman]

past lays in shadows
hiding the things that would trip
the unwary thought

[alt lit]

the unwary thought
pushes you past breakers, where
blue becomes calm black

[Lenavis]

blue becomes calm black
under your yellow lamplight
I barely notice

[Arcanist]

i barely notice
as life streams silently by
am I even alive?

[alt lit]

am i even alive?
all dreams fall like leaves into
past long ago lived

[Taste of peat]

Past long ago lived
And it is gonna come back
Here in the future

[WoodsWoman]

here in the future
amazing things have happened
new life blossoming

[OwenF]

new life blossoming
spiraling up the trellis
still rooted to earth

[WoodsWoman]

still rooted to earth
uncertain winds pull at me
I must keep walking

[OwenF]

I must keeping walking,
said the postman, despite the
dogs and lightning bolts