Haiku, Anyone?

[NeverMind]

the morning after
my abs hurt really badly
it is so worth it

carnal happiness
coupled with love and laughter:
perfect existance

[sonrisa]

he's 16 at last!
Happy B'day to NM! :)
got the license yet?

[NeverMind]

Not until April
will I get to roll alone
or even later

[sonrisa]

but you got your temps?
that's good, April will be here
before you know it. :)

[NeverMind]

have learner's permit
but april is MONTHS away
I want it now. NOW!

But I can break laws
and drive my father's nice car
to my lover's house

[sonrisa]

April will be here
before you know it, meantime
don't get pulled over.

[NeverMind]

oh not nearly soon
enough for me to be glad
or be pacified

[sonrisa]

I remember how
I was chomping at the bit
to get my license

had to take test twice
cuz I flunked the curb parking
the first time around

I was so bummed out
but I kept on practicing
took the test again

passed the 2nd time
got my license, watch out world!
here comes Helen Wheels!! :)

[evan]

... ... ...

sometimes the world is

really just none of your biz

but we keep searching

... ... ...

so do not just try

if you do you'll always cry

rise up and fly

... ... ...

e

[NeverMind]

When you gaze at stars
you feel small but that is not
always a bad thing

[NeverMind]

when immersed in love
anything is so much fun.
even longing is

someone should invent
cure for women's periods
they anger us much

[sonrisa]

so Kathryn's raggin it, huh?

[NeverMind]

not the words i would use. :D

[rich]

An Oxymoron Haiku

Multiply two negatives, - x -
its product is positive. = +
Do two wrongs make right ?X & X = + ?

[NeverMind]

http://richter.colorado.edu/~sethmc/stuff/threepocon-haiku.gif

[NeverMind]

http://www.ken-zen-ichi.com/working/haiku%20art%203.jpg

[sahyo]

moistening misting

sprinkles morning night drizzle

drip scent lingering

[NeverMind]

adolescent gropes
necessity of back seat
romantic, but not

[sahyo]

purpling sweetgrapes
shine sun twinklenight greening
cool red bluewetting

[avttas]

for his attention
i write this haiku
come and chat with me, richie! :)

[NeverMind]

never-ending song

painfully sweet, like the end

of her young sorrow

*********************
furtive and never
the clock beats not ticking now
we belive in us

[rich]

Thanks for The Haiku ,:computer:
and thank you for the time spent,:typing:
to write a haiku. :applause: :thumbsup:

[NeverMind]

haiku is a way
of extending consciousness
through verbal abuse
--------------------------------
the next one to touch
my donut gets my size twelve
loafers up their crack

[rich]

Is the 'game of life'
a test that we pass or fail,
or are there no grades? :unsure:

[rich]

Nothing permanent,
everything temporary,
even planet Earth.

[rich]

God is a System
of Unexplained Energy,
beyond our reasoning. :unsure:

[avttas]

form and emptiness
mingle in this one image
visual haiku

form and emptiness
in the guise of trees, sky, snow
nothing more nor less

words cannot convey
the feeling that arises
so why do we try?

spacious limbs dance wave
silent soft snow sky
whispers roars---just this---just this

(Inspired by this image, a Christmas card by Sierra Club and sold at Pomegranate. Click on Along Pear Lake below to see the image)

Along Pear Lake (http://store1.yimg.com/I/pomegranate_1831_16309264)

[NeverMind]

from my mind i reach
upwards through my skull and hair
into the universe

[sonrisa]

it's time for a snack
NM's donuts are delish!
I'll eat another
:)

[sonrisa]

it's time for a snack
NM's donuts are delish!
I'll eat another
:)

[NeverMind]

six sticks of incense
smoke dancing upwards like I
wish to do someday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
empty donut hole
is all about suffering:
all i do lately
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(the girl has not left me, we are very happy. but I am empty inside and I don't think its her fault)

[sonrisa]

Hope everybody
has a good St Paddy's Day
wear your green proudly!

:P

[Alabba]

The seeds of Basho
survive not west's winter; death
blooms in ignorance

[sonrisa]

NM--

if you are happy
then why do you feel empty?
that doesn't make sense

[NeverMind]

a cold dark empty
in my core, the rest of me
is just wonderful

[rich]

Why worry about
that which you can not control ?
Just a waste of time..

[NeverMind]

worry, worrywart
for you will be rewarded
forever in hell

[sonrisa]

NM, April's here!
it came, as I said it would
got the license yet?

is today really
pnklpnts' b'day, or is he
April Foolin us?

[bito]

believing here and there
self seeming me, you
universe dreaming

waking sunshining
sunshining waking loving
universe singing

[NeverMind]

Monsieur, ce'st vrai
Cam was spawned on April Fools
A most fitting day

April showers here
but the test is still weeks off
stupid Washington

Yesterday I played
At Open Mike Night downtown
Muy super bueno

Kathryn encouraged
I was super nervous but
she made it better

She also bought me
a cool spider man finger
puppet. it is sweet.

[sahyo]

April showers here
but the test is still weeks off
stupid Washington

now pours raining hail
bouncing people trees flowers
olympia wa



;)

[NeverMind]

Tacoma is wet
Her asphalt drowning under
dark Northwestern rain

[sahyo]

watering night sings
raining quietly dripping
shiny street splashing

[hmshutton]

Spring greening our fields!

Even the cowshit is fresh!

Whoa! Buds everywhere!

[NeverMind]

Is that the sun? what?
that is not meant to happen
is this not rain time?

[sahyo]

hehe :D

drifting sunclouds
purple leafs blue yellowing
clear shadowless noon

[NeverMind]

nazi pope ruling
the gradiose vatican
with a swastika

(Pope Benedict XVI was a member of the Hitler Youth
surely he was too young to know better
but really
having an ex-nazi Pope is messed up)

Pope's Involcement in the Hitler Youth (please read) (http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=18929)

[wacawacany]

New Pope risked his life
To escape from the Nazi
Army, holy cow

He ran, surrendured
To Americans, he chose :thumbsup:
morals over life.

[NeverMind]

Pope once denouned rock
an entire music genre
that is ignorance

[wacawacany]

hehe that is true.
And quite sad to say the least.
He needs an Ipod.

[sonrisa]

The pope's an old fart
so that's to be expected
what's more important,

is his denouncing
other religions, even
other christian sects,

& liberation
theology, aka
empower the poor

so they can rise up
above poverty & live
better, fuller lives

he also makes light
of pedophile priests, sez it's
a media scam

will not consider
obvious solutions to
this priestly problem

these problems are but
just a few of the many
problems with this pope

the church will stagnate
possibly even wither
& die on the vine

in order to grow
change is inevitable
to thrive & survive

not just with churches
this is true of anything
real growth comes thru change

[NeverMind]

religion to me
is an outdated concept
and a criminal

a pleasant idea
but ultimately untrue
its pie in the sky

mankind should be more
realistic in its goals
and its ideals

there is no savior
and while you are praying there
we are working hard

religion is too
intertwined in politics
Voltaire was correct

[sonrisa]

Voltaire was correct?
As in- if there was no god
it would be necessary
to invent one?

[rich]

Is it just and fair,
to sacrifice animals
when celebrating?

From a Buddhist prespective:
Fatted calf unjustly slain,
when prodigal son returned.

No need to slaughter
sentient beings
All life is sacred.


I don't want to be,
hypocritical;
realizing this late in life.

[wacawacany]

If there is a God,
it would be necessary
to go destroy him.

[pnklphnts]

Kathryn just quoted,
Mikhail Bakunin, who was
An anarchist dude

[pnklphnts]

I'll finsih the quote
Beccause context is super
it goes like so, yo:

A boss in heaven
Is the best excuse for a
Boss on earth, so I

Reverse the phrase of
voiltares and say that if there
Is a God It would

Be nessicary
To destroy him, as long as
We have a master

In heaven, we will
be slaves on earth, that was two
quotes meshed together

[venom mama]

demons will gather
demons will breed
in case you didn't know


we were demon seeds

[bito]

demon seeding angel seeding
see me...feel me...touch me
hell* :) h

[NeverMind]

(when i was referencing Voltaire I had just finished reading his ideas on the separation between church and state.)

[avttas]

all of the beings
even the demon-seed girl
a perfect Buddha

love so wide and deep
extends in all directions
to every being

heart's cracked way open
feels the pain and the joy
tears flow, smiling wide

[VossistArts]

Words and Thoughts occlude
The flowing Nature of Mind.
Be still. All is one.

[avttas]

funny how things change
all the comings and goings
nothing is static

[sonrisa]

nothing is static...
and the more things change, the more
they remain the same

[sonrisa]

nothing is static
cept the sox in my dryer
my other clothes too!

[abba]

Newbies I know not
Seem desperate for accord;
The Way continues.

Rich and Vicente
In the evening of my life;
Comes light and darkness.

Asheera on high
In disguise and adornment;
Leaves me where I don’t belong.

Thomas in the morn
Gives joy and enlightenment;
Yet Jesus claims me.

[rich]

Twelve seven nineteen forty one,
Nine eleven, two thousand one,
Dates of infamy.

[abba]

Blissful rests my head,
Dragons breath awakening;
Where can our peace lie.

Only mid-summer,
Yet death impales so many;
Who can see all sides?

I drown in young blood,
No snow to cool heated brows;
Oh, Gods, restrain us.

[abba]

My Seasons

A crocus, sprouting,
Wonder – Anticipation;
Whither shall I go?

Busy and sweating,
Prideful striving leads me on;
Too busy to care?

Flesh of flesh gives pause,
Adorned in riches, thinking;
Oh, what was the goal?

Failing flesh sits down,
Slowing in the final glow;
Does ice ever melt?

[...]

fearless being here
in absence of is joyfull
orgasm of life

[sonrisa]

yo dots! where ya been?
it just ain't the same round here
when you aren't posting

[...]

Would love to post more
or engage in discussion
How does a cow fly?

:lol:

[sonrisa]

:D

dunno about cows....
but here in Cincinnati
the piglets have wings.

:D

[freq]

First of second born,
At the end of second die,
Live in the middle.

[UtopianGrade]

Black Holes Quasars Eep
Forever Split Against
Oh How I Love Earth

[UtopianGrade]

A key of wonders
A hot flame comes from below
Order a pizza
:mellow: :mellow:

[sonrisa]

no more crazy rants
Ron is gone from TBV
RIP to Ron

[UtopianGrade]

I Know Not Of Ron
Tardiness Is A Great Flaw
I Will Recover

[Michael]

Water in a glass
its unresisting stillness
perfect to its place


Raindrops on the pond,
a multitude of circles,
how like a city.

[Sersta]

i am dyslexic so five
might be where seven
lives and seven where five is

[Michael]

The cat stalks a bird
among the seeded grasses
while the mass bell rings.

[sahyo]

haiku
without rules

cool night
feathered light
cat

[namtso]

see behind the veil
solve the final mystery
to return again?

[Michael]

Sunshine reflects on
the screen of my computer,
hidden characters.

[namtso]

eyes feeling heavy
mind is losing focus fast
time to go to sleep

[millipodium]

yes, haikus are gay
babbling brook in high mountain
when will it shut up?

[Michael]

When will it shut up,
the toothless mouth's burbling?
Let me drink silence.

[millipodium]

ok aa. That was good. You are fully redeemed.

[Michael]

Pleased to meet you too.

The dueling of poets is an ancient and honoured tradition :)

[namtso]

fear of wrong label
when will we embrace courage
words stay stuck in throat


brave man speaks his mind
abandons common practice
dares to live his life


risk in judging quick
one seems meek but may surprise
takes time to know one


boss thought I was meek
tried to put us in danger
found out I have teeth


then we watch ego
exert its force to control
suffering begins

[amadman]

Look in the mirror
I do not know what I see
Is it really me

[amadman]

I cant help but think
what is up is what is down
no end to be found

[namtso]

stand still no movement
cool fragrant air seems alive
on the forest path



stand silent listen
hot dry wind like music played
on the desert rock



sit still at shoreline
ocean waves sweep in on sand
high tide at the dawn



mountain road at dusk
fog flows like a waterfall
wind the only sound



morning trip up mountain
tires play on snow like music
snowflakes gleam in sun



I have seen these things
calm silently listening
profound gratitude

[amadman]

Very nice namtso :thumbsup:

[Michael]

You take me there. Thank you.

[namtso]

Very nice namtso - amadmanYou take me there. Thank you. - AlphaAurigae
Thanks, glad you guys like 'em. Those actually are written about places I've been in California. Lots of great National Parks there. I grew up living no further than 20 minutes from the Southern California coastline. And even from there, during the winter you can be up in the snow within 90 minutes, or right in the Anza Borrego Desert or Joshua Tree National Park within about 3 hours.

[clyde]

Walking through fall leaves,
Parting, there is a wake
Of rustling.
– from my unpublished collection, “an empty-can sound”

Do no harm <http://donoharm.us/>,
clyde

[Trevor]

Think something,
and do not speak.
Think something else.

[Trevor]

I am taking a lesson on Haiku at allpoetry.com My instructor informed me that a lot that passes as Haiku, is not truely Haiku. What I wrote below is definitely not. One day I'll try again. We're all learning something new each and every day.

[the_aphid]

Mountains envelope
my eyes, as I descend down
the elevations.

[Michael]

Low winter sunlight,
pebble shadows bar the ground,
looking at them I trip.


The purple iris
slips out of sight in twilight,
taking me with it.

Sweet smell of woodsmoke
in the November evening -
illegal pleasure

Bitter November -
winds rattle ragged seed pods -
bells for the solstice.


The poet stands,
reads to the silence,
laughter, he sits.