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Haiku Train

BarrettBenedict · 2009-04-26T07:14:14Z

This is pretty simple and can be lots of fun. The premise is you take the last line of the haiku before yours and make it the first as yours. It doesn't necessarily have to be the exact line either. If you can cleverly change it in subtle ways so that it rhymes or sounds the same that is also cool. Example: This is a haiku five, seven, five syllables would be the format ... could be a doormat were it not for the large head must be tiger's skin etc. So here's a starter haiku: old film reels rotate monochrome images of what dogs imagine

Starve

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Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:26 pm

Starve says... · Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:26 pm

Eyes open, glowing
as sunlight dances at dawn;
a nightmare thwarted.

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Liminality

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Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:58 am

Liminality says... · Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:58 am

a nightmare thwarted,
white sheets spill onto stained tiles
turned gold by sunrise.

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Love that haiku, @Starve!

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Hkumar

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Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:24 pm

Hkumar says... · Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:24 pm

turned gold by sunrise,
leaving the dust and ashes
that clouded her heart.

I only put my signature on big cheques.

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alliyah

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Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:58 pm

alliyah says... · Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:58 pm

Leave her clouded heart,
one cannot reason with storms,
you can only wait.

you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now

but i have promised to return

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Hijinks

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Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:36 am

Hijinks says... · Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:36 am

You can only wait
for the snowflake to perch on
your rose-button nose.

When you're faced with something you don't understand, I think the most natural thing but also least interesting thing you can be is afraid.

-- Hank Green

they/them
(previously whatchamacallit and Seirre)

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Buranko

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Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:09 am

Buranko says... · Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:09 am

Your rose-button nose,
Ivory skin, cherry mouth,
Bring summer closer.

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Starve

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Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:24 am

Starve says... · Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:24 am

Bring summer closer,
I want to enjoy again—
daily cold showers.

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Liminality

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Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:18 am

Liminality says... · Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:18 am

Daily cold showers
on fields make puddles in grass,
reflecting grey skies.

she/her

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Hkumar

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Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:52 pm

Hkumar says... · Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:52 pm

reflecting grey skies
that hold back tears of nature,
mourning over its loss.

I only put my signature on big cheques.

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Liminality

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Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:22 am

Liminality says... · Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:22 am

Mourning over its loss,
the perfect raincloud goes pale,
crumbling in droplets.

she/her

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Valkyria

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Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:44 pm

Valkyria says... · Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:44 pm

Crumbling in droplets,
the raincloud smiles through tears,
remembering love.

There is always something left to love.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude

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Starve

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Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:28 am

Starve says... · Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:28 am

Remembering love
is a futile exercise;
try and you'll find more.

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Liminality

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Reviews 627

Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:48 am

Liminality says... · Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:48 am

Try and you'll find more
dust coating the desk surface -
yesterday, spotless.

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Valkyria

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Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:19 pm

Valkyria says... · Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:19 pm

Yesterday, spotless,
the constellations appeared,
today, forever.

There is always something left to love.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude

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Hijinks

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Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:30 pm

Hijinks says... · Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:30 pm

today, forever;
tomorrow is a fire
fly bobbing ahead.

When you're faced with something you don't understand, I think the most natural thing but also least interesting thing you can be is afraid.

-- Hank Green

they/them
(previously whatchamacallit and Seirre)

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When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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