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

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Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:03 am

Atticus says... · Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:03 am

for the next venture
is a dangerous foray
to Australia.

[he/him]

"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper
"carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:53 pm

paperforest says... · Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:53 pm

To Australia:
upside-down continent of
Dreamtime kangaroos

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Fri May 03, 2019 5:33 pm

alliyah says... · Fri May 03, 2019 5:33 pm

dreamtime kangaroos
waltzing walruses and toads
asking you to dance

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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Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:02 am

Liminality says... · Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:02 am

Asking you to dance,
pinprick slips of dragonflies
diving through the air.

she/her

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Sat May 02, 2020 11:34 pm

alliyah says... · Sat May 02, 2020 11:34 pm

diving through the air,
rain becomes river water,
a drop; an ocean.

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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Sun May 03, 2020 12:21 am

Hijinks says... · Sun May 03, 2020 12:21 am

A drop, an ocean;
the small raindrop explodes and
submerges my mind.

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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Sun May 03, 2020 8:59 pm

mythh says... · Sun May 03, 2020 8:59 pm

Leaves of summer drop
Into the cold stream water
That has stolen my voice.

The name's Myth.

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Sun May 03, 2020 9:07 pm

alliyah says... · Sun May 03, 2020 9:07 pm

(@Gravitem for this thread you have to use a version of the last line of the last haiku, for the first line of your own haiku)

that stolen voice heard,
echoing long afterwards
what have I just said?

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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Sun May 03, 2020 9:09 pm

mythh says... · Sun May 03, 2020 9:09 pm

(esh sorry!!!)

The name's Myth.

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