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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Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:20 pm

fatherfig says... · Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:20 pm

class presentation
from the whipporwills gathered
across windowpanes

[insert inspirational quote here]

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Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:24 am

alliyah says... · Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:24 am

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class presentation -
eloquent introduction
computer on mute

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across windowpanes
names traced in condensation
brooding other days

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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Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:37 am

Liminality says... · Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:37 am

brooding other days
closed buds of bougainvillea
small and dark orange

she/her

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Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:02 am

Hkumar says... · Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:02 am

small and dark orange
Lantana flowers blossom
before first frost of fall

I only put my signature on big cheques.

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Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:54 pm

alliyah says... · Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:54 pm

before first frost falls
I count all autumn's blessings;
warmth for winter's chill

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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Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:31 pm

Hkumar says... · Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:31 pm

warmth for winter's chill
found in cold embrace of heart,
a sanctum of love

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Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:10 pm

alliyah says... · Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:10 pm

A sanctum of love -
garden springing verdant prayers
from earth's cathedral.

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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Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:27 pm

Hijinks says... · Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:27 pm

the earth's cathedral --
where the boughs of trees rest on
each other's shoulders.

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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Starve

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Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:18 am

Starve says... · Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:18 am

On each shoulder sit
multitudes of Genesis
(creation of life)

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Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:30 pm

Plume says... · Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:30 pm

(creation of life)
squalling infant, red, wet;
a mother's triumph

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

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Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:41 pm

fatherfig says... · Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:41 pm

a mothers triumph
her bleached hands carress tabletop
childs appreciation

[insert inspirational quote here]

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Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:11 am

WeepingWisteria says... · Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:11 am

Child's appreciation
Warm hands, smiling parents
A house full of love

They/he

“the wist i knew would never allow a straight boy in their stories” ~Omni
“Hi Omni can I request wist get the role mom friend :]" ~winter
“ah yes, fear Wist's smile :) <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint

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