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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

Kelisot

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Sat May 14, 2022 1:02 am

Kelisot says... · Sat May 14, 2022 1:02 am

down, down, down your spine
ethereal sounds echo
just listen to me

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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NewHope

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Sat May 14, 2022 4:55 pm

NewHope says... · Sat May 14, 2022 4:55 pm

Just listen to me;
Clouds float through forests and pour
Dripping drops of dust

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Hijinks

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Sun May 15, 2022 12:39 am

Hijinks says... · Sun May 15, 2022 12:39 am

drops of dust fold in
between my knuckle-creases,
evidence of time.

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 15, 2022 12:59 am

deleted48 says... · Sun May 15, 2022 12:59 am

evidence of time,
the furrows left on my palms;
they all have meaning.

In a shadow there is the blessing of a shadow.
— Kuki Shūzō

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NewHope

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Sun May 15, 2022 7:00 am

NewHope says... · Sun May 15, 2022 7:00 am

They all have meaning;
Words flutter around my head,
Where will I begin?

Swan Queen's little sister in-law/caretaker since 2022

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Kelisot

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Sun May 15, 2022 8:02 pm

Kelisot says... · Sun May 15, 2022 8:02 pm

Where will I begin?
Time has betrayed me again,
Nihility waits.

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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NewHope

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Mon May 16, 2022 3:48 am

NewHope says... · Mon May 16, 2022 3:48 am

Nihility awaits
As I stutter forward with
Sword raised in calm air

Swan Queen's little sister in-law/caretaker since 2022

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Kelisot

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Mon May 16, 2022 11:37 am

Kelisot says... · Mon May 16, 2022 11:37 am

Sword raised in calm air
The blade moving gracefully
My great Majesty

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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NewHope

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Tue May 17, 2022 3:09 am

NewHope says... · Tue May 17, 2022 3:09 am

My great Majesty
Like a fat raindrop; plip-plop
Lathering the plants

Swan Queen's little sister in-law/caretaker since 2022

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Liminality

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Tue May 17, 2022 6:41 am

Liminality says... · Tue May 17, 2022 6:41 am

Lathering the plants,
sea foam, as they lie disposed
on the shore, low-tide.

she/her

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NewHope

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Tue May 17, 2022 7:23 am

NewHope says... · Tue May 17, 2022 7:23 am

On the shore, low tide
As the Sun burns brightly
And seagulls squawk

Swan Queen's little sister in-law/caretaker since 2022

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Liminality

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Tue May 17, 2022 10:31 am

Liminality says... · Tue May 17, 2022 10:31 am

And seagulls squawk
from over the horizon --
a cloud drifting past.

she/her

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Kelisot

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Tue May 17, 2022 1:32 pm

Kelisot says... · Tue May 17, 2022 1:32 pm

a cloud drifting past
calls a memory afar
my youthful old times.

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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NewHope

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Wed May 18, 2022 3:16 am

NewHope says... · Wed May 18, 2022 3:16 am

My youthful old times
A stark reminder of lost
Sharp-ringed gazing love

Swan Queen's little sister in-law/caretaker since 2022

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Kelisot

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Wed May 18, 2022 12:04 pm

Kelisot says... · Wed May 18, 2022 12:04 pm

Sharp-ringed gazing love
Pierces my heart and my soul
Let the forest burn

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

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