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

Hkumar

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Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:30 pm

Hkumar says... · Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:30 pm

Unbearable pain,
Monday morning blues persist,
Hope whispers through ache.

I only put my signature on big cheques.

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syzygy

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Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:41 pm

syzygy says... · Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:41 pm

Hope whispers through ache.
But hope died decades ago
Why am I waiting?

"sounds gay, i'm in!"

he/they

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Spearmint

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Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:44 pm

Spearmint says... · Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:44 pm

whoops, wrote this at the same time xD :

Spoiler

hope whispers through ache
like rain, misting lightly on
your face: you will heal.

why am i waiting?
the clouds wait for no one when
they shout a downpour.

mint, she/her

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=D

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Hijinks

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Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:25 pm

Hijinks says... · Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:25 pm

they shout a downpour.
I shiver in the words that
fall like sleety rain.

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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Liminality

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Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:47 am

Liminality says... · Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:47 am

Fall like sleety rain --
red leaves when the harsh wind blows
into tree-hollows.

she/her

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herb

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Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:11 pm

herb says... · Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:11 pm

into tree-hollows
you peer as if ts a heart
though you hated mine

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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Hijinks

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Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:41 am

Hijinks says... · Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:41 am

i thought you hated
mine, but as it turns out, i
was just projecting.

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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Spearmint

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Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:53 am

Spearmint says... · Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:53 am

//was just projecting
growth for the next two quarters->
[the future knows you.]

mint, she/her

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Liminality

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Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:54 am

Liminality says... · Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:54 am

The future knows you,
shining blackbird, sharp stirrings
in evergreen leaves.

she/her

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Hijinks

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Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:42 am

Hijinks says... · Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:42 am

in evergreen leaves:
blurry shapes, and I think I
see your brow and 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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herb

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Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:18 am

herb says... · Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:18 am

see your brow and nose?
the ones you say are ugly
those are mine as well

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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LuminescentAnt

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Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:40 pm

LuminescentAnt says... · Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:40 pm

Those are mine as well
And yet you always take them
Saying it’s your “right”

Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do.

- Ms. Marvel

LuminescentAnt ~ Lum ~ Ant
(she/her)

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herb

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Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:06 pm

herb says... · Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:06 pm

Saying it’s your “right”
to scream and shout at me too
like a dictator

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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Plume

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Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:52 am

Plume says... · Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:52 am

Like a dictator,
I enjoy control. Alas,
you cannot be reined.

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

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syzygy

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Reviews 21

Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:54 am

syzygy says... · Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:54 am

You cannot be reined,
wild horse in mountains above.
You will not be tamed.

"sounds gay, i'm in!"

he/they

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