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

Valkyria

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Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:22 pm

Valkyria says... · Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:22 pm

only legends now:
clouds cried; the wind was angry.
Struck by betrayal

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

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herb

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Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:28 pm

herb says... · Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:28 pm

Spoiler

only legends now
it's remains of perfection
which we both chased

struck by betrayal,
my heart aches and cries but you,
you broke me again

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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Spearmint

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Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:05 pm

Spearmint says... · Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:05 pm

you broke me again.
i don't have an extended
warranty. too bad.

mint, she/her

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=D

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Valkyria

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Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:45 pm

Valkyria says... · Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:45 pm

warranty. too bad
stop knocking on my door and
let me hide away.

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

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herb

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Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:48 pm

herb says... · Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:48 pm

let me hide away,
like bears in hibernation
i too am resting

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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Spearmint

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Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:15 am

Spearmint says... · Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:15 am

i too am resting.
a good day's work. but is there
something i forgot?

mint, she/her

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Valkyria

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Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:09 pm

Valkyria says... · Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:09 pm

Something I forgot?
No. Never your face or lips--
everlasting love.

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

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herb

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Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:40 pm

herb says... · Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:40 pm

everlasting love,
yet you made it fine dust
it is now powder

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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Plume

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Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:32 pm

Plume says... · Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:32 pm

it is now powder
that dusts your nose, not the marks
from my red lipstick.

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

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Spearmint

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Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:18 am

Spearmint says... · Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:18 am

from my red lipstick
to your beat-up blue high heels
we make a fine pair

mint, she/her

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herb

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Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:42 am

herb says... · Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:42 am

we make a fine pair
like wine and cheese we go well
together forever

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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Liminality

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Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:08 pm

Liminality says... · Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:08 pm

Together forever,
dawn's streak and the horizon --
only till midday.

she/her

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herb

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Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:35 pm

herb says... · Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:35 pm

only till midday,
shall i be alive but you
will not remember

[soon, i will submit myself to the stars]

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alliyah

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Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:23 am

alliyah says... · Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:23 am

We'll not remember
the words exchanged today, but
maybe the sunrise?

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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Liminality

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Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:46 am

Liminality says... · Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:46 am

Maybe the sunrise
and the moon will both appear --
the moment of dawn.

she/her

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