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

Spearmint

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Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:53 am

Spearmint says... · Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:53 am

golden dawn glory
illuminating castles
of majestic clouds

mint, she/her

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Seoyoung

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Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:07 am

Seoyoung says... · Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:07 am

Of majestic clouds,
shadows drift in untamed arcs—
shifting forms take flight.

No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.
-- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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candyhearts

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Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:12 pm

candyhearts says... · Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:12 pm

shifting forms take flight;
the night bleeds into the sky.
cold air tastes like rust.

I want to review your poetry!!
Payton, she/her <3

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syzygy

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Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:31 pm

syzygy says... · Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:31 pm

cold air tastes like rust
salted copper filling lungs;
drowning on dry land.

"sounds gay, i'm in!"

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candyhearts

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Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:41 pm

candyhearts says... · Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:41 pm

drowning on dry land,
lungs full, flesh peeling like bark;
the earth forgets me.

I want to review your poetry!!
Payton, she/her <3

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syzygy

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Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:46 pm

syzygy says... · Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:46 pm

the earth forgets me,
under the willow tree limbs;
a discarded doll.

"sounds gay, i'm in!"

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JazzicusMaximus

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Thu Sep 12, 2024 1:05 am

JazzicusMaximus says... · Thu Sep 12, 2024 1:05 am

A discarded doll
made of fine china porcelain
sitting in a street

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