Haiku Battle

Lumi · 2011-02-04T00:28:34Z

Note: This is not in need of reviews as it is not a literary work. This is a game-type activity. Here's a poetry exercise to sharpen our description with as few words as possible. Could that mean Haiku? That's right, folks. We here at the poetry forum are gonna duke it out--not with swords or guns, but with words. Seventeen syllables worth, to be precise. If you're not aware of what a Haiku is, here's a quick note: Haiku is a form of poetry consisting of three lines, respectively measuring 5/7/5 in beats. A Haiku is typically about nature, and more often than not denotes a particular season in which the poem takes place (though it doesn't have to, by any means). They're beautiful things, and, while small, can take masterful lyricists to craft. Senryu are similar, although they deal with more human ideas/emotions/situations. They're my personal favorite. Same format. So this is our battle, poets! The task is simple: merely post a Haiku or Senryu. The major hitch of the exercise is that the first line of your poem must feed off of the last line of the one above yours. The entire poem may be different, but they'll all be connected. One huge Poem Chain. To begin: Downpours in the south make rivers strong as wildfire; April boasts its strength.

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Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:15 am

mellophone7 says... · Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:15 am

Autumn fades quickly
The chill of winter sneaks in
With dancing snowflakes.

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Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:29 pm

Kale says... · Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:29 pm

Frost coats the hollow —
blades of ice spear the sky
beneath sleeping trees.

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Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:33 pm

Lumi says... · Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:33 pm

We hide in the roots,
in a tangle of our fear:
when will the sky burn?

I am a forest fire and an ocean, and I will burn you just as much
as I will drown everything you have inside.

-Shinji Moon

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Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:51 am

catslikebooks2 says... · Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:51 am

tree standing firmly
roots solidly hold the earth
shall remain unmoved

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Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:14 am

Lava says... · Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:14 am

through ages it stands,
scars reflecting the years; black
marble history

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Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:53 am

catslikebooks2 says... · Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:53 am

passing through the years
beauty decays, rotting, dead
to be born again

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Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:16 am

Karzkin says... · Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:16 am

Phoenix spreads its wings
suffers a horrific fate.
Beginning or end?

Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:34 am

Jagged says... · Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:34 am

I think I once saw
you shatter along the seams
of a long winter.

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Mon May 21, 2012 9:41 pm

Lumi says... · Mon May 21, 2012 9:41 pm

Haiku Battle lives
in the depths of P.D.T.
Catch it if you can.

I am a forest fire and an ocean, and I will burn you just as much
as I will drown everything you have inside.

-Shinji Moon

I am the property of Rydia, please return me to her ship.

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Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:35 pm

PenguinAttack says... · Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:35 pm

For Chu I progress
a leaf in the wind
how I soar away.

I like you as an enemy, but I love you as a friend.

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Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:11 am

Kit says... · Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:11 am

Is a leaf a leaf
or the sap that retreated
back into the tree?

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Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:02 pm

Lumi says... · Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:02 pm

Through the blue winter,
lone wolf seeks resolution
only to find ice.

I am a forest fire and an ocean, and I will burn you just as much
as I will drown everything you have inside.

-Shinji Moon

I am the property of Rydia, please return me to her ship.

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Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:03 am

Karzkin says... · Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:03 am

The fridge is broken.
Looks like my coke will remain
room temperature.

Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:33 am

AlfredSymon says... · Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:33 am

But winds remain chill
abound this hot summer day
for all had gone 'way

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Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:04 am

Kale says... · Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:04 am

The windblown flutes sing,
their hollowed bones echoing --
they mourn their own deaths.

Secretly a Kyllorac, sometimes a Murtle.
There are no chickens in Hyrule.
Princessence: A LMS Project
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