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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Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:45 pm

spottedkit says... · Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:45 pm

Peeking into threads,
discovering this new world,
and learning it's ways.

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Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:33 pm

wordsandwishes says... · Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:33 pm

(This is my first Haiku, so bear with me *crosses fingers*)

The subtle truth is
that between these faded lines
lies truth of the past.

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Fri Feb 15, 2013 5:40 pm

spottedkit says... · Fri Feb 15, 2013 5:40 pm

Counting some numbers-
uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco
One, two, three, four, five.

Last edited by spottedkit on Tue May 13, 2014 11:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:29 pm

wordsandwishes says... · Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:29 pm

Leaving worlds behind
I fall so sudden from home.
My memory now fades...

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Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:25 am

AmourDevorant says... · Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:25 am

memories of you
two sparrows in the twisted
old lilac branches

忍ぶれど色にいでにけりわが恋はものや思ふと人の問ふまで
― 平兼盛

“If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray,
remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way.”
― Kvothe, in The Name of the Wind

What were the use of my creation if I were entirely contained here?

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Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:38 pm

wordsandwishes says... · Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:38 pm

Watching bright stars fall
and wondering if I've missed
my chance to reach them.

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Sat May 25, 2013 11:15 pm

AlfredSymon says... · Sat May 25, 2013 11:15 pm

Moaning like the cat,
alone and lusting for soul,
I dream her come back.

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"Stories are like yarn; just hold on to the tip and let the ball roll away"

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Sat May 25, 2013 11:38 pm

bluewaterlily says... · Sat May 25, 2013 11:38 pm

Floating in the sky,
The moon bathes the sleeping world
In a sliver glow.

"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language." - W.H. Auden

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Sun May 26, 2013 5:52 pm

wordsandwishes says... · Sun May 26, 2013 5:52 pm

Sleep's a brief reprieve
That only makes me question
Why I dare to dream.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:41 pm

AlfredSymon says... · Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:41 pm

Dusty winds come close
Blowing in prosperity...
And you out with it.

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Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:31 pm

wordsandwishes says... · Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:31 pm

You may not know it
But sometimes my only wish is
To fall into Dark.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:17 pm

AlfredSymon says... · Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:17 pm

We breathe and compress
the smokescreen that blocks our view;
we are very dumb.

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