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

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Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:58 am

Liminality says... · Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:58 am

Drip-drop - ocean waves
disrupted by fall of rain,
droplets turn to sheets.

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Starve

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Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:48 am

Starve says... · Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:48 am

droplets turn to sheets
the tea is not that hot now
sips turn into swigs

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NewHope

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Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:15 pm

NewHope says... · Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:15 pm

Sips turn into swigs -
Moonlight curdles like old choose
Sprinkled as if stardust

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Kelisot

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Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:30 am

Kelisot says... · Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:30 am

Drip-drop, ocean waves
Let the silent bass shake you
Dancing with the beat

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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Buranko

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Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:03 pm

Buranko says... · Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:03 pm

dancing with the beat
of a starlit sky; time stopped
hearts halted, to watch.

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NewHope

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Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:27 pm

NewHope says... · Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:27 pm

Hearts halted to watch
The twirling and swirling pond
Of the starry night

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fatherfig

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Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:33 pm

fatherfig says... · Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:33 pm

in the starry night
old owls know little noise but
young mice make ruckus

[insert inspirational quote here]

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NewHope

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Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:47 pm

NewHope says... · Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:47 pm

Young mice make ruckus
To the night sounds of crickets
And babbling brooks

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Kelisot

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Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:21 pm

Kelisot says... · Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:21 pm

And babbling brooks
The howling of trees and winds
Symphonic forests

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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NewHope

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Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:31 am

NewHope says... · Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:31 am

Symphonic forests
Sway and sigh in the starlight
Glittering so bright

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Kelisot

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Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:46 am

Kelisot says... · Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:46 am

Glittering so bright
Nacreous puddles of rain
Rainbow in the rain

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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Buranko

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Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:29 pm

Buranko says... · Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:29 pm

Rainbow in the rain
And letters in a book. I
Have flown on paper

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Kelisot

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Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:26 pm

Kelisot says... · Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:26 pm

Have flown on paper
Imagination leaks out
Letters glide across

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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fatherfig

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Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:31 pm

fatherfig says... · Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:31 pm

letters glide across
the backs of my aching hands
still I am not done

[insert inspirational quote here]

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Kelisot

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Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:15 pm

Kelisot says... · Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:15 pm

Still I am not done
One last task for me to do,
Before I come home

I like Gabber. I recommend that you should also listen to it.

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