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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 20, 2011 5:20 am

TheEstimableEelz says... · Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:20 am

And yet still peaceful
the wind shreds seedlings afresh;
spring's chipper chipmunk.

Formerly 'ilyaeelz.' Others experiment with drugs. I experiment with punctuation and grammar.

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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:33 pm

Button says... · Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:33 pm

It climbed up my arm,
nimble as they are, and I
screamed as it attacked.

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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:44 pm

322sivart says... · Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:44 pm

Luckily, with my
trusty leather gloves on, I
threw it in the woods

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Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:01 pm

lilymoore says... · Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:01 pm

Wooden like your heart,
thrown into the burning stove
and melting to ash.

Never forget who you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

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Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:03 pm

322sivart says... · Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:03 pm

The letter melting
in a fire slowly dying
Never seen again

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Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:07 pm

Button says... · Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:07 pm

were the lost in gray--
they were pale in the summer,
sleeping through the day.

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Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:34 pm

322sivart says... · Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:34 pm

After a night
Not easily forgotten
My head's in the clouds

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Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:41 pm

Button says... · Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:41 pm

falling through dark storms,
and tripping through the lightning;
death awaited me.

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Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:46 am

322sivart says... · Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:46 am

Peter at the gates
called amongst the sequoiahs
older than himself

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Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:34 pm

Lumi says... · Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:34 pm

I spread my wings wide,
saw my mother's face once more,
and wept tears of joy.

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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Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:00 pm

Button says... · Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:00 pm

the heavenly choir
resounded; yet my song broke
under nostalgia.

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Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:43 pm

322sivart says... · Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:43 pm

I remember her.
Sweet and beautiful, she was.
I open my eyes.

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Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:27 pm

Button says... · Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:27 pm

And memory sings.
Images of her leak from
my eyes, cold and wet.

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Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:45 pm

Jagged says... · Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:45 pm

Tread softly, for this
is ice; water runs silent,
as grief also does.

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Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:13 am

Button says... · Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:13 am

Glassy footsteps break
more easily than thought;
step lightly, dear ones.

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