Soul in spirit sings The Force of Ten Thousand Things springs universal
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less than thirteen lines five and seven and five and haiku is published
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Rain from leaden clouds Pine boughs drip on thirsty soil New growth for the Spring
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Peering at the screen Dark thoughts of throwing daggers Crits are hard to take
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Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Hey there Owasm can it be that you play WOW? I have 2 80s.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
WoW is not my game. If I must pay for my fun Elsewhere do I look
Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :
Haiku isn't for me I do not understand it I make fun instead
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Can I keep this up? Maybe a day or seven. (Shrugs) Maybe, maybe.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Yeah but IMO that sixteen dollars a month same as two movies.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Are we still on this? Beats posting in Random Thoughts. Should we stick to that?
Posted by TaleSpinner (Member # 5638) on :
Procrastination To procrastinate or not Hatrack River calls
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Kinda hot in here. My computer puts out heat. Can you feel it now?
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
I think way too much it just makes me unhappy drink too much instead?
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Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :
quote:I think way too much it just makes me unhappy drink too much instead?
Smoking pot cures that It turns minds into jelly Thinking decreases
Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :
Sound of Autumn leaves. So my haiku: Silent, Sad. Limericks the cure!
I once found that WoW game exciting, with purples and raiding guild fighting. But get to endgame and it's all the same. I've suddenly time for my writing!
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
haha it's so true. I mean BAD, NO LIMERICKS start your own thread pssh!
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
It's nearly sunrise. I'm drinking cans of soda. I need the bathroom.
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Stumble out of bed Every day is the same When I do not write
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Now it's near sunset. It's still too hot to do much. I'm pretty thirsty.
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
Hot midsummer day three children splashing water trying not to burn
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
n time-space whether observed, unseen, unmeasured immeasurable
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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
i'll never ever ever ever ever make a haiku poem
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
Her smile is divine -
A journey through the core of me -
They always move me -
I'm just glad it wasn't in Iambic Pentameter.
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
Zero, yours reminded me of a song from that Rodney Dangerfield cartoon Rover Dangerfield. <--(Song scene.)
A Rodney Dangerfield Haiku:
I played hide and seek - and they wouldn't look for me - I get no respect -
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Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
The first season ends The second season begins Pro hoops never stop
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Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Isn't it precious? Five-seven-five poetry. Let's keep it going.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
@extrinsic
How do you define indefinability? A lot of big words.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
haha! good call, IB
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
quote:@extrinsic How do you define indefinability? A lot of big words.
With a dictionary or three. Actually, I collect dictionaries and reference books. And my work requires a broad vocabulary.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
What is your work?
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
Copyeditor and proofreader, mostly of transcripts for stenographers working in the legal system: depositions, trials, hearings, municipal and legislative proceedings, civil and criminal, higher and lower courts. From divorce to homicide; professional, medical, and legal malpractice; personal injury, child custody, child abuse, contract disputes, any wrongful acts in contention, evaluations for fitness and character, corruption, anything where a written record of spoken evidence is required.
Spring when tempers flare Summertime for leisure's fee Winter late discord
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Ahh the law... field where brevity and clarity are not valued.
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
Says who? My experience says otherwise. For example, a twenty-year marriage reduced to a few pages of text recording divorce proceedings is a remarkably clear and brief synopsis of a lifetime of trials.
Posted by Kitti (Member # 7277) on :
Wait a minute here What happened to the haikus? Count your syllables!
:-)
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Boy, that didn't last. I knew you guys would blow it. Haiku is hard, right?
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Counting is hard right? Especially to seven. is that why they stopped?
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
A novel idea -
Hatrack's thousands of egos -
It will surely drown -
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
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Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
sniper potshot mark personal criticisms wintery shoulders
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
second chances are why i can make so many mistakes all the time
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
I am always late I get to see the edit never the scandal
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
hunter harvest moon cornucopia plenty fallen leaf and sap
tuckahoe marsh moon cold before a warm fire corn gone meager meals
bright corn planting moon blustering monsoon torrent budded blossom sap
flint dry welter moon fish and smoke and laze and dream sultry green shade ease
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
After doing this, haikus are still too easy. I prefer rhyming.
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
haiku sonnet merge? or lyric tanka in prose with ode, in cinquain?
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I made lasagna. I burned myself doing it. Splashed up hot water.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
My car got too hot had to turn around (sad face) stuck in Spring City.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
The morning passes. I've got to do some writing. Not this, but something.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
The sun burns my eyes Derisive words from my wife: Wear sunglasses, fool!
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
morning always comes way way way way too early please let me sleep more
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
It's three thirty-three. I've been up since eight PM. I'm tired right now.
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Is it your accent? Tired--one syllable or two? I stop to recount.
Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :
Five plus five is ten. Seven plus seven, fourteen. This haiku; pointless.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
No U.
Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :
orly! uc, wtf l33tspeak haiku? wai! kkthxbai!
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Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
It's tire with two. I've only heard it that way. It's not my accent.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
I count it as one but in my head it's tie-yur woe is me (sad face).
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Pronunciation. Did you learn to read by sight? Say it aloud, now.
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Don't boss me around you can't tell me what to do I do as I please!
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
What can I say now? I can count up to seven. Also up to five.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Did this thread die off? I didn't think I killed it. C'mon, give it up.
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
It's not the counting -
Haiku's not for everyone -
Too complicated.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
I agree with the Inarticulate Babbler. Haiku can be hard.
Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :
Vocabulary incompatibility discombobulates.
Posted by Jeff M (Member # 7828) on :
There once was a man From the isle of Nantucket Oops, wrong type of poem
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
The plot is less clear. The issue is location. Where did Nantucket?
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
It's quiet out there. Where are all the other posts? Oh, it's Saturday.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Where is everyone? I can't carry it alone. I've got a meeting.
Posted by Ben Trovato (Member # 7804) on :
Haikus are better When written by people like Matsuo Basho.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
My toilet leaked, bad. And the water valve busted. But it's fixed right now.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Matsuo Basho? Did he write in Japanese? I couldn't read it.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Quiet once again. Is it that hard to do this? Again, give it up...
Posted by Ben Trovato (Member # 7804) on :
Matsuo Basho: What you'd call a real master; Just learn Japanese.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Can't read Japanese. I don't even like manga. Can't stand right-to-left.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Still quiet again. This is a big heap of fun. Can't you try it once?
Posted by CABaize (Member # 8032) on :
Haiku- not my thing. I much prefer to do prose. But when that fails me...?
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I've been sick for days. I couldn't post yesterday. I don't think it's done.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Where is everyone? I guess no one can keep up. Ah, well...c'est la vie.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I'm going away. I see this thread is dying. Ah well, what the hell.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I guess this is dead. Nobody is posting now. Ah, well, what the hell...
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Not so fast Robert This thread may revive itself If we keep posting
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Lightness fills my being I lay in the hot sun Redness coats my skin
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
The waves roll slowly Breaking on my tortured soul Drowning cures sorrow
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Sure, start it going. Post three of them yourself, now. But will the others?
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Errant thoughts escape To find their way to this page Anybody there?
Posted by mythique890 (Member # 8586) on :
Long day, hyper child Didn't go to brother's thing Will watch video
Little brother plays A drum solo that maybe Good for youtubing
Should be writing but I am procrastinating Baby sleeps at last
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Couldn't cut the lawn. Too rainy since I got back. I weedwhacked, a bit.
Posted by CABaize (Member # 8032) on :
Sitting at work bored My mind's about to shut down Please keep me awake
*Edit to correct spelling of "please", though "pleas" might have been funnier.
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Posted by wetwilly (Member # 1818) on :
From a high school teacher:
Summer is so close. Children yearn for their freedom. Teachers want it more.
And for the record, I loved this one...
quote:Vocabulary incompatibility discombobulates.
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Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Computer is off My keys wait with impatience They yearn to be stroked
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
I loathe cheese doodles - I can't get the cheese dust off - my pants feel betrayed -
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I've got stomach cramps. It keeps me glued to the can. I gotta go now.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
My hairline recedes Haircuts now do me no good I hate shiny pates
Posted by wetwilly (Member # 1818) on :
My shoulder is numb I think it's a heart attack First I have to fin-
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Hello everyone, I fell into a black hole a game they call WoW.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Is this back on now? Will we have to post some more? I used my best stuff...
Posted by shimiqua (Member # 7760) on :
Nothing much to say, Still, I have the right to speak my voice is not heard.
typingextra fast post before I think to check thats not how you spell...
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Posted by MrsBrown (Member # 5195) on :
Correct syllables May meet the bare minumum Longing for beauty
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Musing brings on peace If your attitude permits Think of tranquil views
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Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I remembered this. It was pretty fun to do. Why did it die off?
Posted by satate (Member # 8082) on :
eventually everything does die away eventually
Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :
Haiku without time, like a story without place, lives within a void.
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Posted by Utahute72 (Member # 9057) on :
Oh give me a break This Haiku does not poem make Only Rap for hecks sake
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Looks like a success. There are three pages of stuff. So let's keep going.
Posted by macmicool on :
My wife left me home and went to church all alone now what should I do?
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Back on again, huh? It seemed like a good idea. We can do this stuff.
Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :
Up at 5 am My baby is a sadist Time to start the day
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Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :
犬がすき 二引きがいるよ よい犬だ
(Inu ga suki Nibiki ga iru yo Yoi inu da)
Translation:
I like dogs I have two! They are good dogs
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I didn't know that. Posting Japanese writing. It is Japanese?
Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :
Yes, but very poor Took it in first year Uni A long time ago
I wrote in “plain form” To conserve my syllables Was still wicked tough
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Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Surprised to see it. Foreign script and all that stuff. May try Cyrillic.
Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :
Lovely summer breeze Neighbour’s fertile dandelions Blow seeds on my grass
Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :
Intelligent light In my dog’s golden-brown eyes Why must you eat poo?
