Haiku

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Pour a thumb of rice.
Add two fingers of water.
Let it boil over.

 

[Voboy]

Fill a colander
Half-plugged. Make any progress?
Such are today's chores.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Tell me about it.
Flour, milk, sugar. A mess.
Splatters stickily.

 

[Bamagan]

Idea for sequel...
Izumi's Melon-Baller.
No need to thank me.

 

[AlinaX]

I dream of dildos
hidden in the strangest places
(true story)

 

[Bamagan]

I dream of dildos
hidden in the strangest places
(true story)

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

A sliver of glass
A fish, a flash, it's a find
A joy in your heart*

*words stolen from Antonio Carlos Jobim

 

[AlinaX]

talking of vampires
I like to dig up the past
and raise the undead

 

[Wand3rlust]

The door is broken
And while it may yet be fixed
For now, it hangs crooked.

 

[Voboy]

What force broke the door?
Doors are possibilities,
And metaphors too.

 

[AlinaX]

the deepest blood
runs with desperate hope
I dig for gold

(I was struggling with this one for an hour last night, but something about your doors helped me write it this morning.)

 

[Bamagan]

Tiny words capture
big ideas like they were the
moon in a dewdrop

 

[Voboy]

Start in third person,
But first is better. So? Change.
...fucking annoying.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

tread with much caution.
hidden in the final draft:
one third among firsts.

 

[AlinaX]

a beer in the woods
just chillin', minding its own
dreaming of honey

 

[Bamagan]

a beer in the woods
just chillin', minding its own
dreaming of honey

It sounds like your beer
has identity issues,
wishes it were mead.

 

[AlinaX]

Interesting page about the etymology of medved (honey-eater) and ber for the bear here.

 

[Bamagan]

Interesting page about the etymology of medved (honey-eater) and ber for the bear here.

Doubly ironic, given that this whole string of mirthful verse was sprung from an argument about the relative safety levels of sylvan encounters. I guess the ancestors who were afraid of the name have cast their vote in our linguistic heritage. Although we do use a lot of euphemisms for men in modern language...

 

[Voboy]

tread with much caution.
hidden in the final draft:
one third among firsts.

Words as punji sticks:
Traps for the unwary eye.
Stakes, both high and low.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Tall tan young lovely
The girl from Ipanema
She looks straight ahead (yes, she knows you're staring)

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

shuck me for my pearl
when the moon pulls the tide down
I'm easy when wet.

 

[Bamagan]

Pearls are nice and all
But edible they are not
Don't neglect the clam!

 

[AlinaX]

mmm, frothy latte...
I wonder what people are -
oh

 

[Bamagan]

Flitting dragonflies
Glinting rainbows in the sun
Like living jewels

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Honey sweet nectar
Is what my tongue is made for
Buzz I'm a bee buzz