Haiku Train

Suzanne · Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:49 pm

Knowing is fleeting
Hold sand in the hourglass
Acceptance tames time

nar · Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:02 pm

Acceptance tames time
unless you're a physicist --
chair to that lion

RichardSanders · Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:53 pm

chair to that lion
in our age's darkest hour
mute our greatest fears

lemonstar · Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:53 pm

mute our greatest fears
think positive, hold your nose
and jump overboard

RichardSanders · Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:41 pm

and jump overboard
to land on destiny's wave
Ride your surfboard home

lemonstar · Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:11 am

Ride your surfboard home
Wax the deck in the shade and
flake off your sunburn

Gazelle · Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:03 am

flake off your stubborn
it falls like dried flesh from bone
a transformation.

lemonstar · Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:51 am

a transformation
the cutting edge of fashion
skeletal models

JohnLott · Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:29 pm

skeletal models
attack Cap'n Jack Sparrow
they want his botox

lemonstar · Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:35 pm

they want his botox
Damn! I hate predictive text
they wanted his boat!

RichardSanders · Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:40 pm

they wanted his boat!
his Black Pearl in a bottle
with rum on their breath.

Moth · Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:13 am

With rum on their breath,
'do' proved a futile command.
They were all done in.

lemonstar · Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:44 pm

They were all done in
A moral in the coral
Seven fathoms down

Suzanne · Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:46 pm

Seven fathoms down
Pressure'd diffuse the weight
of things I can't say.

brianedwards · Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:58 pm

Of things I can't say:
for example: squirrels' nuts:
buried? hidden? lost?

lemonstar · Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:27 pm

Buried? Hidden? Lost?
And look at the way they move!
They must be on drugs!

Moth · Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:44 pm

They must be on drugs,
not funny but laughable
parading their ills.

Suzanne · Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:57 pm

Parading their ills
a masquerade bandaging
above new soft skin

Suzanne · Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:00 am

Above new soft skin
nursery powder falls in crib
No milk for cats

lemonstar · Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:00 pm

No milk for cats
No life in the lithium
But I hear a voice

JohnLott · Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:42 pm

But I hear a voice
'no milk for cats' is too short
Move on and say 'purrrrrrrrrrrr'

Suzanne · Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:24 am

move on and say "purrr"
open windows, let in air
do something different

RichardSanders · Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:31 pm

do something different
weekend work and weekday rest
live life upside down

Suzanne · Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:31 pm

Live life upside down?
I laugh at the thought of that!
It's turned upside down.

Moth · Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:13 pm

It's turned upside down
and the proof's in the pudding.
Too fruity by half.

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