Haiku Train

[barrie]

Wrapped in spider's webs -
What's wrong with that? Don't knock it
until you've tried it.



Arachno

[Lake]

Until you’ve tried it
don’t jump into the water.
You may get surprised.


湖水

[kozmikdave]

You may get surprised
by things that bump in the night -
bump, bump, bump, bonk, eek!

[Elphin]

bump, bump, bump, bonk, eek!
teenage dancing and fumblings;
first experience.

[Lake]

First experience
isn’t always enjoyable -
he is rear-ended.

[Travis]

He is rear-ended.
Gone from arsehole to manhole.
Okipa. Kinda.

[Lake]

Okipa. Kinda.
Basho’s frog stops croaking. Hark:
post modern haiku.

[barrie]

Post modern haiku,
something I can never do -
Explain what it means.

[Lake]

Explain what it means
is not hard. Climb up two floors,
there, good example.

[Travis]

There, good example -
Condescension, two floors up.
Looking down, smiling.

[kozmikdave]

Looking down, smiling,
planning day's entertainment,
Count Vlad fantasized.

[barrie]

Count Vlad fantasized -
but everything was at stake.
A thought impaled him.

[Lake]

A thought impales him –
compared with other poets’ works
his like rotten eggs.


meme

[Jester]

his like rotten eggs
were like hanging man, and he
fried rotten pancakes

[Lake]

Fried rotten pancakes
smell awful, taste delicious.
Up to your courage.

[juliadebeauvoir]

Up to your courage,
Down with cowardice and fear.
It's time to cheer up!

[Travis]

It's time to cheer up!
Dance! Get down with your bad self!
Turn that frown around!

[Merlin]

…turn that frown around,
Its your lucky day,
You’ve copped!

[kozmikdave]

"You’ve copped...." his last words,
just before the haiku cops
fined him for miscount.

[juliadebeauvoir]

Fined him for miscount
exiled from the train, may not
ride in the caboose.

Wouldn't that be miscounduct?

[dedalus]

ride in the caboose
and take this bow and arrow;
shoot moose on the line.

[barrie]

Shoot moose on the line,
then shoot Ashton under Lyne -
and don't miss Droylsden!

[Lake]

And don’t miss Droylsdan!
It’s no problem for Jordan,
Three scores in a row.

[juliadebeauvoir]

Three scores in a row.
Four scores and seven years...
Great opening lines.

[Lake]

Great opening lines
are wasted by weak endings -
Tiger’s head, snake’s tail.