Haiku Train

[Gazelle]

sparrow seeks shelter
sharp hail wounds tender grasses
hide under my eaves.

[arunansu]

hides under my eaves
an aborigine
as God thunders

[Lake]

as God thunders
summer snows, winter pours
poets rise from graves

[Michelle]

poets rise from graves
cast shadows on our bookshelves
tidy words on page

[oranggunung]

tidy words on page
neat and unpunctuated
ungrammatical

[Lake]

ungrammatical
to some, gifted to others -
the poet’s license

[Michelle]

the poet’s license
to take life experience
and create artwork

[Marc]

"and create artwork!"
God sayeth to Damian,
"Pickle a dead cow!"

[Lake]

pickle a dead cow
salt a fat pig on big board
altar offerings

[Michelle]

altar offerings
guillotined babes swathed in blood
in nursemaid's backyard

[arunansu]

in nursemaid's backyard
my discarded heart
I'm living on a motor

[Lake]

I live on motor
heart clenching as gas goes up
I want my feet back

[Michelle]

"I want my feet back!"
I screamed at the boat's captain,
who used toes for bait.

[Suzanne]

Who used toes for bait?
Succulent appendages
but too many bones.

[Marc]

But too many bones
are buried in my garden.
Some of them human.



(Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,! happy hallowe'en haiku homies! )
Marc

[Michelle]

Some of them human
and zombie mutants are
slurping tasty brains.


(Happy halloween, Marc! mmm brains)

[kozmikdave]

Slurping tasty brains
can pass on kuru - so you
walk like a zombie

[Gazelle]

Walk like a zombie
I plod 'round an empty room
my bones seek warm flesh.

[arunansu]

my bones seek warm flesh
Jack -O-Lantern scorns
wanton eyes glow

[arunansu]

wanton eyes glow
owl pierces a flimsy night
stars, shaken

[arunansu]

stars, shaken
Kiliminjaro, throat-slit
fountain of sparks

[Marc]

Fountain of sparks:
the guys coital explosion,
bonfire ignition.

[Lake]

bonfire ignition
startled stars across the sky
falling meteoroid

[arunansu]

falling meteoroid
my mind
on a cup of tea

[Lake]

on a cup of tea
a fly
rubs its hands and legs