Haiku Train

[Marc]

Under the lamplight
jerkily by mind's duress
a poem is born

[tool]

a poem is born
bending over the sheep
in tranqual setting is shorn

[Pauline]

in tranquil setting is shorn,
stripped of individuallity.
Just another lemming.

[anniecat]

just another lemming
to jump to death and beyond
must fence the cliff edge

[Pauline]

must fence the cliff edge,
board my windows,
close my mouth.

[anniecat]

must fence the cliff edge,
board my windows,
close my mouth.

must fence the cliff edge................5 words
board all my open windows................7
close my great big mouth.............5

Got to keep the train running.

[anniecat]

Close my great big mouth
i might catch a giant fly
through my teeth, hope not

[Gazelle]

through my teeth, hope not
with my tongue, I will speak not;
it need not be said.

[anniecat]

it need not be said.
not yet the day will come though
when all things calm down

[Marc]

When all things calm down
the ascent of man will pass;
the warm earth is still.

[Lake]

the warm earth is still
before volcano erupts
they stare in silence

[anniecat]

They stare in silence
watching the bursts of hells fire
shoot from out the depths

[arunansu]

shot from the depths
how many poems
must feed the moon?

[Suzanne]

must feed the moon
her bright face gazing at you;
let's not sleep tonight.

[Marc]

Let's not sleep tonight;
make turbulent love til dawn:
doze the breakfast light.

[Suzanne]

doze the breakfast light
room service wheels down the hall;
a weekend retreat

[Marc]

A weekend retreat
in a cold January
creates it's own warmth.

[Suzanne]

creates it's own warmth
barn swallows nestled in eaves
our hands, one mitten.

[Marc]

"One mitten twice shy"
he said because he couldn't
resist temptation!

[Suzanne]

Resist temptation?
The soles of her feet tingle;
never a good sign.

[Suzanne]

never a good sign
this urge to fly, touch the sun;
tightly hold the string.

[Marc]

tightly hold the string
lest your imagined eagle
carries you aloft.

[arunansu]

carries you aloft
petite feather
this arctic wind

[anniecat]

this arctic wind
is far too cold for my feet
so snow shoes i think

[Marc]

So, snow shoes, I think
I can safely discard you,
my downtrodden friends.