Haiku Train

[TDF]

all your teeth get ground
up with all your other bones,
after cremation.

[Lake]

after cremation
ashes spread over oceans
fish busy nibble

[Raisin]

fish busy nibble
while gargantuan shapes lurk
in the inky depths

[Cooper]

in the inky depths
of my poetic despair
i ate an apple

[Raisin]

I ate an apple,
plucked ripe from a nearby tree
serpentine eyes watched

[Cooper]

sepentine eyes watched
the TV on a tuesday
laughing at trisha

[Raisin]

laughing at trisha,
wincing at the blinding glare
that burns from the screen

[Danté]

that burns from the screen
into my eyes, pixels glare
numbing my brain cells.

[Cooper]

numbing my brain cells
is a feeling I enjoy
sight all rubbery

[Raisin]

sight all rubbery
as my eyes bounce up and down
over the pavement

[Danté]

sight all rubbery
while hot rocks tumble and cool
leaving pinholes burned.

[Raisin]

leaving pinholes burned
until walls of water crash
unforgivingly

[Cooper]

unforgivingly
wrapped up in books and poems
washed my hands of it

[Danté]

washed my hands of it
realised my mistake
and bowed my head low

[Raisin]

and bowed my head low
for the inevitable,
that punishing blow

[Cooper]

that punishing blow
which struck me on saturday
and stayed til sunday

[Danté]

and stayed til sunday
when she got fed up eating
pizza and the floyd

[Raisin]

pizza and the floyd.
Monday morning, she went out
to see the sunrise

[Cooper]

to see the sunrise
and visit her first daughter
the light in her eyes

[barrie]

To see the sunrise
was the wish of Helios -
Phaethon took the reins...

[Raisin]

Phaethon took the reins...
urged his stallions to fly
right in to the fire

[Danté]

right into the fire
barely touching the hot flames
falling into ash

[Raisin]

falling in to ash.
Ash that crumbles at contact
Fall even further.

[barrie]

Fall even further
fall uneven not as far
don't fall and stay put

[Lake]

Don’t fall and stay put.
The pine roots grab the rock tight,
be it rain or wind.