Haiku Train

[Bombadil]

Amongst the letters
from all of her fans, one read:
I wish you were dead.

[barrie]

"I wish you were dead."
said one corpse to the other.
"So do I!" it said

[pseud]

So do I! it said
to the beaver who wished for
Christmas in July

[barrie]

Christmas in July,
Easter in mid-November,
peace in the Near East.

[pseud]

peace in the Near East
is the carrot on the stick
the buried treasure

[twoleftfeet]

The buried treasure?
Leave it - don't demean yourself
with dirty money

[barrie]

With dirty money
you can but lots of clean things -
and dirty ones too!

[Jester]

And dirty ones too,
leaving crappy lines to start
a decent haiku.

[barrie]

A decent haiku
was slated for not being
exiting enough.

[twoleftfeet]

Exiting enough?
In Blair's case once is enough
but please make it soon

[barrie]

But please make it soon,
we'd love to play at match there.
Cardiff's not the same!

[Jester]

Cardiff's not the same
as Stuttgart, and the people
sound so different.

[barrie]

Sound so different
after helium breathing;
tightens vocal strings.

[Jester]

tightens vocal strings
and shortens the pendulum
effects seemingly.

This forum gets so freakily coincidental - I'd just been entertained by my stepson playing the kareoke kid after breathing helium from a balloon when I read this

[barrie]

Effects seemingly
negligable, but further
tests are underway.

[pseud]

tests are underway
to see if laughing might be
the meaning of life

[Jester]

The meaning of life
is undoubtedly missed by
the hair shirt brigade

[barrie]

The hair shirt brigade
was last seen having a laugh
with the flagellants.

[Jester]

With the flagellants
whipped to a frenzied mass, the
priest pardoned his flock.

[barrie]

Priest pardoned his flock.
Judas betrayed his master.
Judas Priest, what next!

[Jester]

Judas Priest, what "Next"?
Wasn't that Alex Harvey?
"Naked, an army...."

[barrie]

Naked, an army
will cost a lot less without
fancy uniforms.

[Minstrel]

fancy uniforms
stout upholders of the law
fast cars, nice houses

[barrie]

fast cars, nice houses -
A world of one dimension,
egoeccentric.

[twoleftfeet]

Egoeccentric
thoughts spin my mind in ever
decreasing circles