Thread closed      Thread closed My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » five, then seven, five/easy way to sound profound/a new haiku thread (Page 1) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  4  ...  12  13  14    Source: (consider it) Thread: five, then seven, five/easy way to sound profound/a new haiku thread jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     By gracious permission of the ****s, this is a recreation of the Haiku thread. Basically, Haiku is a poem of seventeen syllables, divided into three lines of five, seven and five syllables each. There is (or need be) no rhyme scheme. I will start with a Haiku on a specific subject, then give a further subject for the next player. S/he in turn composes a Haiku on that subject, and gives a new one... We begin here: The return of the Haiku Once again I can pretend I am a poet by writing Haiku. Autumn [ 13. February 2013, 15:56: Message edited by: Ariston ] -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged TomOfTarsus Shipmate # 3053 Posted                    Well that sets the bar high!... distilling such a beautiful time into 17 syllables... well, here goes. Clear yellow sunlight Orange, gold, scarlet glowing leaves Worshipful silence evening -------------------- By grace are ye saved through faith... not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ... ordained that we should walk in them. Posts: 1570 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA | Registered: Jul 2002  |  IP: Logged Imaginary Friend Real to you # 186 Posted                     The heat of the day dissolves into humid night. Do I hear a storm? Edited to add: How about Breakfast? [ 25. September 2012, 19:04: Message edited by: Imaginary Friend ] -------------------- "We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass." Brian Clough Posts: 9455 | From: Left a bit... Right a bit... | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Pia Shipmate # 17277 Posted                    Weetabix are nice If you like that kind of thing. I prefer toast though. Flooding [Code tweak. iF. ] [ 25. September 2012, 19:14: Message edited by: Imaginary Friend ] Posts: 151 | Registered: Aug 2012  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     Trees duplicated in grey and spreading waters reflecting the sky. Cats at rest -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Cara Shipmate # 16966 Posted                    I read this prompt at the very moment that my cat was settling on my lap! Circling and circling then nestling in, coiled warmly, weight of fur, purring. boiling kettle -------------------- Pondering. Posts: 898 | Registered: Feb 2012  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                        water on the leaves swirling in the cup, steeping tea cures everything travel -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     travel pictures on my wall: vivid tapestry of dreams I found - far from home. An old book -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                     old friend on the shelf page opens to fav'rite part leads to other worlds the newspaper -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       An old book Musty dusty smell Worn cover, crackly pages Joy, comfort Zoo -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       (Sorry; cross-post while I was composing! ) -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Going with The Newspaper First headlines then the Sudoku and the cricket, exchange rates are last. Zoo -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Ariston Insane Unicorn # 10894 Posted                        Baby panda-yay! New life is so very sweet Oh no, she is dead Cherry blossoms -------------------- “Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937. Posts: 6849 | From: The People's Republic of Balcones | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged Sir Kevin Ship's Gaffer # 3492 Posted                        Washington D.C. Has them just at the right time: It's tourist season! A choir that sings old Irish and Scottish music and has my wife and I as members. -------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession. Posts: 30517 | From: White Hart Lane | Registered: Oct 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Perfect harmony in Celtic mode, a choir in California. Bank ATM -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged comet Snowball in Hell # 10353 Posted                        Gimme my money! I push all the right buttons, "insufficient funds" contamination -------------------- Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions "It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin Posts: 17024 | From: halfway between Seduction and Peril | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Mitt Romney sat in this chair some time ago; wash everything in bleach! computers -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged QLib Bad Example # 43 Posted                     They held one up and said: “The silicone chip will change your life.” It did. songbirds [ 26. September 2012, 06:51: Message edited by: QLib ] -------------------- Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler. Posts: 8913 | From: Page 28 | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Curiosity killed ... Ship's Mug # 11770 Posted                     Trilling their hearts out Marking time through busy lives Songbirds sing life's tunes stormy weather -------------------- Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat Posts: 13794 | From: outiside the outer ring road | Registered: Aug 2006  |  IP: Logged Cara Shipmate # 16966 Posted                    Shadowed horizon darkness of looming cloudmass chill in my marrow. dawn -------------------- Pondering. Posts: 898 | Registered: Feb 2012  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Groggily I watch the sky lighten in the east; next toothpaste on brush. Coming home in the evening and cooking supper -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     weary homecoming; the bubbling stove, aroma of life revives me the white cliffs of Dover -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     The crumbling ramparts, the chalky battlements of once proud Albion! your favourite hot beverage -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Morlader Shipmate # 16040 Posted                 Hot peppermint tea Or camomile and honey Always revives me. Ferry delays [ 26. September 2012, 11:07: Message edited by: Morlader ] -------------------- .. to utmost west. Posts: 858 | From: Not England | Registered: Nov 2010  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     The French on strike? or... turbulent sea? We groan and play chess in the car. victory celebration in sport -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     We are the champions Is the cry of victory in football or rugby, but never in cricket. Drama teacher -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Imagine you're a tree growing in a garden; move to show me that. Drama Queen -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Ariston Insane Unicorn # 10894 Posted                        OMG, so, like I totally slipped and, like, fell Gimmie sympathy broken glass -------------------- “Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937. Posts: 6849 | From: The People's Republic of Balcones | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     I'm sorry, mum, it just slipped out of my hand, we weren't playing, honest! DVD player -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     Sorry about the last effort - forgot to count lines and syllables! DVD player Just insert a disc - various worlds will open expanding your mind. large, long legged spider -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     crawl over my hand, my friend. I like you, because certain people don't. Neil Armstrong -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     One small step, my friend, is how we will remember you - be now at peace. Spanish omelette -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     Vegetarian delight, always provided the ham is left out. Jane Austen -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     Romantic fiction: don't despise it. That would be Pride and Prejudice. Walking by the Seine -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Cara Shipmate # 16966 Posted                    Notre Dame at dusk, pinkish light; riverbank trees darken and rustle. rain [ 26. September 2012, 20:12: Message edited by: Cara ] -------------------- Pondering. Posts: 898 | Registered: Feb 2012  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     Rain in Banbury has continued for too long; please give us a break. falling leaves -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     golden confetti drifts lazily down, summer's gentle parting gift The Taj Mahal -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Pollution is now yellowing your white marble as stately you stand. River Nile -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged comet Snowball in Hell # 10353 Posted                        Ancient Big Muddy: North Africa's carotid pumps life through the sand. floods -------------------- Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions "It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin Posts: 17024 | From: halfway between Seduction and Peril | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Ariston Insane Unicorn # 10894 Posted                        spring's last snows melting the small flow runs over now a roof beam on shore full moon -------------------- “Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937. Posts: 6849 | From: The People's Republic of Balcones | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     Baleful disc shining shows it's that time of the month. Listen to me howl. puddles -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged QLib Bad Example # 43 Posted                     Splashing through mirrors left carelessly by rain – I reflect pools of joy. dawn -------------------- Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler. Posts: 8913 | From: Page 28 | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Cara Shipmate # 16966 Posted                    Later and later each morning now, daybreak's light banishes darkness. stream [ 27. September 2012, 07:28: Message edited by: Cara ] -------------------- Pondering. Posts: 898 | Registered: Feb 2012  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     As rippling onwards across the delta you head towards the ocean. reading glasses -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     shapes fill with meaning, soft and swimming turns to sharp; so that's what it says! The Scream by Edvard Munch -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Mouth open, hands on cheeks; I did not think it was really that funny. internet discussion boards -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     One board is restless, interesting, and quirky - Can you guess which one? Botulism -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged EtymologicalEvangelical Shipmate # 15091 Posted                     my mouth is dry; things dance in twos. I retch. I sink into deadly rest A lonely lighthouse -------------------- You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis Posts: 3625 | From: South Coast of England | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                     Standing alone with radar and foghorn and light beam; saving sailors lives. AK-47 -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? 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