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I am tired

vicious_kind — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:12:06 GMT

roused by nothing real
an unproductive dead weight
why aren't I painting?

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The Global Inspiration.

aleksandrpodomahin — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:05:36 GMT

Northen wind like bend tied two elements:sky&ocean,let,s creep on the line of surf, a little beetle.

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Desert fro

vicious_kind — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:04:46 GMT

http://people.tribe.net/vicious_kind/photos/9cec29b7-1363-4950-8c90-b63bccba7fa8

My 6 haiku in honor of the "tiger legged desert frog" visiting Burning man for the first time

Desert bound, determined
Frog knows not what is in store
Porn clowns keep him safe

Creativity
Through his nictating membranes
Energy seeps in

Round, unblinking orbs
Playa born Amphibian
Cannot see enough

Dressing carefully
I assume the frog mantle
No yiffing tonight

A burning Man dream
Tiger legged monkey frog
Hops through the dust storms

Exploring the dust
cosmos shine in his goggles
Frog searches for art

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Distilled Occupational Wisdom

Constance — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:31:39 GMT

From an ambulance driver:

Air goes in and out
And the blood goes round and round.
Deviation bad.

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lullaby

eightysixed — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:50:14 GMT

I am writing no-
thing, desperately trying
not to wake you up.

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New Member posts some of his Haiku

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:40:58 GMT

Flower faces sun
Butterfly flitters past it
Perfume fills the air

Well worn book in hand
Coffee within reach for me
Lazy afternoon

On the desk it sits
crumpled, soiled, well worn for years
a man ’s lucky hat

Sweat runs down my face
shimmering waves of heat dance
Mojave Summer

Rising Sun appears
light dances on the water
A profound vision

Willow tree at dawn
Pink light fills the sky, birds sing
The new day begins

Crystal clear blue eyes
Azure, moist and beautiful
Woman ’s soul shines through

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spirit of haiku?

stephen — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:45:00 GMT

What is the "spirit of haiku" to you? Come join us on the Daily Haiku Tribe to explore this question. dailyhaiku.tribe.net/

creative writing exercise
express the essene
capture a haiku moment

My lame creative writing verse may not be such a great example of the spirit of haiku. So what does it take to evoke the spirit of haiku? Come show us what it takes at dailyhaiku.tribe.net/.

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NEW POETRY BOOK

Ben — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:49:22 GMT

My new poetry book, THE RED BOOK (ISBN 1842941801) came out a few weeks ago, and obviously I'm trying to spread the word as much as humanly possible... it contains a selection of haiku/senryu/tanka...

ALSO - I've just found out that it is now number one on Amazon UK's 'Hot Books' poetry chart!! How happy am I !

...sorry to blow my own trumpet (so to speak!) in this way - but in this game no one's gonna do it for me!!

I hope you'll all check it out...

Ben x

http://www.benbarton.co.uk

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Haiku suggestion.

TheRightRevRapMastaCornflake — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:59:13 GMT

Submit your haiku
Pick a word the next person
Must use to haiku

Emotional

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Gym

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:46:27 GMT

Situps at the Gym
Fishnet thighs press against my ears
and now the bench press

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Zen Telegrams

maroonbaboon — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:12:56 GMT

Has anyone read
Zen Telegrams, and what did
you think, please tell me

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Contrary haiku.

TheRightRevRapMastaCornflake — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:54:27 GMT

Okay, so let's try a little exercise. I thought it would be fun to try and come up with haikus that are contrary. Something that disagrees with itself, with you, with everything, really. Things that make sense but would never, or should never, be said. I'll get the ball rolling.

I have a problem
I hate the person that wrote
This lousy haiku

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one track mind?

vicious_kind — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:02:43 GMT

numbers meant to tease
arcane equations whiz by
mortgage will kill me

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Le arts du haiku...

TheRightRevRapMastaCornflake — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:27:32 GMT

I wanted to start
A posting about the arts
So haiku your thoughts

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Leftovers

waffleprincess — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:34:30 GMT

Blasphemy

Birthday cake remains
Drowning in tofu water
Fridge too damn full

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San Francisco

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:18:48 GMT

San Francisco Streets
The Farmer's Market stands out
Should buy an apple

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.

thundermouse — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:25:57 GMT

the last breath quiet
topaz closed small feet still now
alas love, goodbye

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Friday Meeting

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:56:17 GMT

In Friday Meeting
I walk with Dante, First Circle
Hell is my true home.

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Public Transit

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:07:57 GMT

Bart Terminal now
Mourse runs across the platform
I'm rooting for you

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Haiku Happiness

khrysso — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:45:51 GMT

New pic to haiku:

http://nashville.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/person?page=1&currentoffset=0&parentid=c76a8cd7-a805-4d3e-b5b0-0c93fa1f18a9&sortby&rows&r=10371

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OK, haiku this...

vicious_kind — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:05:52 GMT

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I think we need a new game.

thundermouse — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:48:21 GMT

I think we need a new game, any suggestions?

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New thread

vicious_kind — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:59:32 GMT

shiney protection
sensors lifting in the air
pretty tanks with bite

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Goodbye!

thundermouse — Thu, 19 May 2005 19:16:49 GMT

Well, not goodbye really, more like...Until later. The wedding is in four awfully short days and I'm not sure if and when I'll be able to poke my head in a chat with all my non-meat world friends. And then there's the cruise, with no internet, no tv, no phone, what in the world will we be doing? Heaven knows!!

So goodbye till later, I'll miss you all and have lots of fun in my name!!

Mouse!

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Welcome back, Mrs. Mouse

ekittie — Fri, 27 May 2005 21:34:59 GMT

Mrs. Mouse! Glad to hear that your matrimonial bliss went without a hitch!

In your honor:

Your old love, Haiku
In prose and in many toes
A new ball and chain

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new new game

vicious_kind — Thu, 12 May 2005 18:46:09 GMT

a soft whirr that burns
images unfold without.
hallucinations in pain

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Hooked!

chuckster — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:58:48 GMT

I'm hooked on this tribe.
How can I ever stop this.
Help me, somebody.

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New game...

thundermouse — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:53:49 GMT

Okay friends, got a new game for us to play. It dosen't mean the old game is over though, in fact I'll add a posting after this. The new game is somewhat similar to the last. Basically it's a haiku riddle. Whoever is "it" write a haiku about a mystery thing then the rest of us try to guess what it is. Whoever's right writes the next one. Is that lame? Well, of so I'll just play alone.

Hey Christopher, you're "it" first.

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New photos for your viewing pleasure

crash_diver — Mon, 09 May 2005 03:48:57 GMT

Hey guys. I added some interesting pics. I realize the one of the large dead shark may be morbid. But I think the rarity of the event somehow justifies it. I hope so at least. If someone would like for me to remove it, then please do not hesitate to ask.

Thanks

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Haiku greeting cards

thundermouse — Fri, 06 May 2005 15:23:42 GMT

I was thinking how fun it would be to write haiku greeting cards, won't you all join me?

an orangatang
won't do when the job calls for
an anaconda

<<on the inside>>
you're fired

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Good people

crash_diver — Sat, 07 May 2005 22:39:00 GMT

I think I have perused everyones [members of this tribe] profile, that is normal I hope, and must say that I am impressed with the caliber of people I have associated myself with. I feel lucky to have discovered this tribe and am thankful. Haiku is a reletively new thing for me. I wrote a couple punk rock haikus back in the day, but they were far from legit. I have learned alot in the week that I have been a member of All Things Haiku and look forward to absorbing more from you guys. I aspire to write haiku the way some of you have. Keep it coming and I'll gladly be the sponge.

Thanks to all.

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Mixing it up a bit.

thundermouse — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:13:33 GMT

I thought I'd add a little spice to our wordgames, in order to avoid having two terribly similar tribes, (this and R U a Haiku Whore, if you haven't checked it out, please do so.)

So here we go. I'd like to propose agame we played in the Photography tribe for a while. I'll start it off by throwing out two adjectives like slimy and warm. Then the next person composes a haiku that either connotes a slimy and warm feeling, or describes a slimy and warm thing, without using the actual words "slimy" and "warm." Does that make sense?

For instance:

i was virginal
so he had to settle for
dry humping my leg

It's a stretch I know, but that's fair play.

So I'll start the game with the words "twisted" and "clear"

Have fun all!

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been done i imagine

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 03:19:36 GMT

alright. you all have probably done this many times, long before i got here. if so, don't feel you must respond. but i think we all probably have special haiku (and tanka?) we have come across over the years. those that we have inadvertantly memorized from reading so often. those we bring out to fondle periodically, jewel-like fragments of language we polish and admire, then slip back into our inner breast pocket for another year.

i have mine, most are from the old ones. i would like to hear the rest of yours. perhaps you know one i have never heard...

i will begin, with my favorite haiku. it is by issa (1763-1827)

here,
i'm here-
the snow falling.

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dank limpid

Tex — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:19:28 GMT

It's dark and slimy
but alas a home for them
which have no bones

pink glowing

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simple purple

Tex — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:18:17 GMT

It isn't easy
being pleasingly dumb
to the one in mauve

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new words

Tex — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:13:49 GMT

peace

war

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mouseketeer club

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:26:45 GMT

mouse, reading back over your recent posts...your linguistic abilities are imposing. and your haiku luscious.

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Anyone?

chuckster — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:26:29 GMT

This tribe not so fast
As it was in it's heyday
Anyone out there?

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splash

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 02:05:40 GMT

completley forgot
about this amazing tribe
must write more haikus

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YESSS

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:29:21 GMT

A place for haikus
The greatest poems ever
Ahh how excellent

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haiku anyone?

thundermouse — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:52:27 GMT

I thought of something
Jackie might like better than
the profanity

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Some Structure in My Life!

SuZEN — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:00:06 GMT

The structure I've been seeking!

Most poetry sucks
Cliched thoughts of amateurs
Thank God for haiku

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Because it's more fun than killing it

thundermouse — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:41:42 GMT

I've changed the name of the tribe cause it's more fun than killing it. Plaus then you have to figure out where yo hide a tribe body and my freezer's full.

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Ha ha, made you look...

thundermouse — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:17:51 GMT

Ha! You thought I was dead didn't you? But no, I've just stopped thinking about the bus. I wait, it arrives, I get on, my mind leagues away. Two days ago I got into a conversation with a complete nut job and didn't, for even a second, think of writing it down. Ah well, anybody have any objection to me dissolving this tribe?

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The Santa Ana winds, Rain and electrical storms.

Gordon — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:42:12 GMT

This is my favorite time of year. SoCal has such amazing electrical storms. The beauty of seeing the clouds light up with electrical magic! The winds are warm and wonderful. You can be running naked in the rain. Ummm

-Gordo

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The man with the fish, part two

thundermouse — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:30:22 GMT

Today, on the bus I did finally encounter the fish. Perhaps it really is an invisible fish, as I could not see it, but I could smell it.

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Ah the stare, glance, look, wandering eyes.

Gordon — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:06:06 GMT

Enter the bus. Pay my fair. Sit down.

There it starts. The bus eye dance,
Watching a younger girl she Starts to glance,
You look, they look, a woman with a book,
Someone stares at someone I watch,
A man staring her crotch,

Anyone want to continue this? Or is this just silly or stupid?
-Gordo

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Infatuation

TheRightRevRapMastaCornflake — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 17:21:09 GMT

A puff of smoke and you were gone.
Like Narcissus I noticed only my reflection in your windows.
Was it love?
I didn't have enough for fare and you let me go.
Ride the line because you'll be mine, in time.
Every fifteen minutes you'll be back.

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Spash.

Gordon — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:12:39 GMT

Awaiting from a busy street. 5 people wait patiently by for their iron carriage to arrive. A car rushes by and drives in the gutter, doing the water spash drive by. Two people waiting get hit by the rapid fire of the water escaping from the tires path.

-Gordo

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Pictures.

Gordon — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:44:10 GMT

Mouse, You do some great photos. who do you use to develop?

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Wandering birthday party.

Gordon — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:32:50 GMT

One time, My good friend had a birthday party. The fun of it was we paid her $20 bux before hand. She wouldn't tell us where we were going. and we all had to wear a silly hat. She said we have to be at her house by a certain time. Well we all get there except one of us. We march off to the bus stop. The missing friend is driving in and we see the bus and yell at him to park and run over. well we manage to all make it in the bus with our hats except mr late person, which we find a newspaper in the bus and make a hat for him. We end up going traveling around the city for dinner, then on the light rail to see a play that one of her students was in. after that one of her friends played music out in the middle of nowhere and then said some poetry he wrote. Then we took the bus/light rail back to her home. Very wonderful. Very fun/weird when you take a big crew of people. Oh the wonders of people on the bus and train.

-Gordo

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Some really good reading (not funny)

thundermouse — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:27:35 GMT

One of the things I like about my bus ride is the time it allows me to read. I know I should spend it doing homework but since most of the homework for this semester involves exacto blades and paint, reading is a good deal less hazardous. A few days ago I finished a wonderful book that has turned my spark of rebellion into a flame in ernest. I urgently reccommend that everyone go buy it, or check it out of your local library. It's called, "Dude, Where's My Car?" by Michael Moore and it couldn't be more fascinating.

Since I already hate Bush and pretty much everything he represents Mr. Moores' book did not convert me to a new way of thinking but it did offer me some hope that there is a way out of this horrendous mess we're in. His words are stirring, insightful, and true. His grasp of the situation is strong and his solutions realistic. He thinks Oprah should run for President, and I say, "why not?" I'd vote for her, I'll bet most of you would as well. Town meeting with Dr. Phil! Whoopee! Mr. Moore offers strategies for converting fence sitters and "soft" republicans using truth and respect for their values. He does not bandy words, he does not sugar coat the issues.

I'm convinced now that I really can make a difference by talking to people about this issue. If I can convince even one person to read his book or visit his website, (www.michaelmoore.com) I have started a catalyst for change. Please, even if you are a conservative republican, read this book. Then, if you think it's bulls**t tell me! I'm more then happy to listen to all sides of the issue but I am no longer content to sit by impotently and let my country go down the tubes. I believe Mr. Bush is a clear and present danger and that he must be removed from the White House. He does not represent the best interests of my country.

Once again, please go read, "Dude, Where's My County?" Mr. Moore does bite, but boy do we need to be bitten!

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Herbal medicine.....and more

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 03:55:49 GMT

Turkey baster, Mouse, funny....and cool.

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The man with the fish

thundermouse — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:40:23 GMT

It was hot and the bus was as packed as it could get. Stuck in the middle of a late summer heatwave, the air conditioner was apparently not working and the air pressed down on us like a heavy orange curtain. The other passengers and I eyed each approaching stop, willing it to be vacant. Seats were a premium and I was fortunate to have one next to a middle aged hispanic gentleman who spent more than a little time trying to make eye contact with my breasts. Sweat, on the other hand, was having no problem getting down my top as we pulled over for the Man.

He was clearly destitute his hands and face empty. His clothes hadn't been washed or changed in at least a fortnight. His shoes were caked with layers of, well...the streets. He lurched onto the bus and proceeded to scavenge through his pockets for his fare. We waited, in utter silence, as he searched, counted, coughed, counted again, searched again and finally came up with his dollar. He placed his fare into the ticker and the bus finally pulled away from the curb.

Now he turned towards the crowd, his gaze slack, looking for somewhere to sit. Then, in a bee-line move that made a mockery of the mans obvious inability to cope with this world he stumbled to my bench and stopped, looking down at me, breathing loudly through his mouth. With nowhere left to stand I pressed closer to the looky-luis on my left trying to make space for this wild man to sit. The crowd of passengers around his trying to find a spot to stand further away from his stench.
Finally, not wanting him to land in my lap, I spoke up. "There's some room here sir, if you want to sit." His wide eyes darted to mine, down my shirt, to the space available to him on the bench. Then, in a perfectly cultured european baritone he intoned, "But where will my fish sit?"

I got off at the next stop and walked,

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Short conversations that make me sad.

thundermouse — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:40:38 GMT

Woman sitting next to me on bus: What are you doing?

Me: Reading a book.

Woman: Why?

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Mouse

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:46:10 GMT

What the hell, Mouse, invite some people. Post something.

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Boy on cell phone in bus today.

thundermouse — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:03:14 GMT

Mom?
Coming home.
No...on the bus.
Yes......uh huh.
Not tonight, there's a game.
What?
Where?
What do you mean?!?
It's NOT mine!
NO!...Mom, no... I'm telling you...
Mo-om!
NO! It's NOT!
When?
NO WAY, Thats not FAIR!!
But there's a game...
That's not fair, you KNOW it's not mine.
No...is He home?
So? Ask him.
But...Jeeze! This is so lame!
FINE!! I Will.
Alright FINE! Whatever.

boy hangs up

(to friend)
God! My dad's such an asshole.

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