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Re: Lets Do Haiku! by sirgeorge(m): 9:39pm On Oct 11, 2011
gods in chrysalis
not all become butterflies
wasted destinies
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 9:52pm On Oct 11, 2011
^^ cheesy
Float awhile at sea
Of nuts, fish and slushy grain. . .
Soak garri with me!

grin cheesy smiley
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by Pokarika(m): 3:46pm On Oct 15, 2011
tiny refugees,
lukin
4 wer 2 anchor der tent,
swimin in tyd
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by folarin22(m): 2:31am On Oct 16, 2011
Nice one guys.

Would have contributed though but no time to crack the brain.

Also, I have no topic in mind.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by yulad(m): 8:28pm On Oct 16, 2011
On your silver year||
Deliveries on gold platters||
Of diamond gifts.

On a friend's 25th birthday.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by yulad(m): 8:31pm On Oct 16, 2011
Spring of new blossoms||
The world is like Joseph in||
Coat of many hues.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by oohjay(m): 10:01pm On Oct 17, 2011
You said to leave us
As we were. Just friends. No strings
That would never be
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by AmakaG29(f): 4:09am On Oct 18, 2011
little green froggy
An amazonian tree
I ran away fast
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by vescucci(m): 10:54pm On Oct 18, 2011
Tell my yeye wife
I like mama put too much
Kill me if you like
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 6:55am On Oct 19, 2011
@ves

Living pottery.
O what sophitication!
Fingers traces map. . .
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by yulad(m): 9:45am On Oct 19, 2011
Sad eyes swimming in||
Bitter-sweet memory pool ||
Your palm wrings my heart.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by yulad(m): 9:55am On Oct 19, 2011
Heart broken like glass ||
Blood drips red stain on my chest ||
Who will wash my shirt?
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by sirgeorge(m): 10:08am On Oct 19, 2011
She moans gibberish
tongue invades inner sanctum
orgasmal waves
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 11:25am On Oct 19, 2011
@yulad
Thou trapped in resin?
Hurry, sift through a furnance!
And wear thy amber.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by sirgeorge(m): 1:14pm On Oct 22, 2011
The warm morning sun
yawns,stretches out golden-limbs
wife-like,nature wakes
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 2:35pm On Oct 22, 2011
Spring's heavy with lead
She's tied as he's finger wrapped
Summer jeers Winter
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by sirgeorge(m): 3:16pm On Oct 22, 2011
warm glow of the moon
clothes me in silvery dress
angelic beauty
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by yulad(m): 1:29pm On Oct 23, 2011
Man of many sores||
Even affectionate pats||
Makes him moan and groan.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 6:33am On Oct 24, 2011
A strikened spirit?
Incense may your pray'r be. . .
Twelve trees border stream--
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by poeticjustic(m): 3:53pm On Oct 24, 2011
beauty so real
dwells not in the eyes alone,
but in the heart's core.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by poeticjustic(m): 12:22am On Oct 25, 2011
oops! What happened to the 'A'? lol,

A beauty so real
dwells not in the eyes alone,
but in the heart's core.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by PeeBee: 10:30am On Oct 25, 2011
Your eyes like a spear
Piercing through my very soul
Searching for my love.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by sirgeorge(m): 8:21am On Oct 26, 2011
Ever so slowly,
he thrusts;backward and forward
She,matches his dance
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 9:01am On Oct 26, 2011
It illuminates. . .
It can also strike one dead. . .
Precise and deadly.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 8:55am On Nov 02, 2011
An eternity. . .
Wa. . . Se ori e pe sha?
. . . Made up of moments
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by Nebulae: 1:42pm On Dec 06, 2011
No sudden movements
Behold, Nature at her peak
Be quiet: Watch. Learn.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 3:46pm On Feb 05, 2012


SURVIVAL


Make the day after!
A natural diaster. . . .
Day after The Flood. . .
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by Redgold(m): 9:55pm On Feb 13, 2012
The leaves on the trees
stirred softly by gentle breath
the sun sets in flame
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 11:34pm On Mar 06, 2012
His name on my lips
Strings of feverish mutters. . .
Haloed be thy name. . .
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by firestar(f): 10:47am On Apr 15, 2012
Know Understanding
O[i] Acholi [/i]to Zulu!

Guard sources of life. . .
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by oomen(m): 10:46pm On Apr 17, 2012
Dew falling, so tender. Wetting a parched soil. Heaved gratification.
Re: Lets Do Haiku! by Fyngal1(f): 9:30am On Apr 18, 2012
I love him so, my
heart trembles at the touch of
JEHOVAH, my king!

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