Haiku Train

BarrettBenedict · 2009-04-26T07:14:14Z

This is pretty simple and can be lots of fun. The premise is you take the last line of the haiku before yours and make it the first as yours. It doesn't necessarily have to be the exact line either. If you can cleverly change it in subtle ways so that it rhymes or sounds the same that is also cool. Example: This is a haiku five, seven, five syllables would be the format ... could be a doormat were it not for the large head must be tiger's skin etc. So here's a starter haiku: old film reels rotate monochrome images of what dogs imagine

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Tue Jul 22, 2025 6:11 pm

alliyah says... · Tue Jul 22, 2025 6:11 pm

With these ancient roots,
I reach towards home; hoping I'm
closer than I feel.

you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now

but i have promised to return

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Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:56 pm

Liminality says... · Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:56 pm

closer than i feel
the sun in a pink sunrise
light dappling the clouds.

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Wed Jul 23, 2025 12:52 am

Starve says... · Wed Jul 23, 2025 12:52 am

light dappling the clouds
falls through mist, feathers and leaves
never reaches me

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Wed Jul 23, 2025 4:31 am

candyhearts says... · Wed Jul 23, 2025 4:31 am

never reaches me:
the warmth they meant when they spoke.
i nod like i know.

I want to review your poetry!!
Payton, she/her <3

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Wed Jul 23, 2025 6:48 am

Liminality says... · Wed Jul 23, 2025 6:48 am

i nod like i know
the texture of snow heaping
on the buried buds.

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Wed Jul 23, 2025 1:24 pm

Starve says... · Wed Jul 23, 2025 1:24 pm

on the buried buds
lie the tastes reminisced but
not recreated

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Wed Jul 23, 2025 3:19 pm

avimoon says... · Wed Jul 23, 2025 3:19 pm

not recreated.
my mind drums like a death march.
unholy and sinned.

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Thu Jul 24, 2025 9:08 pm

Liminality says... · Thu Jul 24, 2025 9:08 pm

unholy and sinned
scraped soil reveals mycelium
restoring the roots.

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Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:59 pm

deleted48 says... · Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:59 pm

restoring the roots,
a feedback loop in damp soil.
time unspools backwards.

In a shadow there is the blessing of a shadow.
— Kuki Shūzō

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Thu Jul 24, 2025 11:26 pm

avimoon says... · Thu Jul 24, 2025 11:26 pm

time unspools backwards
and ricochets to disgust
while i fall within

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Fri Jul 25, 2025 3:54 am

Liminality says... · Fri Jul 25, 2025 3:54 am

while i fall within
springtime puddles, they might splash
golden daffodils.

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Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:12 pm

avimoon says... · Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:12 pm

golden daffodils
breathe with the grass and offer
solace beneath sun.

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Sat Jul 26, 2025 5:49 am

Starve says... · Sat Jul 26, 2025 5:49 am

solace beneath Sun
Stained eyes open forever
see without seeing

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Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:06 am

Liminality says... · Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:06 am

see without seeing
potatoes in the ground grow
larger by the month.

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Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:31 pm

avimoon says... · Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:31 pm

larger by the month,
these atrocities seem to
grow; epic and pained.

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