Haiku

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Pete1950, Aug 9, 2012.

  1. Thomas à Becket
    Canterbury cathedral
    Blood on the flag stones.
     
  2. Life just isn't fair
    The universe rough uneven
    Tell that to your kids
     
  3. You know you want to
    Don’t do it no really don’t
    She’s sure to find out.
     
  4. Riddle: Who am I?
    Four legs, two legs, then three legs
    Demanded the Sphinx.
     
  5. Rock singers die young
    Nobody gets out alive
    Hendrix and Joplin.
     
  6. OH! Seek to destroy
    Morning Noon and Night, in Greece?
    Oedipus alleged
     
  7. Wake from vivid dreams
    Reliving past miseries
    Leaving sense of loss
     
  8. Breakwaters' black teeth
    Gnaw at the unhappy seas
    Pounding seas lash back.
     
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  9. Silver plated grass
    Cattle trough ice breaking shards
    Nostril steaming cows.
     
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  10. Wants to make the cash
    No one thought he ever would
    To prove he's come good
     
    #230 gliddofglood, Jan 22, 2013
    Last edited: Jan 22, 2013
  11. Thaw's set in today
    Was pristine now melting slush
    Enchantments vanish
     
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  12. Surely:
    "No one thought he ever would"
    ?
     
  13. Quite right. Slip of the keyboard.

    I bet TS Eliot never had that problem.

    I've corrected it (so your post will no longer make any sense :smile: )
     
  14. Bile corroding throat
    Hatred red mist descending
    Kill them! Kill them all!
     
  15. Shiny fresh new year,
    Travel plans, where to go next?
    Spain or Italy.
     
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  16. Death trap sick Transit
    Glorious M25
    How I hate Monday.
     
  17. Working from my home
    Laptop warming up my legs
    Very short trip home.
     
  18. For Phil:

    In camo onesie
    Labouring incognito
    Not on Skype today!
     
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  19. The real irony is that I am indeed in my camo onesie! :D
     
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  20. Haute cuisine five star
    Escoffier cordon bleu
    Hungry squaddies scoff.
     
    #240 Pete1950, Jan 31, 2013
    Last edited: Feb 1, 2013
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