Nothing but Haikus

Post by **IndelibleDotInk** » Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:16 am

To tolerance break
or not to tolerance break
that is the question

Man, the kratom hits
harder than ever before
'fore a few days off

Post by **Greyfeather** » Fri Sep 10, 2021 5:50 pm

why a Legacy?
love letter on a landfill
no one remembers

Post by **bolabeenz** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 7:15 pm

Drips drop and ticks tock
That's your mind talking to you
Painting with water

Post by **StringThing** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:37 pm

Lump in my throat

Might be cancer, don't know

I'll see my doctor soon

Post by **bolabeenz** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:21 pm

Standing on my porch
Dissembling meliorists
Happy halloween

Post by **BosLuv** » Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:29 am

Pretend as I may
this pain does have full control
mind body and soul

Post by **Greyfeather** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:43 am

Autumn 2021
Trees defy Winter
Green bold against icy skies
Leaves have their secrets

Morning Frost
I make my clothes warm
Then they make me warm all day
Circles everywhere

Copland
Do not resist me
I have a legal weapon
OK, please resist

Post by **bolabeenz** » Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:00 am

A man with a plan
As we always wait for it
Like death and taxes

Post by **Lokey** » Sun Nov 14, 2021 11:23 am

Waken in morning
Getting up is very hard
Kratom works magic

Post by **froggy33** » Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:36 pm

Deep we Are
That no one Knows
We are all Jedis

Post by **Kratomluvnmomma** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:37 am

Who has the hook up?
Where is the fire kratom at?
I need that shit now!

Post by **IndelibleDotInk** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:09 am

Kratomluvnmomma wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:37 am Who has the hook up?
Where is the fire kratom at?
I need that shit now!

I got the hook up
My leaf is on fire, relax
Hit me via Pay Pal

Post by **Greyfeather** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:04 pm

Not far from the tree
An inch for every mile
Shunning kills like frost

Post by **IndelibleDotInk** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:25 am

no one watered sprout,
yet there it healthily grew,
did you chop it down?

Post by **Greyfeather** » Thu Dec 02, 2021 2:43 am

don't need no food, don't
need no bed in heaven, but
let me keep my tears

Post by **froggy33** » Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 pm

I look for the meaning in life
Only to find out
That I am life, in all its forms

Post by **Greyfeather** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 3:40 am

Profits trickle down
Ha ha ha ha ha ha and
Shit floats to the top

Christmas 2021

She has erased me
5ifty years an abortion
Fifty years too late.

Post by **bolabeenz** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:46 am

A rose is a rose
Gossip rumors dishing dirt
It's what people do

Post by **Jking** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:32 pm

Rage is a poison
Love is an undying gift
Pity is weakness

First haiku have no idea if I got it right so please let me know. Also tips would be great kinda new to this but love Japanese culture which is where haikus came from.

Post by **Greyfeather** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:05 pm

Hi Jking,

Traditionally, the poem is composed of
Five syllables
Seven syllables
Five syllables (I think your third line is six syllables).

But contemporary poetry left the 'old rules' of Haiku behind a while ago. Typically they focused on natural subjects and they were not expected to "tell a story." Personally, I like a narrative myself. I'd say any way you want to compose a haiku is fine

Then again I didn't start this topic myself. The Original Poster might have had something particular in mind.

Nice start! Enjoy

Post by **Jking** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:50 pm

Hey thanks greyfeather. I just wrote whatever came to mind that fit the rules. I like poems more because they seem less rigid but the idea of a haiku is intriguing. I fixed it I think so it should fit the rules proposed.

Post by **Jking** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:57 pm

I stare into black
Wondering if I’ve been had
Yes now I’m saddened

All I see are plains
Drowning in a sea of pain
Engulfed in the flames

I shall rise past bad
Find a place of peace to rest
Prepare for the test

Trust in your own heart
People love making sorrow
Pray for tomorrow

My dark heart is flawed
For there to be a bright spot
Must mean I am soft.

Destiny meet me
A man swept away by flow
Give reason to hope

Yeah these are lame I know but I was bored

Post by **KalieGirl** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:05 pm

Jking wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:57 pm I stare into black
Wondering if I’ve been had
Yes now I’m saddened

All I see are plains
Drowning in a sea of pain
Engulfed in the flames

I shall rise past bad
Find a place of peace to rest
Prepare for the test

Trust only your own heart
People love making sorrow
Pray for tomorrow

My dark heart is flawed
For there to be a bright spot
Must mean I am soft.

Destiny meet me
A man swept away by flow
Give reason to hope

Yeah these are lame I know but I was bored

Personally I think you did great! I love them.

Post by **bolabeenz** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:23 am

Whatever it is
It appears unstoppable
It's a guessing game

Post by **Jking** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:25 pm

Thank you kalliegirl that made my day. I love literature both reading, and writing it. The problem is I’m really shy about sharing what I write despite putting effort into it. They say writing can reveal more about the writer than what they are writing about. These haikus are kinda addicting. These will probably be it for a while hope they are right.

In a haze of smoke
A place where people don’t go
Lies a wounded soul.

Sun turns into black
The world is under attack
Our savior comes back

Sin covers my skin
That man I don’t want to be
Through grace i am free

Post by **IndelibleDotInk** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:37 pm

If you look at the first whole bunch of pages, even the OP and early posters made mistakes as to the haiku format, and some of their poems are ok!

Post by **IndelibleDotInk** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:43 pm

gosh darn you people
am supposed to be offline
but posts me read now

Post by **Jking** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:36 am

I’m coming undone
Now I can’t even run now
From thoughts that I shunned

Its so very cold
So unlike the days of old
I need a fire

I wonder my fate
Thoughts that seem to cause dismay
Is this my mistake

I search through the clues
Hoping to stumble across
The love I once lost

Post by **Jking** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:46 am

Lost in a forest
No direction, or guidance
Yet I shall prevail

Stuck in a trapped mind
Am I the last of my kind
Will I find what’s mine

They kill uniqueness
They hate things that are special
Those they can’t predict

Stuck in a labyrinth
The demons come out slowly
Stalking me like prey

Post by **Jking** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:22 am

My soul is frozen
My bone, and blood has turned ice
There’s always a price

A guilty man stands
Wondering if he can run
Not with all these guns

Fearless to the core
Never been scared of the lore
I welcome the dark

Feeling like the blues
Every time I watch the news
Another storm brews

Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:16 am

Great poetry jam
So proud of this haiku thread
Thank you for sharing

Life has been crazy
Art in all forms feeds the soul
Just what we needed

Post by **IndelibleDotInk** » Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:01 pm

Back during its second and third year, I was a placer in the short story heats. I actually had a good chance at winning. Haven't written much since then, but if you like competition (using three objects or ideas in a short story or something like that, which each story must utilize) this is juicy. They've added so much since then, but you might want to think about entering! And there is poetry. Some good poetry right here.

NYCMidnight.com

Post by **Jking** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 12:27 pm

I’m feeling so nice
Like i just got a good price
Time to roll the dice

So fine, and pretty
She drifted into my life
To be by my side

A illusion kept
To shield the greatest parts left
From unwanted thief

Clouds in my vision
Is this way I’m living
Oh well good riddance

I see red, and blue
many other colors to
But I don’t see you

Post by **bluebop** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:11 am

Want Texas Harvest
Waiting to see opening
Newly posting here

Post by **Jking** » Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:17 pm

I see brighter days
Coming without a delay
Time to set the stage

High, and lows for days
Enough to make me dismay
Turn from love to hate

Turn my fate around
No more will I sit in town
Acting like a clown

Understand your pain
So that you may hope to tame
Your personal bane’s

Post by **froggy33** » Sun Feb 20, 2022 6:56 pm

When you search deep within
You realize you are everything
Starchildren of the infinite

Post by **Jking** » Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:55 pm

Truth is deadly now
No one wants to speak out loud
Giving rise to doubts

Post by **Jking** » Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:57 pm

Haikus will not die
The people will try so hard
To keep alive art

Post by **Jking** » Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:02 am

The world is in flux
Nobody to give a fuck
Damn this world can suck

Beauty and the beast
Contradictions taste defeat
A warmth they now keep

Post by **Jking** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:00 pm

A horrible fall
Down a cruel, and ugly scene
Paying blood for time

The most valuable
Should be kept close to the heart
Pieced into the soul

I cry, and weep loud
Building strength from the self doubt
To one day pierce clouds

A perfect picture
I’m sure is non existing
The right one might thought