| haiku and other short wordplay purple poppies peep a liter of Tanqueray summer memory inspiraton from the song Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley. Lyrics at:http://www.sneeze.dircon.co.uk/purp.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haiku! Gesundheit! dripping, running, fluid ooze. social charm and poise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haikuphobia I want to write poetry But I'm so afraid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haikuanoia There!That's perfect, for certain! Did I count that right? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haikupondria Ev'rything that could be wrong is wrong with this po'm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teeming multitudes of men with only a few worth having around ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In economy of words may lie the secret to one's own enlightenment ------------------------------------------------------------------------- !backwards it read you if better much is one This ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The meter reader came and made my meter easier to read. Her insight was right. Her suggestions just might make Lola a tighter meter writer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- whiskey is risky it makes me feel frisky. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some words are so strong you can say them twice. Some words are so strong you can say them twice. Some words are so weak you have to say them twice. Some words are so weak you have to say them twice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- alone in the dark old man writing poetry what if his wife knew ------------------------------------------------------------------------- august moon above warm breeze rustling, cricketsounds, first thought of snow ------------------------------------------------------------------------- For two weeks now, it seems like every thought I've had has had this freakin meter to it. Coupled with the rhyme, it drives me nuts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The muse peered over my shoulder and whispered: "you can't use 'whispered'. It doesn't rhyme with anything." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forgive yourself your sins cut yourself some slack or live chained under your own lock and key. You are minimized by your own heavy chains of guilt, dragged down by them to one small corner at the bottom of life...an icon. cut yourself some slack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Abysmal Chasm honor, love, integrity reclaim its terrain . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |