12th Bashing Bashō

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* Bashing Bashō *

"Old pond, frog jumps in – splash." -Basho
(original haiku)

@JDProuty: Bashō throws a rock ~ into pond, yells, "Campbell's Soup!" ~ The sound of silence. #haiku #RichardBrautigan @lawrencejiko

@NotOneNotTwo // sitting by the pond ~ Bashō falls sound asleep - Splash! ~ all frogs heard laughing // #haiku #BashBashōHaiku!

@NotOneNotTwo: // old pond, frog jumps in ~ Bashō, suddenly inspired.. ~ Splash! drops his pencil // #haiku #BashBashōHaiku!

@NotOneNotTwo: // near the ancient pond ~ drinking his sake - "Bashō!" ~ wife calling loudly // #haiku #BashBashōHaiku!

@NotOneNotTwo: // snake by ancient pond ~ slithering, crawls in his pants ~ sound of Bashō's screams... // #haiku #BashBashōHaiku!

@urbancrafter: Orchid breathing / incense into Basho's nose / Basho sneezes. #BashBashōHaiku! #haiku @NotOneNotTwo <<

@twitwrit: frog jumps into old pond / sound of splashing water / Basho's urge to pee #haiku #BashBashoHaiku!

@twitwrit: Basho's quiet pond / centuries pass / landscaper's cash cow #haiku

* True Respect for Bashō *

@pikakii: The stone with Matsuo Basho (松尾芭蕉)'s haiku inscribed on it #photo #haiku #japan #travel #japantravel - http://mobypicture.com/?f5tvmx

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@morganabag: open window / yellow leaves on my / pillow #haiku #september

@haiku_andy: Daily haiku - \\ thunder wakes the house. \ outside the window, lightning. \ under the bed, cats. \\ #haiku

@ashalynd: yellow withered leaf / no mighty tree anymore / mad about you --- #haiku #autumn

@awisefool: Today's #Haiku Sitting, looking up/ there was a face in the clouds/ but it blew away.

@Adamfyre: The Caterpillars ~ all metamorphosed at once ~ a Butterfly coup... #haiku #senryu #butterfly

@Tipperay: I am not Love's Rain ~ nor Sunshine's Forgiveness. I ~ am the Gardener. #haiku #senryu

@urbancrafter: Standing in the rain / lightening flashes from inside. / Sopping wet, I dance. #haiku

@urbancrafter: I heard a flower / whisper that she needed to / come live in my heart. #haiku

@morganabag: maple leaves / painted neon - not / even equinox #haiku #september 12

@urbancrafter: Out where souls collide, / thunder rolls as you and I / continuously spark. #haiku

@Adamfyre: Thank You for giving ~ me a tongue. Not to talk, but ~ to taste chocolate.. #haiku

@Adamfyre: Dearest chocolate, ~ If our roles were reversed, I ~ would melt in your mouth... #haiku

@twitwrit: idyllic landscaped pond / home to countless cute little peepers / endless sleepless nights #haiku #haikutherapy

@majidrazvi: this is not a cave / the walls are conceptual / go towards the light #haiku

@ringeddragon: Lady Liberty/ Stands lovely and strong right there/ We should do the same. #haiku #patriotism http://mypict.me/CjY3

@carltonhalpert: Aye Neal bee four yew // ewe ab whore my homonyms // sew eye flea the seen. #haiku #homonym

@slimvolumes: #poem #haiku - when you are away / the house echoes not one / single thing you do

@Lawrencejiko: a bit in the mouth / blinkered / & whipped to the last #haikuchallenge #haiku

@wqueens7: http://twitpic.com/hgsgl - All around the park,/ Like toadstools after a rain,/ Grew unfilled condos/ #haiku

@alotus_poetry: the crunch-crunch / of his shoes on gravel / while I chew on ice chips #senryu #haiku

@Bill312: fitful sleep -- / a single bark in the dark / then silence #haiku #senryu

@mos42: tigers growl/ blink/ I smell of rain drops #haiku

@wqueens7: Cross a dark gray sky/ A pink mylar balloon flees/ Tears at a birthday/ #haiku

@purelovenergy: shy star sparkled sky ~ knocks gently at the window ~ we open to love #haiku

@wqueens7: http://twitpic.com/hgif7 - Street elegance/ Six brown bags for a six-pack/ Hastle-free street-drink/ #haiku

@sophybot: Dear Paris Hilton / This rash still won't go away / You said you loved me. :-( #haiku

@wqueens7: http://twitpic.com/hghw1 - Vague, haunting stencil/ Hopes upon a Brooklyn wall/ Tagged by Jesus freak/ #haiku

@ErinTrix: we missed the touchdown / because hubby busy / watching Friends rerun # experimonth #haiku #goblue

@greggwagstaff: Butterfly / clinging to mountain heather / blown to some other corner of this world #haiku

@Grenhilda: Like a spinning top/ spiralling out of control/ emotion's orbit #haiku

@thaleia: Somewhere out there you / can see the same moon and stars / wishing just like me #haiku

@Yojinbo: It takes two to tweet: / One person to write the tweet, / And one to read it. #haiku #twitter #DoYourPart

@Yojinbo: Love is walking home / In the middle of a storm / And not noticing. #haiku #loveis

@lastsurvivor: Middle path forgotten / Do all too much or too little / Do all everyday #haiku

@Tipperay: Cat-scratchy laughter ~ I love the sound of your voice ~ I miss our long talks.. #haiku #senryu. I love you too sweety.

@gassho: watching crab go under / a puff of sand / the magic gone -PK #haiku nontraditional

@imokreally: "footprints in the sand / gentle waves washing away / the weight of the world" #haiku

@urbancrafter: Last night I awoke / from my dreams, only to find / I am still asleep. #haiku #zen #buddhist

@urbancrafter: His eyes see through me; / the luxury of hiding / is not an option. #haiku

@justkel: Slumped on a grey cloud / while sun reflects dark shadows~ / Won’t flow with the wind… #Haiku

@bonshaiku: A wall of hatred / hides the pain of rejection / something has to give. #haiku

@pita4l: Dark clouds cover/ her delight smile lost/ moon whispers she will be found #haiku for sunny on #ca ~4shots cappuccino PLZ ;)

@morganabag: saturday / smells of leaf loam and/ pumpkin spice latte #haiku

@JDProuty: First passing storm teased ~ our thirsty landscape but then ~ cursed with dry lightning. #haiku [smoke to the north]

@Emdty: Warm green sea rushes / through the narrow river mouth. / Arise, moon goddess // p10v2 #haiku #micropoetry

@haiQ: / Wildflower highway: / goldenrod and queen anne's lace / match the road markings. / - #haiku

@haiQ: / One tree in thousands / paints a splash of red or gold / on late summer's green. / - #haiku

@morganabag: a monarch floats / over marigolds / orange pop dawn #haiku

@Christwitery: Hoot owl / stares / at movement /// #haiku

@bonshaiku: Sandpaper kisses / cat's tactile tongue in motion / resonating purrs. #haiku

@ruinedXfinery: hummingbird bathes in/ flight, flusters of drops spraying/ chicadees watch, awed #Haiku

@ChainOfWords: Morning fog lingers/ sparrows sing half-heartedly/ scent of coffee rises #haiku

@MeeAugraphie: Introvert escapes/ human connections on hold/ music soothes soul #haiku #Introverts

@urbancrafter: Saturday. Waking / to giggles and cartoon sounds / and morning snuggles. #haiku #family

@bonshaiku: Served ball hits the air / a grunter's leap, whack and "love" / tennis anyone? #haiku

@Tiny_Fiction: Blinkered one eyed horse / looks like a jaunty pirate / sporting an eye patch #haiku #haikuchallenge blinkered #silly

@jimpenny: Undisciplined nose. / Drip. Snort. Snot. Miserable. / Recall coming soon. #haiku

@KarenHAustin: billowing cloud bank ~ creeps white, like mould spores, covers ~ brilliant blue sky #haiku

@mehtoole: summer gnats lingered ~ while old pa spat and tinkered ~ ma sat and blinkered #haiku #kaihu #haikuchallenge 'blinkered

@bonshaiku: Strand of cultured pearls / tears from mollusks and angels / adorn a wet neck. #haiku

@symphonist: Blinkered observers/ see things in only one way/ Don't read into this #haiku #haikuchallenge 'blinkered

@Christwitery: Right in front of us / hidden patterns of nature / science is blinkered /// #haiku #haikuchallenge

@mehtoole: a sliver of glass ~ pointed jagged like a knife ~ buried in carpet #haiku #kaihu

@linva: Night time skateboarder / blue tail lights glow down our street / whirring in the dark #haiku

@weshagen: I pick more pinot/before 7 am than/your friends drink all year #wine #haiku #harvest09

@monkeybrigade: The sky overhead / Turns a pouty gray and weeps / Sensing your absence. #haiku

@macJax: ignoring sunset's red ball • raven dips his wing east • poppyseed eyes twinkling #haiku #Haida #trickster

@kokoshep: Mini Dachshund runs ~ jumping thru the morning grass ~ belly soaked with dew #haiku #dachshund #poetry

@shadfromdc: Profound sense of shock. / And then normal is altered. / Twin lights reach skyward. #haiku #poetry

@shadfromdc: Dress makes a woman? / I've driven L Street at night. / You can't always tell. #haiku #poetry

@AshiAkira: Smiling and crying/ young couple on a subway train/ A story’s being told #haiku #senryu

@AshiAkira: Mother has cell phone/ Her boy’s eyes glued to game screen/ on subway train seat #haiku #senryu

@wqueens7: Headline (#haiku): (Uncounted victim edition) "Bronx Man Is [Number]/ [Twenty Seven Fifty Two]/ Trade Center [Victim]"/

@Sleepyhed: pot of strong coffee / won't make the clouds go away / cheese omelet might #haiku

@wqueens7: http://twitpic.com/hfed5 - "Why aren't personal/ Health concerns enough to curtail/ Our carbon usage?/" #haiku

@gavindecuir: Still empty hammock / with no food for mosquitoes / waits for a cool front. #haiku

@Mamad: Air...almost chilly./Half-moon in a sea of stars./New York bus idles. #haiku

@lastsurvivor: Eight long years have passed / Silent night full of flowers / Surround an old tomb #haiku

@MeeAugraphie: Intoverted warned / self implosion imminent / if no solitude #haiku

@edoowado: downwind on a run / almost not touching the pond / sails the thirsty wasp #haiku

@MeeAugraphie: Nite stalks denied sleep/ never catches up with it/ dawn allows escape #haiku #insomnia wearing out it's welcome

@haitter: In a horse's nose / As the warmth spreads through your hand / The unseen appears #haiku #poetry #haikuchallenge #horses

@DoritoBoi: Dear Ms. Elahi / Please stop drinking peoples blood / I hate you so much #haiku

@mehtoole: twitter chameleon ~ adapts to your twitterspeak ~ blends in like your twin #haiku #kaihu

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