2009-10-24/25

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Adamfyre: Can I crawl inside ~ the sound of your voice and kiss ~ your beautiful mind? #senryu

to you

@0355user: Poor little scrub jay / Placed in a large coat pocket / Before a gray cat #haiku

milafaraon: In deference to / the World's creatures great and small / Let the ant live on. #haiku

@simonscotland: Time for me to dream / and if I wake tomorrow / I'll make them come true #haiku

@shyvi: barefoot guitar girl/ weaves poetry sings & plays/ beer spills on the floor #twaiku #haiku

@storylet: Music to My Ears: a shell pressed to ear / sound bursts forth from emptiness / nature’s magic spell ... #haiku - http://tinyurl.com/ygu2c6y

@DigitalSalon: unseen in the leaves / busy squirrels bury nuts / sudden flash of fur #haikuchallenge #haiku

@noveldoctor: Cold mountain sunset / blue-grey clouds fold into pink / the slow dance of hope #haiku

@DigitalSalon: as the fall sun sets / fiery slashes cross the sky / sunshine tomorrow #haiku

@mamasanta paul sang / I'll do it My Way... / a Lonely Boy, he loved Diana / she called it just Puppy Love #tanka

@wqueens7: 7 days. The glass neon tubes:/ Say "Seven Days" about opening/ But it makes one week/ #haiku (pic) http://znl.me/9IQMY

@senryunectar: fingertips to lips ~ pondering her thoughts, she knows ~ beauty comes with peace #senryu

@senryunectar: paw prints on his back ~ symbolize his journey thru ~ a life of wonder #senryu

@Tobuno: Eyes, claws, whiskers, teeth/ royalty and grace, even/ found in cat-a-combs. #meowmonday #haiku

@NotOneNotTwo // the echoing drip ~ from a hidden waterfall ~ the cavern's music // #haiku #haikuwordgame

@lippy73: Raindrops fall to earth / and find others in the stream / to rush to the falls #haiku

@Tobuno: Inevitably/ Invariably, the change/ and the changeless meet. #haiku

@ldwilkinson: Gone-- / my computer mouse / and the cat. #senryu #meowmonday

@WeaselWhisperer: // At the top of night ~ stalking his very last bird ~ whiskers brush the moon // #haiku #haiga ~ http://twitpic.com/n2n1v

@gennepher: When I can't see kindness / I close my eyes, look within / There I find comfort. #haiku

@monkeywillow: there's more of me / with every slice I take away - / chocolate cake // #senryu #haiku

@mamasanta This piece of chocolate cake / adding another layer / to my self #senryu #haiku

@morganabag: morning star / followed me to work / then vanished #haiku

@morganabag: driving through / ginko tree tunnel / at sunset / inside a yellow / submarine #tanka

@gennepher: As much as you wish / You can only be yourself / At this point in time. #haiku

@SirWumpus: touched / held close to heart / lost #haiku

@gennepher: Cotton wool blanket / creeps across deep dark night sky / smothers moon and stars. #haiku

@Etsujin_Haiku: Sleepy sun / casts vivid colors / across the sky #haiku

CDominiqueG: ive lost tears for you/ I've lost sleep over you...then/ new day and NO MORE #haiku #cdominiquegibson #senryu #poetry

@Etsujin_Haiku: Bitter field / tired leaves fall / on frigid earth #haiku

@simonscotland: If I had nothing / My life would still be joyful / Because I have you #haiku #gratitude

@monkeywillow: taking the view / from just above the water - / mist at dawn // #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

@tsimigo: yuwiya flutesongs/ each purifying note like/ soaring, swooping birds. #haiku #cherokee

@NotOneNotTwo // the dark clouds lighten ~ after dropping their troubles ~ on the backs of trees // #haiku #newideas

@carltonhalpert: Behind the clown's smile // is a frown. Then skin, teeth, skull... // How close should we look? #haiku #Halloween #clowns

@WeaselWhisperer: // lying on my chest ~ warming my soul while he sleeps ~ God's purring machine // #haiku #meowmonday

@Tobuno: Awaken to love/ soft solace of surrender/ open hearts ~ they bloom. #haiku #senryu

@haikubee: Dank autumn darkness - / the last of the wasps hovers / around my coke can. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

@haikubee: The thistle shivers / in the cold easterly wind - / left behind / her wedding ring / on the bedside table. #tanka #poetry #micropoetry

@NotOneNotTwo // from street-lit caverns, ~ gutters dripping waterfalls... ~ night rains of music // #haiku #haikuwordgame

@omewan: sometimes you need to listen / stop talking and explaining / and finally hear the words #haiku #latenightphilosophy

@nappypoet: i'm not a victim/ and you are not my master/ so give me back "me." #haiku

@HikiMadwoman: #haiku #halloween leaves like cinnamon / my mother's hand callused cool / faces behind masks

@HikiMadwoman: #haiku #physics gravity wave trough / waiting for the crest to rise / pele's secret smile

@Tetsubishi: so-tiny spider, / what has your tiny web caught? / dust mites? atoms? ...me. #haiku

@haikubee: Dead wood / in the fire / angels. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

@makeit2double: Facing north my pen / moves from east to west across / the page of the sky #haiku #twaiku #poetry

@haikubee: My vanity / observed / in the night bus window. #senryu #poetry #micropoetry

@Alismcg: #haiku: skip! five thousand stones /'cross ripplin' hearts would aye! -/pebbles of haiku #poetry #micropoetry (5 thousandth tweet)

@Jemfyr: Souls, ditch digging flesh / pine, pitchfork each other's hearts / bury two, one grave /// #haiku #haikuchallenge

@morganabag: lost / in red woods / wounded trees / chant the end / of october #tanka

@KarenCalifornia: Cold and hungry ~ watching the world go by ~ lonely feral cat #haiku #MeowMonday #cats

@apemanb: praise /showers upwards/ wait for rain #haiku

@Alismcg: #haiku bowing graciously / stars twinkle smiles through darkness/my haiku greets yours #poetry #micropoetry

@Grenhilda: Bury my pain so deep / and in the depth of my heart / I'll bury yours too #haiku #haikuchallenge

@apemanb: stopped heart/ wilfully held beat/ pear falls from tree #haiku

@apemanb: crossing the iced pond/ no-one sees me dance/ glassy fish stare #haiku

@HikiMadwoman: #haiku spun sugar warm day / exhale on cotton candy / it melts like spring snow

@EmApocalyptic I'm the voice in your/ Head.. You type too slow So I/ Got my own account.. #haiku #paranoia

@yearning4d_sky: moved to tears// the rainbow lingered// to bury the sunset #haikuchallenge #haiku

@Christwitery: I am immortal / bury me and I'll rise to / haunt you forever /// #haiku #haikuchallenge

Christwitery: Bury me deepest / so I can just roll over / and fall straight to hell /// #haiku #haikuchallenge

@JDProuty: Do not bury me. ~ Leave me lie high and dry so ~ my spirit can fly. #haiku #haikuchallenge #bury

@soylentblue: Today's 'ku: I can see for miles; and miles and miles and...; whoops! missed the airport #haiku

@Pookandgrace: * For Jake * Beneath the lilac / buried but not forgotten / her memory blooms #haikutherapy #haikuchallenge #haiku

@SeaTurtle36: Worry is only / worry if I worry about / it and I won't. #haiku

@Adamfyre: I miss that pixie ~ She used to dance in my hand ~ singing songs to me. #senryu #pixie

@apemanb: the Sun does not rise/ the Sun does not set, but we / chained to our Earth do #HAIKU

@LadyParadis: The deep orange glow / of the late summer sunsets/ bring thoughts of hot tea #haiku

@yearning4d_sky: moved to tears// the rainbow lingered// to bury the sunset #haikuchallenge #haiku

@nappypoet: when i teach, i rise/ like the sun before the day/ and it feels like love #haiku #teaching

@apemanb: my known world implodes/ emerging from the black hole/ unknown supernova #haiku

@mamasanta: Thank God it was / a dream / I don't think / I could have finished / that glass of bug juice #kyoka #fraglit #tanka

@Tobuno: He then untied the/ string that kept her heart captive/ and set the kite free. #haiku #senryu

@Christwitery: Peeling back the night / reveals cogs and worn out tracks / mechanical skies /// #haiku pic: http://twitpic.com/gkgui

@Geniusmax04: "The Sun Arises. I observe its brilliance. I go back to sleep." #haiku

@taosdawn: piercing night silence / yipping shrieks and calls / moonlit coyotes — #newmexico artist #haiku

@Yojinbo: Don't carry the dead / Nor bury yourself with them: / Life is for living. #haiku #haikuchallenge 'bury'

@poetspirit: buried in books, I / read the nearest thing, knowing / the world is larger // #haiku

@Juliasnz: To bury my love / The ocean drowns my sorrow / Waves wash over me #haikuchallenge "bury" #haiku

@urbancrafter: He worships her and // builds a poetry alter // where she rests her heart. #haiku #love @eyefollow1

@AshiAkira: Cold rain all day long/ Lucky - didn’t have to go out/ Tea, music, reading… #haiku

@KrisLindbeck: Last leaves / on the shadow of this sapling / fluttering | #haiku

@wqueens7: http://twitpic.com/n09pn - Behind the drivers/ Not moving on B.Q.E./ Another day starts/ #haiku

@Grenhilda: I'm somehow stranded / in this misty twilight world / not unwillingly #haiku

@tailwag: Coming out of restaurant / See old man with cane / Searching through garbage. #haiku #senyru

@apemanb: i am sharp, bitter/ but we are of the same tree/ my lemonflower #haiku

@AndrewBWatt: On dog's early walk // whorl of thousand stars still burns // and the East dreams dark. #poetry #haiku #poem #twiku

@KaliKamaria: Almost but so not Got no sweet tunes, got no soul I miss you ipod :( #haiku

@allnitewatchman: Don't ever bitchslap me/She said/As I took a sip from my coffee #haiku

@allnitewatchman: You lie with the lambs/I'll go with the dogs/And see how this life unfolds #haiku

@KOOLFOOLTATTOO: so many thoughts fly/ the hidden dragon rise high/ fear yet the tiger #haiku

@omewan: sometimes you need to listen / stop talking and explaining / and finally hear the words #haiku #latenightphilosophy

@Grenhilda: Insecurities / suck you in the undertow / tidal ebb and flow #haiku

@Lou__is: As a pandora box ~ My heart is empty ~ Thousand leaves #haiku #twaiku

@gennepher: I wake up slowly ~ Remember dreams, gather thoughts ~ Clothe mind for the day. #haiku #haikutherapy

@Grenhilda: Indecisively / I type and delete and type / and delete again #haiku

@monkeywillow: today, like me / this crow is heading / who knows where // #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

@saintends: Conforming nightly / Each one a sheep counting sheep / I alone rebel. #haiku #insomnia

@saintends: Insomniac dreams / Are never interrupted / By beeping alarms. #haiku #insomnia

@tsk2001: beautiful night on / Broadway only three people / asked me for money #haiku #poetry

@Adamfyre: I am no poet ~ Don't mistake me for my muse ~ I'm just listening.. #senryu #muse

@TryinOnANewLife: don't really know you / have known you forever / your words saved my life #senryu - dedicated to the lovely twitter poets...

@TryinOnANewLife: looking out into / the darkest desert night / hearing the tide roll #haiku

@TryinOnANewLife: desert winds whipping / through mesquite leaves and palm trees / sounds like ocean waves... #haiku

@Jemfyr: Kiss the wind too long / ghostly arms bind and embrace / lie two in the grave /// #haiku

@Christwitery: In frantic moments / I take a really deep breath / and never exhale /// #haiku

@michelleshy: I dream endless roads //Yellow dashes become blurred // I fly in my sleep // #senryu

@AshiAkira: Drizzling persistent/ Makes the quiet quieter/ It’s a noiseless sound #Zen #haiku

@Adamfyre: I'm happy for you ~ in a pissy, childish ~ jealous kind of way.. #senryu

@senryunectar: sinking into bed ~ another day reflected ~ through the eyes of God #senryu

@sevenlives: share some nuts / on this cold morning / you little squirrel...#haiku

@Alismcg: #haiku: crows pickin' garbage / one good turn deserves 'nother /no news is good news #poetry #micropoetry

@Adamfyre: Passed out in the night ~ old friends forget they're married ~ lay there holding hands.. #haiku #marriage

@CDominiqueG: horse led to water/ creek below the factory/ ... won't drink, can't blame him #haiku #senryu #cdominiquegibson

@senryunectar: The silky dress was ~ piled in a heap, it had done ~ it's job perfectly #senryu

@Adamfyre: My muse telephoned.. ~ She wouldn't say anything ~ just breathed heavily... #haiku #muse

@jennface: I wish you were here. / I don't know who you are, but / I want you with me. #haiku

@taosdawn: through silver night clouds / glides the waxing moon in and / out and in and out — #newmexico artist #haiku

@Bill312: kid at the mall: / he steps on / only the square tiles | #haiku #senryu

@Alismcg: #haiku: her persistent cries /signal'd crisis i jump up/ steals chair one pleas'd cat // #poetry #micropoetry

@Bill312: low battery -- / trying to silence / the wrong smoke alarm | #haikuchallenge (alarm) #haiku #senryu

@cjoyen: Behind the cold wall / an ocean of love overcame / the lonely heart #haiku

@lippy73: Empty cavern heart / filled drip by drip with your love's / waterfall music #haikuwordgame #haiku

@Christwitery: Dragons roar above / swooping over oceans blue / steaming words of fire /// #haiku

@moritherapy: unhinging the door / of my cave - strong wind blows through - / my heart flutters, free #haikutherapy #senryu

@carltonhalpert: We turned out the stars // unclosed our eyes, and stepped out // into the new dark. #haiku #senryu

@Miridunn: Love dressed me// Soon I will be disrobed again. Naked// like a newborn #haiku

@Miridunn: Each day// I slowly shed you, one layer at a time// A dance of veils. #haiku

@AshiAkira: Drizzling continues/ Warmth from inside meets the cold/ in meditation #haiku #Zen

@catwaldron: I arrive at work / Naked; everyone stares, laughs / Then the alarm rings. #haiku #haikuchallenge (alarm)

@catwaldron: Deep within a dream / Field of flowers, a caress / Then the alarm rings #haiku #haikuchallenge (alarm)

@dengary: space for a boulder / just filled by this boulder— / trailing orchids | #haiku #fraglit

@CliveM: A herder of cats? / No - I can't believe that / Collector of hearts #haiku

@forgottenworks: bearing the weight / of the wind - all the forest's / slender pines #micropoetry #fraglit

@JustGer: I can't even begin to write a haiku for the Bears vs Bengals train wreck. #bearsinhaiku #chicagobears #haiku

@NotOneNotTwo: // I'm watching her dream ~ from thousands of miles away ~ laying next to me // #haiku

@Tobuno: step out of your shells/ step into naked being/ you've slept for so long. #haiku #senryu

@wqueens7: http://twitpic.com/mxuua - Circles of rusting/ Public infrastructure for/ Regular people/ #haiku

@Martiword: cool lush moss shivers/stirring sunrise into pond/ripple in the sky #Haiku

@saintends: Do not ask the Sun / To light your path in the darkness / Embrace the nightfall. #haiku

@Tobuno: Just like the poetry/ section of a library/ It's lonely, without you. #haiku #senryu

@morganabag: playing / kick-ball with my dog /black birds fly up / squirrells pelt us / with acorns #tanka

@carltonhalpert: Am I fictional? // Is this life I live a dream? // My Author says not. #haiku #senryu

@CliveM: A herder of cats? / No - I can't believe that / Collector of hearts #haiku

#self

@wqueens7: swirling clouds. High swirling clouds are/ Striations on perfect days/ That matter below/ #haiku (pic) http://znl.me/6XRAQ

@monkeywillow: autumn rain - / the old oak dripping / with moonlight // #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

@NotOneNotTwo: // cold, crisp morning light ~ shining bright on my worries ~ making them sleepy // #haiku #newideas

@Tobuno: The pathway to love/ transgresses all emotions/ being human, this, this! #haiku #senryu

@carol_red: in the back / of a dresser drawer / a photograph / when mother was very young / who was the man beside her? #tanka

@carol_red: the blue dress / mother wore to my wedding ... / I donate the clothes / that still carry her scent / a strand of hair #tanka #fraglit

@morganabag: each leaf / falling will never / fall again #haiku

@HaikuDelight: sitting on the fence / a pale waxing crescent moon / not setting for long #haiku

@carol_red: . house renovation - / the magic mushrooms / he hid 25 years ago #senryu #fraglit

@tedsimkins: winter closer / each morning / darkens my coffee #haiku #micropoetry

@PesciTriD: the silent alarm / I can hear it in my head / but my heart is deaf #haiku #haikuchallenge

@monkeywillow: missing you / I spend my day / wandering through clouds // #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

@dengary: family cemetery / raked perfectly clean— / not a leaf in sight | #haiku #micropoetry #fraglit #poetry

@dengary: a small wave / takes back the driftwood . . . / on the dock, your smile | #haiku #micropoetry #fraglit

@dengary: older than language/heard over both land and sea/simple eloquence/when written-word's forgotten,/even then, the cries of gulls ... #tanka

@dengary: more than folk wisdom: /‘every bride is beautiful'/ah! her rolling curves/arrayed in snowy blossoms-/these fragrant apple orchards #tanka

@NotOneNotTwo The bad dogs of words ~ never coming when you call ~ knowing the way home // #haiku #newideas

@dengary: I and mine / struggle on this peak / together / we are tiring—won't someone / please throw five lines down | #tanka #micropoetry #fraglit

@Grenhilda: Into that green world / I will surrender myself / again and again #haiku

@NotOneNotTwo: // they all chose the blue ~ but inside his quiet heart ~ he held a green stone // #haiku

@cagacinski: Heart and soul agree / That age is just a number / Body says "Hold on!" #haiku

@djolder: Me: only half there / You: scattered across the stars / What’s the fucking point? #haiku

@Jemfyr: Should the sky fall down, / black rain shred our skin to bones / hold me, loving you /// #haiku

@TryinOnANewLife: stone wall around house / resembles the one around / my heart. why so scared? #senryu

@JimGramze: Gods play billiards./ How long will we amuse them?/ Earth, corner pocket. #twiku #haiku http://tr.im/twiku

@Jemfyr: Church bells ringing nine / knelt in moist, mossy green, my / bare soul in due time /// #haiku

@monkeywillow: drumming workshop - / the child who won't listen / is me // #senryu #haiku #micropoetry

@KarenHAustin: tap-dancing pigeons ~ practised routine on my roof: ~ no cause for alarm.... #haikuchallenge #haiku #truestory

@Christwitery: Cold early morning / it might be warmer in bed / where my demons live /// #haiku

@haiQ: / A beautiful day / sneaks beneath my eyelashes / and awakens me! / - #haiku

@HappiForever: At today's zazen -- / Ten thousand poems but no pen, / Hands folded and still. #haiku #senryu

@apemanb: Earths five senséd cape/ and Love of my own making/ I am cloaked in Life #haiku

@morganabag: old house / enveloped / in yellow trees #haiku

@wqueens7: 63rd & Laurel Hill BLVD. Hard Upon Highways/ All over America/ Cars drive us apart

@Etsujin_Haiku: An old wooden bridge / over a dried up river / thirsty for the rain #haiku

/ #haiku (pic) http://znl.me/8D703

@Etsujin_Haiku: The new sun rising / gentle rays come through the leaves / searching for my face #haiku

@wqueens7: Gothamist Pic. The rat's last supper/ On New York's Upper West Side/ Was photoshopped in/ #haiku (pic) http://znl.me/KXYIL

@Miridunn: Blowing rain //tries to wash color from autumn's leaves/ heavy with passing time #haiku

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