Saturday, November 7, 2009

2009-11-04/05/06


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Thirty stories down
in the deepest twitter depths
dragonfly collects.


@carltonhalpert

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@Not_zen: My eyes closed, I was/ trying to meditate when/ I felt the spider. #haiku #twiku #haiku

@Dr_Wes: whisper softly now/seductive lover of words/all that you desire #haiku #psyku

@haiQ: / Leaves chase each other, / spiraling in vortices, / flowing with the wind. / - #autumn #haiku

@pita4l: snow dust-- white dream catches/ long foot prints #haiku #senryu |G'morning^^ @SundevilSal

@jbouzou: Mountain ermitage / alone, the "I" doesn't live / anymore. #haiku #nanopoetry

@Miridunn: Those last dieing leaves // foolishly clinging, leaving// the lonely branches. #haiku

@Alismcg: #haiku: rake broom bucket sponge / we do the best we can 'til / flowers grow 'bove us #poetry #micropoetry

@Miridunn: Old men with poppies // insisting they pin them on // fumble at my breasts #haiku

@opprecht: suicides persist ~ trees greying, browning, bony ~ all we do is rake #haiku

@twr_me: count my syllables ❖ like lemmings on the cliffs edge ❖ five seven five... dive ⋕Եժ #haiku


@lippy73: Sky unencumbered / a soaring cloud-free vista / blue infinity #haiku

@catwaldron: Haikuchallenge is / Like a word problem, but solved / With another math. #haiku #haikuchallenge (problem)

@lisamarie20010: The light is leaving/ And we are given darkness/ - A special kind of gift #haiku #micropoetry

@edoowado: under the toadstool / the old lonely spider knits / memories of yore #haiku

@dowe_: Nothing stays the same / but my eyes see only truth. / Whole life is a war. #haiku for @valhallaLT

@Paiku: That drone / High in your silver morning / Is me leaving / #haiku #micropoetry

@gregmoodie: The moon relaxes / it's grip on the oceans and / Lon Chaney Jnr. #haiku

@gassho: sea-rounded pebbles chanting mantra #haiku #PK

@Christwitery: The air peels away / from the stifling atmosphere / blown by cool breezes /// #haiku #Adelaide

@timtfj: Shall I compare thee // to a British summer's day? // Apples. Oranges. #haiku

@carltonhalpert: Thanks to Lanacane™ // I got 99 problems // but an itch ain't one. #haiku #haikuchallenge

@monkeywillow: there to greet me / at dawn - / last night's moon // #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

@senryunectar: Kindergarteners whirl ~ in the hallway to and fro ~ running the gauntlet #senryu

@Rehfan: Sunlight pours through slit. // The curtain shut tight, I thought. // No problem for God. #haikuchallenge #haiku #poetry

@haiku_andy: Daily Haiku - \\ morning tea \ notebook and Indian ragas \ cat at my elbow \\ #haiku #senryu

@carltonhalpert: Problem with Haiku? // Return unused portion for // a full refund. #haiku #haikuchallenge #refund

@carltonhalpert: A word to the wise // don't buy a computer called // The ProbleMatic™. #haiku #haikuchallenge #problem

@yearning4d_sky: as dawn breaks night sets // as smoothly as the river sets course// may problems resolve #HaikuChallenge #haiku

@Christwitery: Often the problem / is made more complicated / than it has to be /// #haiku #haikuchallenge

@Juliasnz: Dancing to drum beats! / No more restless wandering / Divergence converge #haiku

@Etsujin_Haiku: Living souls breathe / don’t suffocate your light / tomorrow’s a dream #haiku

@HaikuDelight: if you dare to jump / into the abyss of self / a bottomless pit #haiku

@aBoon61: eyes closed in repose/ silent snow outside window/ old monk in zazen #haiku

@twitwrit: a problem haiku / illuminates humankind / luminosity #haiku

@Mamad: Sits in morning glow;/heat pump hums. Quiet./Leaf floats to the ground. #haiku

@senryunectar: Green leaves glow with light ~ pale November sun kisses ~ gently, soft and warm #senryu

@Etsujin_Haiku: The vast ancient sky / majestic glow on God’s earth / a pure living soul #haiku

@hermonhermit: autumn rain / the ice cream van chimes / out of tune #haiku Mayfly #2

@lippy73: She thought to herself / 'PROBLEM! If you have to ask...' / "No" she told husband #haikuchallenge #senryu

@Jemfyr: Neptune, nuzzled neck / Venus, voluptuousness / celestial scented /// #haiku

@lisamarie20010: No problem, she says/ I'll do anything for you/ Unfortunately #haikuchallenge #haiku #fraglit

@haikunut: toaster shaped kitty ~ sits dreaming by the fireplace ~ warming her muffins #haiku

@jbouzou: Mountain campfire / thinking about / past loves #senryu #nanopoetry #haiku

@alotus_poetry: a bird among us / my friend talks between spits / of sunflower seeds #senryu #revision

@DavidLeeK: Luchenbach/ made famous by song/ a small place/ population three/ two must be roosters #tanka

@KOOLFOOLTATTOO: Rude people/ will not see themselves/ Brush it off #haiku

@KarenHAustin: dawn breaks to bluest, ~ clearest sky, washed overnight ~ by shower of rain #haiku

@KOOLFOOLTATTOO: Kill her with/kindness, I will buy/ more toffee. #haiku

@wqueens7: @wqueens7 http://znl.me/7IXA8 - Direct Lines: human/ Crooked lines are eternal/ Rebuild to control/ #haiku

@Jemfyr: Japanese blossom / supreme delicate fragrance / petal royalty /// #haiku

@twitwrit: poets find they live / in intolerable world / haiku builds a door /// #haiku (inspired by @Jemfyr)

@emilybee: the degree to which / I will enjoy this day is / up to only me. #haiku

@jbouzou: Oscillation / so far away / from the middle way. #haiku #senryu #nanopoetry

@bluenettle: above everything / higher than the dark / silver moon #haiku

@lisamarie20010: Whirlwind romantic/ He swept her off her small feet/ Then dropped her in mud #haiku #micripoetry

@Naumadd: Naumaddku: " ... stomping puddles / with the midnight rain ... " - http://twitpic.com/old6a #haiku #infiniku #poetry

@shadfromdc: 3rd floor- Sporting Goods / 8th floor- Ladies Lingerie / next stop- Uranus. #haiku #poetry #spaceelevator

@Christwitery: Rainbows from heaven / painted inside tiny drops / falling from the sky /// #haiku

@jhaka: Autumn in the 'burbs, / leaves falling like ticker-tape. / New York state of mind. #haiku

@Jemfyr: Autumn golden hues / our foreheads pressed together / stay, stay here with me /// #haiku

@apemanb: losing certitude/ my suspicious heart flutters/ the bouncers have left #haiku

@yearning4d_sky: Pretending to find// stories romance duels in wisps// clouds daydreams merging #haiku #haikuchallenge

@Jemfyr: Devoted, crouching / pounce ready, loyal blooded / jackal, mind-set Sphinx /// #haiku

@Ozmorrhiza: My sweetest terror... Drowning in dark chocolate.... Melt away nightmare.... #haiku for @philipallen8

@moonflowernco: from somewhere out there / comes a soft question-who who? / two owls conversing #haiku

@majeedb: Morning fog- Dreams not buried- Deep enough-- Senryu/ #Haiku

@catwaldron: The best thing about / Saturday is waking up / to find the weekend. #haiku #haikuchallenge (find)

@evemariedotcom: Nebraska -- your earth -- / fertile, loamy swirls under / wild expansive sky #haiku #haikuwrimo #flyingoverthemidwes

@likelike_love: slick rain-wet pavement / blurred urban night, familiar / under starless sky. #haiku #weather #city

@Adamfyre: If she keeps this up ~ There's a very good chance that ~ she might get lucky. #senryu #noluckinvolved

@carltonhalpert: Untanned acrobats // of Cirque de Bain de Soleil // pasty performance. #haiku #circus

@blaynev: American soul / Fridges full of apple pie / American's dream #Haiku

@alotus_poetry: last autumn / I stole the leaves' green / from the oak tree / and thought of ways / to make you not love her #tanka

@chadredden: Duct taped car window / shelters a backseat sleeper. / Value sized milkshake. #haiku

@nibblesandbits: luna goddess glows / sparkling where ever she goes / dispelling shadows @LunaJune #haiku

@haikunut: cheap wine and pad thai ~ two egg rolls go cold waiting ~ friday night special. #menuku #haiku #senryu

@gtcronin: Port boots fishnet thighs £20 blue mini-dress Have we met before? #haiku

@Bill312: stubble field... / among the furrows / crows | #haiku

@Rehfan: In the corner, alone // She sees her dream over there // Smiling at his date. #haiku #poetry #pityparty

@apemanb: if we could connect/ as direct/ as fingers on keys/ a happy we #haiku

@apemanb: the land of raw skin/ where geyser eyes bubble and burst/ and salt rivers burn #haiku #love #sorrow

@Alismcg: #haiku: wanderin' poets / searchin' lines on faces - / haiku sees ‘tween lines #poetry #micropoetry

@poetspirit: find me a wild rose / and I'll find you a garden / nature intended // #haikuchallenge #nature #haiku

@Alismcg: #haiku: the blink of an eye / stumbl'd in through tabbys gaze /click! door snapp'd shut tight! #poetry #micropoetry

@Alismcg: #haiku: crush'd one petal shares / still its scent one flower throws / its head back and laughs #poetry #micropoetry

@wqueens7: @wqueens7 http://znl.me/TJTN1 - Pigeon angel tears/Off the whitened wings of faith/Back to mortal earth/#haiku

@essensu: Breath in peace, release your aches. #poetry #micropoetry

@jazmatician: the ache to consume / the world to pick from -- Nothing! / fits a god-shaped hole / #haikuwordgame #haiku

@Alismcg: #haiku: ouch! stabbing pain - / between mothballs and mildew / fragments of her dream #poetry #micropoetry

@wmlewishaiku: then, we’re mists of night / lurching, heaven hell the same / fierce against spirits // #haiku [LMSM gargoyles]

@wmlewishaiku: though the bells roar though / we go remote for our myths / this nest of sky, home // #haiku [Le Mont-Saint-Michel]

@Christwitery: Looking for myself / there I am in the mirror / no that's my father /// #haiku

@apemanb: moon limps into sight/ tired from clambering out from/ yet another haiku #haiku

@DavidRoe01: ~ when you hear the call ~ of your secrete darkness I ~ will find you the light ~ #haikuchallenge #haiku (find)

@Alismcg: #haiku: fat caterpillar / in sink with coffee grounds- / last nights pasta #poetry

@gennepher: Standing on sea shore / Find my legs don't change again / Sadly walk away. #haikuchallenge #haiku

@Alismcg: #haiku: breathe in breathe out - /experience haiku birth/ plop! bird poop stains page #poetry

@gennepher: I can't find your name / on the gravestone - he forgot. / Pot of red roses. #haikuchallenge #haiku

@MeWriteWords: the office worker's / life: cube-dwelling mice in a / maze with no exit #haiku

@gennepher: Wearing dresing gown. / Cold today. Couldn't find dog. / Dog warm in my bed! #haikuchallenge #haiku

@AshiAkira: Treeless shopping street/ Pedestrians masked ‘gainst swine flu scare/ Smile returned by friendly eyes/ of cat-sized puppies #micropoetry

@gennepher: Hoped to find herself. / Took psychology degree. / Found herself in debt. #haikuchallenge #haiku

@mamasanta: At the fish store / I opt for flounder / to match my mood. #senryu #haiku

@morganabag: the world / is an orange / sunset - fragile / as spider / skeletons #micropoetry

@apemanb: fine wine and old glass/ the glass will never taste you/ only hold you to anothers lips #haiku #poetry

@gennepher: I can't find my keys. / Blame the dog again? Oops left them / in front door all night. #haikuchallenge #haiku

@gennepher: Robin preens himself / tips head cockily, watches / blackbirds find breakfast. #haikuchallenge #haiku

@gennepher: I find ten pound note / pocket it - think of chocolate. / Beggar holds out hand. #haikuchallenge #haiku

@gennepher: Long tailed tits diving / and swooping over garden. / Find food everywhere. #haikuchallenge #haiku

@Miridunn: If the angel comes// I shall tell it to return// to safer places #haiku

@senryunectar: So seductive on ~ Twitter, but can't ask the girl ~ you come here often? #senryu

@senryunectar: dark, woody, smoky ~ amber liquids clink with ice ~ men start targeting #senryu

@moonflowernco: leaves cover the grass / no one wants to rake them up / forgotten summer dreams #haiku

@wqueens7: delays to gowanus. Delays to brooklyn/ About seven miles away/ 'Cause they want their cars/ #haiku (pic) http://znl.me/8TKJE

@nil17: windows down blowing / late fall beats into freedom / motorcycles growl #haiku

@haikudiaries: I'm going away, / If you want to write, you can / Find me on the moon. #haiku #haikuchallenge

@franscud: Scratching shaggy head / he found a moral buried / with the dark, limp tail ~ #haiku #haikuchallenge #poetwist

@wqueens7: Red-States lead Nation/ In senseless, random, killings/ Anonymous FEAR/ #haiku http://bit.ly/2KJ6rc

@Miridunn: Which to pity more // the tree that has been stripped bare // or colors that are dead #haiku

@Haiku_mon: It's too soon, too soon / Suffering from premature / Retail Christmas tunes. #haiku

@Tobuno: The day penetrates/ the night with infinite grace/ they melt in each other. #haiku

@bryanhansel: high tide / her wet dress clings / above her knees #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

@Tobuno: Below the surface/ beneath the ferocious waves/ the still mind, cradled. #haiku

@monkeywillow: as spirits / rising to another world - / Chinese lanterns // #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

@mamasanta: Sometimes I think / I should be on the other side / of that desk / psychiatrist blowing smoke rings /in my face #kyoka #tanka

@InVinceWil: you smile at me like / Moon smiles at the Sun's memory / I remember dawn #haiku

@InVinceWil: percussive silence / intermittent breathing, like moons / circling universe #haiku

@taosdawn: man carrying books / walking westward, head held high / knowledge in his hands — #newmexico artist #haiku

@singraham: Day ages slowly/Energy.../Falls behind the sun #twiku #haiku

@loreio: Butterfly of stone, granite of memories, wind of sand. #haiku

@loreio: Red bricks of walls, gardens on roofs, stairs in our minds. #haiku

@haikuoftheday: a red tail hawk rests / this evening in the pine / twisted by the wind -sek #haiku

@jbridgman: coffee coffee co // fee coffee coffee coffee coffee // coffee coffee coff #haiku #coffeeaddicts

@nativegardener: New green blades of grass / from October rains, clouds drift / before morning moon. #haiku #SoCalMtns

@oshum: Turqouise hole in dark ~ grey clouded sky deception ~ uncovered sunshine. #haiku

@Alismcg: #haiku: colors outside lines /over the top litter-ly / ole cat with mohawk// #poetry

@yearning4d_sky: floating n cavorting //clouds~ wisps of cotton merged// pretending to stray #haiku #haikuwordgame @pensimplypoet

@mamasanta: I'd like to shrink wrap him / the psychiatrist #senryu #haiku

@MeWriteWords: Vampires & werewolves / Like Montagues & Capulets / Never invite both / To the same party #micropoetry #vampirepoetry

@Tetsubishi: never quite bereft / next spring's buds already swell / along autumn boughs #haiku

@LilPecan: Cabin in wood greets/ Snow flies thick as cicadas/ Fire dances on hearth #haiku

@purelovenergy: Pink cloud angel hair ~ Caressing Heart sky twilight ~ sun sets, Love still shines #LOVE #haiku

@MeWriteWords: baby enters world / one small precious life brings great / joy to so many #haiku

@InVinceWil: love is a breach birth / showed me its ass first, came in / kicking and screaming #haiku

@monkeywillow: yet to fall / from the tree - the red / of a robin's breast // #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

@wqueens7: @wqueens7 http://znl.me/RHMCX - http://twitpic.com/oheto - laundry in the sun/ Drying out intimacy/ Anonymous clues/ #haiku

@ruinedXfinery: inspiration is like a baby/arrives when it chooses-no consideration/for the poet #haiku NOT #poetry

@wqueens7: Headline (#haiku): "Discovery of/ Bodies Has Neighbors Angry/ At the [white] Police" http://bit.ly/47ARCp

@ruinedXfinery: plain as paper/the girl with the pink ribbon in her hair/she is the blank page #haiku NOT #poetry RUINS

@mamasanta: You're acting / like a child / the father tells / his six year old / at the toy store. #kyoka #tanka

@wqueens7: http://twitpic.com/oh06w - http://znl.me/0UDWW Red & green fencing/ National colors divide/ The "us" from the "them"/ #haiku

@carltonhalpert: Bowl of Lucky Charms // so tragically delicious // if you find a tooth. #haiku #haikuchallenge #cereal

@lacorbeau: A leaf found safety/it came down through the chimney/left the flue open #haiku #poetry

@carltonhalpert: Thirteen signed up for // my numerology class // one of them is doomed. #haiku #numerology #crock

@carltonhalpert: Late for Halloween // the trees drop all their leaves and // show their skeletons. #haiku #fall

@Haikwho: Now I find myself / but not where I left myself / resting on the wind #haiku #haikuchallenge

@EviHoste: I found a squirrel / near my house. It held the moon / like a pine cone #haiku by

@wqueens7: autumn in america. American Autumn:/ Leaves fall from trees: convenience/ Throws litter from cars/ #haiku (pic) http://znl.me/1C674

@Christwitery: Follow me, Jesus / and I will find some people / who will follow you /// #haiku #haikuchallenge

@lippy73: When I was 16 / I wanted to be older / what was I thinking #senryu

@InVinceWil: I only want today / yesterday and tomorrow / don't mean much right now #haiku

@concisionflux: Stranger In The House: / a slice of sunshine / intrudes in the living room / and wears out the chairs / #haiku / http://yfrog.com/2pde7jj

@sevenlives: who waves the fan ? / blow slowly / wind from Mt Fuji...#haiku

@AshiAkira: Noise and quietness/ I watch their co-existence/ in meditation #haiku #Zen

@sevenlives: this monochrome paint / vanishes for moment / when the cherry blossoms..#haiku

@sevenlives: i threw away / a midnight dream / in a midnight dream...#haiku

@AshiAkira: Dive into darkness/ Music of the soundless world/ My meditation #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

@onestringcello: deliver him not / he doth perish of evil / there's no other cheek #haikuchallenge #haiku ..perish ..deliver

@edoowado: dusty petals _ scent / of ancient cigarette smoke / my synthetic rose #haiku

@Christwitery: Pale pink, silver gray / clouds reflect the sleeping sun / pastel requiem /// #haiku

@monkeywillow: two little boys / called down from the farmer's tree / he tells us / men of our age / should really know better // #tanka #fraglit #poetry

@yearning4d_sky: Does the desire to perish// crashing against the shore// drive the tidal wave// #haiku #haikuchallenge

@sylmobile: I think you are wrong. You suggest we should check it. I know you are right. #haiku

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