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a familiar refrayin'  [huitain]
a familiar refrayin'
I'm losing myself in writing again
though my scribbling so far is but drivel.
It's easier now with somewhat less pain
while I'm trying to make my fat shrivel.<...

Started Apr 11th, 2012 at 4:21pm by Just_Daniel
2 39 Last Post May 10th, 2012 at 1:00am
By: Terry
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re-membered  [tanka]
re-membered
remember:
days when you ran
with the wind
they have passed away
like your knees
© MLee Dickens'son 2012

Started Apr 11th, 2012 at 12:54pm by Just_Daniel
3 24 Last Post May 7th, 2012 at 7:02pm
By: Terry
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An Acrostic for David
Moved this one to SONNETS thread ...

Started Mar 25th, 2012 at 12:05pm by WildCityWoman
5 49 Last Post Apr 11th, 2012 at 1:05pm
By: Just_Daniel
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ABC Poem (Procrastination)
Life
mortal life
never stopping for a moment
on its relentless move forward
punishes those who procrastinate.

Started Oct 18th, 2011 at 3:48pm by sunilmathur
9 43 Last Post Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:59am
By: WildCityWoman
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Sonnet Tetrameter - Star Crossed Form - "Combing Through"
Star-Crossed Form - Combing Through
Nights's moonglow accents salt-blond hair
and bonds with gentle hands which flow
bewitched while combing through, beyond
the hue of golden stran...

Started Mar 3rd, 2012 at 4:36pm by Normpo
4 48 Last Post Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:57am
By: WildCityWoman
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Sea Ya!
Today I needed the sea
but the sea didn't need me.
So it ran away...
to sea

Started Jun 2nd, 2011 at 9:57pm by Paul Sands
5 70 Last Post Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:50am
By: WildCityWoman
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Re: Haku
Lovely image but I would try to avoid the repetition of trees and find another word for exist.
Maybe something like
Autumn leaves
lots of wonderous colours
fall from the trees/rust...

Started Nov 14th, 2011 at 12:43am by nas
2 71 Last Post Nov 18th, 2011 at 7:20pm
By: davidf
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Haiku
full moon’s yellow face
adorns the darkness at dusk:
trees stand out dimly

Started Nov 3rd, 2011 at 11:16am by sunilmathur
4 49 Last Post Nov 17th, 2011 at 9:42pm
By: davidf
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Haiku
budding blooms in spring
rise from melted snow...
a perfect picture
Terry

Started Oct 20th, 2011 at 2:47am by Terry
6 84 Last Post Oct 24th, 2011 at 4:46pm
By: Terry
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Haiku
in the class picture
the kid wearing braces
gives a silver smile.
~Davidf

Started Oct 18th, 2011 at 2:02am by davidf
4 53 Last Post Oct 24th, 2011 at 1:32pm
By: Just_Daniel
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Haiku
shimmering sea waves
embrace the dimly lit coast:
crescent moon watches

Started Oct 5th, 2011 at 2:17am by sunilmathur
7 68 Last Post Oct 23rd, 2011 at 3:28pm
By: davidf
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Bumper Sticker Politics - a Tanka
social media
anti social media
spin and deception...
Children and Kings demanding
demands be met, not Presidents
Terry
Would like to try and work this as a Renga if anyon...

Started Oct 9th, 2011 at 8:11pm by Terry
3 49 Last Post Oct 18th, 2011 at 2:01am
By: davidf
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Delight


Tuesday's last embers
wash the sky vermillion
shepherds sleep happy 

[IMAGE]
Original
Tuesdays last embers
A sky washed vermillion
Leaves shepherds happy 

Started Jul 9th, 2011 at 4:39pm by Paul Sands
6 53 Last Post Oct 18th, 2011 at 1:58am
By: davidf
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Fossils (Haiku)
A-ged encryption
Secrets from Earth’s youthful flush
open God’s sandbox 

Started Jan 26th, 2011 at 12:07am by Paul Sands
4 63 Last Post Oct 17th, 2011 at 11:07am
By: sunilmathur
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Change - a Tanka
when truth is filtered
transparency is veiled,
arrogrgance prevails
the master becomes humble
tumbling from the mountain top
Nas,
Revised per your suggestion, then some.<...

Started Oct 13th, 2011 at 11:05pm by Terry
3 81 Last Post Oct 17th, 2011 at 11:02am
By: sunilmathur
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Haiku
my rainbow garden
flowers of different colors
nestled in green grass
~Davidf

Started Sep 17th, 2011 at 8:23pm by davidf
3 38 Last Post Oct 9th, 2011 at 7:27pm
By: Terry
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spring-ku
taut guitar strings -- 
untaught fingers 
long for spring

Started Aug 16th, 2011 at 3:33pm by Just_Daniel
4 37 Last Post Oct 9th, 2011 at 6:51pm
By: Terry
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late fate
late fate
no Osama bin
laden with his body –
sea fête Sealed

Started May 4th, 2011 at 12:39pm by Just_Daniel
8 79 Last Post Oct 8th, 2011 at 2:09am
By: sunilmathur
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A Perfect World
Lord, grant me a perfect world
Where the sun will always shine
I'm sure that you can do it, Lord
If you can turn water into wine.
~Davidf

Started Sep 25th, 2011 at 2:08pm by davidf
4 22 Last Post Oct 4th, 2011 at 1:56am
By: davidf
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Haiku(ish)
[IMAGE]
oily darts return
summer's clarion herald
vanguard in the blue

Started May 10th, 2011 at 10:08am by Paul Sands
4 30 Last Post Sep 29th, 2011 at 5:48pm
By: Just_Daniel
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Senryu  - Live Civility
Rev 1
                                      Precipitously
                            on the edge of indifference;
                                    reason perishes
             ...

Started Sep 16th, 2010 at 4:35pm by Terry
4 60 Last Post Sep 25th, 2011 at 1:59pm
By: davidf
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Il Pleut
[IMAGE]

Started Jul 20th, 2011 at 9:46pm by Paul Sands
4 42 Last Post Sep 17th, 2011 at 8:22pm
By: davidf
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Senryu
Approrpriate
The woman gave birth
on Labor Day
~Davidf

Started Sep 3rd, 2011 at 6:36pm by davidf
4 59 Last Post Sep 9th, 2011 at 3:36am
By: Just_Daniel
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telling-ru
Hokum Tell
died without an heir;
William shot straighter

Started Aug 23rd, 2011 at 12:22pm by Just_Daniel
3 28 Last Post Sep 3rd, 2011 at 6:13pm
By: davidf
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Slacker
If you only need to begin
Why bother remembering when;
You were far to slow
So Ya never could go
And always to late to begin.

Started Feb 26th, 2011 at 1:29am by Terry
5 27 Last Post Jul 22nd, 2011 at 12:55am
By: Terry
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