Haiku

[Quadman2]

WINDOWS.

The blue screen of death.
Life's work razed to the ground.
DELETES cruel sound.

There! You captured the moment.

I can see someone's life's work dashed in a moment of error, turning into terror.


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[Quadman2]

Sartre on The Phone with de Beauvoir

Nothingness is not
purely existentialism's bag
crumbs into abyss

Ah yes, how many have stood on the precipice of the "unknown"... looking down?

Great image, DD!


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[DeadRock]

As Told To The Narrator At A Holiday Inn Buffet Outside Lansing (Pt 1)

Thread arrives out there
something shy of meaning and
GONE! Karen was here

 

[Quadman2]

Lament never seems to decay with time for some memories!

Great share, DR.


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[Quadman2]

HOMELESS

Enduring each day,
scratching out your existence
searching for meaning!

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[DeadRock]

Act of Consumption (Verse 6, lines 3 thru 5)

year into year I
expand contract write retract
stories reconcile

 

[DeadRock]

I AM CANADIAN! (A Lament in Eh?)

Coast to Coast to Coast
Splish splash take a stick and puck
Stone is no Canuck

 

[Quadman2]

Act of Consumption (Verse 6, lines 3 thru 5)

year into year I
expand contract write retract
stories reconcile

Liked the open-ended last line.

The reader has to own it!


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[Quadman2]

I AM CANADIAN! (A Lament in Eh?)

Coast to Coast to Coast
Splish splash take a stick and puck
Stone is no Canuck

Need insight into your "lament", and last line. ?

Got a feeling it's personal POV, DR.

A "message" off line... a moi?


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[Quadman2]

LOVE

Emotional glue
that binds people together
ignoring life spans.

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[Quadman2]

BEATLES

Sing with cropped hair styles,
crooning for young eager ears
hearing English songs.

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[DeadRock]

Remembering Pt. 1

Silver sun shine
gliding slow behind tall twin
what No was not what

 

[Quadman2]

Great use of alliteration!
&
"riddle" as well.

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[Quadman2]

POET

Writing with less words
leaving missing meanings of
hidden messages.

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[Quadman2]

OBSESSION

Human frailty
with always you wanting more,
your thirst never quenched.

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[Quadman2]

ILLEGAL DRUGS

Stripping personal
souls from from basic human needs,
leeching out purpose!

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[Quadman2]

It's been a while but here goes:


ALIEN'S POINT OF VIEW

Humans, you pretend
to display emotions that
set you apart from
your world of living creatures...
lacking their sense of being.

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If unsure of the Tanka format...it's 5/7/5/7/7, as found in post #426. Give one a go!

 

[bobsvinyl]

Senseless
Bombs have no feelings.
They do as they were programmed.
Killing and maiming.

 

[Quadman2]

Senseless
Bombs have no feelings.
They do as they were programmed.
Killing and maiming.

Sans "feelings"; just like the Indifferent who design, manufacture, and apply them.

They do have purpose...but these weapons kill indiscriminately.

Great personification! BTW


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[Quadman2]

PREDATOR

Sharpened fangs that tear,
lethal venoms paralyze,
but man needs neither!


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