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On 2/3/2024 at 4:56 PM, Taomeow said:

 

To strains of chalga

add the faint peals of cowbells... 

Old Europe, come home.

 



Old Europe, come home
out the door without a hat
you'll catch your death of

 


 

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2 hours ago, Mark Foote said:



Old Europe, come home
out the door without a hat
you'll catch your death of

 


 

 

"You'll catch your death of

damp airs," as they used to say. 

Don't eat damn pears, dear.

 

 

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Morning sitting
 

Winter winds, cold, fierce

pines swaying back and forth, whoosh!

Inside, incense burns

 

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@Keith108  This is a Haiku Chain thread.  This game has been going on for many years with the same rule -- you start your haiku by using the last line of the preceding one as your first line.  It hasn't changed since Mark already told you on a prior occasion:  

 

On 1/29/2024 at 4:21 PM, Mark Foote said:

 

Hi, Keith108,

The thread you're looking for is "Haiku Unchained", that's here:

 



I think Stigweard has passed away, but he left us his instructions for his "Haiku Chained" thread, in the first post:


 

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Use the last line of the preceding haiku as the first line of yours.

 

The structure is three lines:

 

5 syllables

7 syllables

5 syllables
 


so there you have it.  As is customary on the thread here, I will attempt a patch.
 

not worth the penny

flowers by the roadside, bright

coots and ducks in reeds

coots and ducks in reeds
unseasonable warmth, here
white snow has melted
 

White snow has melted

Moss and lichens revealed

Round and round, just now

 

_/|\_

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

@Keith108  This is a Haiku Chain thread.  This game has been going on for many years with the same rule -- you start your haiku by using the last line of the preceding one as your first line.  It hasn't changed since Mark already told you on a prior occasion:  

 

 

Ah, very cool! Sorry, won’t happen again.

 

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2 hours ago, Keith108 said:

Winter winds, cold, fierce

pines swaying back and forth, whoosh!

Inside, incense burns

 

 

Inside, incense burns

it's lazy smoke wafts upwards  

the green tea is good.

 

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14 hours ago, Taomeow said:

 

"You'll catch your death of

damp airs," as they used to say. 

Don't eat damn pears, dear.

 

don’t eat damn pears, dear

or the chain might diverge, but

the green tea is good

😎🍵🫖

 

1 hour ago, blue eyed snake said:

Inside, incense burns

it's lazy smoke wafts upwards  

the green tea is good.

 

the green tea is good
sipped as chipped links are rejoined
by kintsugi gold

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50 minutes ago, Nintendao said:

 

don’t eat damn pears, dear

or the chain might diverge, but

the green tea is good

😎🍵🫖

 

 

the green tea is good
sipped as chipped links are rejoined
by kintsugi gold

This is fun!

 

By kintsugi gold

The begging bowl is repaired

Now, where did it go?

 

 

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4 hours ago, Keith108 said:

 

By kintsugi gold

The begging bowl is repaired

Now, where did it go?

 

 

Now, where did it go?

I can't say that I don't know
how to use my mind

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20 minutes ago, Cobie said:


how to use my mind

You feel sure you know how to.

Best don’t be that sure
 


 

best don't be that sure
it will come around again
that spot in the sun

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3 hours ago, Cobie said:


and embrace the Yang.”
To find what you are searching, 

unite yin and yang.

 

image.jpeg.ee24e1fbb77eaf269bec3a304caf3213.jpeg
 

 



unite yin and yang

fire and water, inverted

who's to say what's real!
 

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36 minutes ago, Mark Foote said:



unite yin and yang

fire and water, inverted

who's to say what's real!
 

Who’s to say what’s real?

Winter’s cold, fireplace crackling

Just now, Yin and Yang 

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On 2/16/2024 at 7:49 PM, Keith108 said:

 

Who’s to say what’s real?

Winter’s cold, fireplace crackling

Just now, Yin and Yang 

 

 

 

Just now, Yin and Yang
the Siamese cats, went out
should'a seen 'em go

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29 minutes ago, Mark Foote said:

 

 

Just now, Yin and Yang
the Siamese cats, went out
should'a seen 'em go

 

Should'a seen 'em go!  

Take a look at the lawman...

Is there life on Mars?  

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Look! Ryokan’s window

Silent snowflakes whisper truth

Stoic pines do endure

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1 hour ago, moment said:

Look! Ryokan’s window

Silent snowflakes whisper truth

Stoic pines do endure

 

Stoic pines do endure

six syllables in a line

pining for Basho

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32 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

 

Stoic pines do endure

six syllables in a line

pining for Basho

 

pining for Basho

mooning for Arthur Rimbaud

poets do inspire

 

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 Basho waking up.

Dawn whispers secrets of life

Ink blooms on paper.

 

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1 hour ago, moment said:

 Basho waking up.

Dawn whispers secrets of life

Ink blooms on paper.

 

 

Ink blooms on paper.

A dream of Japan dissolves.

California dreams.  

 

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47 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

 

Ink blooms on paper.

A dream of Japan dissolves.

California dreams.  

 


California dreams
an island of sun and sand

lakes in the desert

 

 

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