Haiku Chain

[konchog uma]

Crunch! Silence broken

errant foot falls on dry branch

birds alight, deer bolt

[Mark Foote]

Crunch! Silence broken

errant foot falls on dry branch

birds alight, deer bolt

 

birds alight, deer bolt

mixed messages, woodsy friends;

think I'll go on home

[C T]

birds alight, deer bolt

mixed messages, woodsy friends;

think I'll go on home

think I'll go on home

bereft of laborious thoughts

a lightness descends...

[joeblast]

a lightness descends...

observe the cardinal points

breaths of hexagrams

[Taomeow]

Breaths of hexagrams!

This blue robe with scarlet clouds

longs to dance with you.

[C T]

Breaths of hexagrams!

This blue robe with scarlet clouds

longs to dance with you.

longs to dance with you

this weary soldier of love

one last, sweet tango....

[steve]

one last, sweet tango...

the gentle fragrance of her

lingers on my tongue

[joeblast]

lingers on my tongue

but no longer in my heart

equanimity

[Mark Foote]

lingers on my tongue

but no longer in my heart

equanimity

 

equanimity

concerns all the senses, yes

distinctly happy

[steve]

distinctly happy

but stick around for a bit,

I know it will pass...

[Mark Foote]

distinctly happy

but stick around for a bit,

I know it will pass...

 

I know it will pass

here is where I am, freely

one breath in, one out

[Taomeow]

I know it will pass

here is where I am, freely

one breath in, one out

 

 

"One breath in, one out,"

she said, "there's no other way

back from death to life."

[dawei]

"One breath in, one out,"

she said, "there's no other way

back from death to life."

 

back from death to life.

Li Erh, Xi Wang Mu, Guan Yin,

Breakfast, Lunch, dinner.

[Apech]

back from death to life.

Li Erh, Xi Wang Mu, Guan Yin,

Breakfast, Lunch, dinner.

 

Breakfast, Lunch, dinner.

These three meals of equal taste

More of the same thing.

[joeblast]

more of the same thing

carry water, chop some wood

not all that mundane

[C T]

more of the same thing

carry water, chop some wood

not all that mundane

not all that mundane

this life of endless nuances

rainbows at each turn...

[joeblast]

not all that mundane

this life of endless nuances

rainbows at each turn...

rainbows at each turn

dividing line not all that fine

fine in its own sense

[Mark Foote]

rainbows at each turn

dividing line not all that fine

fine in its own sense

 

fine in its own sense

the compost heap with its dust

me, I'm made of sand

[Dagon]

Me, I'm made of sand,

 

Awareness reigns at the core,

 

I am not my thoughts.

[C T]

Me, I'm made of sand,

 

Awareness reigns at the core,

 

I am not my thoughts.

I am not my thoughts

confusion dawns as wisdom

now i am baffled...

[Apech]

I am not my thoughts

confusion dawns as wisdom

now i am baffled...

 

now i am baffled...

are my thirty minutes up?

frozen haiku time.

[C T]

now i am baffled...

are my thirty minutes up?

frozen haiku time.

frozen haiku time

forever etched in the mainframe

n'er to be undone...

[Apech]

frozen haiku time

forever etched in the mainframe

n'er to be undone...

 

n'er to be undone...

these buttoned flies are murder

urine trouble too.

[C T]

n'er to be undone...

these buttoned flies are murder

urine trouble too.

urine trouble too

two or three drops wont kill you

please don't be sheepish...

[rainbowvein]

urine trouble too

two or three drops wont kill you

please don't be sheepish...

please don't be sheepish

said the goat to his sheep friend

differences baaa-nished