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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

DAVE swftfox wins the "thunder" haiku; MC is runner up; WATERFALLS today!

New theme for any haiku submissions--for all, including those who never wrote haiku before - WATERFALLS. wall of blue water gentle or thundering roar great names for how long? Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

How about "thunder" for haiku and senryu theme today? Let's give it a swing

(i) haiku rumble in the sky portent of grand summer storm -- felt by creatures first (ii) senryu heavenly rumble portent of awesome future if you don't mind rain (iii) senryu heavenly rumble God speaks in warning and love welcome His showers Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

Adding this poem I wrote today for my best friends here. Guess the form??

A Certain Slant of Sadness Notwithstanding a certain slant of sadness Wanting more connections without and within Before long I lose myself in a certain gladness Returning to ponder instances of human madness From follies of love to accumulations of sin Notwithstanding a certain slant of sadness... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

haiku & senryu.THEME: eagles.WELCOME all; clicks returned w. interest

(i)haiku majestic raptors strike terror under wingspans so tender with chicks (ii)senryu majestic banners Mexico, America... God bless all of US Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 22, 2006

NEW THEME COMES EARLY--by democratic persuasion (Dave for PREZ!)

THE THEME FOR TODAY IS SNAKES--ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN WHIP IT AROUND -I submit one haiku and two senryu: i hissing in the grass a tangle of worms writ large spring fever for snakes ii serpent without limbs a mind slithering away now far-off myths live iii serpent without voice a myth slithering away... Sign in to see full entry.

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Here come the spiders; but wait (pl don't RUN)-it's R new haiku theme

tarantula e y e s blaze good mornings through seasons slender threads of love Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Let's get the DIRT on the road: haiku THEME tonight is soil/earth/dirt

By unanimous request and suggestions from previous lifetimes, the theme has to do with soil (Good Earth, thanks Pearl Buck). the names we call you substratum of all life -bowl for rain and flowers Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

haiku on "BEARS" theme for all; senryu (SENl'ry-o) for Corbin Dallas

i. haiku on bears deep quiet of winter bears embrace earth deep in caves one at fishing hole ii. senryu out of darkness - fires- one end of earth is burning: camper sees sunrise Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

CLOUDS is the theme for two items: an haiku and a senryu (See differences?)

Shalom my pretty pennies, peonies and penny-wise, pound-foolish bloggers: 1. haiku in the right season water, fire, sounds converge on high for earth flowers 2. senryu childhood again, I carve monuments in the sky playing art of war (c)Ypun Deo Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

NECTAR is the theme; nature and haiku for world peace!!

honeycombed lives, deaths civilization flowers peace-work is nectar (c) Neil Ypun Deo Sign in to see full entry.

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