26 votes

a haiku

Posted by gpl
Tags: poetry, original content, poem, haikus

a summer evening
the sky cloudlessly nodding
frescoed in sherbert

12 comments

  1. ShamedSalmon
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    This is great! I have a senryu for you:

    This is great!

    I have a senryu for you:

    On a warm, clear night,
    The children are exhausted.
    Doze off to TV.

    11 votes
  2. [6]
    TaylorSwiftsPickles
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    On a thursday night locked in a bedrock prison tildes minecraft died
    On a thursday night
locked in a bedrock prison
tildes minecraft died
    8 votes
    1. [2]
      GravySleeve
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      Watching fireworks. Waiting for the world to end. We'll start again soon.

      Watching fireworks.
      Waiting for the world to end.
      We'll start again soon.

      6 votes
      1. ShamedSalmon
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        Months pass by quickly
        As I forget my short loss.
        One day, "new update!"

        5 votes
    2. [3]
      ThrowdoBaggins
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      Oh interesting, this has me thinking that you pronounce “tildes” with two syllables? I suppose I’ve never really thought about it because it’s always written, but I think I pronounce it as one...

      Oh interesting, this has me thinking that you pronounce “tildes” with two syllables? I suppose I’ve never really thought about it because it’s always written, but I think I pronounce it as one syllable?

      1 vote
      1. gpl
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        There was a thread on this way back when, and it seems like there is some variation. I tend to say "till-days", so two syllables.

        There was a thread on this way back when, and it seems like there is some variation. I tend to say "till-days", so two syllables.

        1 vote
      2. TaylorSwiftsPickles
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        Tilde, an old word I say [ˈtɪl.dəs̺] - you do not English be like that

        Tilde, an old word
        I say [ˈtɪl.dəs̺] - you do not
        English be like that

        1 vote
  3. [2]
    EarlyWords
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    When my daughter was born: Who will hold you on The mountain tops when the wind Starts to blow? I will

    When my daughter was born:

    Who will hold you on
    The mountain tops when the wind
    Starts to blow? I will

    8 votes
    1. ShamedSalmon
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      Kicking, pattering,
      Little ones in the back seat;
      Too soon, they will drive.

      7 votes
  4. [3]
    first-must-burn
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    With apologies, this is where my brain went: a summer evening the kids tiredly nodding frescoed in sherbet

    With apologies, this is where my brain went:

    a summer evening
    the kids tiredly nodding
    frescoed in sherbet

    2 votes
    1. gpl
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      I love that this works just as well!

      I love that this works just as well!

      3 votes
    2. ShamedSalmon
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      Laughing tots plop down,
      Lost in a succulent dish.
      Satisfied silence.

      2 votes