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A Verse

jaishankar @Shivram59 (50154) • India 19h

A little while ago I was thinking about posting a discussion, but I had no idea. Suddenly I reminded having seen an interesting verse that a truck driver had written on the rear side of his truck. The verse was in Hindi. Here I'm...

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Poem Peeping Out Of The Closet

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 11 Sep 23

PEEPING OUT OF THE CLOSET I asked myself if I might be gay But I'm hetero in a queer sort of way. I quit browsing the Littlewood's bikini page To check out the men considered all the rage In their tight fit Speedo swim...

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Haiku For Early August 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Aug 23

The first one is actually a pair of Haikus written to mark the anniversary of the atom bomb attacks on Japan in 1945. 1/. Hiroshima Day The day humanity died Evolution fails (Written on the 6th August, anniversary of the...

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Haiku For 6th August 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 Aug 23

1/. Join the yellow side Sith War Jedi deserters Force is weak with us Spoofing Star Wars where every Jedi seems to be great at the job 2/. Ate more humble pie Than you did, I'm down to Earth I have no ego. I have met...

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My first Haiku for August 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Aug 23

1/. Aching to tell you Not referring to windows Pain - Have some, am one playing on the similar spelling of pain and pane 2/. Brittle state of mind Emmerich disaster film Meltdown in progress Comparing my life's...

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Todays Haiku 29th July 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 29 Jul 23

1/. Drawing the curtains On the windows to my soul By closing my eyes Just a play on the cliche of the eyes being windows to the soul 2/. My gnomes live indoors I have no garden flowers Still want them around Why do you...

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Todays Haiku 21st July 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Jul 23

1/. "I don't like football," Might as well juggle my poo Offends less people. Some people really find me not liking football too weird to cope with 2/. Cranium memo Stop trying to be funny Stick to poetry I often use...

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Even More Haiku Before You Read The Last Lot

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Jul 23

Two Haiku posts in a row from me, sorry. 1/. I don't do road trips Just Cul-De-Sac meanders Home In time For Tea I alwats like adventures I can get home from afterwards 2/. Alienated Despite being among friends Need books...

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On No Not More Haiku

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Jul 23

Yeah, here I go again 1/. Living the moment As fleeting as a mayfly I need much longer A sense that the now is too short to get fixated on 2/. Open mic poetry Don't read out many Haiku Harder to take in Audiences tend to...

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Haiku 18th July 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Jul 23

Another five Haiku pieces for your delight and eelectation. 1/. Phones in back pockets Great way to get them stolen Or crushed sitting down I see so many people walk round with their phones jutting out of their back pockets...

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Haiku Selection 17th July 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Jul 23

A few darker mooded ones today, which seems to happen more and more nowadays. 1/. A bouquet of weeds Giver expects my gratitude Time to prune down friends Reaction to cruelties masquerading as jokes that I'm somehow expected...

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A very encouraging story!

John nyambegera @thebos (5960) • Kisumu, Kenya 25 Jun 23

Hello I hope you are fine. Today I just remembered of a story which I read on a Christians magazine which was talking about the Gospel and how we should spread it. It was all about a young boy of 8 who always went to church...

gospel

boy

verse

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Poem Interrupted

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Jun 21

Interrupted Tangent taking pedant hijacking talk, Bullying you right off the playing field So often that you feel he’s out to stalk Your every attempt to socialize Taking conversation down a new path Just as a beaver dam...

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Date Poem: Wednesday, June Sixteenth, Two Thousand And Twenty One

Stacey @xstitcher (39015) • Petaluma, California 19 Jun 21

What should I write? Just a Silly little verse? There isn't the kind of Talent in me to write A sonnet--but Lord, I can use The gift You gave to write what an Outstanding Heavenly Father You are. © Stacey Uffelman 6-19-21

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Poem Sulphuric Water

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 May 21

Sulphuric Water Acid rain, killing the trees in Finland Needn’t bother me in England, I thought Until I felt raindrops burning my hand . Holes in my brolly told me I’d been caught In much worse than the average shower. Water of...

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Haiku 8th April 2021

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Apr 21

Some of my Haiku - Basho was a famous Japanese Haiku writer. 1/. Reading the master Basho, Shakespeare of Haiku Never be that good 2/. Cancer, not Covid Unsure which one is worse Had the former C 3/. Eighteenth syllable No...

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The Awful Grace of God.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 28 May 20

Today, I heard again that line - 'awful grace of God.' It was written by a Greek tragedian called Aeschylus. The complete line goes - "He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop...

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Poem Crazy Like A What

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Mar 19

Crazy Like A What? Who do you think you are calling crazy? I was smart enough to catch your chickens. Clever, crafty, cunning, cruel, but not lazy, Mad, insane, or cuckoo. What the dickens Possessed you to question my reason,...

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i made a verse just now!

wanghui @wanghui (894) • China 22 Feb 19

i made a verse just now,do you like it ? it is: younger just care the scenery and the light of moon. joke said:if we have a baby,whose eyebrow she would resemble,mother or father? today ,she have already...

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Haiku 19th January 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Jan 19

1/. Quiet pub Thursday Warm happy feeling inside Bus calls last orders 2/. Other diners choose Better orders than I pick I taste jealousy 3/. All holy silence Shattered by ring tone madness In Pearly Gate queue 4/. For...

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