Haikus, Senryus and Tankas

By Alchemist


-TENDING THE GARDEN-

Poetry tasting
From garden to the market,
Fresh foods and wild fruits





-CHARCOAL DOVES-

No olive branches
While harnessing deceivers
In flood and in drought





-SUCCULENCE-

Sapien shame by
Sapling slithering serpents,
Sinful sustenance





-PAPER HEARTS & EAR DRUMS-

If you could paint sounds
Taste joy, would you stay silent
Or start weeping scars





-SHEDDING GODS-

Souls transcend and blend
Brave and strong with flesh and bone,
Lilith's son is born.





-MIND, BODY, WEATHER & SOUL-

Souls elope with minds
Thought forecasting a brainstorm
To erode heart mines





-CoNVeRGe-

Bio-aura twine
It's the push that makes you move,
All paths lead to one
 




-WATERED DOWN PHOENIX-

We shall bathe in ash
When the blood, sweat and tears flood,
No fire bird reborn.

   



-THE GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS-

Blue ridges brush clouds
Autumn leaves pastels surround,
Fir tree scented grounds.





-SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST-

Has evolution
Made chaotic energy,
Creatures of habit.





-WINTER BRANCHES-

Against Winter skies
Trees look like Van Gogh sketches,
Tickle the heavens. 




 
-CURVES LIKE NATURE-

I love tree thick thighs
Epic Rolling hills on chest,
And a mountain ass.  





-SOCIAL SMOKER-

A social smoker
I Can't keep blunts on the shelf,
I Chat with myself.





-WATERING HOLE-

Life a wishing well
Flow with no fountain of youth,
Death a pissing well.

 



-HOLY HUMAN TORCH-

All I want to do
Is use God as my weapon,
And I shall shoot fire.  





-ELECTRIC BLOODSHED-

Father Time our God
Corrosion our contagion,
Glitch the Grim Reaper.   

 



-LURKING-

What's seen, need not fear
Masters of the shadow trade,
What's unseen, beware. 

 



-BLACK HOLE-

Energy inverts
Gravity traps at light speed,
Singularity
 




-ANCIENT HELLKITE-

Dragon's breath, burnt crops
Ruby and gold shine from scales,
Flames nourish the land.





-S & M-

Sex like a dungeon
You want me to torture you,
'Till essence bleeds through.





-A KISS TO REMEMBER-

Remember my kiss
Like it's the last love letter
From a war hero





-NEWBORN MUSIC-

I was the CD,
Your Mom was the stereo
And you're our music





-THE SUN-
   
           (1)
DJ of the farm,
The center of the party
Burns the night away

*
           (2)
Dances with shadows,
Lighthouse of the Milky Way,
Windows into life

*
           (3)
With a father's strength
And a mother's warming arms,
Sibling of the stars





-RAIN-

            (1)
Servants of the storm,
Muse of the wood's babbling brooks
Yearning to be floods

*
            (2)
Tears of the heavens
Sent to nurture our nature,
Prosperity ponds

*
            (3)
Musical tantrums
Sings the rivers and oceans,
Grey clouds play their drums





-HEAT WAVES-

             (1)
Sunburns sting like wasps,
Wasabi and hot sauce plants
Pepper the landscape

*
             (2)
Electric blue skies
Bold and radiant green leaves
Fight with summer's heat

*
            (3)
Asphalt cooks bare feet
Melting tides of optic air,
Ice cream cone daydreams

*
            (4)
Humidity boils
Tans your skin and squints your eyes,
Sun rays paint the skies





-Decadence-

A coin for your thoughts
In this decadent culture
Is that all they're worth

*

-DEKADANZE-

Words are in my brush
The world is my paper wall
I speak graffiti





-PARAMOUNT PHANTOM PARAMETERS-

Life is pseudo truths
Equations of existence
Is tangible real
Who conversated the void
That there's something in abyss





 -SONG BIRDS OF PREY-

Red, blue and yellow
Melodies alluring prey
Arch wrath of talons
Guts flung as they harmonize
Like Sirens graceful in air


(These last 2 Haikus are Tanka Haiku which have two extra 7 syllable lines)




 

The Heirs (A story in Haiku)



(Preface in Senryu)
-THE POLLUTED HEIRS-

Stunted growth of gods
Man and machine and star lords
All lose toxic wars


********************************************************************************


Chaper 1:
-HEIRS TO THE WASTELAND-

When guide stones decode
Computerized treasure vaults
Pearls to stars pilfer



Chapter 2:
-AROMA OF THE HEIRS-

When jasmine's fragrance
Embeds greasy robotics
Lavander awakes



Chapter 3:
-HEIRS RECLAIM THE MOUNTAINS-

Oceans battle hills
Civil war of river lands
Waterfall freedom



Chapter 4:
-PARADISE OF THE HEIRS-

Volcano passions
In island sanctuaries
Desert solitude


********************************************************************************


(Prologue in Tanka)
-TENACIOUS HEIRS-

Hybrid and spliced
Druids transform genetics
Seeds are sent to space
Astral deities surf
To a new season's welfare



-TERRAFORM HEIRS-

Planets are planted
With fertile landscapes and air
But roots get greedy
Poison ivy and fly traps
Chemical bombs and land mines



-HEIRS TO THE CIRCLE OF LIFE-

Cemetery rites
Survival of the fittest
Natural order
Now blood flows from barren bark
And a new world's soul is bone




 

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Copyright 2012 Alchemist
Published on Thursday, May 17, 2012.     Filed under: "Haiku" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: The first Haiku out of "The Sun" trio is one of the sweetest things I've ever read, and "Decadence" is surprisingly thought-provoking for such a small amount of syllables. Lovely collection, many thanks for sharing (:

  • Nehema On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Nehema (962)By person wrote:

    A wonderful collection, my favorites were the RAIN haikus. I had to come back a couple times to read them all, I hate rushing through work, I'm glad I did. Thanks for sharing, much enjoy the way you communicate your art - XXOO Scholar

  • Bashost On Friday, May 17, 2013, Bashost (24)By person wrote:

    Wow, Amazing collection. I especially like the tanka(s) you posted. Heirs To The Circle Of Life was my favorite. Its awesome to see good haiku on this site. Amazing work.

  • A former member wrote: These are amazing...all of them. I espcially love 'A Kiss to Remember' and 'Newborn Music.' I love reading and writing haikus/senyrus...the process of stripping down to the barebones and really examining your thoughts/feelings to fit it into such a small space. It's like therapy for me...except it's free and healthier than xanax. Thank you for sharing these, I enjoyed the read. :)

  • dumbone On Friday, May 18, 2012, dumbone (63)By person wrote:

    quite a collection, i liked it very much

  • Devilish On Thursday, May 17, 2012, Devilish (2662)By person wrote:

    Ok well I wasn't expecting this .. I love it.. and wow..lol. thankx for the shock value of such a indepth haiku. Scholar

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