100 things... the raw haikus
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herumtreiberThere's a scene I love in Umberto Eco's Foucault's pendulum: the Milanese editor, Jacopo Belbo, and his friend Casaubon are weaving plots from wacky manuscripts. They decide to feed random lines into an archaic word processor, print the results and pour over them. They are struck by the repetitions and patterns, eventually leading to their concocting even weirder plots.
When I write haikus, sometimes they come easy. Most of the time, though, I have to fiddle with them: search new words, take care of the number of syllables, adjust the imagery and so on. I write them on notepad, and sometimes I don't erase the lines. At times I have trouble deciding which version to post.
So here are some haikus in raw form.
Warning for 2 suggestive lines.
--
DRARRY
garlands wrapped around
Hunger haunts Harry,
He eyes greedily,
tonight he hungers,
harry's green eyes gleam,
green eyes gleam with want,
popcorn garlands hug Dray's neck,
Christmas begins here.
-----
your disdain chills me,
on frosty nights without you,
cold tears bite my face.
Incendio fails,
on frosty nights without warmth,
the hearth awaits you.
cold grips my heart.
tergeo won't do
on frosty nights without you,
tears frost up my cheeks
ice cakes up in the window,
tears frost up my cheeks.
frosty nights without you,
-----
Worlds shimmer between,
The barrier shimmers
Samhain's ghosts witness,
lustful Seekers mate wildly,
worlds melt in between.
Samhain's ghosts witness,
lustful Seekers mate wildly
harry sheathes his blond lover,
the pliant Seekers joining,
worlds melt in between.
Samhain's ghosts
Barriers melt away,
Draco and
lube drizzles thick like juice
lube thick like syrup,
The Baron's shade growls,
Halloween feels cold
the Baron shimmers,
covers them in ruby blood,
----
he swishes the wand,
hawthorn heals the wounds.
brings them togheter.
The wand knows
pliant hawthorn wood,
healing magic wisely picks,
Draco's match in love.
----
Blond hair lures him on
Blond shimmers lure him,
Blond glints to Harry,
The magic of the second moon
Blond hair lures him on,
chased inside silver cauldrons,
the blue moon brews clouds.
Blond hair lures him on,
chased inside silver cauldrons,
clouds brewed by the moon.
Clouds shroud the blue moon,
----
--
TWILIGHT
brown leaves drift away,
Fall is the chilly river,
Fall is the lonesome river,
your arms are summer
the boys of summer
dried leaves float away,
Fall is a fleeting river,
your arms are summer
.
Reflections after the fall
in the sunless river i dwell
Despair punctuated my days,
until the moment I found you
it shapes the nature of springs
the blood color of fall draped my days,
my song was but a muted affair
until your heart lent it the strings
---
conquered my despair
in this muted and lourde existence
your discordant notes I heard
in this muted symphony with no strings
your warmth is my eternal summer
and in the prison of your arms
i found the key to eternity
the flower is time's glory
youre the key to eternity
I saw dried leaves borne by the current,
life sank to essential matter,
ephemeral limbs once poised gallant,
drifting slowly on the water.
The tired seasons are a reminder,
time is the master with no shape,
yoking me to this lonely venture,
weary vigils I can't escape.
Memories bitter upon my tongue,
the places shrouded in sharp pain,
people I once loved vanish unsung,
my tears sheds instead the cold rain.
The blood-red autumn colored my days,
my song but a muted affair,
I found summer inside your wild gaze,
your swagger became my fanfare.
Your mortality begged me to stay,
taste the lust of bodies enmeshed,
ineffable bloom of this foreplay,
and pleasure of our love enfleshed.
Your wolfish smile has the ageless grace,
holds the key to eternity,
and in the prison of your embrace,
your hands defeat time easily.
----------
sink on the cold river
your arms hold summer
transient currents
sink on the fretting river,
you hold summer warmth.
the transient river frets by,
your arms hold summer
transient river
on the river's transient currents,
the quilayute river frets
the Quilayute holds griefs,
your arms endless summer
the river carries regrets and
like love that seemed eternal,
wolf and vamp kiss
the ineffable bloom of the flower,
the taste of pleasurable love fleshed
and taste the pleasures of the flesh
the ineffable bloom of the flower,
the joy of bodies that yearn to mesh.
Turquoise trance
Jake swims in cool bliss,
water caresses his nape,
Ed cradles his dreams.
The colors of fall
At dusk shadows merge,
Autumn
russet leaves hide wolf turned man,
hunting his vampire.
Fall hunting
Shadows merge at dusk,
autumn leaves hide wolf turned man,
hunting his vampire.
When I write haikus, sometimes they come easy. Most of the time, though, I have to fiddle with them: search new words, take care of the number of syllables, adjust the imagery and so on. I write them on notepad, and sometimes I don't erase the lines. At times I have trouble deciding which version to post.
So here are some haikus in raw form.
Warning for 2 suggestive lines.
--
DRARRY
garlands wrapped around
Hunger haunts Harry,
He eyes greedily,
tonight he hungers,
harry's green eyes gleam,
green eyes gleam with want,
popcorn garlands hug Dray's neck,
Christmas begins here.
-----
your disdain chills me,
on frosty nights without you,
cold tears bite my face.
Incendio fails,
on frosty nights without warmth,
the hearth awaits you.
cold grips my heart.
tergeo won't do
on frosty nights without you,
tears frost up my cheeks
ice cakes up in the window,
tears frost up my cheeks.
frosty nights without you,
-----
Worlds shimmer between,
The barrier shimmers
Samhain's ghosts witness,
lustful Seekers mate wildly,
worlds melt in between.
Samhain's ghosts witness,
lustful Seekers mate wildly
harry sheathes his blond lover,
the pliant Seekers joining,
worlds melt in between.
Samhain's ghosts
Barriers melt away,
Draco and
lube drizzles thick like juice
lube thick like syrup,
The Baron's shade growls,
Halloween feels cold
the Baron shimmers,
covers them in ruby blood,
----
he swishes the wand,
hawthorn heals the wounds.
brings them togheter.
The wand knows
pliant hawthorn wood,
healing magic wisely picks,
Draco's match in love.
----
Blond hair lures him on
Blond shimmers lure him,
Blond glints to Harry,
The magic of the second moon
Blond hair lures him on,
chased inside silver cauldrons,
the blue moon brews clouds.
Blond hair lures him on,
chased inside silver cauldrons,
clouds brewed by the moon.
Clouds shroud the blue moon,
----
--
TWILIGHT
brown leaves drift away,
Fall is the chilly river,
Fall is the lonesome river,
your arms are summer
the boys of summer
dried leaves float away,
Fall is a fleeting river,
your arms are summer
.
Reflections after the fall
in the sunless river i dwell
Despair punctuated my days,
until the moment I found you
it shapes the nature of springs
the blood color of fall draped my days,
my song was but a muted affair
until your heart lent it the strings
---
conquered my despair
in this muted and lourde existence
your discordant notes I heard
in this muted symphony with no strings
your warmth is my eternal summer
and in the prison of your arms
i found the key to eternity
the flower is time's glory
youre the key to eternity
I saw dried leaves borne by the current,
life sank to essential matter,
ephemeral limbs once poised gallant,
drifting slowly on the water.
The tired seasons are a reminder,
time is the master with no shape,
yoking me to this lonely venture,
weary vigils I can't escape.
Memories bitter upon my tongue,
the places shrouded in sharp pain,
people I once loved vanish unsung,
my tears sheds instead the cold rain.
The blood-red autumn colored my days,
my song but a muted affair,
I found summer inside your wild gaze,
your swagger became my fanfare.
Your mortality begged me to stay,
taste the lust of bodies enmeshed,
ineffable bloom of this foreplay,
and pleasure of our love enfleshed.
Your wolfish smile has the ageless grace,
holds the key to eternity,
and in the prison of your embrace,
your hands defeat time easily.
----------
sink on the cold river
your arms hold summer
transient currents
sink on the fretting river,
you hold summer warmth.
the transient river frets by,
your arms hold summer
transient river
on the river's transient currents,
the quilayute river frets
the Quilayute holds griefs,
your arms endless summer
the river carries regrets and
like love that seemed eternal,
wolf and vamp kiss
the ineffable bloom of the flower,
the taste of pleasurable love fleshed
and taste the pleasures of the flesh
the ineffable bloom of the flower,
the joy of bodies that yearn to mesh.
Turquoise trance
Jake swims in cool bliss,
water caresses his nape,
Ed cradles his dreams.
The colors of fall
At dusk shadows merge,
Autumn
russet leaves hide wolf turned man,
hunting his vampire.
Fall hunting
Shadows merge at dusk,
autumn leaves hide wolf turned man,
hunting his vampire.
