PoetryAssignment.com » Haiku http://poetryassignment.com { clever words go here } Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:02:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Your Fault http://poetryassignment.com/2010/02/your-fault/ http://poetryassignment.com/2010/02/your-fault/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:05:39 +0000 Heather http://poetryassignment.com/?p=748 Changed mental vocab:
I used to think, “I hope.” Now?
I think, “I can’t wait.”

]]> http://poetryassignment.com/2010/02/your-fault/feed/ 0 This Old Year http://poetryassignment.com/2009/12/this-old-year/ http://poetryassignment.com/2009/12/this-old-year/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:45:31 +0000 Heather http://poetryassignment.com/?p=709 No fireworks, please
This one should go quietly,
alone in its sleep

]]> http://poetryassignment.com/2009/12/this-old-year/feed/ 0 A scary Halloween for some. http://poetryassignment.com/2009/10/a-scary-halloween-for-some/ http://poetryassignment.com/2009/10/a-scary-halloween-for-some/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:33:06 +0000 JessAnn http://poetryassignment.com/?p=659 I pressed the button
On the treadmill and began
Walking on the belt.

Exercise wasn’t
My personal forte, but
I took no chances.

My ulitmate fear
Was that my head would be way
Too fat for my mask.

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Of no stature and no deed.
His words shall be mocked.

]]> http://poetryassignment.com/2009/10/impress-me/feed/ 0 hanging on your words http://poetryassignment.com/2009/10/hanging-on-your-words/ http://poetryassignment.com/2009/10/hanging-on-your-words/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:07:52 +0000 Miriam http://poetryassignment.com/?p=645 dangling by a thread
words tumbling off the edge of
the blank autumn sky

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New rule: the heart is a limb.
That would explain it.

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must grow dark and rain sometimes
or the world would die

]]> http://poetryassignment.com/2009/09/why-its-okay/feed/ 1 Invitation http://poetryassignment.com/2009/09/invitation/ http://poetryassignment.com/2009/09/invitation/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:35:38 +0000 Heather http://poetryassignment.com/?p=618 I invite you, though
the road narrows as it winds:
will you walk with me?

]]> http://poetryassignment.com/2009/09/invitation/feed/ 0 Predator http://poetryassignment.com/2009/09/predator-2/ http://poetryassignment.com/2009/09/predator-2/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:17:46 +0000 piaveleno http://poetryassignment.com/?p=609 Blinded in darkness
A tiny sound reveals prey
Run, you are hunted

]]> http://poetryassignment.com/2009/09/predator-2/feed/ 0 Blackest Night, a haiku http://poetryassignment.com/2009/08/blackest-night-a-haiku/ http://poetryassignment.com/2009/08/blackest-night-a-haiku/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:23:15 +0000 Heather http://poetryassignment.com/?p=596 The true prophecy:
Hal will wear every color.
Can’t wait for violet!

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