orang37 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 let us celebrate surviving this season even if the words of Borges have a slightly bitter taste now: "Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one’s art. One must accept it. For this reason I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so." Jorge Borges, essay: "On Blindness." ~ so much beauty here, even when the air i breathe murders me slowly ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 ~' such heavy silence, heavy as the nits of dust weighing down the air ~ ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 early burn this year 'cause March will be illegal choke on lawful smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 What to do - Grin and bear it - Or endless Moaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Acceptance - Better than Battle - Soothes the Soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 ~ to hear my own cough echoed by the multitude: i don't feel better ~ ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 11 hours ago, canthai55 said: What to do - Grin and bear it - Or endless Moaning I moan endlessly because you have no idea of haiku structure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedey Pablo Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Cloud brown sunless sky, ashes fall on slick gray lanes. Scratching street dog coughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesage Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Breathing in clean air In a cold distant elsewhere. Still wish I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChouDoufu Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puukao Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 too lazy to see the parameters of a Haiku..... but i'll try something. damp wet lifeless soul darker than any black death only wants a hug OMG...i give up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, puukao said: too lazy to see the parameters of a Haiku..... but i'll try something. damp wet lifeless soul darker than any black death only wants a hug OMG...i give up You have potential. It's a shame you are too lazy to learn 5-7-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 3 hours ago, amexpat said: You have potential. It's a shame you are too lazy to learn 5-7-5. I should say: five syllables line seven more on the second five more like line one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 ~ how to die today ? by breathing, or, not breathing ? that's not a question ~ ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Don't winge over fate The pollution just won't wait Learn to live with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 2/16/2019 at 10:13 PM, amexpat said: I moan endlessly because you have no idea of haiku structure Nit Picking Falang If not the Weather pick another Endless Twaddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 you don't know the rules then better not play the game we enjoy ourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Enjoyment for me Some get it some do not The human condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 ~ being creative: is that the best way to cure burning month's malaise ? ~ ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, canthai55 said: Enjoyment for me Some get it some do not The human condition You're getting closer. Keep trying. Move one syllable from the last line to the second and you are there. More fun than bitching about moaning, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante99 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 oh my smoky sky wind today so blue again smiles all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Dante99 said: oh my smoky sky wind today so blue again smiles all around I see you are using the Thai pronunciation: 'sa-miles'. Clever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill97 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I see you are using the Thai pronunciation: 'sa-miles'. Clever! I hear it as ‘sa-mai’Sent from my iPod touch using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luk AJ Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Is it fog or smog?Not clear in the morning skyChildren wonder why..Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puwa Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Under a red sky Hansum man cries out again White mask smells of gin *** A new infection? Don't blame the Loi Kroh princess For your ears, nose, throat *** Exchange rates crumble Mountainsides glow orange yet Still the Brits won't leave *** Outdoors, world burning Indoors, he looks for a way To blame the ex-wife *** The air is horrid And the natives are obscene But bum gun works well *** Brand new white face mask Gleaming like trousers on an Immigration cop *** Prodigious nose hair Does not filter particles No matter how thick *** At last we have found A universal language Cough, wheeze, sigh, repeat *** When Songkran arrives Wet t-shirts along the moat Conquer smoke and haze *** Orang annoyed me Year after year, then one day He proposed haiku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 ~ mirrors say i'm "old:" the sky says i can't breathe, now; did i ask for this ? ~ ~0:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 @Puwa I think, Sir, you have pulled ahead of the pack with this virtuoso recital ! cheers, ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I Don't Care if it Rains or Freezes Long as I got my Plastic Jesus Sitting on the Dashboard of my Car Math never a strong suit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puukao Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 7:45 PM, amexpat said: You have potential. It's a shame you are too lazy to learn 5-7-5. i will learn!!!! Thank you. I'll be back with a new attempt. lol. ok, five minutes later after looking at youtube... --------------------------- Hell, unseen bad friend Hand unseen in daylight death devil in my eyes -------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 ~ just try to get by devils in the air without some dirty thoughts ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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