The Infinite Haiku

[Geoffrey]

MyMichelle wrote:
>Anne, come back, I miss your elegance


listen, what this intellectual graveyard needs is eloquence, not elegance. let anne go, as far as her broomstick will take her. i am closing down this thread as of now. it did nothing to represent the inspiring writing talent of leonard cohen, and it is a crime against him to have his name associated with such brainless tripe. please respect my wishes and make NO FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS to this haiku.

[anneporter]

Practice equanimity, Geoffrey. It will be good for your heart.

[Violet]

... okay.. I am now officially confused with this thread and/or people/person dynamic...

Anne and Lizzy... or just Anne in this instance.. I don't think that either Harry or Geoffrey should keep you from continuing with this thread... conflicts will arise.. but then things settle down again.. it's in the nature of anything that's infinite (I would think)... Harry, as most know, is a Lord M. amalgam... and sometimes he is quite sharp, and sometimes he is quite funny (or both, actually), you have to give him that, at least.. even if a lot of his stuff is in poor taste.. (and at times mean spirited seeming Harry.. you should work on that, if you return, that is) (or am I wrong about that part?).. And Geoffrey.. well Geoffrey is our resident conundrum.. or koan for us to contemplate.. he is multifaceted, and not all that easy to pin down.. as such, he is a persona worth observing, since who knows what he will come up with next.. (though one hopes he really has quit watching us, however.. but I won't dredge that up again for the moment)...

... so.. I know we sort of got into this a bit yesterday (Lizzy).. but I'm still a bit puzzled as to what the problem is.. (?)... different strokes as they say.. and that adds to this weird thread I thought..

v i o l e t

[MyMichelle]

humour is the theme
criticism, backbiters
bullies, will it change?


~Anne, you have more elegance and eloquence than most people I know, and those traits are something to be very proud of

[Marisha]

Practice equanimity, Geoffrey. It will be good for your heart.

practice admitting your mistakes, anne. It will be good for your soul. Find the courage to explain that you misread the haiku that prompted your goodbye. you will be a bigger person for doing so. although that may involve you buying new clothes, it will probably be a thrilling experience to own up to your mistake.

of course if you can't find the integrity or courage then that will make you a smaller person and you will still have to buy new clothes.

so there we are anneporter, the choice is yours, and I don't mean to either waffle or ignore. I mean the choice is yours to do the right thing or the wrong thing.

here are the 3 haiku again. this will make it easier for you to deal with the persistent question about your integrity

IF wrote
and scarfed brussels sprouts?
Kneel Harry, discipline for
doggerel is yours

Harry followed
doggerel is yours
catapult mine, animal
perversion is ours

anneporter sulked
"Perversion is ours."
I can't run no more with this
tasteless crowd....Good-bye


what do you say, anne? and see if you can get your answer in before suzanneorange and MyMichelle rush to give their objective views on this particular point.

[anneporter]

"tasteless crowd" is the key phrase, there, dear Lord of a Thousand Names (but only one personality.)

[Marisha]

"tasteless crowd" is the key phrase, there, dear Lord of a Thousand Names (but only one personality.)

see if you can overcome your issues about names (google Shakespeare and rose perhaps) and explain if you wish why that particular haiku led to your departure. where was the tastelessness in playing with "dog" and "cat" in that context?

Hopefully, you are not so far away from admitting that stereotyping a person led to your blunder. or was your departure because of the sexual overtones in IF's haiku one before? I think I am right in saying IF is a woman (we have never spoken) and maybe blaming her would cause gender problems for you?

[MyMichelle]

bullies, will it change?
fight fight fight ye buggers fight
WHERE IS THE HAIKU???

[Marisha]

no guts.

[Alexandra Scarlet]

Where is the haiku
that's just what I'd like to know ...
I'll move to Japan

[Marisha]

Where is the haiku
that's just what I'd like to know ...
I'll move to Japan

I'll move to Japan
three China, four Austria,
five back to my bridge


(anneporter says goodbye again as she detects sexual innuendo, bridge being the body shape of consenting adults having sex, the tasteless crowd)

[lizzytysh]

I'll move to Japan
haiku... humour optional
mistakes not a crime

[Marisha]

I'll move to Japan
haiku... humour optional
mistakes not a crime

what "mistakes" do you mean? not following my haiku now but doing your own instead, you flooding the forum yesterday, or the one that anneporter can't apologise for?

[redstudio]

" Animal perversion" isn't that the issue here? I can't think of one instance in which bestiality is tasteful. That's what I thought Harry meant. How can Anne be wrong in thinking a reference to bestiality is tasteless? Don't tell me I'm the one with the dirty mind for thinking of it. How about we all stop the personal attacks on this thread and carry on with respect for all.

[Marisha]

" Animal perversion" isn't that the issue here? I can't think of one instance in which bestiality is tasteful. That's what I thought Harry meant. How can Anne be wrong in thinking a reference to bestiality is tasteless? Don't tell me I'm the one with the dirty mind for thinking of it. How about we all stop the personal attacks on this thread and carry on with respect for all.

oh, grow up.

the "perversion" was the use of the word "dog" within "doggerel" and "cat" within "catapult". you probably don't have dirty mind just a dull puritan's mind.

your post is wholly disrespectful for not listening to the explanation repeatedly given.

it doesn't become a "reference to bestiality" just because anne missed the point. how's Senator McCarthy doing these days? boy, you must miss him something rotten..