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Posted by: JustDaniel Jul 20 04, 14:11

Faux-ku is my own brain child, developed over a long time of playing with haiku and senryu. My Light, so to speak, dabbles in wit, and hopefully it has its place in haiku/senryu-type poetry. This form can have seriousness, but it will always be dressed in Light clothing.

(Just remember, these threads are for us to PRACTICE in! Let NO ONE suppose that I'm here to be a teacher. I AIN'T! But practicing in short forms, I believe, can improve one's ability in other forms, including Haiku. However, I AM the expert in faux-ku merely because it is my own baby! I'm willing to engage a tutor to bring it to maturity, if one is here and available to me.

Initial Samples:

high coop

foxy but chicken –
red hens turned into roosters
often high in trees

© Daniel J Ricketts 08 Dec 2002

out to launch

three nautical girls --
malled by low-price salers
during their noon break

© Daniel J Ricketts 08 Dec 2002

loud warning

red sails in sunset
clash crewedly once a blue moon;
mutin’ ears marooned

© Daniel J Ricketts 08 Dec 2002

stocking up down

white sales for son sets
precedent: Martha Stewart
fitted stock preferred

© Daniel J Ricketts 08 Dec 2002

dark fears

scared by Dad's visits?
at bottom had you been switched
to a light sleeper?

© Daniel J Ricketts 08 Dec 2002

sub lime pieces

you've run out?  blimey!
just cut up with ripe lemons
to post on our glass

© Daniel J Ricketts 10 Dec 2002

Now it's YOUR turn!

DeLightingly, Daniel 8)

P.S. One other concern... We reserve the responsibility to throw Sue out for several days at a time if she shows signs of addiction!

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 23 04, 16:05

blown aweigh in Bill-lows

president got cot
with print down... lying still,
sheets pillowed to wind

© M Lee Dickens’ son 23 Sept 2004

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 8 04, 06:40

a chant’s meeting

throat dried up in knots;
then, about to cry uncle,
had auntie phone  back

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 4 05, 06:25

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 4 05, 10:45

Here's the one I promised James with a bit o' hillbilly homor:

Posted by: Jox Feb 4 05, 11:11

LOL Daniel - thank you very much!

And all the others are most chucklesome, too.

Well done with your invention... have looked here before but these are very good. You should start a competition for the best to popularise this new form of yours - (no prizes) - just ku-dos.

Cheers and thanks, James.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 4 05, 11:45

Thank you James... and for the ku-dos suggestion too.  LOL

I'll tell you what: you may announce the comptetition yourself, with this as the come-on... if you like.  ( I don't know about doing such things! ):

Lightly, Daniel

Posted by: Toumai Feb 4 05, 12:39

Hi Daniel,

You're the king of the faux-ku, but I'll try

Fran

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 4 05, 13:59

Well, Fran, since I've yet to be paid for my faux-ku...

there will be NO-PRO TEST from me!

You've done absolutely perfectly! Now isn't that both fun and stretching?

Here's a follow-up for you:


Looking forward to more from your pen,

deLightedly, Daniel

Posted by: Jox Feb 4 05, 14:05

Hi Daniel... Can put an announcement about a contest if you don't mind judging the results?

If you are really intertested just let me have a closing date and number of entries per person allowed (and any other details you want) and we'll promo it.

James.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 4 05, 14:44

Hey, James...

I'll personally judge the contest and offer as a prize, a copy of the new literary journal: Mary Clark's (Poetic-Voices) Impressions... which is due out right soon.  How about three entries per person, and entries do by the close of our "Presidents' Day" Monday, 21 Feb... in time for George Washington's Birthday (Tuesday, 22 Feb) so that I can offer my judgment on his day: "I cannot tell a lie."

In anticipation of the event, let me offer this Revolutionary Retro piece:

slicing sLightly into the rough, Daniel  

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Feb 6 05, 06:53

Hi Daniel.

I just added three new 'awards' to MM yesterday in our FAQ forum.

In these 'practice and learning threads' here in Karnak we do not award prizes if a member seeks to initiate a challenge/contest, but we can start using one of the new awards if you'd like to pursue a contest here in this tile?

What do you think of this award below?

*New Greek Urn (formerly Mod Choice)

*Graphic provided by
http://www.ladydorothea125.net/CelticCastleDesigns.html

This award may be used for internal member challenges. Any member can initiate a challenge, state your rules, and choose a winner.

If you are interested, lay out your specific rules, start and end date and what you will be looking for and I will send a PM to the members.

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 29 05, 11:44

no faux-ku a ward

if you’d write a wrong
don’t lift a finger to aide;
biting it tinders

© MLee Dickens’son 29 March 2005

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 28 05, 13:49

milk weed ?

what made cow wander
in from her verdant meadow ?
was it smoking grass?

© Daniel J Ricketts 28 June 2005

Posted by: Toumai Jun 28 05, 14:50

Hi Daniel,  

What made cow wonder -
smoking grass leading to bull?
hey! a brisket joint?

*Rambles off - blame it on the thunder storms*

Fran

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 4 05, 05:44

Now how in the world did I miss that, Fran!?

Cute... now where is your TITLE?  


Here's another thought for you:

Posted by: Toumai Sep 4 05, 06:32

Hi Daniel, good to see you  :wave:

I'd forgotton all about that one (entirely inspired by yours, of course) ... shall ponder a title.

Like the comment on management, hehe.

Fran

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 4 05, 14:36

While you're thinking of a title, Fran, here's another faux-ku to stimulate you further:

eschewing the fat

noon facial hair trim
makes high protein wrap filler;
day-lite shavings thyme

© Daniel J Ricketts 02 Sept 2005

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 29 05, 11:07

heavy wait

ticked off, thanks given
hands encircled luscious food;
too many seconds

© MLee Dickens’son 29 Nov 2005

Posted by: Toumai Nov 29 05, 15:00

Hi Daniel

Clocking in again, lol? Good to see you  :cheer:

Fran

Posted by: Cybele Nov 30 05, 06:56

Hi Daniel,

Welcome back. Good to see you posting again. We've missed you.

ticked off, thanks given
hands encircled luscious food;
too many seconds

Sounds like the turkey wasn't the only one stuffed at Thanksgiving. ???

Posted by: circumsolar Nov 30 05, 09:05

hey, these are such fun to read! all that seriousness brain-bashing with 'to ku or not to ku - is that a question?' makes this a pleasant light relief. Have you ever visited the site called 5seven5? poems and replies all have to be in that form, but anything goes.

so, don't know how this'll match up to your hi standards, but here are a few taken and abused posts of mine:


let's do the time-warp again

this piece is unsure
of itself, of time, of space:
just a little warped


to a vanilla smoothie

i was with you, dude
till you went and ice ice'd me
baby, too retro


don't peak too soon, boy {grins}

have you a Sherpa
to guide your breathless ascent?
experience counts


p.m i.m m&m's alergy

this could be construed
as internet flirting, no?
nuts need not apply

Posted by: circumsolar Nov 30 05, 11:35

what a boor

the man's such a pig --
displays porcine niceties;
makes me quite bristle!


hello sailor

Pop-eye'd with tension
needs a little olive oil
plain good for the heart


hornblower

this blisterin' rash!
a question of sea-man-tics?
blast the scurvey dog!


chart-stopping

is Pythagoras
listed in Cook's World's who's who?
such a cutie pi

Posted by: circumsolar Nov 30 05, 11:39

oh dear oh dear oh dear

stags, hot 'n' horny
(but the doe's just such a moose! )
they're stuck in a rut



okay, i'll shaddup now. these are definitely addictive

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 5 05, 09:12

cot cold-handed

he's so licit...Ted
stand-in on the street - cornered
with too reddened chic s

Posted by: JustDaniel Apr 21 06, 10:27

web bloggers

melting in the sun
icicle ploops in puddle
onlooker ducks

Posted by: JustDaniel May 6 06, 14:28

fie night questin'

edgeless time flows on
taking up no space et al
will it ever rend?

Posted by: ohsteve May 7 06, 07:41

Tears Away

Candle in the wind
Smoke gets in, your eyes water
blown out of proportion

Posted by: ohsteve May 7 06, 07:44

costly smells

perfume drops on skin
odorus concoction smells fine
no lingering cents

Posted by: galoutofdixie Jun 2 06, 19:39

A form invented (and perfected?) by Daniel....this I cannot resist. What a good exercise this was too

here's my humble attempt at mastering faux-ku


Ghost Writer

Writers block was cured
by phantom words appearing;
shouldn't I be spooked?

Posted by: Toumai Jun 3 06, 02:01

Daniel started a fabulous idea here. I'd completely missed Steve's two - I must catch up more often.

One of the Brit broadsheet newspapers has a comp for "haiku" (yes, they admit that the def'n is not technically accurate, for any purists) that represents news matters.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/games/haiku/

Might be worth a go?

Fran

Posted by: JustDaniel Jul 26 06, 19:08

Hey, y'all...

Sorry I've not been about these parts. Don't want any of you to think I don't appreciate your pieces. Each one has a very good bite! Well-done!

Here's a bit of a stinker that occurred to me a couple of weeks ago:

a void flying

oversees hijack
scared everything out of him;
stays in continent


runnin' off sLightly, Daniel B)

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 21 06, 10:51

General Milling

Total employ meant
affirmative action clan
produced lively 'hood

© MLee Dickens'son 21 Aug 2006

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 25 07, 15:04

How about I celebrate a year away from this thread with something that I just discovered in the corners of my file ~ some of my earliest faux-ku:

bad vibes

concentric circles:
tattoo artist drew a bead
on his next victim.

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 10 Dec 2002}


all eyes

underground tube-ers
just sit and root for their star,
a veggie tater.

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 29 Nov 2002}


asp oration

Cleo’s craft blue last
up t’a Nile later; she’d lost
wind around the neck

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 11 Dec 2002}


blindly speaking

email address lists
(sent parenthetically)
will remain private

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 17 December 2002}


colored comments

it’s hard to couch words
- azure well a-wear, Priceless -
in envy-green pads

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 17 Dec 2002}


friend ships

a precious voyage
fellowship and sistership
sternly steered, by God

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 03 Feb 2003}


I m patient

I see you can’t hear;
be patient, or you’ll become one --
I hear you can’t see.

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 02 Feb 2003}


gossip’s fall

light breezes through trees,
unsettling tail-baring;
note whispering leaves

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 23 Feb 2003}


marely cloud?

drinking thunderheads
frolicking in whited fields;
mere ‘altered vision?

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 01 March 2003}


oh bleak!

kept by my bias,
from seeing right angles, I
die agon-ally

_{© Daniel J Ricketts 20 Dec 2002}

Posted by: JustDaniel May 2 12, 11:17

why-died

ever seed fear?
look at pupil die-laters
taken hostage

© MLee Dickens'son

Posted by: Larry May 3 12, 07:59

Hi Daniel, nice creation and lots of fun. Mind if I try?



Ho's stage is taken
Street corner lights a broad way
play is expensive

Posted by: JustDaniel May 3 12, 11:57

Good start, Larry.

Two suggestions:
1. Make TWO observations; one takes two lines and the other one (usually from just a slightly different perspective of the same event or entity) in one line. It doesn't matter whether the first one is in one or two lines, just so the second one is in two lines or one. Okay?

2. You need a TITLE also, and it must be or have a play on words as well. Unlike with traditional senryu or haiku, which have no title; faux-ku MUST have a title and it must contain a play on words.

perhaps something like this:

two bit parts

street hos' stage taken
where lights corner a broad way;
expensive play


Happy ho-ku-ing... deLightingly, Daniel

Posted by: Larry May 3 12, 13:17

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the info. I didn't put "street" on the first line because it was not contained in your last line (or does that matter in this thread?)

How about this title and revision.


curb appeal

ho's stage is taken.
street corner lights a broadway
play that"s expensive.


Larry

Posted by: JustDaniel May 7 12, 08:00

no mutter

if you've no mind
does it really matter?
take that stray pup's brain

Posted by: Larry May 10 12, 14:00

doggerel

abrade that stray pup!
add rice and various herbs,
pet a full stomach

Posted by: JustDaniel May 10 12, 17:24

no veggie tarryin'

pity full stomach
when yore obese;
in-fat-you-ate it

Posted by: Larry May 11 12, 14:55

sauce sages

in-sinew-weighted
fork casting piece full daze
spring is now waisted

Posted by: JustDaniel May 15 12, 09:06

cab age

hack's old vehicle
got an expensive paint job --
by taxi dermist

Posted by: Larry May 18 12, 09:01

re fused help

european queen
and aide were shocked by bare wires
die-electric poles

Posted by: JustDaniel Jul 25 12, 10:21

homespun compunction

ten puny, dry jokes
to whet his publisher's tongue;
no pun in ten did

© MLee Dickens'son 2012

Posted by: Larry Jul 30 12, 15:53

wry toast

opening tin did
make room where sardines mustard
a hero's welcome

Posted by: JustDaniel Jul 31 12, 09:33

naughty kinks

found old http://www.surreyknots.org.uk/igkt-knot-charts.htm
with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogshank at a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_paw_(knot)?
frayed knot

© MLee Dickens'son 2012


Links provided in case reader over-sits (does knot under-stand?)

Posted by: Larry Aug 14 12, 14:17

bird flu

the arctic tide knot
suffered from in continents
after a wrong tern.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 31 12, 02:01

all-men knack

weather rain or shine
volumes forecast yearly…
much ebon flow

© MLee Dickens’son 2012

Posted by: Larry Jan 3 13, 13:21

gnus sprint

“e”-land grays, wide planes,
aunt elopes, Rome, old war togs,
all fear the lyin’

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 4 13, 17:31

colostomy

gone those deep rumblings;
all old organs were removed
in the town’s churches

© MLee Dickens’son

Posted by: Larry Jan 8 13, 09:25

unharried

searchers in the town
did not find a wig maker...
no tress-passing sign

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 9 13, 12:03

it depends

no truss-pissing sign
springs your innate response:
is there foundation?

MLee Dickens'son 2013

Posted by: Larry Jan 11 13, 16:05

read is covered

shunned theories found
their way into science books
when they were proofread

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 8 13, 10:47

writer’s blah

used Nigh Quill ink
to slip a word in edgewise;
knew what parch meant

Posted by: Larry Feb 11 13, 10:55

seas own wood

what a new porch ment:
no more walking the old plank
more spring and less fall

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 11 13, 14:27

pillowing wrest

more fall lessons spring
from lighter feather down –
wind from the winter

Posted by: Larry Feb 12 13, 15:24

Ken-ya run

wounds from the winner
are pulled groin and stiff muscles
post-race, you’ll tense some

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 13 13, 15:33

50's art thou?

purchase you tinsels
to deco-rate your kitchen?
see how they pan out

Posted by: Larry Feb 13 13, 16:36

Joe’s Can-o-py

show that bed pan out
I’m hurt and bound but think there’s
a Poti-phar use

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 14 13, 16:20

grass-eating mammal

hippie potamus
is named Mary Jane Fog;
tip-toes through flowers

Posted by: Larry Feb 15 13, 10:26

can abyss

flower tops throw toes
into some strange dimensions
some are fanta-sized

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 15 13, 14:00

locks in fat you ate

fanta-size bottles
up our flabby noids;
rings of key tones

Posted by: Larry Feb 17 13, 00:32

harm a knee

tenors sing off key
quires of notes have no basis
a leg grows weary

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 17 13, 05:33

knight poop

a ledged warrior
falls over the cliff;
notes scat red be low

Posted by: Larry Feb 17 13, 12:08

coast lions

red-nosed cats bellow
some rode elands but most are
eating new poached gnus

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 21 13, 18:02

no un-tolled fine print

yeast of Newport News
the Bay-Bridge Tunnel rises;
congested buy lines

Posted by: Larry Feb 22 13, 00:48

blunt forced drama

cons jested by limns
in sentence cell abrasions
quiz in art mixtures

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 6 13, 09:05

no Euros to dullards

quiz-cycle misfits
don't get the prices right;
lost convert-table

Posted by: Larry Mar 6 13, 23:45

ent dogma

last convert able
to proselytize in tongues
oral doctor in

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 7 13, 00:21

whistlin' Dixie

diction airy
talking through one's teeth;
confederate tome

Posted by: Larry Mar 8 13, 00:12

de grade you ate

shredding a tome
bookworm larvae are hungry
dispersing gnawledge

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 12 13, 13:35

still underground

dispensed in gNawlins:
masticated swamp root-tea'n'
disc-tilled with cayenne

Posted by: Larry Mar 14 13, 10:27

what are foul

ducks filled with cayenne
are munched better with butter
and spicy quackers

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 14 13, 13:57

hid in a tire

does spy see crackers?
seasoned gumbo-shoe a-salts
white guise in Harlem

Posted by: Larry Mar 15 13, 14:08

some oaken shoes

wheeze guys, inhale ‘em;
coffin building to dim eyes
chews or take that dip

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 15 13, 19:00

dry eyes stopping

frozen token dip
in French Quarter fountain:
thigh à la mode

Posted by: Larry Mar 24 13, 10:28

bear-ly noticed

to hide a lame ode
write on grizzly forum walls
for cub web browsers

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 24 13, 12:32

itsy widow spied 'er

cob web browser
stalks for husky corn spiders;
female eats e-male

Posted by: Larry Mar 28 13, 11:14

call boy

fee male gets e-mail
from her effete in dull gents
if they jiggle low

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 28 13, 12:51

nonsuch sport

iffy jiggle low
while she's decked in moo moo'd;
jumped her mooning

Posted by: Larry Mar 28 13, 15:15

'e wrecked isle bed lam

her moaning junks your
concurrent satisfaction
ending tomb essence

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 29 13, 14:02

re sir-wreck shun

andiron tomb essence
raises rod from the dead;
heat steels the show

Posted by: Larry Apr 1 13, 22:46

deer camps

hart sleeps in the snow
without enough doe for warmth
racking up more points

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 3 14, 18:48

bottling up the glut

wracking up the pints
lessons the drinking blight;
new classes of quartz

Posted by: Larry Sep 4 14, 10:51

Dis-CERN-ing Humor

new glasses for quarks
helps them see the fun e-side
atom part tickles

Posted by: Alan Sep 7 14, 12:25

A TOM'S PARTS

A tom's testicles
are very worn at the seams
but his beauty calls

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 7 14, 19:01

Eye-full Cowards

booty calls are butts
looking for a difference
in personal sects

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 7 14, 19:48

some a cum laud

impersonal sects
erect private businesses;
rub sum the wrong way

Posted by: Larry Sep 8 14, 13:52

i spied 'er

some robbed the wrong whey.
has pissing off Miss Muffet
a curd to you yet?

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 8 14, 14:36

Posted by: Larry Sep 10 14, 16:33

Hi Daniel,

Thank you, glad you enjoyed.

Larry

Posted by: Alan Sep 11 14, 15:01

REGRETS

occured to you yet
you ignore best tune ever
I did it my whey

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 12 14, 13:49

Alan, faux-ku needs title!

Photo Oops!

my whey in the eye
laughing at the camera
Miss Muffet said "cheese"!

Posted by: Alan Sep 14 14, 02:12

STICKY PUDDING

Miss Muffet sniffed glue
she ingested more than planned
her lips are now sealed

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 15 14, 09:19

ads that subtract

slip sales in her news
to make her spend more money
read between lyings

Posted by: Alan Sep 15 14, 17:09

NOT A VIRGIN QUEEN

read all about it
how Hill wants to wear trousers
but in the White House

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 16 14, 23:08

no horse hence

butt on a white horse
slaps the saddle with each stride
stirrup some bruises

Posted by: Alan Sep 17 14, 01:31

EGO 'T'ISN'T

stir up some bruises
memories will do that well
for engrams R us

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 17 14, 23:20

hire a glyph

foreign grammar is
very hard to understand
pidgins talk better

Posted by: Alan Sep 18 14, 03:30

TRULY BLESSED

pigeons poop better
when they are flying in large flocks
and right overhead

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 18 14, 10:09

air farce

to write overhead
using the sky for paper
is plane exercise

Posted by: Alan Sep 19 14, 06:34

Dad's Dancing

a plain exercise
used to call it Dad's dancing
now that Zumba rules all

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 19 14, 16:00

food for thought

all the zombie rules
will have to be written down
more brains are required

Posted by: Alan Sep 20 14, 00:32

HEADLESSNESS RULES

more brains are required
chickens run on quite heedless
of good decorum

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 21 14, 11:34

a bridged version

rum décor is good
lots of decorative bottles
filled with empty lives

Posted by: Alan Sep 21 14, 12:44

HAVE ONE, NEED ANOTHER

empty lives filled with
television and so forth
like chinese snacking

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 22 14, 15:25

a boss or a loss

the sneaky Chinese
invents chopsticks from rulers;
Japanese Diet

Posted by: Alan Sep 23 14, 04:41

Posted by: Larry Sep 24 14, 08:07

the ritz charlatan

so she ate crackers
while pretending to be friends
a crumby bed mate





Yes Alan,
that is what I was referring to in my piece! The Chinese chopped up "Japanese rulers"... "Diet" during many of
their wars. Oh, please don't shout!

Posted by: Alan Sep 25 14, 01:02

Dear Larry,

Now I have your comment, I see much more in your faux-ku than I saw before. Very clever indeed. I looked up diet and found ruling assemblage, but did not backward-connect.

JUST DESSERTS : SERVES YOU RIGHT

a crumbly bed mate
fifty year plus marriage
priapic ? no chance

Alan

PS Is size 3 bold acceptable for title ?

Posted by: Larry Sep 25 14, 14:13

Alan, actually, bold with no caps is how Daniel started the string.


the art of losing

no prior pick chance
makes an artistic winner
to gamble is Toulouse

Posted by: Alan Sep 25 14, 15:40

come and go

to gamble, to gain
and to lose all in a flash
that is the essence

Alan

Posted by: Larry Sep 26 14, 14:22

computer litters

the e-sense is that
which children possess to know
their parents have none

Posted by: Alan Sep 29 14, 01:33

generation

their parents had none
of the great advantages
but they scrimped and saved

Alan

Posted by: Larry Oct 1 14, 15:30

trans in dental

saving their scrimshaw
walrus battle to the death
they're long in the tooth

Posted by: Alan Oct 2 14, 03:39

don't look a gift dynosaur in the mouth

who's long in the tooth
common or garden dentist
or found dynosaur ?

Alan

Posted by: Larry Oct 3 14, 13:21

in sir shun

our dinosaur found
a faux-ku with no title
dubbed it Senryu

Posted by: Alan Oct 5 14, 14:32

marry, sir, art thou larry ?

I dub thee Sir Night
for those in a great hurry
was best I could do

Alan

Posted by: Larry Oct 6 14, 00:09

language of the hurt

adieus was called best
for friends saying their good-byes
I do's aren't for friends

Posted by: Alan Oct 6 14, 09:06

partings

bon voyage is good,
adieus not for aetheists
unless to convert

Alan

Posted by: Larry Oct 6 14, 14:28

tom cat a strophe

useless to converse
or beg forgiveness from wives
poetic justice

Posted by: Alan Oct 8 14, 18:27

poetic paen

poetic justice
not any justice at all
hardly paen of praise

Alan

Posted by: Larry Oct 9 14, 10:15

organ recital

hardly peein' preys
on my mind about kidneys
water wee to do




Alan, you forgot the title again

Posted by: Alan Oct 12 14, 01:05

titular tosspot (me)

what are we to do
oh dear, forgot to forget
amend - title's up

Alan

Posted by: Larry Oct 12 14, 22:35

divide or concur

total up a man
by himself he is nothing
women add value

Posted by: Larry Oct 17 14, 14:22

tense relief

value women ads
when the wife pays attention
for presents past hence

Posted by: Larry Oct 22 14, 13:23

you're a nation

past president's hints
drown in congressional pools;
water they doing?

Posted by: Larry Oct 26 14, 15:07

pie d adds circumference

watering the dough
after adding the Crisco
makes all your kneads met

Posted by: Larry Nov 3 14, 18:31

horse hints

knees meet and it makes
you look strange with a cowboy
because you spell OX

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 4 14, 07:34

awk word

the buzzard shrieked Awk!
when mate swooped in featherless;
hard to swallow

Posted by: Larry Dec 5 14, 16:00

migrating meals

to swallow the herd
crocodiles crowded the shore
to a Nile ate ‘em

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 6 14, 23:36

free shipping grounded

true, a Nile ate 'em!
said the surprised Amazon;
wave overhead cost

Posted by: Larry Dec 10 14, 00:29

predator’s paradise

overhead waves cost
surfers an arm and a leg
vacations with sharks

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 10 14, 17:55

flea-bottom miss

vocation with sharps
searches for blood in vein;
in-vial-able job

Posted by: Larry Dec 16 14, 19:34

starring rolls

Vail jobs enable
skiers to get their big break;
holly, woods and vines

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 16 14, 21:01

whole in one?

holey wood's divine?
purported peace of the cross
assures the week

Posted by: Larry Dec 18 14, 00:16

no horse hence

your ass of the week
is career politicians
a pro found braying

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 18 14, 19:43

a slice of whine

pro found Lee straying
right-lea with his tea shot;
said "ain't true vino"

Posted by: Larry Dec 22 14, 17:42

school daze

truant Vinnie said
some learning can be painful
no pot in high school

Posted by: Larry Jan 6 15, 14:19

down and dirty

no high points in school
but the Marine Corps taught me
crawl with high points low

Posted by: Larry Feb 10 15, 00:19

can-o-bliss

high points through low clouds
cold beer will not quench your thirst
Colorado weed

Posted by: Alan Feb 10 15, 01:41

ENLISTMENT

Colorado seed
can be spread ever so wide
foreign invasions

Alan

Posted by: Larry Feb 11 15, 00:24

more than two?

in visions for rain
Noah built a floating zoo
what are they eating

Posted by: Alan Feb 11 15, 06:34

Boyz

what are they eating ?
p'raps snails and puppy dog's tails ?
being desperate

Alan

Posted by: Larry Feb 15 15, 16:29

in-ovation

disparate beings
fail to title their faux-ku
and get no applause

Posted by: Alan Feb 16 15, 18:32

Poets

We get no applause
and we are well used to it
so we wander off

Alan

Posted by: Larry Feb 17 15, 15:14

stray intent shuns

we often wander
off poetry’s beaten path
with “I don’t mind-games”

Posted by: Alan Feb 18 15, 04:03

AGRICULTURAL CLAP-TRAP

those “I don’t mind-games”
we claim don't influence us
load of horse manure

Alan

Posted by: Larry Feb 25 15, 00:51

guy dance

your horseman loaded
blanket and saddle on mare
but reins won't halt her

Posted by: Alan Feb 25 15, 13:31

simelda type

rains will not halt her
nor calamity, typhoon;
wife out buying shoes

Alan

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 27 15, 12:44

wife-shopping?

wife's out-buying shoos
husband to court her again;
divorce in wing-tips

Posted by: Alan Feb 27 15, 13:33

best of both worlds

divorce in secret
pretend you remain married
the best of both worlds

Alan

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 28 15, 12:03

hard on clothing

vest of both worlds
worn on the Enterprise;
re-sheathed back on Earth

Posted by: Alan Feb 28 15, 12:45

make love not war ? yes, sir !

meanwhile, back on earth
re-sheathed swords, but not condoms
girls all won over

Alan

Posted by: Larry Mar 2 15, 00:03

floor boarded

all girls run over
to guys with fancy new cars
it’s auto mat ick

Posted by: Alan Mar 2 15, 01:11

manual for automatic

it's automatic
so says manual of love
adulation, sex

Alan

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 2 15, 04:04

embedded

ad oration: sex
is smore than graham crackers;
do it with chocolate

Posted by: Alan Mar 2 15, 04:53

cracker-wise

do it, go crackers
light, retire to safe distance
sparklers are good too

Alan

Posted by: Larry Mar 2 15, 14:27

punk-n pyre

two sparklers are good
for lighting bottle rockets,
it is matchless fun

Posted by: Alan Mar 2 15, 14:38

arseless

this is matchless fun :
soaking Dad with mush snowballs
and laughing arse off

Alan

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 2 15, 17:10

Note, please: many of our entries of late have been far off the mark of faux-ku:

1 Title to be play on words itself
2 BOTH sections of the ku must contain a play on words


bale-out

ass' laugh-off
makes a donkey of himself;
fails Hee-Haw role call

Posted by: Larry Mar 3 15, 00:42

a maize zing

Hee-Haw roll call fails
without Grand-pa's load of corn
the show can't suck seed




Any better Daniel?

Posted by: Alan Mar 3 15, 11:39

false adage

the show can suck; see
what I have been telling you
it must not go on

Alan

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 3 15, 11:54

don't blow it

must snot go on
dripping down my nose?
make tissue of it

Posted by: Alan Mar 3 15, 15:59

delicate matters

a tissue napkin
is quite insubstantial
best snot avoided

Alan

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 4 15, 10:29

stand-up unstuffed

best snot voided
by one with dry humors;
often buggers it

Posted by: Alan Mar 4 15, 11:23

Soft Landing

debugging software
is pain in proverbial
recommend tissue

Alan

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 4 15, 17:19

the 'ruler' measures

wreck 'o mended
unentitled faux-ku:
words want to play

Posted by: Alan Mar 4 15, 18:17

buried meanings

words don't want to play
desire to not show faces
a too grave error

Alan

Posted by: Larry Mar 5 15, 23:11

taken for granite

two in grave errors
the gambler was found cheating
a worthless marker

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 6 15, 06:25

underground revealed

too-grave error:
masochists' bodies
became switched

Posted by: Larry Mar 6 15, 23:40

no bare bear insight

a twitch and bees came
attacking the bear who ran
but not fur enough

Posted by: Alan Mar 8 15, 02:21

post-hibernation

he has fur enough
for an extremely long trip
goes head over heels

Alan

Posted by: Larry Mar 8 15, 23:32

headed for ewe

goats head heals over
after battling the ram
now he's not horny

Posted by: Alan Mar 9 15, 02:31

whether

now it's not hoary
but the weatherman predicts
the iceman cometh

Alan

Posted by: Larry Mar 11 15, 23:20

u follow g

I. C. E. man came
let female aliens go
saw sirs as flight risk

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 13 15, 16:57

weighty responsibility

a sister helpless
with poor-dieting sibling;
failed him a gain

Posted by: Larry Mar 15 15, 14:01

tongue tide

she flailed him again;
and rode that cheeky weapon,
serf-ing waves of words

Posted by: Alan Mar 17 15, 17:10

book bombed

surfing waves of words
it's more filler than thriller
not like nuclear text

Alan

Posted by: Larry Mar 17 15, 22:46

would wind help

I like new clear text
teaching the flute but it is
difficult to reed

Posted by: Larry Jun 25 15, 18:28

can-o-bliss

give weed to a cult
and they forget what to do
smoke signals blank it

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 5 15, 23:46

blankety-blank

blanketed smoking
temper peed his mattress;
doped springs internal

Posted by: Larry Aug 6 15, 14:27

lawn boyz

dopes spring eternal
they grow in the hooky fields;
mow each other down

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 8 15, 01:29

pillow talk

watch lest you mow down
the geese; their under-feathers
could scatter your sleep

Posted by: Larry Aug 9 15, 13:47

loose slips

chatter in your sleep
confessing things you did wrong
learn how to sleep run

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 9 15, 15:53

farmers mark it

slippery no-how;
when the eggs shell out for lunch
axes bring home bacon

Posted by: Larry Aug 10 15, 09:57

cookin’ lessens

Ex baking brings home
memories of her cheating
I don’t like ho cakes

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 10 15, 18:46

self-rising batter

ho made hot cakes
for unexpected fresh meat;
he was up for it

Posted by: Larry Aug 11 15, 07:49

ex press package

it was four he-cups
he wore before his divorce;
but she had a ball

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 12 15, 23:13

changing under where?

'he' will have a ball;
she no longer trains vest tight
since doctor's scalpel

Posted by: Larry Aug 12 15, 23:30

mal-practice

the doctor’s scalp fell
while examining patients,
their laughter lost his

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 14 15, 00:02

poke 'er bra-burning

the laugher lost tit
when she bet on a bod joke;
pot went up in smoke

Posted by: Larry Aug 14 15, 15:36

ticket to rite

pot smokin’ went up
when some states legalized it,
I got near cited

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 15 15, 07:15

bumpy texture

I got near-sided
when I changed lines texting;
driver got horny

Posted by: Larry Aug 15 15, 19:15

club mem-burr

driver got hoary
while playing golf in the snow
warmed up with the woods

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 15 15, 23:34

up for a campfire?

his wood warmed him up
while she undressed from afire;
he became closer

Posted by: Larry Aug 16 15, 20:44

catch and re-lease

became a closer
when he fished for a living
by renting his sole

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 17 15, 01:41

flatfooted

his sole is rent;
discovered the fishy source
of his beached footwear

Posted by: Larry Aug 17 15, 15:29

a blush with death

to bleach his footwear
he left them out in the sun
body almost dyed

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 17 15, 23:21

a guarded life

rippled bawdy hide
bakes in waves at the seashore;
he's tide to no one

Posted by: Larry Aug 18 15, 14:54

no hands - some cab

no one hitched a ride
with the circus sideshow freak
he was just all thumbs

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 18 15, 17:57

digital wind-up

he is all thumbs down
so no one can pick him up;
directions on hand

Posted by: Larry Aug 18 15, 23:12

salient salute

one hand directions
instruct you in lots of things
one finger doesn’t

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 19 15, 17:16

where to ship it?

a finger that's licked
is oft leery of the ring;
finger-boxing groom

Posted by: Larry Aug 19 15, 22:06

just desserts

fingers from boxes
could be sponge cake called Lady’s
or from thieving hands

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 20 15, 01:03

short-armed

former thieving hands
unable to make cut-off;
they both came up short

Posted by: Larry Aug 20 15, 15:50

rub a dub tub

their bath came up short
when the old pump stopped working
water we to do?

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 20 15, 22:49

Ill-Concerned

watered and poo-pooed
before waiter checked on us;
said that I looked flushed

Posted by: Larry Aug 21 15, 12:20

un-fin-ished

looking flushed and sad
the goldfish righted itself
short backstroke lesson

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 22 15, 05:09

ovenly package

short backstroke loosens
mussels given a rubdown;
turnover rises

Posted by: Larry Aug 22 15, 22:35

bypass paste… re:

rising turnovers
look good but aren’t healthy;
we, a gluten ate

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 23 15, 08:02

flushed with nonscents

wee, a glutton ate
though he was full of poop;
he joined a movement

Posted by: Larry Aug 23 15, 12:03

when some parade

his movement was joined
by some procrastinators,
they meet whenever

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 23 15, 15:42

sheepish encounter

they met when never
a lamb had ever been herd;
ewe can't believe it

Posted by: Larry Aug 24 15, 21:22

nutty conception

can’t relive its youth
oak trees from little acorns
I wooden try it

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 26 15, 13:37

dry eye in the house

wooden-eye try it
if I could only sea it;
I need wrist aces

Posted by: Larry Aug 26 15, 18:19

long sleeve suite

wrist aces are nice
but you might get an arm broke
or just lose your shirt

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 27 15, 01:48

dicey ending

Jesus lost his shirt
gamboling with disciples;
soldiers cast the die

Posted by: Larry Aug 27 15, 17:23

no lotto luck

soldier had to die
but politician’s children
are not numbered there

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 28 15, 08:17

his back was titer

the knot's number where
it's spiked with an aesthesia;
now counted senseless

Posted by: Larry Aug 28 15, 13:59

a bout over?

now counted senseless
by friends and the referee
box… ring… wedding soon

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 28 15, 18:10

a queery

boxers, ring - wedding?
pugilists in briefs propose
canvassing with hug

Posted by: Larry Aug 29 15, 21:56

rough passage

hugging the canvas
sailors get sick on the mast
the ship’s still heaving

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 31 15, 02:42

surprise out-come

the chimp's still heaving
yesterday's breakfast biscuits;
threw us a curveball

Posted by: Larry Sep 1 15, 22:37

bad mitten bird

throwing a curveball
can make the batter angry
when hitting a fowl

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 3 15, 03:13

battered in the field

when hitting a fowl
hope that you don't get caught;
better to run home

Posted by: Larry Sep 3 15, 15:41

shell games

home runs to batters
are blessings when stomachs have
sunflower seed trots

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 4 15, 07:17

outhouse gas

sunflower seed trots
across the field to dugout;
wind was blowing hard

Posted by: Larry Sep 4 15, 14:15

one lump or two

was blowing wind hard
or is that an accident
gas is not solid

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 4 15, 23:54

What-the-H-too-Old!

gas became liquid
when he bent into the wind;
solids when he froze

Posted by: Larry Sep 5 15, 14:36

fire and dice

he's frozen solid
in the cryogenic tank
not a chance in hell

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 6 15, 03:39

life in sleepless holler

knotty chants in hell:
cannot remember slip-not;
everything's down-hill

Posted by: Larry Sep 6 15, 10:18

bowlegged skiing

everest down-hill
makes adrenalin rush more
must have large snow balls

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 6 15, 15:20

failed on round table

has musty old balls
that can barely even role;
sacked from job last knight

Posted by: Larry Sep 6 15, 21:28

still stealing

last night job with sack
she went to investment school
burglar turned broker

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 7 15, 04:55

loud finish

bugler gave broker
blow job at funeral;
horny veteran

Posted by: Larry Sep 7 15, 18:27

salad daze

vegetarian
had no children of her own
she’s not appealing

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 8 15, 05:44

stripped-down sex

she's not a-peelin';
he felt forced to lie about -
how he's satisfied!

Posted by: Larry Sep 8 15, 15:46

diamond hacked rattler

he sat his filed hoe
by the stone and headless snake
it sharpened the blow

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 9 15, 03:11

Won Hung Lo

he hearkened to show
his earshot was an image;
familiar rung lobe

Posted by: Larry Sep 9 15, 21:24

talcum power

four millers lube ring
so the grinder never stops
it chafes their assets

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 10 15, 07:34

die-a-purpose?

assess chafing tush:
does it keep your stuff too warm?
it takes a powder

Posted by: Larry Sep 10 15, 18:50

nose knows

intake of powder
may be cause for sneezing fits
if it doesn’t, don’t

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 11 15, 09:42

sleeping eggs are liers

if a-dozin' don't
drop the carton on the floor;
you could crack your shell

Posted by: Larry Sep 13 15, 15:16

element of fear

could cracking your shell
make you an egg-stovert
that’s how gals see ‘em

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 14 15, 05:45

nothing inside

Southern Cal's see 'em
on the beach -- shells of themselves;
old Lifeguard rappers

Posted by: Larry Sep 14 15, 21:51

clothes in count hers

old lifeguard wraps her
in the hollow of his arms
leaving his hands free

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 15 15, 22:32

bloody good cook

leaves his hands free
and cuts to the commercial;
death-deep-frying chef

Posted by: Larry Sep 16 15, 22:07

sitting bull-it

death defying chief
charged Custer’s men when loading
the wrong caliber

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 18 15, 07:39

whining out

the Wong cabaret:
teenager didn't have white
to dwink anyhow

Posted by: Larry Sep 18 15, 13:24

candy from babies

hoodwink anyhow
you can get to the suckers
sticky fingers help

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 19 15, 07:48

handy candy

Butterfinger helps
drop names with chocolatiers;
holds peanut butter

Posted by: Larry Sep 19 15, 23:08

tongue tide

peanut butter holds
onto the roof of your mouth
tasty denture cream

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 20 15, 00:00

can't see through eye teeth

tasteless denture cream
is able to hold its tongue;
stuck in overflow

Posted by: Larry Sep 20 15, 23:48

swimming in luck

float over a stick
and puncture your inner tube
rapids’ ride slows down

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 21 15, 09:22

rabid daddy

rabbit rides, slows down,
flopping over on his sighed;
hard to reproduce

Posted by: Larry Sep 22 15, 12:26

horse cents

to reproduce herds
stallions control all the mares
who might shop around

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 22 15, 13:35

rumble for a fall

who might shop a round?
guys at a mixed wrestling match
put sleep hold on gals

Posted by: Larry Sep 23 15, 18:21

remote control

sleep puts gals on hold
so they won’t talk your ears off
nature’s mute button

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 24 15, 08:45

final touching

cute as a button;
child fund-raisin for a nose
facin' down scarecrow

Posted by: Larry Sep 24 15, 14:42

corn feels

the face down scarecrow
was slapped hard by miss scarecrow
for raisin’ her dress

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 24 15, 22:08

dressing brief

raisin address:
post office-playing boxers
both under-wearing

Posted by: Larry Sep 26 15, 23:04

blown coverage

wear both rings under
some boxing gloves with tissues
for marital spats

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 28 15, 10:44

unmoving

martial arts spats
make the ankles too stiff;
death takes the kick out

Posted by: Larry Sep 28 15, 22:37

aimless gestures

the kick out at death
will always end in de-feet
denting the bucket

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 28 15, 23:08

wanna make doe?

kicking the buckette
reveals transgender bias;
who'd pass up the buck?

Posted by: Larry Sep 29 15, 17:34

safe deposits

the buck in the pass
keeps all his doe by the bank
with alarming horns

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 30 15, 05:37

a tension

a horn alarms
ex-convict with a cell phone;
imprisoned in thought

Posted by: Larry Oct 1 15, 14:34

Didn't know which to go with so I posted both.

bar designs

in prisoner’s thoughts
there are escapes for more crimes,
too much steel to steal



speaking your mind

thoughts are imprisoned
by vocabulary’s lack,
words are freedom’s key

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 2 15, 15:21

gushy ending

words are freedom's ski
down a long, slippery slope;
flatter at bottom

Posted by: Larry Oct 3 15, 21:48

cityscapes

flattering bottom
belongs to the young lady
seen around the square

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 4 15, 08:16

math-o-matics

scene around the square
root of the multipliers:
too rabbits in heat

Posted by: Larry Oct 5 15, 22:59

cold cuts

in two rabbits’ feet
there should be some kind of luck
not coincidence

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 6 15, 08:27

surreal estate

a coin incident:
it comes up heads 50 times
while flipping a house

Posted by: Larry Oct 7 15, 13:03

ill fashioned

while in the flop house
I saw the wurst of the lot
and the seersucker

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 7 15, 17:29

stocking up

he's a seers sucker;
somehow what seems to suit him
are Wall Street prophets

Posted by: Larry Oct 8 15, 17:41

can you dig it

Wall Street profiteers
say your luck is in the cards
a spade full of dirt

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 9 15, 07:33

the fix is in

the spayed fell in dirt
causing a bad infection;
puppies won't get it

Posted by: Larry Oct 11 15, 23:37

runts grunts

it won’t give pups ease
when there are not enough teats
some litters are big

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 12 15, 11:50

auto down-and-dirty

some litters are big;
place two outside two small ones:
BM \/\/

Posted by: Larry Oct 13 15, 22:35

a spray de force

bowel movements double
you up when you are seated
and you can’t stand it

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 15 15, 03:11

gridiron solution?

when you can't stand it
lay it down and take a rest;
try block-and-tackle

Posted by: Larry Oct 15 15, 21:58

passing the buck

the blocking tackle
bought a big burger for lunch
got a quarter back

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 18 15, 14:35

tight-ended

give a quarter back
to set up receivership;
they've ruptured your bank

Posted by: Larry Oct 20 15, 22:28

Jurassic Perk

they ruptured the bank
when making a withdrawal
too much dino might

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 21 15, 10:04

very dry humor

too much Dino might
blow up your comedy roast;
try drinking your toast

Posted by: Larry Oct 22 15, 22:00

star-yucks

tried dunking my toast
butter and jelly slid off
oily grape latte

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 23 15, 04:56

bottled up love

tell your grapes olé
when you have a crush on them;
they improve with age

Posted by: Larry Oct 24 15, 22:57

traction tires

I’m proving with age
that wisdom does not follow
its wrinkles await

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 18 15, 07:34

sage lines

a wrinkle awaits
on the face of each nuance;
manifold words age

Posted by: Larry Nov 19 15, 00:21

nu speek

words manifest age
when meaning is forgotten
in dictionaries

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 19 15, 05:26

Broke awe

his diction airy
and can't pronounce for 's';
still palatable

Posted by: Larry Nov 19 15, 23:40

get the message?

a steel table pal
is in the mortuary,
his last text was “I’ll”…

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 20 15, 09:13

the hand-off

his last text on ^aisle
was "straighten up those big palms";
his life-line was short

Posted by: Larry Nov 22 15, 17:26

say cheese

with his short laugh lines,
thin lips managed a wry smile
which no ham mustered

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 22 15, 22:48

eye-caching head-lines

ham sandwiched mustard
between egg-face and rye lips;
yellow did him in

Posted by: Larry Nov 23 15, 21:06

planting kisses

yarrow did him in
when he tried to kiss Daisy,
you must aster first

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 27 15, 11:22

wok home the bacon

get astir first
when you're building an omelet;
flip it for profit

Posted by: Larry Nov 29 15, 11:48

quite 'possom-bly

flipping fur prophet
was Pogo in the funnies,
he swamped you with truth.