Poetry Slam 1: Haiku for You

[labyrinth2015]

Thank you to everyone for their kind words and feedback on my short passionate R-rated love vignette. Thanks to the awesome feedback (and seriously amazing shout-out from clionona: I'm so not worthy, babe!), I am much less terrified of wading into the charged R!waters.

But first up, so you all don't lose all respect for me, ha ha, some quasi-serious verse.  fieryrogue was, for a variety of reasons, recently demanding Cookleta haiku, which I haven't written since first year high school.  My poetry muse (Calliope?) struggled with the kind of weird, too-brief poetic form (three lines: 5 syllables, then 7, then 5 again), until I realised the haiku was supposed to be meant for the awesome band of Cookleta fanfic writers and cheerleaders - addressed to their amazing, talented fic and words.

And, accordingly,my muse addresses fieryrogue, slashophile's gorgeous No Fate But Your Own Fate, lire_casander's epic Reaching for the Stars, clionona's Thirst, storylandqueen 's Barriers!fic,  rajkumari905's hilarious, hot In(Sobriety), motherendurance's mammoth Oceanic Descent,  epicflailer's As Old As Rhyme, hopefulgenius' the minor fall, irishdf  and magickaldreamer.

ETA: Added a haiku for maimiejay's awesome Suburbia!

You girls are just the best. Anyone else similarly drawn to the haiku slam, I would be so delighted if you were to post your offerings! Or, of course, if anyone wants a haiku - for themselves or their own fic, or someone else's, I would be happy to oblige.

Title: Haiku for You:
Pairing: The Davids
Rating: From G to PG-13 (kind of difficult to make R haiku, yk)

Haiku For You



(For Bobbie)

Impermanence

Cook thinks he's found love
with a kiss on the neck
he loses himself 

*
(For Britts)

no fate but

you know this is fate
when love catches you off-guard
like an avalanche

* 
(For Maria)

reach for this

"It may kill you, Cook."

"I need to do this, for him.
Sing my song with me?"

*
(For B, and VampCook!)

undead things

The boy smiles, so brave,
And his dead heart beats again.

"Cook, I'm not afraid."

* 
(For CL)

barriers

You're leaving? Oh, then
hold me tonight, one last time:
and never again.

*
(For Pri)

Sober

David makes a plan:
pretends to be drunk so that
Cook will make him his.

* 
(For Renata)

Descent

Tethys swims the deep
And gifts one soul with her song -
- Cook is mesmerized.

*
(For Nat)

As Old as Time

Librarian, lost;
Trapped by a reluctant Beast -
Beauty's saved by Love.

* 
(For Meggie) 

lift, and fall

you slam the door, and
sit with your head in your hands.
(baby, please come back.)

*
(For Dee)

The Universe Points Here

Giving in to love:
This is where it all begins.
You, and no one else.

*

(For Robyn)

Music

David loves to sing:
Makes music, when making love.
Cook loves to listen.

*
Edited to add: (For Penrith)

No Escape From This

Action: put your hand
against this, my deepest self.
Feel my reaction.

*
(For Amy)

Beneath The Flowers

Wisteria Lane:
Where lives a beautiful boy.
Cook loses his heart.

*fin*

*

Edited Further to Add: This is for conditionelle's amazingly written Kradamfic, In the Mirror of Invention. Woman, in my dreams, I write like you.


(For Conditionelle)

le passe simple

Leaving her behind:
From major, a simple shift
to minor falling.

x
*fin*

 

Comments

[lire-casander.livejournal.com]

These are all amazing. I am truly floored that you dedicated one to me! I think I'll link it to the fic once I sign up on the account... (after the madness this dissertation is is over)

[jehane-writes.livejournal.com]

Baby, you know how much I adored Reaching For The Stars to Hold On To, and my love spewed forth in haiku, truly ;)

Hope the diss. feedback was good, hon, and it is OVER SOON!

[lire-casander.livejournal.com]

Well, I had to change some things on the paper, but it's being printed right now and I'm handing it in tomorrow. A post about this will be written sometime between tonight and tomorrow, but just know... I had the best of feedbacks possible.

It is over tomorrow, I can't believe it! I still have to defend it on the 26th, but hey, that's a walk in the park.

[jehane-writes.livejournal.com]

GO YOU for the best feedback, hon. I know you are brilliant and your defence will go brilliantly! SO PROUD of you. *hugs*

[lire-casander.livejournal.com]

I got a freaking A, you know? AN A! After the director had a look at the draft, you see, it wasn't even the completed paper.

[jehane-writes.livejournal.com]

*jumps up and down squeeing*

GIRL! Gosh, SO SO PROUD of you!! an A! Off of the draft, even!! Did I not tell you that you were brilliant??

All the pain and effort and late night rushing? SO WORTH IT.

*tackles you happily*

[lire-casander.livejournal.com]

*squees with you*

The pain and the effort and the long nights (tonight I have another one piling up - I need to rewrite the academic CV and the summary of the paper in just 3 pages instead of the 5 I have...) all of that is worth this. So I went a bit crazy and celebrated... writing birthday ficlets I was late for. They're all posted, though you may miss my AS/S fic (I don't know if you're into Harry Potter)

[jehane-writes.livejournal.com]

aieee, fic from you! *rushes off to read*

[motherendurance.livejournal.com]

Dearest!

Sorry for butting in but I need to SQUEEEEE! Congratulations!!!

Your total brilliance shines forth:-D

I know how hard you've been working, ad now all your effort will pay off richly, bb.

Love and kisses,
Renata

[lire-casander.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!

I love you too!