225. "sense"

The powerful five
Switched off to find inner peace
True nature of sense

224. "exit"

New year approaches
Holding these resolutions
Exit the old me

223. "find"

Seek and you shall find
The answers that are needed
To get over me

222. "reverse"

Small reverse in time

Dramatic consequences

Plead for sanity

221. "deed"

The ancestors call
Protecting the lineage
Fulfilling the deed

220. "symptom"

An enormous roar

Symptom of brutality

A heart piercing gaze

219. "clear"

Clear the way for gifts

Wrapping paper everywhere

Satisfied faces

218. "occasional"

Three years at a time
Occasional vacation
System strikes again

217. "depend"

Keeping in contact

We depend on each other

Our different worlds

216. "deceive"

Always been the same
You deceive to get your way
Nothing can be changed

215. "narrow"

A narrow alley
Where the dodgy deals commence
A ray of sunshine

214. "misunderstand"

Heart racing in fear
A strange misunderstanding
Weird consequences

213. "condition"

Condition is clear
Thirty seconds and counting
Torturing for fun

212. "cage"

Locked up in this cage
Outside seems so far away
Breaking down the walls

211. "tour"

A tour of the world
Through a click of a button
Time to leave my chair

210. "tedium"

Repetitive speech
The tedium of your thoughts
Get over yourself

209. "play"

Adrenaline game

Silence speaks a thousand words

You play to survive

208. "deep"

Thoughts provoking me
Deep within the tempest lies
Heresy and pain

207. "rise"

Provoking anger

Do not let the players win

Rise above the hate

206. "support"

Offer you support
Rejecting everything now
You heartless monster

205. "wretched"

Wretched demeanour 
Devouring happiness
Your attitude changed

204. "thing"

A hand squeezed tightly
The one thing I've always said
You've always been mine

203. "access"

Security flaw
You access all areas
Stealing innocence

202. "involve"

Exoneration 

Community involve you

Nothing like before

201. "loyalty"

Loyalty begins
We are starting something new
Let's forget the past

200. "might"

No hesitation
There isn't might in my life
The yes game is fun

199. "mind"

Your mind is open
Wonderful things surround you
Too little too late

198. "notice"

Notice on a door
You are not needed no more
Eviction has come

197. "fail"

Always the joker
You fail to amuse me now
Give up what you are

196. "ready"

Ready to relax
On a bed she lays waiting
Taunting with that smile

195. "sort"

Trickery of sort
Cards in the deck lay untouched
Magic baffles you

194. "murmur"

Turbulent river
The murmur of waterfalls
A refreshing spray

193. "mutate"

Tragic magazine
Humanity will mutate
Digression of mind

192. "exposure"

Over exposure
A blue saturated orb
Busyness shines through

191. "accurate"

Hitting the target
You are punished until death
Accurate and firm

190. "shun"

Your eyes pierce the night
Shun from your activities
Back to what you were

189. "cultivate"

Manufacture friends
Cultivate relationships
Producing offspring

188. "plentiful"

Food is plentiful

The family gathering

Thanking our loved ones

187. "awkward"

The awkward moment
Digression of our life now
The argument flails

186. "rubble"

Complete masterpiece

Silence speaks a thousand words

Clear through the rubble

185. "conform"

Unleash the fury
Where is the argument, love?
You always conform

184. "battle"

Commencing battle
Reflections gaze knowingly
Legs quiver with fear

183. "call"

Anticipation

One phone call can change a life

Mysterious voice

182. "utmost"

The precious cargo
Of the utmost importance
Deliver unscathed

181. "contain"

Contain your feelings
Not wise unleashing fury
Thing cannot be changed

180. "technique"

Technique is simple
Hiding beneath the radar
Passing unnoticed

179. "postpone"

Postpone this visit

The demons within play now

What's behind the door?

178. "standard"

Standard desire
Pleasing the ones that matter
You're left with nothing

177. "passing"

Passing through the void
Antagonising despair
My bewilderment

176. "cajole"

Uninterested
You cajole to be with me
Niceties subside

175. "quarrel"

Hate personified
We quarrel over nothing
Please disappear now

174. "moderate"

The puppet masters
Keep fear in the public mind
Moderate control

173. "everything"

Forget everything
Sift through decades of rubbish
Leave no stone unturned

172. "contest"

The contest of life
Winning is necessary
Walk with your head high

171. "mature"

Mature wilderness
Engulfing concrete jungle
Apocalypse now

170. "pretend"

Never been happy

Relationship isn't true

You pretend to love

169. "leave"

Time to leave draws near
Letting go isn't easy
Endure life's heartache.

168. "amazing"

Never give it up
Amazing experience
Once in a life time

167. "waste"

You waste time thinking
Action everything now
Leave nothing unturned

166. "meet"

Standing face to face

Let's meet on the other side

Edge of the abyss

165. "assorted"

The years of turmoil

Assorted by religion

Enduring wounds thrive

164. "outgrow"

The life which you gave
You outgrow too fast for me
I cannot contain.

163. "aware"

Tiptoeing nightmare
Be aware of what's to come
The ice is too thin

162. "alter"

Your perseverance

Ability to adapt

Alter perception

161. "attempt"

The balance of life
Attempt the impossible
There's only once choice

160. "taken"

Swiped before my eyes
You have taken all that's dear
My life in pieces.

159. "drive"

The past is behind

A path to enlightenment

The drive to success

158. "against"

Against the border
Under cover of darkness
A lonely man's world.

157. "gather"

Gather all the clues
And your life will be complete
Epic treasure hunt

156. "splash"

A splash in the sea
Ripples for eternity
Think before you act

155. "delusion"

Delusion kicks in
Your once normal life destroyed
Ridiculed madness.

154. "activity"

Shifty swaying heads
Our late night activity
Buying our freedom

153. "rescue"

Time to rescue me
My open heart, open mind
Believe in yourself

152. "configure"

You configure love

It started with one small kiss

My back had been turned

151. "swear"

When my dreams deplete

Only goal is to find you

I swear on my life

150. "connection"

Bouncing together

The connection just started

Our lifelong friendship.


So I've been on a field trip the past 4 days which rendered me unable to have any internet access or any form of communication with the outside world to even consider trying to keep the Haiku Challenge updated. That's why today I have posted 4 and I am  now officially up to date. 


Hope you enjoy!

149. "vulgar"

You vulgar being
Toying with my emotions
I never forget.

148. "comfortable"

Sleeping side by side
The cold dissipates away
Comfortable times

147. "heavy"

A raging torrent
Heavy debris is displaced
Non-Newtonian

146. "another"

Another day starts
Working towards that main goal
Immune to the hate.

145. "struggle"

Darkest fantasy
Dreams turn to reality
Struggle to let go

144. "fix"

Fix what is broken
This heart fluctuates too fast
You're insane in me.

143. "quarter"

It's quarter past three
The night has yet to arrive
Anticipation

142. "favour"

Interpretation

Once a favour for a friend

My lifelong passion

141. "years"

Fifteen years apart
Relating like yesterday
Like nothing has changed

140. "savage"

I've done nothing wrong
Your savage misconceptions
Pulling me apart

139. "relent"

Treated unfairly
A hole where my heart once was
Why don't you relent?

138. "respect"

Walk across the road

Clutching hands with all your might

Respect your elders

137. "willing"

Willing to achieve
A goal which a man can get
Loving family

136. "fracture"

Boundless energy

You fracture and tear our lives

Was this a mistake?

135. "incredible"

Backstabbing people
Incredible reaction
Emotions flying

134. "contact"

We have made contact

Greeting us with open arms

Their actions are weird

133. "brilliant"

Debating our lives
Things no longer brilliant
Time to flip a coin

132. "display"

You display hatred

For something I haven't done

Never been resolved.

131. "carry"

Too much weight involved
Carry your life carefully
One slip and you fail.

130. "deal"

Deal with the devil
And all your dreams will come true
Shame about your life

129. "reach"

Reach beyond the stars
Never play with what you see
Eternity calls

First Haiku in 129 days I missed. I feel terrible for it but at least today two haikus are going to be done to rectify my foolishness!

128. "extinguish"

My deed has been done
No more will you torment me
Extinguish the fire

127. "pioneer"

Written masterpiece
Pioneer in his own right
Breaking boundaries

126. "coincidence"

Your beautiful smile
Radiating across time
No coincidence

125. "penultimate"

Chest pushed out with pride
Deep stare at the audience
Penultimate show

124. "indicate"

Nothing like a fright
To indicate you're alive
Adrenaline fun

123. "sooner"

Sitting in this chair
Happiness is fading fast
Hope this ends sooner

122. "extinct"

Change your attitude

Intervention is too late

We become extinct

121. "pride"

The battle is done

My face gleaming with delight

Pride personified

120. "pierce"

Is it much to ask?

To just hear you one more time

Pierce my heart with words

119. "business"

Strange business now
Walking 'round like a lost soul
Scared to even breathe

118. "anything"

Mindfulness being
Anything with this beauty
You can always see

117. "school"

An epiphany
The school of new beginnings
Nothing you can do

116. "motive"

Eyeing your prey
Stalking you in the shadows
Having a motive

115. "charity"

Charity worker
Giving up their worldly goods
Gaining everything

114. "cry"

The cry of a girl
Lonely in this wilderness
A concrete jungle

113. "cut"

A million screams
Hands firmly reassuring
Life has been cut short

112. "manner"

I have put you down
You have the right manner now
Respect me or else

111. "business"

Glorious debate
This is just a business
The moment has ceased

110. "double"

Double the pressure
Aching without you around
Compassion subsides

109. "sit"

Sit on your high chair

You've taken that solemn vow

Deal with the problems

108. "relinquish"

Relinquish your crown
You've insulted our Kingdom
And now you must pay

107. "permit"

Need to hide away
Fears crawl back into my life
But you don't permit

106. "envy"

Bird perched on a tree
Swoops and flies elegantly
How I envy thee

105. "familiar"

Gliding past with grace

Familiar aroma

Recovering thoughts

104. "gone"

One week since you've gone

Only angst flows through me now

Never reverting.

103. "sneak"

Taking precautions

Anticipating capture

Sneak below the lines

102. "careful"

Time to be careful

Thin ice slowly fades away

Stop before you fall

101. "cheap"

I had a cheap shot
Things blown out of proportion
Waiting for answers

100. "struck"

This is my 100th Haiku.. Never thought I'd get this far.

Your beauty struck me
Like the axe against my head
Surfing through limbo

99. "tomorrow"

Exasperated
Our love diminished for good
Tomorrow I dwell.

98. "contact"

This long distance thing
Didn't really work so well
Way too much contact

97. "solo"

Bush waves in the wind
Enticing crack of a twig
Not hunting solo

96. "fair"

Never fair to me

Words that follow mean nothing

I've been torn apart

95. "drop"

Drop in the ocean
Rippling out evenly
Calming sensation

94. "photograph"

Fading memories
One remaining photograph
I hold on to this

93. "catch"

Catch me or I fall
The oblivion haunts me
Tormented by hate

92. "host"

The main attraction
Having to host all the time
Exhausted right now

91. "fresh"

Today I start fresh
Giving up on my once loved
"Sorry" is easy.

90. "choice"

Never satisfied

In the midst of a breakthrough

Choice of what we get

89. "rise"

Rise against your foes
Dictation is not allowed
Fighting for your right

88. "surrender"

Wild amongst the crowd
Chaos grips society
Surrender your thoughts

87. "loyal"

I'm loyal to you
Things happen for a reason
Forgiving nature

86. "routine"

Kicking down the doors
Insulting hierarchy
The daily routine

85. "erase"

Erase misfortunes
Blank canvas lays before you
Do not revert back

84. "blaze"

A blaze between us
Not longer that far apart
Timing is perfect

83. "shuffle"

Tarot cards laid down

Thoroughly shuffle the deck

Death is apparent

82. "slip"

Interrogation
You slip up on minor things
Revealing the lies

81. "break"

Melancholy times
Break the shackles of distress
Immersed in anger

80. "carve"

My hand over yours
We carve our love in to wood
This is forever

79. "wait"

Will you wait in line
Ending my life with your friends
Drugs rule everything

78. "pace"

Life in the fast lane
Burning candle at both ends
Steadying the pace

77. "visit"

Visit your elders
Soak up their information
Pass on the knowledge

76. "deliver"

Tear soaked red raw cheeks

Deliver me to freedom

Grasping at the sky

75. "gorge"

Falling down the gorge
Inability to climb
Ending in madness

74. "half"

Incessant preaching

Your image reflects your mind

Half the man I knew

73. "step"

Coaxing with my hands
Step up to the next level
Staring face to face

72. "confined"

Devising ideas
Confined within this building
Occupying time

71. "trap"

Constantly tortured

You can't keep me in this trap

I suffer no more.

70. "sound"

A touch of a neck
Sound of a heart fluttering
Eager for his love

69. "behind"

Waves crash on a beach
Your busy life left behind
Tranquillity soothes

68. "wish"

We wish for so much

Not thinking of what we have

Why aren't we content?

67. "tired"

Deep breath of fresh air
A tired man stands alone
Challenge just begun

66. "produce"

Produce of nature
Wielding the staff of power
Lifeline of humans

65 "unforgiving"

Unforgiving tides

Relentlessly eroding

Never standing still

64. "stretched"

Frail belittled man
I gained empty promises
You stretched my ego

63. "curtail"

Reassuring hands
Curtail anxieties child
You're in a safe place

62. "into"

Delve into your mind
Towards depths that are unknown
Delete your knowledge

61. "used"

Devoted myself
Clutching a chain with clenched fists
Used for the last time

60. "direct"

Walking in the dark
Don't travel the direct route
Things aren't what they seem

59. "make"

Make the most of life
Dreams dissipate over time
Adapt and survive

58. "mine"

Deep within the mine

Beasts appear in the darkness

They come out to play

57. "careful"

Treading with caution
Careful consideration
Approaching demise

56. "intelligence"

Overwhelming pain
Increasing intelligence
No rights for humans

55. "instant"

Achieving your dreams
Instant gratification
Euphoric feelings

54. "written"

Cypher holds the truth
Written word in ancient text
Mind blows with knowledge

53. "business"

Back of a lorry
Lets get down to business now
The dodgy dealings

52. "proper"

A proper battle
Determination and pride
We will win this war!

51. "cold"

Long expedition
Huddle together for warmth
Shiver in the cold

50. "look"

Contemplating look
The choices we have to make
Outweigh the danger

49. "yeah"

Temper starts to fly
So you think you know me yeah?
Just getting started.

48. "clear"

Unparalleled pain

Torn apart by hate and lies

It's all crystal clear

47. "notice"

My dedication

Everyday is a struggle

Do you notice me?

46. "yourself"

Impenetrable
You find yourself at the edge
Only one option

45. "celebrate"

Look to the future

Uncertainty remains there

Celebrate today

44. "spin"

My head's in a spin
Locking emotion away
Where do I stand now?

43. "order"

The secret order

Gathering information

Whispers in the dark

42. "down"

Oblivion's edge
Legs tied up and heart pounding
Down the rabbit hole

41. "cure"

Cure me of this pain

Heart clenched within your fingers

Your unyielding grasp

40. "potent"

Your potent fragrance
Welcoming in to your arms
Intoxicating

39. "stay"

Drenched in sweat and tears

The pursuit towards freedom

Tonight we stay here

38. "turmoil"

The voices commence

In turmoil with her demons

The madness begins

37. "scrap"

Scrap piece of paper

Old man frantically writing

Ideas spring to mind

36. "across"

Sword slices a throat

Across the land the news spreads

The king has been slain!

35. "rattle"

Rattle of wind chymes

Echoing in emptiness

No one to listen

34. "rhyme"

Dire consequences

A continuing effect

Always the same rhyme

33. "hopeful"

Turbulent waters

A speck within the vast blue

Hopelessly hopeful

32. "mistake"

Realisation

One mistake changes your life

The clock won't go back

31. "likeness"

Someone I once knew

Staring in to a mirror

The likeness shines through

30. "complicate"

Engulfed with fury
To complicate matters more
Left me high and dry

29. "alas"

We are surrounded

Alas, we go no further

Taking our own lives

28. "spent"

Your life has been spent

Moping around aimlessly

It's time to collect

27. "cover"

Crawling into bed

In the cover of darkness

A sigh of relief

26. "jolly"

Jolly is a word

That represents happiness

What is happiness?

25. "jealous"

Ignoring your love

You turn away to converse

Jealous feelings rise

24. "plunge"

The shroud of your hate
Plunge into total darkness
Why do I bother?

23. "abstract"

Believe in your world

Your disfigured memories

Abstract novelty

22. "contrive"

Hands covering face

Intolerable screaming

You contrive to kill

21. "persistent"

Panting profusely
Your persistent nature wins
Gripped within your lies

20. "withdraw"

Withdrawal symptoms
Body craving for that fix
Fist starting to clench

19. "throw"

18. "expect"

There's no sympathy

You leave me battered and bruised

What do you expect?

17. "low"

Head low to the ground

The heart thumping sound within

Panic throughout me

16. "familiar"

Familiar face

A busy city centre

Fifteen years too late

15. "cry"

Deforestation

Gazing upon his homeland

The cry of failure

14. "loss"

Fighting continues

Catastrophic loss of life

Another man's cause.

13. "hurry"

Hurry through the day
Thoughts of wrapping up with you
I need nothing more.

12. "everything"

Everything is done

Blood drips from the silver sword

Time for a new king

11. "topic"

Thinking about you
You used to be hot topic
Now you are useless.

10. "bonus"

Bonus points for life

On that fateful night we met

Typing frantically

9. "main"

Main man on the stage

Choking on meaningless words

Spotlight drowning you

8. "sick"

I'm sick of your lies
Walking away without you
Starting a fresh life

7. "recover"

Reliving nightmares

Sweat pouring from your face

Breathe and recover

6. "absolute"

Absolute nothing

The entire world empty

Frozen wilderness

5. "hungry"

Violently cramping
Tear falls down a young girl's face
Constantly hungry

4. "before"

Standing before you
Gazing in to the future
Contemplating death.

3. "turn"

The sound of chains deep within
Nightmare can begin
This time is your turn.

2. "use"

Pressure unleashed
I have no use for you
Driving in to the sunset.

1. "different" - The first of many!

This is my first entry for the Haiku Challenge. For as long as I can remember, I have followed the challenge on twitter and I thought it was about time that I entered the realm of the challenge!

For those of you who don't know what the Haiku Challenge is. Each day a word is given from the English language and you have to create a small poem from the word. As you will continue to see throughout the blog and hopefully as I progress further in to the challenge, the understanding of what the challenge is will become more apparent!

Today's word is "different".

A man I once knew stares with intent.

What's happened to me?

Could I be different?

I hope to be back more in the future with more!