Hank's Pentameter

back-alley barroom
scratchy, juke box 45's 
'so lonesome' Hank moans

("I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams)
For Susan's Single Senryu contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 6/10/2013 1:40:00 PM
Great winning work..Congrats..Sara
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Date: 6/8/2013 9:40:00 AM
Awesome Tim...congratulations
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Date: 6/5/2013 8:48:00 PM
BIG congrats, Tim. You deserve it! I just love that song!!
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Date: 6/4/2013 10:41:00 PM
Tim, enjoyed your senryu. Congrats!! In Susan's contest... xox~ Linda
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Date: 6/4/2013 10:31:00 PM
lol, a favorite tune of mine, you capture the place very well, Tim, congratulations on your win
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Date: 6/4/2013 4:23:00 PM
You got the idea Cher, emotion! & wit ;) Congrad's on your win, Light & Love
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Date: 6/4/2013 11:12:00 AM
Spend a lot of time there, do you?? Put a few quarters in for me.....I would like "Cold Cold Heart" ! :) Congrats!!
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Date: 6/4/2013 9:59:00 AM
Congratulations on your winning place Tim xx
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Date: 5/27/2013 6:00:00 PM
Ah, the good ole days. Good luck in the contest, Tim. Licia :-)
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Date: 5/25/2013 11:28:00 AM
Those were (not) the days.
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Date: 5/22/2013 2:28:00 PM
I enjoy the mood of this one, my friend!!
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Date: 5/22/2013 1:32:00 PM
i like the the movement, tone and overall feel to this awesome write!.. music for my soul, tim...quite extraordinary!..:) huggs
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Date: 5/22/2013 12:54:00 PM
- Good old juke box ...... (with music that really was music ...) - Well done, Tim!!!! - Luck in contest! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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