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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 © Tim Ryerson | Year Posted 2013

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June 10, 2013 at 1:40 PM

Great winning work..Congrats..Sara

June 8, 2013 at 9:40 AM

Awesome Tim...congratulations

Andrea Dietrich

June 5, 2013 at 8:48 PM

BIG congrats, Tim. You deserve it! I just love that song!!

Poet Destroyer A

June 4, 2013 at 10:41 PM

Tim, enjoyed your senryu. Congrats!! In Susan's contest... xox~ Linda

Sheri Fresonke Harper

June 4, 2013 at 10:31 PM

lol, a favorite tune of mine, you capture the place very well, Tim, congratulations on your win

June 4, 2013 at 4:23 PM

You got the idea Cher, emotion! & wit ;) Congrad's on your win, Light & Love

Carrie Richards

June 4, 2013 at 11:12 AM

Spend a lot of time there, do you?? Put a few quarters in for me.....I would like "Cold Cold Heart" ! :) Congrats!!

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

June 4, 2013 at 9:59 AM

Congratulations on your winning place Tim xx

Delysia Hendricks

May 27, 2013 at 6:00 PM

Ah, the good ole days. Good luck in the contest, Tim. Licia :-)

Kathryn Collins

May 25, 2013 at 11:28 AM

Those were (not) the days.

Andrea Dietrich

May 22, 2013 at 2:28 PM

I enjoy the mood of this one, my friend!!

May 22, 2013 at 1:32 PM

i like the the movement, tone and overall feel to this awesome write!.. music for my soul, tim...quite extraordinary!..:) huggs

Anne-Lise Andresen

May 22, 2013 at 12:54 PM

- Good old juke box ...... (with music that really was music ...) - Well done, Tim!!!! - Luck in contest! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

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