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High Noon (Senryu)

with six guns hanging walked in saloon at high noon outlaws backed their coats © Joseph, 1/6/07 © All Rights Reserved Author’s Comments: The traditional Japanese Senryu format has three lines as follows: the first has five syllables, the second seven syllables, and the third five syllables. The pattern is 5/7/5 for a total of seventeen syllables. The Senryu is about an emotional expression and things in general.

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Adell Foster

Date: 10/20/2008 6:11:00 AM

Sounds like an showdown's a brewing... This is a fantastic write, it reads like a scene from the westerns I use to watch as a child... Joseph, your words have captivated the imagination with so few lines... Excellent writing my friend :-) God's Love and Many Blessings, Always, Adell