Joseph Spence Sr Poet Senryu

High Noon (Senryu)

with six guns hanging
walked in saloon at high noon
outlaws backed their coats

© Joseph, 1/6/07
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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 October 20, 2008 at 6:11 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