Odds On Favourite

assigned to a track
   race is but a game we play ~
           handicapping fate


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Theraven Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 7:23 PM
Maureen, Odds on Fave. -Rich
Connelly Avatar
March 5, 2021 at 6:32 PM
Words so true, but the real race we run is all of us at at the starting line, running side by side WITH each other; BUT against each other all the same. The bottom line is that it should be a fair "race"; and the winner takes all. Thanks Maureen, and thanks to the PoetrySoup readers that have no clue what I'm talking about, because it proves "ignorance IS bliss". Blessed be. Amen
Romios Avatar
March 4, 2021 at 4:46 PM
Maureen This a heck of a powerful Senryu. Good Job Pamgie xx
Kavanagh  Avatar
March 4, 2021 at 9:03 AM
So good, so bad, so well thought out, a thoroughbreds only race, do we all carry the same weight, only til the handicapper catches up, great writing cheers David
Koplin Avatar
March 4, 2021 at 6:13 AM
I love the message Mo!
Pigeon Tart Avatar
March 4, 2021 at 7:09 AM
Thank you Mark! xomo
Pettit Avatar
March 3, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Nice write open to numerous interpretations.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
March 4, 2021 at 7:08 AM
Thank you Robert! xomo
Faulkner Avatar
March 3, 2021 at 1:25 PM
Our fate can be as wide, or as narrow, as our minds and hearts allow - beautifully put, Mo~
Pigeon Tart Avatar
March 4, 2021 at 7:08 AM
Beautifully said. Hugs
Leffanta Avatar
March 3, 2021 at 12:23 PM
It is OK to fail providing you stay wholly inside your track! Woe unto those who stray! Thus saith the Lord of Lines! Enjoyed! Aloha! Rico
Pigeon Tart Avatar
March 4, 2021 at 7:07 AM
I got a line on a hot pony... ~x
Wolf Avatar
March 2, 2021 at 9:08 PM
Very perceptive here. The handicap is greater each day here in the States, everything now filtered through the prism of race... Precisely the opposite of what Dr. King and the civil rights movement was all about. Excellent presentation in the senryu form, methinks. Bravo! :) gw
Pigeon Tart Avatar
March 3, 2021 at 7:35 AM
Thank you my friend. “Race”, a white human construct, while “Tribalism” is considered savage. We landed in the Americas and were just considered another tribe. sigh. Well, that didn’t turn out well ;), xomo
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