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On Not Being You-- Dueling Senryus

Keep quiet, be nice. Do not love, be cold as ice. Alas, spineless mice! Just one life to live. Light poems that drip like old sieves? Meaningless missives! 3/3/2021 ~2~

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Arturo Michael

Date: 3/4/2021 10:41:00 AM

Yeah...We want some action...a little attraction...at least some satisfaction...You are right on this one.

Panagiota Romios
Date: 3/4/2021 12:30:00 PM

What a sparkling comment, I do mean that! In and of itself it has dances and life. Thank you Panagiota

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/4/2021 12:45:00 AM

Thankfully most of us are the opposite. Tom

Panagiota Romios
Date: 3/4/2021 12:28:00 PM

I trust in your judgement, Tom. Thanks. Panagiota

P.S. Awtry

Date: 3/3/2021 10:25:00 AM

love the title and especially the first senryu. Second one makes me feel a wee bit guilty, like I need to write my opus maximus ;) Good stuff!

Panagiota Romios
Date: 3/3/2021 12:20:00 PM

Agree with you, PS, on all you said.))))) The second was meant to be what you felt exactly. We can all do better., meaning to challenge ourselves. There are so many forms to use beyond what's listed at the soup. Amazing! In these times, we have time to bloom like flowers, to grow, to question. To not be ......VICTIMS.... To make a difference in what we pen. To stop being part of the poem of the month club. We are far better. Hope I make sense, soup me, If I am not clear. Writing knock their socks off works.)) Panagiota xx

Robert L. Hinshaw

Date: 3/3/2021 10:13:00 AM

Very insightful verse, Pangie!

Panagiota Romios
Date: 3/3/2021 10:49:00 AM

Hi, Bob...thank you so much Pangie

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 3/3/2021 10:00:00 AM

LOL! I love it. I refer my battered old brain as a sieve when it comes to my writing, like panning for gold. Why I love senryu. Though I do try to pack as much heavy in my light as I can, loving to use all a word’s meanings at once. A fave! xomo

Panagiota Romios
Date: 3/3/2021 10:47:00 AM

Golly, a huge honor to have a fav for you Maureen. I have fallen in love with this form. There are more than 3 line SENRYUS, as well. There are many types.I love the rhymed ones, most. Thank you, poetess! Pangie XXOO