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Poetic Form: Senryu

Inspired: 2024 August 25

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pull out all the stops keep your shoulder to the wheel go the extra mile bust your chops sweat blood work your fingers to the bone bend over backwards go to great lengths put your heart and soul into it and work like a dog go at it hammer and tongs roll up your sleeves do the heavy lifting put your nose to the grindstone put in the hours break your back

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Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/26/2024 10:22:00 AM

Great talent you have manifested in these Senryu. Worthy of a second read.

Hilo Poet
Date: 8/26/2024 11:48:00 AM

Conciliatory wisdom in short, brief, simple phrases, has benefited my 40 year career in service to notable personage such as my family for starters. I wrote others besides this one on various topics. These little bits of wisdom are gifts that one unwraps slowly o'er a lifetime.