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This work uses musical terms in the form of puns.
And wordplay equvalents.
Note as in written letter, or note in music.
Scale as to climb or scale in music.
Bow which a violist uses has several pronounciations.
One of them equates to the sound of someone's beau.
Strings in a musical sense or terms and conditions

wishful thinking

a violist’s note
to her bow, let’s scale the heights…..
with no strings attached

imaginationironyvalentines daywordsenryu

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Andrea Dietrich

January 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM

Loving this one again. Congratulations on the win

Tania Kitchin

January 31, 2026 at 12:29 PM

Howard, congratulations on your winning placement with your clever poem.

Sara Kendrick

January 24, 2026 at 4:45 AM

I like this senryu. The play on words is fascinating. I think it could go either way in a person's thinking either musically or just as common use of the words but thanks for the explanation. Sara K