Best Haiku Senryu Poems
taken
from henhouse
poached eggs
Mix maroon heart with amber ambition
Silver start swiftly amethyst affliction
How do you heal when you’re blue broken
Create a poetic meal to eat keep hope and
Stir in sandy sonnets from years in the rain
Sprinkle Senryu, haiku despite peach pain
Let cranberry couplets cream morbid thought
Sift soulful sentiment knitted like amber art
Add a dollop of daylight in your wisest words
And mince moonlight sautéed by wing of bird
Knead the dough of poems soul as it forms
Pour in powdered pan man, woman so warm
Bake to taste by lavender lake full of adjectives
You’ll know when it’s done for it’s like magic is
Transforming minds and making designs of brain
That’s how to bake a poem, green grace stay sane
witness to a crime
a chipmunk with a mouthful
wouldt say bleep
Inspired by Jan Allison:
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HAIKU
oft my morning call...
birds in the warmer months... sing...
my natural alarm...
your haiku on my shoulder...
your blackbird... softly chirps...
morning...
SENRYU
inspirational...
your poetic prowess...
many thank yous'...
HAIKU
orange beaked blackbird...
dawns equivalent nightingale
sing on Jenny wren
SENRYU
inspirational
a haiku your talent paints
Jan a great poet
inspired mine...
I thank you...
write on dear poet
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Inspired by Robert Haige?
HAIKU
crystal clear...
poets palette... winter hues...
frosted window panes
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Inspired by Sarah Rosen
HAIKU
our closest star...
sol... it has a lifespan...
earth will die with it...
our planet's lifespan...
once under natures control...
pollution now rules...
earth will die with it...
sol will blow us all away...
climate change preempts...
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Inspired by Robert Haigh
HAIKU
live love to find one...
who lives love too... together...
true love realised...
~Autumnal Salutations~
(Haiku/ Senryu Suite)
This morning is great
The airs refreshing and cool
Autumn's almost here
Feeling of newness
There's some lightness around now
And the birds still roam
New days just starting
There's so much to do today
So many new plans
Thank God for today
Think of friends and family
For them send prayers
Wish them all the best
Everyone's in my heart thoughts
God bless them and you
Prayers go to God
I am so thankful for each day
That He's given me
Day belongs to Him
Created all that is good
My God is awesome
Greatest painter
Masterful brushworks He paints
Everyday all time
Summer soon to go
Hot days no more and pretty
Fall will settle down
Many things to plan
Some great holidays will come soon
And we'll celebrate.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2012
September.16.2015
ocean sounds
I pass a conch
from my ear to hers
monsoon dusk
the flood carrying
my shattered dreams
long rain
the homelessness
reopens the school
holding tight
to the hand of my child--
on the iPad
my mother talks and talks
of returning roles
~Autumnal Salutations~
(Haiku/ Senryu Suite)
This morning is great
The airs refreshing and cool
Autumn's almost here
Feeling of newness
There's some lightness around now
And the birds still roam
New days just starting
There's so much to do today
So many new plans
Thank God for today
Think of friends and family
For them send prayers
Wish them all the best
Everyone's in my heart thoughts
God bless them and you
Prayers go to God
I am so thankful for each day
That He's given me
Day belongs to Him
Created all that is good
My God is awesome
Greatest painter
Masterful brushworks He paints
Everyday all time
Summer soon to go
Hot days no more and pretty
Fall will settle down
Many things to plan
Some great holidays will come soon
And I'll celebrate.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2012
October.23.2015
haiku – senryu
JUST THINKING
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life... rife...
some strife...
it's reality
not all life is fun
get with reality
heed natures warnings
love thy neighbor
turn the other cheek
let peace prevail
no news today
for my peace of mind
how do others cope
rhetoric... why...
when quietness would suffice
have we forgot peace...
spring grass growing
near ready for cropping
ewes with early lambs
gamboling... a leap
the meadows hosting livestock
grasshoppers singing
the farmyard... alive
swallows... in and out of barns
their owls wait till dusk
dusk... bats out hunting
hedgehogs... door mice... meadow life...
dawn.. farmer makes hay
summer... watching... waits
springtime... explodes... fruition
Glastonbury raves
there is life on mars
why... did you drop it...
bacteria play too
birds can fly the sky
viruses can fly as well
no... not flew... flu
Jack and Jack
not as nature intended
but they are happy
my thoughts on paper
all spontaneous writing
think before you speak
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She sits on my lap
She loves to purr after meals
I love to listen.
medical progress
climate conscious practicing
destructive boots march
haiku loves nature
senryu human nature...
tanka expounds both
no matter how much I learn
I only know a whisper
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Haiku, Senryu & Tanka Too" via wattpad.com
True desert memories of my time spent in the Libyan desert. (Very early 60's)
The link re. the last senryu gives the details of how a young soldier lost his life by ignoring orders. Not a friend of mine, but we were comrades in arms.
HAIKU & SENRYU
night time desert... cold
can freeze... belies the hot days
no moon... pitch black night
~
daytime desert... hot
the sun takes no prisoners
yet nature survives
~
tortoise... chameleons
scorpions... puff adders... flies
shy desert wonders
~
two four week tours
my work... I endured
free time exploring
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North Africa
unhospitable deserts
watermelons... cool
~
there are hidden fears
world war two ammunitions
bomb... mines... shells... killers
~
look... don't touch... report
standing orders .... don't deny
one did and died
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The link below will take you to a page where the young soldier's death is recorded. Please note this was not entered as html, I used converter entities to get it up in the html format. If I have broken the rules I apologise and will remove it but for those interested copy it now.
http://www.farmersboys.com/Roll_of_Honour_Pages/G_Evans.htm
<a href="http://www.farmersboys.com/Roll_of_Honour_Pages/G_Evans.htm">Farmers Boys</a>
high blood pressure
a mosquito
to the rescue
A House Full of Cats
a house full of cats?
we learn to step carefully
we don’t have nine lives
our kitties are so trusting
lay down right in front of us
“pet me and feed me!”
(this is a silent command)
“and keep litter boxes clean
don’t disturb us while we sleep
always be kind to us pets”
feline loyalty?
“at times we might say that – yes
but don’t count on it”
feline royalty?
“who owns who is the question?
you know the answer”
wedding night
she calls him honey
he promises the moon