Long Senryu Poems

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Premium Member My Little Bulldog

No challenge stops her
    stance is set
       shoulders squared

                                  She needs no reassurance
                                  no protective arm

What she wants
    is what she wills
     she harbors no illusions

                                   No man will tell her
                                   what to do

She has lain out
   her own way
     and swept it clean

                                   No distraction is allowed
                                   to interfere

Her goals are set
   and bannered, waiting
     for distant days

                                     She will claim them all
                                     in triumph, never doubting

Small of stature
   great of heart
     she turns to face the wind

                                      Gentle as a running stream
                                      Unyielding as a diamond

She acknowledges 
   the difficulties
    then passes through

                                        No lie accepted
                                        no truth denied

She scans the road ahead
   weighs its options
     gaze sure and steady

                                         Fears are felt
                                         then disregarded

She does not move back
   she sets her grip upon
     each thing she wants

                                          Her goals must surrender
                                          to her determination

A child in years
   an elder's wisdom
     sits upon her brow

                                          Discouragements will bring no change
                                          a mountain of resolve

Seasons change
   worlds revolve
     she sees it through

                                          The end in sight
                                          stays in sight

Such nobilities
   within my child
     humble me

                                          Her father frets for her
                                          but can never fear

This is my little bulldog
   holding the world 
     by its pantleg

                                            Naught that she needs escapes her
                                            what kind of fool would try


Breaths Bring Blessings

An age gets caught in brew
Cheers to birthday off worry
Feel alright anew

Time is getting old
But don't grow dream in scurry
Shine your light so bold

Learn to find pure joy
Live a very nice story
That contents enjoy

Picture making life
Shine on positive glory
That records no strife

Could not forget this
Your wish- a reverend sister 
Now gone off at ease

Someone has gone miles
To make your broken piece right
By flaming your smiles

How time becomes gay
Eyes shine sun's heat like moon's light
Win it his own way

Keep up your heart's peace
With love that lights your plight's quest
Without been apiece

Happy birthday dear
Grow in God's grace that unrest
Fulfilling career

Till her dreams come true
Growing care for options subdue
As God  blesses you

Premium Member Love Senryu Collaboration With Leolee

Love your tender touch
Lay your body next to mine
Let our love evolve

Stay with me tonight
I can’t get enough of you
Stay here forever

Magic is the night
The sweetness of your kisses
Awakens desires

Let’s get intertwined
We can’t be separated
Together always.

A wonderful love
That we have for each other
I hope it will last
 
Tonight together
Too few hours in the night.
Let’s spend it wisely

Several hours
Before the sun comes up again
We’ll do it right now.
 
Moments of pure bliss
We are sharing this moment
Please time, move slowly


First four written by Leolee  Last four written by myself

Premium Member Curves

full bodied women
tantalize senses like wine
delightful to taste

cushions of comfort
everywhere soft to the touch
more luxuriance 

curvaceous can charm
sexy is as sexy does:
get size wise, people!

Eileen Manassian

Footnote:
This is a repost of a deleted poem. I am not justifying being unhealthy, that goes for the ultra thin and the ultra fat. I'm promoting acceptance. Perceptions of beauty change over time....I'm glad fuller women are getting more press coverage these days....women like Tess Holliday. I follow her on Instagram and am shocked by the amount of hurtful comments she gets. Let the woman be....

Sleepless Night

sleepless night
                                                     passes many 
                                                   there's reasons

                                                    In deep love
                                            night takes away sleep
                                                    romance on

                                                     if loved one
                                            suffers from deep pain
                                                     tear oozes

                                                    for phone call
                                             waiting fades the night
                                                  lengths the time                                                   

                                                       Enemy's
                                             conspiring mind's plan
                                                   keeps awake

For Contest:
Sponsored by: Leonora Galinta


Premium Member why?

(a story in Senryus)

I can’t figure out
why everything doesn’t
happen like I want.

I brush my teeth and
floss regularly, I wash
my roommates dishes,

I am generous,
I don’t run in the hallways,
I do my homework.

I support pizza
places, Amazon - I spur
the economy

semi-sleepless night
no worries, but tossing with
no sleep - what’s with that?

My health app says I
slept three hours, four minutes.
I’m low on toothpaste.

five-thirty AM
Lisa and I ran four miles
on the gym treadmills

Banana/ peanut
butter/ cacao/ oat milk/ chia
seed breakfast smoothie.

I've been in love with
styling dresses, layered
over flared jean pants.

My first look was a
tulle dress over sequined jeans
and tan kitten heels.

The winter hook-up
scene is in full swing - not for
me, I’m like second base.

I just lay around,
in sad, unfettered, boredom
- a crying shoulder

for others, I’m not
a skanky whore, like [censored]
- try penicillin - ß??ç?

Since, as you can see,
I am, for all intents and
purposes - perfect.

I can’t figure out
why everything doesn’t
happen like I want.
.
.
Webster: Unfettered: not controlled or restricted

ß??ç? is NOT a word, it’s a set of Greek symbols - if you read something in them, well, that’s just coincidental, isn’t it?

Premium Member And I Am One Love With You

Magically cast
inside the mirrors glow warm
enchanting beauty

Smile, it will light up 
in one thousand starlight dreams
meandering through joy

The mountains dew
flowing a river deeply 
to an ocean runs

Salted waves will kiss
and forever caress love 
always one queen cut

In the shadows soft
silver dancing inside light 
songs of an angel

Singing chants sweetly
within a voice silently 
echoing whispers

For get me not's babe
inside blows a warm breeze
floating away deep

On wings  one can fly
butterfly dancing flutter
each blink in an eye 

Oh it's you who journeyed 
over many great oceans 
the promise one made

Makes you forever 
sings songbirds, in grace happy 
just wish i could take 

Away all the pains 
they fade away suffering 
upon you're breeze warm

Slowly sharing with 
you my mad life now crazy 
totally truly 

And madly in love 
with the beautiful you, true
sweet darling, one kiss

Premium Member Possessive Perspectives

being number one
wiggles underneath the rock
a spade descends

being number two
hides behind the rock
a foot falls

being number three
lays on top of the flat rock
skin to stone

being number four
perches atop the rock
shells crack

being number six
flies over  the rock
guano falls


*who are the beings [do you see them in your head? I didn't tell you!]
**how big is the rock [did you see it in your head? I didn't tell you.]
*** how did what happen, happen? in line 3 did you see it in your head?

**** haiku and senryu are in the moment verses which require
showing not telling and the bulk of the poem is always in the readers mind
not the poets pen.

Premium Member Fireworks

*                                  
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
    one kiss in July

                      lightning fell from the heavens....        
                                                                       
                                                   instant chemistry


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For Francine's Contest
'sensuous senryu'

Premium Member Never Smile at a Crocodile


“Times have passed cheques (checks) are surpassed
We now have online banking. In my day
 if they didn’t wanna pay, all you heard was The last line of this poem”                                                      ~~The Poet~~


Warned of the crocodile,
The tourists began to smile.
We will sunbath for a while.,

From Czechoslovakia he came.
Boris was his name.
The Frenchman was game.

Swimming in the river. 
They saw two crocs sliver.
They began to quiver.

The biggest croc gulped.
Swallowed the tourist whole.
The next man met demise.

The crocks shot by locals.
Who had been searching.
They took the crocs skin.

And what they found.
Frenchman in the female croc.
And the Check was in the mail !!!

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