Long Senyru Poems

Life Contest
Sponsor: Janice Thompson


Living an existence with vitality and motivation
Inner demons fought with everything I’ve learned
Feeling lost and found can sure cause frustration 
Every day is a new lesson and a hard penny earned



What is...

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Aching
aching deep within
reaching out beyond the veil
never forgotten

All Aboard
body and soul combine
for the ride of a lifetime –
no return tickets

Am I me
I think I am me
I think, therefore, I am me
I am me I think

Astral...

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EMBRACE THE LINES CONTEST
Sponsor: David Lindsay

There was an unexpected letter left upon my night stand…

I anticipated this letter would enter my life at the exact moment it was meant to. Through all the love we...

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     I am a nurse.  It is a difficult job, very stressful and emotional.  The patients need

us to be at our best.  Nurses are required to be dedicated,...

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Weaving Forms

Abc, Abecedarian, acrostic, alliteration alexandrine
  Salaam, sehraa senyru, sestina, sijo, shape, sonnet
      The list of forms of writing poesy is hopelessly endless
      ...

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Future dreams- I have put on hold because of dreadful fear,
Until now, I am trapped in a cemetery with the dead, weeping;
To myself so often, I say just let it go, let the pain...

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I've just confessed out loud 
In the safety of a safe space, safely
(Just so that's clear)
I am wracked with guilt and shame
(Sorry, buzzkill - plus I'm not telling why, so no gossip)
But the reality is...

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Form: swap quatrain/senyru utilised for experimental haibun
Inspired by a photograph from the performance piece: "To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain" by Zhang Huan

"Beyond the mountain, there are mountains" 
Traditional Chinese Proverb

stop and analyse,...

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The freezing rain turns into black ice
If you're driving make sure you think twice
You may have a glitch
End up in a ditch
Take heed of the weatherman’s advice
~
cold winds start to blow
bringing first flakes of winter...

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SCARRED FOR LIFE

children are screaming
they have the thousand mile stare ~
traumatised for life

TEARFUL GOODBYES

at the rail station
dad's hug their wives and children ~
say goodbye with tears

GUTLESS COWARDS

cowardly russians
indiscriminate firing ~
a mound of rubble

MEN AND WOMEN...

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first day
writing new letters
in the same old journal

a hymn
the only accompaniment 
rain drumming the roof

*****

just in time
it stops raining
first cherry blossoms 

spring wind
ten thousand frog croaks
collapse a rain-soaked silence 

*****

at the shore
our footprints erased
in the...

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good morning

the entry below is a "goshi" format
before anyone makes a comment on the format
for all of us who have posted on various sites
know each site has their own definition guideline and rule
it should be...

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Back Catalogue Poem:

"show me your face"
growls subside upon revelation 
does your countenance veil mine?
I see beyond sight and temporality 

still full of sorrow, though drawn in
indisputably realised in your embrace
no knowledge of how long I'd...

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Long ago when I was a child my sister died,
Everyday in grandmas arms I cried and cried;
Time ticked and grandma left and I had to say goodbye,
Then when my baby boy was born and...

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Latching on to ill will, I seed a sour thought
evolving, it bore a fruit of venom in my heart 
this toxicity ruined my Life and took joy in a snatch
taking care of  thoughts that...

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     My life has been a tangled path, a ravaged garden follows my journey always.
Since a child I have lived with death's hand upon me, we are sort of friends by...

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1. My heart has found Love               2. She Walks in Spirit 
 In the warmth of her sweet smile  ...

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I
made
a mistake
with my mother
when the doctor told me she was dying
I should have brought her home to die with me
I live with that
weep at night
because
it
haunts
my soul
I could have
it was her wish
to be honest I was...

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My favourite chair
Said to me one night
Hey! Highlander
What you going to write
 
Is it going to be a fantasy
A Haiku or a Senyru
What ever comes from your thoughts
It's from the inner you
 
I have supported...

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I will never be a poet 
for even I can clearly see,
my words are plain (I know it)
and a little singsongy.
My head’s as filled with adjectives,
As is my pen with ink,
 though I write with...

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The Day After Christmas 

1811
Richmond Theater...Fire!
Last act pantomime 


©deborah burch
12.26.16

___________________________
Senyru 
My inspiration:
Google: "Richmond Theater Fire Richmond Virginia 1811"
Many references online: even Wikipedia!!
On 12.26.1811, the Richmond Theater Fire, became known as the "worst disaster in American...

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The poetry Soup tag
This game of delights
Words and grammar
All forms excite
 
Haiku, Rhyme
Free verse or Senyru
What ever is written
It is told from within you
 
Story or ode
Living or past
When it's written down
It's there to last
...

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