Autumn Senryu Poems

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love and memories
through times and seasons of life
- passes on and on

today I am here
tomorrow I might be gone
- like leaves of autumn.

life is melodies,
and...

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how absurd…an owl,
wearing a night cap…the fowl
an audience howl

owl downs his liquor
his entertainment slicker
audience snicker

in midst, a jeerer
a foul audience nearer
here comes the sheerer

this owl...

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~dark cold autumn day
over horizontal plain
Sun peeking dark gaze~


11/1/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023...

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cold and so long nights 
sweet food appreciated 
brown autumn colors...

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pregnancy craving
ate too many pumpkin pies
my skin turned orange...

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pomegranate season
succulent juicy tender
Punica Granatum...

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white gray brunette brown
autumn clouds pass quietly
mix of joy and fear...

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the leaves float gently
gather at the whim of a breeze
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Traffic
backs up for miles
construction...

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you carry a tune
as delightful as autumn ~
raspy and bitter

10/8/22
Contest: Simply Senryu Contest
Sponsor: John Lawless...

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as cardinals nest
lost within the red maple…
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a lone duck
ponders
          its abandonment

two bears agree
to berry
        ...

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a chill breeze
whispers of winter
a squirrel’s tale

a cool fog hovers
a snake lays motionless
awaiting the sun

a bell rings
yellow crusted kid pods
heed its call

September roses
blush at Winter’s...

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Senryu and Poem, below:
I
Autumn, dawn, clouds, lake:
Flutter of white storm - trash?
Hundred cowbirds: commute

II - The Poem:
Maybe some 200 cowbirds-
All white with adapted, heron-like beaks...

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