Human Nature Senryu Poems

In human nature,
hearing and listening are
not the same thing:-

You can hear said words
but can not respond to them,
if not listening:-

Ancestrally said,
you not listening is bad;
not...

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SLEEPING AND WAKING

We sleep in God's peace,
Why wake up in Satin's wars?
Let's wake how we sleep!...

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They scream war for peace,
Not peace for loving kindness;
Human nature stoked:-

War bombing for peace,
No thoughts of building for love;
Wintering hate still dropping:-

Bombs drop like fall...

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Kids screaming with joy,
toy guns fired at each other.
gifts from their parents:-

Teenagers shooting,
taking theirs' and others' lives;
firing parent’s gun:-

AI shooting games,
children joyfully playing;
parents happy:-

Murdering should...

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A GODCHILD OF NATURE
   (A Senryu Quartet)

Grown from human seed,
I am a child of nature;
A sunbeam of delight:-

Gracefully rooted…
Stemmed peaceful human nature…
Serene joy...

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They scream war for peace,
Not peace for loving-kindness;
Paradoxed nature:

War bombing for peace,
Love building up from debris;
Peace's nature melts war:-

Thus be our nature,
Faith and love will...

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"Crap," number 2 stool
I gotta go, discharge waste
excrement matters


10/23/23
1st Place placement in Contest
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023
A Hi-Poo  s e n...

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Boast not of money;
It elevates to destroy
Our human nature....

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One disease by name, 
Merged in the human nature
Kills the life with roots


©Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram...

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Senryu, a short verse

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similar to haiku
strong personal impact
sees our human nature
set syllable amount
structure is critical
sometimes satirical
sounds very poetic

FIRST PLACE WINNER
Written January 21, 2022
For “Write About a Form” Poetry...

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my heart keeps saying
"I can do all things through Christ*"
God, conquer my doubts.

*Romans 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord...

September 1, 2020
Edited on...

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basking in meekness
false humility does lurk
my arrogance glows…

proud* human nature
grips heart against true worship
God, please forgive me.

*Proverbs 28:25 He that is of a proud heart...

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lust for greed displays
loss of human nature - or -
sin as a pasttime 

15th July 2015

Checked howmanysyllables.com...

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haiku loves nature 
senryu human nature...
tanka expounds both 
no matter how much I learn
I only know a whisper






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