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Metaphor Senryu Poems

These Metaphor Senryu poems are examples of Senryu poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Senryu Metaphor poems written by international poets.

Clucking Hypocrisy

Chickens aim so high.
Aha! That's what I thought too,
When I hear you cluck....

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Categories: funny, humorous, metaphor, onomatopoeia,

Small Quirks

. . . Elementary 

Little Wrinkled Nose -- The 

Way We Like It . . ....

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Categories: basketball, best friend, boat,

CLEAR SENRYU SKIES SHINE SKIES BLUE-

Senryu

Dodoitsu Winter’s Bright and Blue
Winter mid-February;
The temperature yet so bright;
No frigid air or cold winds;
Clear blue skies shine blue;



2/25/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr....

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Categories: analogy, appreciation, blessing, metaphor,

Season of Discontent

Seeds of emotion
yields no crop, now blighted fields,
harvest of a death!...

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Categories: emotions, metaphor, sorrow,

The Naturalist

an unwashed plate sits
no one around to clean it~~
smiles as roach sponges...

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Categories: extended metaphor, imagery, insect,

Homeless Freedom

for eveyday food
   thus he sells the whole body
     poor homeless freedom...

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Categories: allusion, analogy, appreciation, extended

When Drinking

When i drink,  first sip,
refreshes all  my dryness,
 afterwards sourness......

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Categories: allusion, analogy, appreciation, drink,

When Dark Meets Light In a Bright Or Dim Place

i love the shadows
my mind and its perspective
the human knot

3/24/2023

Inspired by Dilly Dally’s long title senryu ;)...

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Categories: metaphor,

Republic

It only works when
         the public thing  fully loved
       ...

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Categories: allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,

Wall Street

On Wall Street quickly
                    money is...

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Categories: allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,

Convection

collective mindset
human dots connect
on the Other shore...

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Categories: analogy, extended metaphor, inspirational,

Sunny Side Up

all-around good egg
proud Waffle House novelist ...
hatching scrambled plots





11/20/2022

Poetry form: Senryu

Mark Toney © 2022

Graphic design by Mark Toney using CanvaPro...

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Categories: humorous, metaphor, word play,

Tropical Brazil

though  chimerical
       country is dystopian
        totally tropic...

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Categories: allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,

Marching

Now Right, left, turn, turn
    the side doesn't matter  much
       democracy yes...

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Categories: adventure, allegory, allusion, extended

Elections In Brazil

we voted for life
    for non-fictional release
       democratic  feast...

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Categories: allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,