Dogs shall keep barking;
Still, never let them vex you;
It's your life, for sure.
We were at a small
bar, the place only served some
older regulars.
An elderly guy
in an old jean jacket was
talkative, friendly.
“What do girls learn at
Yale?” He asked. “We’re taught things, like
expressions, smiling,
pomposity, snark,
whatevering and stuff-stuff.”
I bragged shamelessly.
“Sure,” He chuckled, “sure
- but it’s worth the money I suppose,”
he gave me a toast.
Limiting yourself
can, in fact, set you free - try
writing a Senryu
Like a martial art,
a tea ceremony or
classical music
They are a tight dance -
controlled, disciplined, focused.
Other styles can drift.
A Senryu is like
a Haiku except it deals
with human feelings
.
.
A Haiku/Senryu should three lines of 5-7-5 syllables
A Haiku should be about nature
A Senryu about human feelings
#senryu #haiku #focus #freedom #limits
conch shell
on the table i listen to
todays special
haiku
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let's walk with nature
sunny day hark birds singing
cuckoo you mimic
cuckoos' all gone
shot by hunters' everyone
they're not specific
swifts' last to arrive
cuckoos' once first on the scene
most humans' remiss
TERCET
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haiku
two words split
senryu
senryu
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a haiku a page
once the masters had their say
who are the experts'
a senryu... foibles
humans their rights and their wrongs
it wasn't me
questions' some answers
many will and many won't agree
then there's always one
the hermit
at one with mother nature
fleas' in their beds'
I am confused
between pictographic text-
ideographic,
logographic or
syllabic-alphabetic
Senryu Haiku
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