just now, how your smile
lightened my day and did chase
dark shadows away
grocery aisle
walking in shadows
of lost love
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Sean the famed squirrel poet scribbled two senryus
On acorn caps with gold iridescent walnut hues.
His first verse: "Tail flicks high—
Nuts buried nearby!"
The second? "Winter's stash? Lost. Oh poo."
shadow in the aisle
where a friend and I
once stood
Rewrite the Stars…..Rhymed Senryu
5/31/2025
Be the enchantress,
Drive them to loving madness,
Watch the moon undress.
4/30/2025
Glints of Spring starlight
Light April ‘s flowers tonight
Hearts melt in moonlight
my tears fall on stone
my cloak of sorrow heavy ...
the mask I wear smiles
midnight reflections
in my room
light turned on
Local musicians
easily take pain away;
What they do saves lives.
Senryu writes are great,
sadness in a few words,
scintillating love too !
Secluded thoughts expressed,
shrine to human feeling,
sedate but powerful,
serene in the moment !
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January 18, 2022
Poetry/Pleiades/Senyru
Copyright Protected, ID, 01-1422-642-18
All Rights Reseerved, 2022, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, Write About A Form
sponsor, Joseph May, Judged 02/20/2022
Second Place
Syllables verified on HowManySyllables
verses within leaves
bound in leather to preserve
it is up to us
24 May 2018
She don't want to hurt
Anymore than you do, Love
Let her be free now
Entry for Senryu on sadness contest
Sponsor : Laura Loo
9/2/17
in one last death gasp
a son calls with a sad sigh
it is done father
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April 11, 2017
Senyru/it is done
Copyright Protected, ID 891651
For the contest Easter Haiku or Senryu
Laura Loo
First Place
he dusted the album-
a memory of love
trickled down his cheek
One man, many thoughts
Some intelligent, some not
One versatile brain
Deep inside himself
Waiting for acknowledgement
Is a better man
To heed your true self
Be open minded, patient
Take a deep breath, leap.
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