This senryu written in “free” form and linked to CDHK “no rules” prompt…ironic, because kids need some rules to flourish.
years dedicated to
the nurture of children
full life enriched
lessons from nature
12 Jun 2017 4 Comments
in senryu Tags: lesson, nature, quiet, talk, yak
If you like yaks, check out more haiku at CDHK reprise…
yak yakkity yak
bovines quietly social
humans talk too much
source: Pixabay
walking partners
19 Mar 2017 8 Comments
in senryu, tanka Tags: love, nature, outdoors, shoes, walk
turn off devices
put on comfortable shoes
meet ourselves outdoors
inspire real love of nature
learn the real nature of love
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Joining weekly tanka challenge at Ramblings of a Writer
inexorable time
17 Jan 2017 1 Comment
in senryu Tags: dust, journey, time
In response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai “Road to Santiago” word: time
where will journey lead?
wisdom contemplates life’s end
we return to dust
- photo by lynn – Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City
delirium in dirt
18 Aug 2016 6 Comments
in haiku, senryu, Uncategorized Tags: darkness, farmer, moonlight, rain
Not sure if this would be considered haiku (nature)or senryu (human nature).
moonlight stirs crazy
work late against chance of rain
farmer digs darkness
photo by lynn
locked behind gates
02 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in senryu Tags: gates, love, phantom, tower
improbable love
like phantom of opera
barred reality
Traitor’s Gate, Tower of London (wikipedia/fluous)
fudge curmudgeon
04 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in senryu, Uncategorized
resisting the temp
-tation to overindulge,
i threw out the fudge!
(a simple senryu of new year’s resolve)
american paradox/stuffed
25 Nov 2015 3 Comments
in american sentence, haiku, senryu, Uncategorized Tags: Thanksgiving
it’s thanksgiving day
give thanks for all our blessings
…tomorrow we shop
used with permission
