wu flu senryu

19 Nov 2020 7 Comments

by lynn__ in senryu Tags: , , ,

exposed to covid
wondering if you will die
slight cough a symptom?

 

 

Note on title: a friend dubbed Covid-19 the “Wu Flu” since it originated in Wuhan, China. Linking to dVerse poets where Frank J. Tassone hosts “jisei”; Japanese death poetry.

love’s thorns

09 Nov 2018 2 Comments

by lynn__ in american sentence Tags: , , , ,

 

Rose of Sharon

wore crown of thorns

as he stretched out arms to die

…for me

 

 

rose-with-thorns-drawing-52

 

A Rose Amongst the Thorns by Reaper xxiv

 

love to die for?

19 Nov 2017 2 Comments

by lynn__ in tanka Tags: , , ,

The forbidden love between the lowly Ferhad and the princess Shirin is an old Persian love story. Ferhad killed himself in the desert when he was tricked into believing that Shirin was dead. Hearing of Ferhad’s death, Sherin then killed herself because she could not live without him. Subsequently the two were buried together.  It’s similar to the Shakespearian tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

(information and image taken from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai)

love story

 

~ fateful attraction ~

when lovers choose death writes our

tragic love stories;

heartbroken readers wishing

romance had better ending!