Senryu

folding

 the ballot paper — 

shifting sands

 

previously published in tsuri doro, issue 10 

 

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I have two senryu in Issue 85 of Failed Haiku, you can read the whole issue here.

senryu

"new diet" -
cake crumbs litter
her keyboard



This senryu was originally posted back in 2009 for the now defunct Read Write Poem



I'm delighted to have 2 senryu included in the latest issue of Failed Haiku. 

haiku for Catalonia

gathering clouds -
watching the news from
Catalonia

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Read more on the Catalonian Independence Referendum and the violent response of the Spanish state here.

Senryu

family meal out -
everybody's eyes are glued
to their mobile phones

senryu

texting her friend
about her swimming lesson -
she strokes her guide dog.

for NaPoWriMo.

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And a reminder that the pdf of an updated version of my chapbook Bougainvillea Dancing is now available to buy in the Crafty Green Poet Etsy shop. 10% of proceeds from the sale of this book go to VSO for their work in Malawi and other parts of southern Africa.

As ever, coloured text contains hyperlinks that take you to other webpages where you can find out more.  

senryu from a nightclub

hurting my feet
as soon as I sit down -
new dancing shoes

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on the dancefloor -
a couple make not speaking
into an art form

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for NaPoWriMo
 

haiku

your snores

change key -

first light

thinking about
the meaning of life -
late night shopping.

haiku

all night horror films -
the woman next to me knits
baby clothes


(this is a haiku / senryu from Crafty Green Boyfriend's perspective from a recent horror film festival he went to. I don't do horror films (nor do I knit!))

Inspiration from Unexpected Places

I've had to spend some time this week in doctor's waiting rooms. Yesterday I was kept waiting for quite a while, but even when I had already finished the book I had with me, I didn't get bored and in fact wrote several haiku. Here are a couple:

waiting room -
everyone smiles
at the baby.

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Indian Summer -
waiting for hours to see
the doctor.

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after
the doctor's appointment -
sudden backache

haiku

cold November day -
why are so many people
carrying their coats?

the last speaker
of a dead language -
old parrot

local festival -
why is the beer tent so far
from the music stage?


Edinburgh Tree Fest

gallery quiet -
shattered by loud opinions
of old ladies.

night train -
middle aged commuter plays
air guitar

hen party -
no one more attractive
than the bride's mother