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Haiku/Senryu Compilation
Bird Table (Nature) Haiku
Icy lacy frost
blankets Holly bush and tree,
Graces berry feast.
Sky Art (Colour) Haiku
Crimson wisps blood-stain
azure's fading sky to paint
dusk's art at sunset.
Tall Order (Animal) Haiku
Legs all sprawled askew.
Yards of neck enmeshed in thorn.
Delicate giraffe.
Despair (Emotion) Senryu
Anguish, held too long.
Wracking sobs and flowing tears.
Eyes implore. Arms fall.
Today (Open Choice) Senryu
Baby born today.
Text said: "Girl, black hair. All well!"
Could be monkey too.
I Am. (Tanka)
Set me a challenge.
Give me a reason to know
something that I don't.
When I can master it once,
Then I'll show you who I am
Icy lacy frost
blankets Holly bush and tree,
Graces berry feast.
Sky Art (Colour) Haiku
Crimson wisps blood-stain
azure's fading sky to paint
dusk's art at sunset.
Tall Order (Animal) Haiku
Legs all sprawled askew.
Yards of neck enmeshed in thorn.
Delicate giraffe.
Despair (Emotion) Senryu
Anguish, held too long.
Wracking sobs and flowing tears.
Eyes implore. Arms fall.
Today (Open Choice) Senryu
Baby born today.
Text said: "Girl, black hair. All well!"
Could be monkey too.
I Am. (Tanka)
Set me a challenge.
Give me a reason to know
something that I don't.
When I can master it once,
Then I'll show you who I am
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Posted: Apr 2019
About this poem:
Senryu is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 or fewer morae (or on) in total. However, senryu tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryu are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious. Unlike haiku, senryu do not include a kireji or verbal caesura (cutting word), and do not generally include a kigo, or seasonal word.It is often said that both haiku and senryu can be funny, but that if it’s funny, it’s probably senryu. Both haiku and senryu can be about nature, but if it’s about nature, it’s probably a haiku. In addition, both haiku and senryu can be about nature or human nature. Both haiku and senryu can be serious or humorous/satirical. A serious poem about nature is certainly a haiku. And a funny/satirical poem about human nature is certainly a senryu.
Tanka consist of five units (often treated as separate lines when transliterated or translated), usually with the following mora pattern: 5-7-5-7-7.
The 5-7-5 is called the kami-no-ku (“upper phrase”), and the 7-7 is called the shimo-no-ku (“lower phrase”).
Coyote
coyote runs wild
across fields of verdant green
a sly cunning thief
across fields of verdant green
a sly cunning thief
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Posted: Jan 2014
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Night of the misty moon
As the wind blows,
hearing her name,
I listen.
In the sakura fields,
"It's tonight",
we noticed.
The radiance shows,
on the
Night of the misty moon.
It's beauty glowing.
Love is forever,
As a diamond
Becomes pure,
A sakura petal
Falls into the pond
we are near.
Quiet, Serenity, Peace,
This is our place
For the night
Of the
Misty moon.
hearing her name,
I listen.
In the sakura fields,
"It's tonight",
we noticed.
The radiance shows,
on the
Night of the misty moon.
It's beauty glowing.
Love is forever,
As a diamond
Becomes pure,
A sakura petal
Falls into the pond
we are near.
Quiet, Serenity, Peace,
This is our place
For the night
Of the
Misty moon.
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Posted: Sep 2011
About this poem:
This poem is based on both old Japanese and Chinese philosophy, in which, is why I wrote this and because a couple months ago, the moon was looking misty.In this poem, is a hint on how to keep balance, stability, Vitality and love for others. For which cannot be seen, is what lies from within.
The night i wrote this poem, I was feeling quite calm, peaceful, tranquil, and at peace with myself and GOD. Writing these types of poems is how I express both my feelings, and the old philosophy of China and Japan.
online today!haiku serenity
the sound of silence
its mesmerising nature
peaceful and serene
its mesmerising nature
peaceful and serene
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Posted: Feb 2021
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Muir Woods
Young and eager romps
the charmed saplings in the woods
Fearing no evil
the charmed saplings in the woods
Fearing no evil
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Posted: Feb 2010
About this poem:
A Haiku poem: A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.In nature there is no good or evil. It's non dualistic.
Inspired by Joseph Campbell.
Spirit Haiku
Your beauty intense
Viewed thru your pure spirit
Reveals the true you
Viewed thru your pure spirit
Reveals the true you
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Posted: Feb 2011
About this poem:
My first attempt at a Haiku
Someday, Someway, Somehow, Someone
Someday I will Find the Love Of My Dreams
Someway I Know it will Find Me
Somehow We will Sew up the Seams
Someone will find out My Demean and let it be
Someday I will Feel So Contenting
Someway She will Experience My Life
Somehow the Pleasures will be Consenting
Someone Calm, and without Strife
Someday To Snuggle together
Someway Two can work thing out
Somehow playing Cheerful with a feather
Someone Will Figure out how
Someday My Higher Power will Here My Theme
Someway I am Patient enough to wait
Somehow Coffee in Bed with Sugar and Cream
Someone,Someday, Somewhere, Somehow, Will have that Faith
Maybe Me!
Someway I Know it will Find Me
Somehow We will Sew up the Seams
Someone will find out My Demean and let it be
Someday I will Feel So Contenting
Someway She will Experience My Life
Somehow the Pleasures will be Consenting
Someone Calm, and without Strife
Someday To Snuggle together
Someway Two can work thing out
Somehow playing Cheerful with a feather
Someone Will Figure out how
Someday My Higher Power will Here My Theme
Someway I am Patient enough to wait
Somehow Coffee in Bed with Sugar and Cream
Someone,Someday, Somewhere, Somehow, Will have that Faith
Maybe Me!
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Posted: Feb 2014
About this poem:
I have done a little poetryBeen a long time
No need for Faulting
Just like it to rhyme
I have done a few Poems, if anyone has the desire to Look!
But Admire Someone who likes to Cook!
Wink
~Haiku~ Antidisestablishmentarianism
"A" such a lonely word
all the way to the longest one
or do you believe so
all the way to the longest one
or do you believe so
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Posted: Dec 2010
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Haiku 5-7-5
cool marble relief
nasturtiums in a vase
passage of the day
nasturtiums in a vase
passage of the day
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Posted: Jul 2017
About this poem:
ah to walk the cool corridors of elegance in Summer
LOVING YOU
is difficult, 'cause you vanish
being online with you
is always what i wanna do
no one else can make me feel
the collours that you bring
being online with you
is always what i wanna do
no one else can make me feel
the collours that you bring
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Posted: Feb 2019
About this poem:
oh sha na na nasha na na na na
sha na na na na
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