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HAIKU SPRING
Dawn chorus begins
Courtships and squabbles songs cease
Evening regains peace
Courtships and squabbles songs cease
Evening regains peace
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Posted: Mar 2019
About this poem:
Natures circle
Kiwi Loss
There are fifty dead
Lifeless blossoms tinged dark red
Hearts around world bleed
Lifeless blossoms tinged dark red
Hearts around world bleed
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Posted: Mar 2019
About this poem:
Written in sympathy for the 50 who were mercilessly gunned down and for their friends, families and fellow New Zealanders who suffer these overwhelming losses. Such terrorist acts are an attack against all who hold peace and each other within loving hearts. May our communities find or construct avenues to reclaim civility and health.Spring Mix
Worn habits to break
Elevate through sweats and ache
Spring arrived to awake
A drop of sunshine
Is brewing in bubbling brine
Dandelion wine
A school of sardines
Swam in sync into a tin
Sardines of my dreams
Elevate through sweats and ache
Spring arrived to awake
A drop of sunshine
Is brewing in bubbling brine
Dandelion wine
A school of sardines
Swam in sync into a tin
Sardines of my dreams
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Posted: Apr 2019
About this poem:
Inspired by spring
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”).
HAIKU APPLES
Branches whispered
Winds helping with their message
"Apples are falling"
Winds helping with their message
"Apples are falling"
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Posted: May 2019
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A Summer's Night Dream
A Summer’s Night Dream
By
JimEee
A summer’s night dream was fulfilled
as the evening summer’s breeze embraced the night
It’s refreshing touch brought forth the feelings of
romantic inclinations
The stars shinning up above contributed to
an ambience for young lover’s wants
They held hands, whispering reciprocating love to their prospective mates
The breeze was accompanied by rippling waves
dancing on the moonlight bay
The man whispered words of love and presented an engagement ring to his girl asking her if she would become his wife
She melted in his arms saying I will and they
continued their romantic adventures of love
for an eternity ~
By
JimEee
A summer’s night dream was fulfilled
as the evening summer’s breeze embraced the night
It’s refreshing touch brought forth the feelings of
romantic inclinations
The stars shinning up above contributed to
an ambience for young lover’s wants
They held hands, whispering reciprocating love to their prospective mates
The breeze was accompanied by rippling waves
dancing on the moonlight bay
The man whispered words of love and presented an engagement ring to his girl asking her if she would become his wife
She melted in his arms saying I will and they
continued their romantic adventures of love
for an eternity ~
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Posted: Sep 2019
About this poem:
Sharing the evening starsand the Summer's night
with your dream partner
what more could one ask for ~
PROLUTION
“In the future,
all parts of the body and brain,”
the professor beamed
at his rapt audience
“will be replaceable.”
“PROMAN will pursue
his ever-adjustable programs
forever.
He will affix to and discard from
his body, as required,
all that is in need of renewal.”
"He will function faultlessly
as per The Blueprint.
‘Imperfect’ man and ‘polluted’ Earth
will at last be done with.”
“Does that mean there’ll be no more
Father Xmas?” a student asked, aghast.
“Sorry,” the professor dourly replied;
“no chimneys likely.”
all parts of the body and brain,”
the professor beamed
at his rapt audience
“will be replaceable.”
“PROMAN will pursue
his ever-adjustable programs
forever.
He will affix to and discard from
his body, as required,
all that is in need of renewal.”
"He will function faultlessly
as per The Blueprint.
‘Imperfect’ man and ‘polluted’ Earth
will at last be done with.”
“Does that mean there’ll be no more
Father Xmas?” a student asked, aghast.
“Sorry,” the professor dourly replied;
“no chimneys likely.”
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Posted: Jan 2022
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online now!my life's essentials
my life's essentials
I breathe, eat, drink and I poop
how miraculous!
I breathe, eat, drink and I poop
how miraculous!
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Posted: Jun 2022
About this poem:
senryu
HAIKU FOR YOU (with bonus feature of author's interpretation) - "What do ghost see in a mirror?"
"What do ghosts see in a mirror?"
Oak's underbelly.
where dreams appeal naturally
mom slipped from the crypt.
Oak's underbelly... (in the shade of an oak tree on a sunny lazy day)
where dreams appeal naturally...(be easy to fall asleep)
mom slipped from the crypt...(dreamt a lot about my mom right after she passed but she didn't know she was dead)
Oak's underbelly.
where dreams appeal naturally
mom slipped from the crypt.
Oak's underbelly... (in the shade of an oak tree on a sunny lazy day)
where dreams appeal naturally...(be easy to fall asleep)
mom slipped from the crypt...(dreamt a lot about my mom right after she passed but she didn't know she was dead)
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Posted: Jun 2021
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Haikus 5-7-5
cool beneath the palms
one bourbon, one scotch, one beer
ripples in the sand
dance me a samba
la fiesta in the rain
swirl of a red dress
from the heights they came
fine gossamer on the wind
seeking exodus
one bourbon, one scotch, one beer
ripples in the sand
dance me a samba
la fiesta in the rain
swirl of a red dress
from the heights they came
fine gossamer on the wind
seeking exodus
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Posted: Jun 2021
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