alone in travels
cold rain only company
roadside drain speaking
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge #293,
with the prompt words drain and rain.
Image source: Wikimedia Commons (Utagawa Hiroshige)
Senryū
following like sheep ~ senryū
following like sheep
awakening sycophants
weeping, plaintive bleats
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku
Prompt Challenge #292,
where the prompt words are sheep and weep.
the founding fathers ~ senryū
the founding fathers
rolling over in their graves
can’t believe their ears
This senryū is a response to Accountability, Where Art Thou, at Mondo Sedoka.
(Please check out the original.)
This also is linked to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 163: #Poet’sChoice.
Image source: clipart-library.com (edited, here)
together ~ senryū
together
looking to the stars
shared insight
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge 124 – Martha Magenta Tribute asks us to write a poem that honors the spirit of a haiku by Martha Magenta. My senryū is inspired by:
night watch . . .
I follow her gaze
to the stars
Martha Magenta
From her Poet Profile at The Haiku Foundation:
“Martha was in a hospice for the last week of her life and was well looked after – her son was with her at the end. She passed away on January 14, 2020.”
I realize my words pale in comparison to hers, which are a fitting tribute to one who is no longer with us.
child’s untimely end ~ senryū
child’s untimely end
deepest love that never ends
parents’ broken heart
This senryū is in response to Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille
– broken heart at Mind Loves Misery.
Image source: zedge.net
lights slowly dimming ~ senryū
lights slowly dimming
aging parent’s shallow breaths
new grandchild visits
This senryū is my response to
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge N0. 162 #ThemePrompt,
where the theme is The Circle of Life.
Image source: artoflivingguide.org
only this moment ~ senryū
only this moment
without beginning or end
within the circle
This senryū is my response to
Carpe Diem #1802 New Beginnings … without beginning,
with regard to death (and life).
Image source: artoflivingguide.org
On his deathbed, Zen Monk Shinsui (1720-1769), when asked to write a death poem,
is said to have drawn this circle with an ink brush.
