look skyward
when seeking answers
the moon knows
This haiga/senryū is my response to
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 196: #ThemePrompt,
with the words sourced from my magnetic poem Understanding.
Background image: crescent moon, 24 June 2020
(The theme for the prompt is “The Night Sky.”)
child once more
a son understands
roles reversed
In response to a senryū by Chèvrefeuille
memories
fading away more and more
she … a child again
© Chèvrefeuille
fragments of a tune
a body manifested
with each measured note
This senryū is inspired by Pablo Picasso’s
“Girl with a Mandolin” and is in response to
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #146: Cubism,
which asks us to explore cubism.
Image source: Wikipedia – Girl with a Mandolin, by Pablo Picasso
Distant Karma
man’s exploration
far beyond the open seas
here there be dragons
seeking new conquests
as native populations
receive no respect
never satisfied
population explosion
while raping nature
resources wasted
expansion to the planets
looking for relief
interstellar space flight
to discover new life forms
let there be dragons
The prompt for Poetics: Haiku Sequence, from Frank at dVerse ~ poets Pub, is to write a series of haiku that have a theme or unifying framework. There are no seasonal references here, so call this a senryū sequence.
Image
Wikimedia Commons (map)
Astronomy Picture of the Day – Dragons of Ara, © Ariel L. Cappalletti
unknown cure
novel coronavirus
heavy reading
This senryū is my response to Carpe Diem
Exploring the Beauty of Haiku #1526 Juxtaposition,
with the challenge to write a haiku with juxtaposition,
or contrast in comparison – here the switch from virus to reading, playing
off of the term novel (or new). Senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous.
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
sacrificed for peace
brave souls now at rest, honored
sad summer meadow
This senryū is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #140: Summer Meadow/Memorial Day.
Photo by Suzanne Walker from Pexels
poets know
when given a voice
words will speak
If you want to try magnetic poetry, you can do it online, here.
little relief
for a thirsty poet
drought continues
Today is Day 13 of National/Global Poetry Writing Month,
and once again I’m down to the wire with a poem, another senryū.
It’s off-prompt, but I’m sharing it at napowrimo.net.
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
~ Chio standing beside a well, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi ~
one poem a day
without internet access
poet’s frustration
Bandwidth issues today meant more time battling technology than reading or writing.
At least it gave me a senryū.
Today is Day 5 of National/Global Poetry Writing Month.
While this poem is off-prompt, but I’m sharing it at napowrimo.net.
most needed
sweet rain, cleanse me
fall freely
This senryū, a bit of a kōan, perhaps, is my poem for Day 3
of National/Global Poetry Writing Month, I’m not motivated by the prompt at napowrimo.net, but I’m determined to keep going.
Image source: Honolulu Museum of Art – Rain in Miyajima, by Tsuchiya Köitsu
