Category Archives: Senryu

Senryu for Tea

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

gnarled outer skin hides pungent sweetness and heat beaten lemongrass mates with ginger for my tea- stems above and below ground Advertisements

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Pertinacious-a senryu of warning

Posted on January 14, 2018 by

I will cling to you Like the scarlet runner vine Clings to wrought iron

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Senryu for Harvest

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

Sunflower heads bow meeting the gaze of the Earth not death but harvest– When my own harvest time comes, may memories of love live.

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Gratitude for Pain (Senryu)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

We grow green and crisp- It’s the boiling water that lets us persist- Embrace, then pain and sorrow without which we treasure fear.

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Senryu for an Old Dog

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

  Old black dog circles groans with every small movement predicts days to come- Is this why we love them so- they let us care for ourselves?

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Long Love’s Eyes (Senryu)

Posted on July 26, 2016 by

As eyes cloud over vision becomes much clearer each others’ souls sharp– I don’t create your beauty– I only see well what’s there.

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Relief (Senryu)

Posted on July 5, 2016 by

Your kiss came to me- high summer watermelon- such sweet wet relief

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