Senryu Poems
#senryu
Senryu is a traditional form of Japanese poetry, often referred to as 'human haiku'. Like haiku, senryu are short poems, comprising of only three lines. The first and last lines of a senryu should have five syllables and the middle line should have seven. Unlike haiku, senryu have a predominant theme of humans (physical or psychological) or human artefacts, and often have no references to the natural world.
Hepcat61
geoff cat
geoff cat
Poem Published
3rd Jan 2020 1:59pm
3rd Jan 2020 1:59pm
new beginnings - senryu renga
dawn stains window
poet's floor crumpled papers
new beginnings
sink drips
fude poised to strike ink drips
new beginnings
brush for senryu
fingers trace a better mark
new beginnings
sheets twist in stains
she turns over cock stirring
new beginnings
rice paper skin soaked
sun rise cock's delighted cry
new beginnings
poet's floor crumpled papers
new beginnings
sink drips
fude poised to strike ink drips
new beginnings
brush for senryu
fingers trace a better mark
new beginnings
sheets twist in stains
she turns over cock stirring
new beginnings
rice paper skin soaked
sun rise cock's delighted cry
new beginnings
#haiku
#funny
#senryu
571 reads
2 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
1st Jan 2020 7:53pm
1st Jan 2020 7:53pm
1/1/20
I am not afraid
to remake the story of
our relationship
(AGAIN)
to remake the story of
our relationship
(AGAIN)
#relationships
#senryu
565 reads
4 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
1st Jan 2020 7:47pm
1st Jan 2020 7:47pm
THE KEEP
You do not desire
my physical love– why keep
me from those who do?
my physical love– why keep
me from those who do?
#loneliness
#frustration
#senryu
388 reads
2 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
26th Dec 2019 5:19pm
26th Dec 2019 5:19pm
Indelible She
indelible she...
making her permanent mark
in the heart of me
making her permanent mark
in the heart of me
#love
#romantic
#senryu
#admiration
#haiku
1094 reads
47 Comments
AnonymousBystander
Poem Published
22nd Dec 2019 10:59am
22nd Dec 2019 10:59am
Liar!
To betray bias
and bigotry by calling
a politician —
and bigotry by calling
a politician —
#politics
#senryu
657 reads
9 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
18th Dec 2019 3:08am
18th Dec 2019 3:08am
This is my brain on senryu II
I have a fever
as yet unbroken for days
as it ruminates
I hear Baudelaire
in my earbuds as I write
something about death
it keeps me centered—
death does, not writing of it,
and bottled water
and did I mention
I haven’t had solid food
for over ten days
reaching a Zen state
not yet near to Nirvana
but that’s only me
I am voracious
I’m dying for a burger
but I don’t eat meat
I could eat a yak
really? no I don’t think so
but a...
as yet unbroken for days
as it ruminates
I hear Baudelaire
in my earbuds as I write
something about death
it keeps me centered—
death does, not writing of it,
and bottled water
and did I mention
I haven’t had solid food
for over ten days
reaching a Zen state
not yet near to Nirvana
but that’s only me
I am voracious
I’m dying for a burger
but I don’t eat meat
I could eat a yak
really? no I don’t think so
but a...
#illness
#senryu
#minimalist
678 reads
32 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
4th Dec 2019 3:57pm
4th Dec 2019 3:57pm
Arrhythmia
When I saw you there...
As if a broken record
My heart skipped a beat
As if a broken record
My heart skipped a beat
#anxiety
#love
#beauty
#senryu
#admiration
805 reads
26 Comments
LIFE4ME
Poem Published
14th Nov 2019 00:51am
14th Nov 2019 00:51am
The Days Of Old Return
Oh LORD hear my cry
may the days of old return
when I heard your voice
I meditated
hearing the sound of your voice
I wrote down your words
your face shown brightly
for my eyes were opened wide
to see your beauty
and my soul cried out
in response to your presence
words of praise written
my soul continued
writing the words given me
face to face we spoke
here I am my God
the days of old shall return
my hands are outstretched
I'm meditating
I shall...
may the days of old return
when I heard your voice
I meditated
hearing the sound of your voice
I wrote down your words
your face shown brightly
for my eyes were opened wide
to see your beauty
and my soul cried out
in response to your presence
words of praise written
my soul continued
writing the words given me
face to face we spoke
here I am my God
the days of old shall return
my hands are outstretched
I'm meditating
I shall...
#loneliness
#hope
#faith
#spiritual
#senryu
679 reads
2 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
9th Nov 2019 9:53pm
9th Nov 2019 9:53pm
A PHANTOM THIEF
She picks up her checks
But never shows up at work-
She is a phantom.
But never shows up at work-
She is a phantom.
#vampires
#ghosts
#senryu
486 reads
2 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
6th Nov 2019 5:07pm
6th Nov 2019 5:07pm
Illegitimi non carborundum
Humanity sucks.
I enjoy this existence
Out of spite alone.
I enjoy this existence
Out of spite alone.
#humankind
#senryu
602 reads
14 Comments
LIFE4ME
Poem Published
1st Nov 2019 12:45pm
1st Nov 2019 12:45pm
Remain
here I am my LORD
let not your voice be silenced
I remain bowed down
here I am my LORD
open the eyes of my heart
to see the unseen
hear my voice dear child
remain faithful to the LORD
to see the unseen
let not your voice be silenced
I remain bowed down
here I am my LORD
open the eyes of my heart
to see the unseen
hear my voice dear child
remain faithful to the LORD
to see the unseen
#God
#Christian
#faith
#spiritual
#senryu
533 reads
2 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
31st Oct 2019 5:31pm
31st Oct 2019 5:31pm
XXX
I was your heart song.
Orphaned, I sing to the wind:
Move to me, dear one.
Orphaned, I sing to the wind:
Move to me, dear one.
#love
#heartbroken
#music
#senryu
#LongDistanceRelationship
531 reads
10 Comments
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