Tag Archives: Senryū

on fear

does everything change?
is it for better or worse
or is life affirmed?

~

n.b. How do we decide, by taking the opportunity, or by taking a risk?

CLP 03/05/2022

on time

it is all we have
yesterday is not today
we shape tomorrow

~

n.b. The hands of time are in our hands, the sands of time run through our fingers.

CLP 02/05/2022

on time

Is there any plan?
Does there have to be a plan?
River gently flows

~

CLP 02/05/2022

Pork Chop’s Revenge

The bit I enjoy?
When hot fat drips on best dress
Ruins the evening

~

n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Twenty prompt: anthropomorphise food.

CLP 20/04/2022

on time

on life's winding course
rough, bunkers, other hazards
so no need for golf

~

n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Fifteen prompt, a poem about something that holds no interest for the writer.

CLP 16/04/2022

on love

evening under lights
immaculate pitch gleams green
passing conversation

~

n.b. Stuff yer super league.

CLP 12/04/2022

on my shadow

humourless laggard
drab silent doppelgänger 
darkens each doorstep

~

n.b. Prompted by NaPoWrIMo 2022 Day Eight prompt, this senryū describes my alter-ego,

I hope that I have this the right way round.

CLP 08/04/2022