Daily haiku or senryu for fun
Category: Asian American
Senryu : finally
finally year ends
death is not what you expect
love endures beyond
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Mom passed away March 2017. I am writing about her for my brother, sister and their children. Mom was not one to talk about herself but sometimes driving to
Senryu : quotidian
quotidian things
tea, brownies, a vintage plate
life’s simple pleasures
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Senryu: Ode to Catarina de San Juan
Mirra / Catarina de San Juan / China Poblana
enslaved by pirates
sold and shipped to Mexico
folk called her a saint
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Note: “Catarina de San Juan died 5 January 1688 at the age of 82 years. In Puebla de los Ángeles she was venerated as a popular saint until 1691, when the Holy Inquisition prohibited open devotion to her.” Wikipedia
Daily Haiku / Senryu : Homage (Jun Fujita)
Homage
Jun Fujita (1888-1963), photojournalist, poet
Jun Fujita shot
Chicago massacre scene
known too for tanka
Both tankas below by Jun Fujita published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. June 1921.
May Moon
Milky night;
Through the resting trees
A petal —
Falling
