Daily haiku or senryu for fun
Category: Nonfiction
Tanka : Florence Nightingale
life’s a splendid gift
greatest things grow from smallest
discipline shapes lives
distill words into action
live your life while you have it
tanka by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Senryu : and it’s over
deep inside purple
dropping Chicago’s pollen
so quick, bloom is gone
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
It’s over. The flower has closed back up
Senryu : old
backstamp, overstamp
two American companies
pretty lil creamer
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Another thrift store find. This time a vintage creamer. The backstamp is interesting to me as it shows two companies. The top one is Cunningham & Pickett, Inc. of Alliance, Ohio
Tanka : xaeaxed?
a study proved this
your friends have more friends than you
friendship paradox
predicts, slows epidemics
does not matter who? xaeaxed!
tanka by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Senryu : forlorn
forlorn in junkyard
discovered, hauled to Tucson
tools, love and rebirth
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
The murals (I haven’t shown you yet, lol) turns out to be in the backyard of the Old Pueblo Trolley, an operating transit museum. It’s free to visit and it’s amazing, filled with old buses, trolleys and even a couple of antique cars. They
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