Senryu : corpse flower

corpse flower, please bloom
we all are watching. Don’t be shy!
live feed streamed worldwide

senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere

Live video feed of the corpse at the Tucson Botanical Garden. It only blooms after 10 years and for about 24-36 hours. If you go to the you-tube feed, people are commenting live while they wait. It is going to bloom any minute — hence the live feed. It’s real name is Amorphophallus Titanum. I’d tell you what that means but we’re PG, lol. (I knew that would make you run to your latin dictionary!)

The Garden hope to pollinate it within the short blooming window.  Every once

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Senryu : genie

whatever you wish times are a-changing, master my turn for a wish senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere genie daily prompts, daily post image: a vest back I did a while ago in Second Life

senryu : song

song tapping my mind
lyrics bubbling through the pen
who can add the notes

senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere

11:58 pm — cutting it close so posting it and finishing it after.

ok, now to finish.  I think it’s natural for poets to write lyrics because that’s all

Senryu : deplete

deplete my patience
companies steal history
claiming dead folk’s names

senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere

I get frustrated sometimes.  I did a t-shirt with a quote I saw attributed to Oscar Wilde.  I love Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” so did a search on