forgotten toys junked discarded tree left behind Christmas denoument senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere References: Open Link Night dVerse Poets Pub second life photo by M. LaFreniere, avatar Kayla Woodrunner
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Senryu : food holidays
Haiku : Carousel
whirling carousel gold circle floats out of reach starry summer nights haiku by M. Nakazato LaFreniere Victoria C. Slotto challenges us to use symbolism in our poem. I chose the carousel/merry-go-round. Rather than telling you […]
Senryu : visitors
strange visitors came friendly silence greeted me darn! none spoke English senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere Movies always have alien visitors being able to speak English (or whatever the home country language is of the […]
Senryu : Monkey Mountain
monkey zoo mountain
no fences; just food daily
wild ones love freebies
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Monkey Mountain
A folk tale told in haiku
Just cuz you’re nice, doesn’t make you a fool: an old folktale
aka The Scorpion and The Tortoise (told in haiku)
river rushes by
scorpion asks for a ride
kindly tortoise nods
tap tap on the shell
“what are you doing up there?”
“trying to sting you”
shrugs, “it’s my nature”
“idiot” says the tortoise
diving down, “bye bye”
haiku by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
The scorpion stinging a friend on the river has various variants depending on the
Senryu: the Dead
Between the crosses
Mark our place; we are the Dead
And we shall not sleep
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Victoria C. Slotto introduced an Erasure poetry form on DVerse “Look What I Found“.
Rouzy-bouzy night
Rouzy-bouzy night weekend’s cusp, hangin’ with mates Thank God it’s Friday! senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere Awshape me! Scribble it! challenge to use one or more from a list of forgotten words about to stage […]