Daily haiku or senryu for fun
Tag: MLMM
Haiku : sunny days
blazing sunny days dry heat; a searing furnace snowbirds gone; smart folks haiku by M. Nakazato LaFreniere References: May 30th 2018, sunny day Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie (note: have this set to go out […]
Tanka : take a seat
plop down on a squab
rest beneath a gambrel’s beam
an air con’s cool breeze
door splits summer heat outside
sip iced liquid for a spell
tanka by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
I thought squab was a fat little bird,
Senryu : stepdaughter
angry stepdaughter
fetching for her buys no calm
peace comes from within
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
She sat, staring in the mirror, a bitchy frown marring her beauty.
Snarling, “Wouldn’t you know it? Cinderella gets the prince! With her smudged
tanka : everyday
everyday I write in 90% sunshine no hail, sleet or snow faster than pony express tap the button, publish, done tanka by M. Nakazato LaFreniere References: April 26th – The Every day Tale Weaver – […]
Senryu : treasured silence
be still rippling thoughts silence is the mind’s treasure worth a dragon’s hoard References: April 25th 2018 … silence is golden Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie
Tanka : wedding dress
I love these title challenges from Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. She asks you to make a poem or story from one of these: The Last Rose of Babylon The Underground Flamingo A Very Auspicious Accident The Eidolon […]
Senryu : aging wrinkles
aging, my back hurts
super highs, crashing angst smoothed
wrinkles, silvered, good
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Yeah, my back hurts. My eyes are going; my hearing fading.
I remember my 20’s. The spiraling highs. Egads, the energy! Running, dancing,
Senryu : dreaming
dreaming of a poem
struggling for that perfect phrase
reaching — nooo! — it’s gone
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Entering a poem is to enter a dreamscape. Random unrelated bits float,
Tanka : strange dreams
chamomile fairy sideways granite supression farfetched autophobia layogenic bleach-haired elf transparent road disappears tanka by M. Nakazato LaFreniere Reference: Wordle #186 Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie February 25: Sea Green Color Your World Challenge Tourmaline second life photo […]