Tag Archives: #Senryu

Verisimilitude Haiku

“What is that word there?”

“It’s verisimilitude.”

“I see – and this one?”

Ornithologist Haiku #2

Ornithology

is five syllables long, so

will fit any line.

Just a little note

Just a little note

was all she wrote to tell me:

‘Dinner’s in the dog!’

I used to be woke

I used to be woke…

in the mornings, by my Mum;

until I left home.

Taran ha Lughes (Thunder and Lightning)

Faces like Thunder,

and Lightning in their voices;

Taran ha Lughes.

Recycle Poets

Recycle Poets:

pop them in recycling bins,

with the waste paper.

Rabbit on a boat Haiku

If you say ‘rabbit!’

when you are upon a boat-

dogs go overboard!

Tanka Tuesday using a Senryu

The Robin told me

that I had made an error,

‘Upside-down feeder!’

I looked at the bird feeder,

and saw that Robin was right.

Thursday Haikus (or Senryus)

It’s this one or that,

I think one must be happy,

or be serious.

.

One about Nature,

the other about laughter

in the first instance.

.

Clouds hover above,

as wise men reach the manger,

not a day too soon.

.

In life one must be,

or attempt an existence,

before the end comes.

No, seriously / a few good Monday Haikus / will do the bizness

A Monday Haiku

Just what ev’rybody needs,

while the day does last.

.

Other things also

might be useful for living:

air, water, coffee.

.

If you are counting,

you might realise something

that others might not.

.

Haikus take less time

than writing fancy sonnets,

like Will Shakespeare did.