monochrome squirrel
only thing moving in freeze
paused on snow
---
oravan tauko
mustavalkotammikuu
paussi sulaa pois
31/01/2016
30/01/2016
29/01/2016
28/01/2016
27/01/2016
3 alphabetical senryu on skylarks
--- A trio of silly alphabetical(*) senryu with the prompt "skylark". ---
ornitologist
promptly quashes riot
skylark tazered
---
skylark tackles
unbelievable views with
yellowhammer's zest
---
kwit larking man
no ornitology puns
quips rare skylark
---
(*) Spot the deliberate mistakes...
26/01/2016
25/01/2016
24/01/2016
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22/01/2016
21/01/2016
January's senryu collection
Assorted senryu, Vol II
A collection of my ramblings on Twitter. I hope these amuse, entertain or annoy you, maybe even enough to leave a comment.
---
nothing will
fill your heart with joy
like the midday sun
---
eying icy steps
gathering up my courage
a downhill struggle
---
walking on the brink
the cat was pushing it's luck
ended up in drink
---
in front of TV
about to bow to the gods
of wasted time
---
inexplicable
I have no explanation
yet it all makes sense
---
birch trees at dusk
darkness trying to teach
the sun a lesson
---
to teach is to show
just like writing a haiku
no explanation
---
to teach is to show
much like to write a haiku
do not tell
---
an online swindle
computer hacked, I struggle
with con's science
---
you're never too old
to teach an elderly dog
new tricks
---
finish a verse
get the syllables to match
bask in false glory
---
that's my book started
all it took was pondering
twenty years is nowt
---
old or young
the proverbial dog
always learns
---
some of us ought to
drink from the fountain of couth
to trump lunacy
---
a haiku a day
keeps the noggin doctor at...
the starting blocks
---
to believe in fate
a bit like trusting a farm
only with a tee
---
trying to billow
brain the size of a planet
coming up with wisps
---
frosty the snowman
asks for no explanation
winks knowlingly
---
snowing sideways
duvet day is my protest
the world can wait
---
a startled cat
photographer in search of
the purrrfect shot
---
the challenge I have
come up with a funny line
failed -- boom-no-tish!
---
two thousand haiku
all I've got to show for it
a loaf of stale poems
---
--- Some Science Haiku, i.e. Sciku. I see these more as senryu than haiku: ---
may every force be
with equal and opposite
as well as with you
---
rim and corona
total eclipse of the sun
the brightest diamond
---
rim and corona
while the sun joins the dark side
brightest diamond shines
---
medieval jewel
primitive planetarium
astronomical!
medieval jewel
primitive planetarium
astronomical!
---
--- Yes, it really was National Cheeselovers' Day somewhere in or around Twitterland: ---
a very merry
#nationalcheeseloversday
primary dairy
---
--- Murdoch / Mrs Merton thingie: ---
no need to wonder
what attracted Jerry to
the millioneer guy
---
--- An old joke turned into senryu: ---
Just can't put it down
I'm reading a book about
antigravity
---
--- This one loses its effect without the associated photo of the "ICY" licence plate in the snow: ---
a licence plate
states bleeding obvious
the cheeky blinder
---
--- Project Runway assessment: ---
designers bitching
outcamping each other
make it work!
---
--- Three senryu to the prompt "Venetian" ---
a venetian mask
fit for pantalone
no one to hide from
---
how to compile
the uncompilable verse
I no speak venetian!
---
tintoretto paints
like a good samaritan
or venetian
---
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13/01/2016
12/01/2016
11/01/2016
10/01/2016
09/01/2016
08/01/2016
07/01/2016
06/01/2016
05/01/2016
04/01/2016
A collection of haiku / Kokoelma haikuja
This is a bonus post, a collection of my haiku.
Most of them have been published on Twitter by my tweeting presence @haikuinen. Feel free to follow me on Twitter. :)
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feasting reindeer
under a notion of sun
crispy foothold
---
talvilaidun
aurinko kätkettynä
rapea kaamos
---
a bee can distract
end furious gasping
hiccups interned
(an alphabetical haiku)
---
January breeze
leaves rushing past the bus stop
no two are the same
---
big bang for a start
the calendar does not shrink
there is no end
-----
new frost in old snow
shimmering crystals of sun
nature's bling bling
---
tundra is my castle
fur to keep away the cold
antlers to crown me
---
the wind is awake
ocean beneath the cliffs
tired stone
---
spiral of the snail
a journey to its centre
in search of me
---
a fly on the wall
standing, flying and all-seeing
needs no ears or hands
-----
Haiku are poems structured roughly thus:
three lines, first line five syllables, second line seven syllables
and third line five syllables. They usually deal with nature and (can) include
several different 'quirks' to make them... well... haiku!
A collection of senryu / Senryu-kokoelma
This is a bonus post, a collection of my senryu.
Most of them have been published on Twitter by my tweeting presence @haikuinen. Feel free to follow me on Twitter. :)
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hills fading away
the horizon eats them up
total abandon
---
top of a fell
the moon won't abandon sky
lakes laced with pink
---
liika julkisuus
hyötyy vain #teriniitti
#imetysgate rulez
---
last year's plans
swans fly off to the sunset
the penny drops
---
the hour has come
baker street at the ready
sherlock has landed
---
abominable
good things come to he who waits
sherlock and watson
---
mouldy old bunch
crackers the lot of them
blue cheese eats well
---
snail yarn leeks bulb joke
list your things googled today
then forgotten
---
gone the fireworks
remember last year through smoke
daze gone by
---
tekisinkö nyt
ensi vuonna ehtii kai
kiirekö tässä
---
just wondering
what can I leave til next year
twenty minutes in
---
looking for a clue
shopping detectives find none
shop full of weeds
---
new year's rocket
in a blaze of vainglory
racket bonanza
---
winning formula
I drive just a tad faster
fifty seconds won
---
losing formula
I drive just a tad faster
ninety dollars lost
---
ten past eleven
minutes from the future
so happy new year
---
man's quest to impress
burns crateloads of gunpowder
smoke aids his vision?
---
kaksituhatta
sanoi mustapartainen
mies kuusitoista
---
communication
the world has come to a halt
#whatsapp is down
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Senryu follow the same structure as haiku but have subject matters
Senryu follow the same structure as haiku but have subject matters
more to do with man, life and feelings, rather than nature
and seasons like haiku. Wittiness and jokes are allowed.
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