Poetry Chunter

Today's post is to share some of my poetry, haiku and senryu. Both forms are essentially the same i.e. 5 - 7 - 5 syllables but the content is what distinguish them - haiku are about nature and the seasons, senryu are about politics, satire or more *ahem* sensual themes.

Haiku

Pace to pace to stare
at the window waiting - stop
her cold hands wrung raw

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let the tears flow free
raw pain washed in hot salt tracks
release to grief shared

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moonlit glint of steel
the warrior makes his mark
life silently leaves

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niveous blanket
wraps green pine tree branch
scintillates starlight

Senryu

finger traces chest
lips move to kiss sweet washboard
he loves to work out

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whisper soft touches
truth or dare willing recruit
white cotton removed

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deceit unravelled
torn fabric of lies hangs limp
smug - I told her so

(c) Lexx Clarke 2010