the bonsai tree
isn't a BANZAI! tree,
yet looks 10,000.
NOTE: “Bonsai” [盆栽] means “potted plant.” “Banzai” [万歳] means “10,000 years,” (in the manner of “long live the king.”)
Long Live Bonsai [Senryū]
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Category Archives: Senryu
God’s Eye [Senryū]
hiked halfway around
the God's Eye Mountain before
its name made sense.
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Skulking Deer [Senryū]
step: "Crunch - Crack!" --
skulking deer startles itself,
looks out: who noticed?
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Patience [Senryū]
Spider builds its web
line by line, and then waits;
I watch for two minutes.
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River Boulders [Haiku]
boulder-strewn gorge:
what ancient waters could move
what now can't be budged?
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Where Trees End [Senryū]
where the trees end,
a colony grows in a
cancerous fashion.
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Winter Blossoms [Senryū]
Winter plum blossoms
try to trick mind and eye;
cold fingers won't buy.
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Cherry Lovers [Senryū]
some love cherries;
some, blossoms; some, Fall leaves.
who loves trunk & branch?
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Long Days Inside Short Days [Senryū]
the grain is ripe.
the days are short.
the farmer, weary.
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Smash Fist [Senryū]
where hill meets clouds:
knuckles of a Hulk-like fist
spark a daydream.
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