Spider builds its web
line by line, and then waits;
I watch for two minutes.
Patience [Senryū]
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Tag Archives: Senryū
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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Smash Fist [Senryū]
where hill meets clouds:
knuckles of a Hulk-like fist
spark a daydream.
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Mountain Dance [Senryū]
Mimicry [Senryū]
Hanuman Langur
mimics a lounging housecat;
then paws at nothing.
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Stray Cat [Senryū]
lean & scratched up:
stray cat stares at a leaf
as if it's ham.
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Acorn [Senryū]
startled squirrel drops
its nut; so sad for it, but
we all get a tree.
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Chinatown [Senryū]
through the paifang*,
you leave your city,
but you're not in China.
*A paifang (牌坊) is the gate over a street or road that denotes the bounds of a Chinatown.
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