By Scott Bailey © 2013
Brushed by death today
Twice.
Metal boxes speeding
Too fast, too near me
Driven on by the wrong thoughts
Or expensive wanderings

Destination Dreams
Brushed by death today
Twice.
Metal boxes speeding
Too fast, too near me
Driven on by the wrong thoughts
Or expensive wanderings
This is serious
The future makes me tremble
These frightening days
In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 108, “AFRAID & GRAVE,” #SYNONYMSONLY
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A senryu (sort of) this week. Very late and a little hurried
#senryu
For a sweet moment
This green forest was all mine
My own secret realm
Now, it is fenced off, private
Playground of the privileged
In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 107, “HAUNT & SPELL,” #SYNONYMSONLY
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A tanka this week.
#tanka
The passion of youth
Fires the body to action
After a lay in
In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 102, “VIGOR & ENERGY,” #SYNONYMSONLY
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A quick senryu this week
#senryu
Brushed by death today
Twice.
Metal boxes speeding
Too fast, too near me
Driven on by the wrong thoughts
Or expensive wanderings
In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 100, “POET’S CHOICE OF WORDS”
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I couldn’t think of two words to start with – harder than doing an actual poem! I also ran out of time so this is a complete cheat – I am using an old one,
#senryu
Screaming at the storm
The words lost in the thunder
Storm undeflected
In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 99, “CHANGE & DEFY,” #SYNONYMSONLY
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Another senryu – I have taken the opposite of one of the words this time so a bit of a cheat.
#senryu
My pen to paper
The dream I just cannot grasp
Er, except for now
In response to COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 98, “SAD & WRITE,” #SYNONYMSONLY
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I think this qualifies as a senryu?
#senryu
Watching dressing up
A mini ninja dancing
Whirling all in black
Eyes are so painful
This is difficult to write
So it’s all you get
Choices, where are mine?
They seem to have slipped away
Somewhere down river
Fleeing from killers
The child runs desperately
To fill out a form.
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “A Moment in Time.”
From paper to cheek
Paint is slapped with joyful glee
Release the zombie!
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Audience of One.”
By Scott Bailey © 2014
To my younger self
Don’t be so bloody afraid
Have fun and prosper
Watching dressing up
A mini ninja dancing
Whirling all in black
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Eyes are so painful
This is difficult to write
So it’s all you get
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Choices, where are mine?
They seem to have slipped away
Somewhere down river
Get the previous ones here
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Today I was made aware of the poetic form of the Senryu and what distinguishes it from a Haiku. I was not aware of this and so my past attempts were probably hybrids in many cases.
If you are interested in the difference there is a good page here explaining it.
I was made aware of it by these posts.
and
Over at the blog of Bastet and Sekhmet
So here is my first attempt – which is yesterday’s poem distilled into this form.
Fleeing from killers
The child runs desperately
To fill out a form.