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Senryu Suite using the five senses
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you’re gone

and you left your scent

on your side of our bed

moon rays

squeeze through the blinds

searching for your eyelids

the taste

of your bitter last kiss

holds on to my lips

lonely mockingbird 

sings requiem for his dead mate

veiled by blue dusk

I remember 

the contour of your face

and the warmth of your embrace

 

 

Author Notes
- the first senryu came to me in the middle of the night. I woke up and wrote it down. There rest of the suite follow the same theme.
- In my senryu suite I covered all the senses: touch, hearing, sight smell, taste
- requiem = sad song; a mass for the dead; a solemn chant for the repose of the dead
- Mockingbirds birds sing their tunes day and night. This happens most often when males are searching for mates, but full moons also get these crooners going.
- A new moon is dark
- All my senryu are 17 syllables or less.

SENRYU is a Japanese short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. Unlike Haiku, senryu is about human nature and doesn't need a season word. It's written in 17 syllables OR LESS and three lines. For Senryu you don't need a season word (Kigo). Classical senryu was humorous and sarcastic. With time, it has developed into a loser form with any theme.
the haiku foundation senryu rules

Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem.

Gypsy

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