Senryu

Battlefield Vanity
Paying lip service To one man’s insanity In ugly makeup ————————————————
By Sean A.about a year ago in Poets
The Nocturnal Grader
To read is to think With the mind of another; It can be awful
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Introduction This is a Senryū (川柳) for Matthew Fromm's Predators Challenge that you can read about here: This was very simple as "Plan 9 From Outer Space" is regarded as the worst movie ever made:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Poets
Sipping From The Siren: Hot Coffee and Trepid Thoughts
As steaming smoke snakes and rises, I see trepidation as wars escalate, bodies fall and missiles flash, it’s the 4th of July in reverse, ports closed, prices soar, a hurricane roars, overseas our money we pour
By Kenneth cruzabout a year ago in Poets
Samhain
We obey small fiends For we fear their sadistic Mischievous revenge
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
On healing in gallant echoes
I ponder over the hues of the zealous beauty of the sky, In the yonder of nothingness, time in its mirth passes by. The heavens and the earth, the kindness and the ugliness both coincide with their fate,
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Poets
Night Grind
A definition Of ruthless exploitation Hides in your soft yawn
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Losing Faith
Drought splinters my faith. Fate's darts pierce the chalice, my key to salvation. ---- For Poppy's Prompts #10 - words dart, drought, splinter, fate, key
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Sunshine
Driving Radio on Another poem Another stupid line Because you are my sunshine The thing that keeps me from losing my mind
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Weight
Strapped in my vest The weight crushing my chest Why does life always feel like a test Trapped in the vestments of life
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Deviled Eggs
The deviled eggs on my legs smell Of the half-elves from hell that have sprung from their shell To quell the chaos between summer and Christmas
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
The Cutest Coffee Thief
I heard someone say it's national coffee day. So, I stole my mom's.
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets