Linda today with her SoCS
Tag: Senryu
Knowing the end of the story
In keeping with the theme of my blog, this challenge does have a religious touch.
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Happy and Morose” however as she suggested I took this week challenge a little further by mixing Tanka poetry in between a Haiku or hybrid of Haiku/Senryu. If you know whether it be Haiku or Senryu please comment below; explain why. Honestly I am not sure.
Numerous synonyms will be underlined.
Illusion the snare
crooning of silly ditties
awash with merry!
Secretly indwells a low
clinging to a chimera.
How cold our world is.
No room at the inn; without
Him— Peace can’t enter.
Truth error can’t mix
the devil will have his day!
Knowing story end
delighted the blessed will be
melancholy will be free!
Evil Feelings Understood through Poetry
My priest recently was speaking about “feelings” and he mentioned that feelings are not evil unless we will them. Thinking on this point is the foundation of my haiku or Senryu below:
My post here is an acceptance of Colleen Chesebro Challenge Tanka Poetry; her challenge is to use the synonyms for the words “Belief and Strange” my choice was “Feelings for Belief and New for Strange” –
Unless the will be
set aside— evil feelings
new guilt admitted
I Believe, BECAUSE - 