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6/6/4 Modern Senryu
One Thousand Cranes
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Graveside Vase
by Gypsy Blue Rose
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emptying graveside vase
mother cries a river —
last baby breath
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Author Notes
Baby breath is a flower
MODERN SENRYU is the English adaptation of Classic Senryu. It's written in one to four lines with no strict syllable count, but as brief as possible. These poems use a pause usually marked by a dash before the satori (an insightful twist to ponder). Images don't need to be taken from nature. Seasonality is optional. Alliteration and metaphor are okay. Never rhymes. The em-dash ( -- ) is used to emphasize an interruption in speech before the satori. The Haiku Foundation of America
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
"Hand over the chocolate and nobody will get hurt"
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