I didn’t write any poetry all last week and most of this week, but I managed to squeeze these two senryu out last night. The first is a response to the prompt at Writer’s Island to write about something that happened that you find unforgettable; it refers to the 1994 South African election. It might not make sense out of context but I have a whole book dedicated to my SA experience and it will slot in nicely:
An Unforgettable Day
Queue twelve hours. One
stubby pencil. One cross. One
exchange of power.
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The second comes from watching too many fillums (sorry; still in South Africa in my head):
Love In The Movies
The moment a strong
woman surrenders to a
powerful man: mmm.
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You won’t be hearing much about the Hub from tonight, for the following month; I’ll just write this next sentence and you can copy + paste it to your memory and say it to yourself each day: the Hub is watching the World Cup.
Love these two poems especially the first one…and thanks for reminding me to turn the television on.
Thanks, and my pleasure!
Tillybud I love both of these!
Pamela
Thanks
My Hub and I were in Buffalo at an arts festival and didn’t even know the World Cup was today. And I used to live in Bermuda and in NYC, where World Cup ruled!!
Heard it was a tie. Good. That means England and America are still on speaking terms! I’m all for solid international relations.
Your poem on South African elections – eloquent. It’s so true, your three motions changed the world.
Don’t worry, you’ve got a whole month to catch up.