
The prompt for We Write Poems this week was various kinds of love. I didn’t write all of these senryu in response to that prompt, but it’s my favourite form (you might say I love it) and I have enough about love that I can share with you. There’s also a short poem I wrote as a teenager in love on my South Africa – A Love/Hate Story blog.
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Talking Point
My son discovered
he loves Shakespeare: now we have
something in common.
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Christmas Eve With Dad
He lived and loved, laughed,
then sighed. He held my hand. He
held my hand. He died.
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A Note For My Mum
An old woman passes me,
smelling of fags and
booze. I grieve, for she’s not you.
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Friendship
Geese guard a stricken
comrade until it dies or
flies again – how neece.
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Adult Yearner
Married man longs for
someone. It can never be.
She is his wishtress.
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Unconditional Love
I expected to
feel it for my children, but
not for my pet dogs.
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Empty Nest
Forlorn housewife. Heart
heavy like wet washing on
the line. Mothers’ fate.
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Not-So-Modern Marriage
Selfish man: your wife
will fetch carry clean feed love
you: stupid woman.
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Two Beautiful Things
A bloody baby
and his brother, screaming their
way into my heart.

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