Category Archives: senryu

Counsel to Self

Before mind closes

and mouth opens , one deep breath

and one small smile

~

Repeat as needed

until breath grows more steady 

and present mood shifts.

                                                                                                      JDG

Certain Senryu

“always will”, “never

would”- two sides of the misspent

coin of certainty

                                                                                 JDG

Frozen Senryu

What can be said when

the temperature falls this low?

Absolute zero.

                                                                                   JDG

Senryu For The Journey

Rocky starts can make

for rough going unless we

 find another way.

~

Rest stops let us pause

 to recalibrate before

we reach a dead end.

                                                                                    JDG

Clouds Adrift

How bad can a day

that begins with tangerine

clouds turn out to be?

                                                                                   JDG

~

Those tangerine clouds

have drifted on over to

Mondo Sedoka,

a joint blog written by two

poets: my brave son and me.

                                                                                 JDG

Light And Shadow

Does it still count if

the groundhog sees his shadow

by the moon’s full light?

                                                                                    JDG

Ah, Those Stories

Stories spun and spent

slide in one ear and…shh…soon

slide out the other.

                                                                            JDG

Holiday Senryu

Even in the rain

our spirits soar as we share

songs and memories.

 ~

As the tree blinks on

and off, Toby gives a start.

Something strange is here.

                        ~

Gazing upon the

remnants of gift openings,

I become unrapt.

                                                                                                     JDG

The Elect

Feed the hungry? Clothe

the poor? What do you take us

corporations for?

People with large hearts of gold?

How will that help our

bottom line, our investors.

and ourselves get the 

heaven we’ve been striving for?

That’s what the Supreme Court’s for.

                                                                                                           JDG

~

If Jesus ran for

office who would his backers

and opposition be?

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