大あくびのア御神酒を見つけち Ō-akubi no a-omiki o mitsuke-chi "ah, spotted the sacred sake!"—right in the middle of a giant yawn - inoue kenkabo, "Senryu Manga 1930" #senryu

梅に酔ひ櫻になまる比也 Ume ni yoi sakura ni namaru koro nari the time has come to be intoxicated by plum blossoms and feel sluggish under the cherries - anon #senryu #tenmei

初夢を二口にするは得手勝手 Hatsuyume o futakuchi ni suru wa etekatte to claim two different "First Dreams" is quite selfish - anon #senryu #tenmei

元日にいけしゃあ〜とよみかへし Ganjitsu ni ikesha-sha to yomikaeshi on New Year's Day, he brazenly reads back the poem - anon #senryu #tenmei

on New Year's day, in bed translating classical senryu #senryu

my ship, navigating through the 44 uncertain seas #senryu

near the airplane hanger marriage of a young couple #senryu

nearing 3 am the raspy of a male sex-worker's voice #senryu

a curious anxiety rises, warming up a mug of tea #senryu

writing Renga with him, freshness of maples follow me home #senryu

descending descending—becoming rain scent sometimes #senryu

home in bed—the joy of playing with my belly-button #senryu

#note2self: Bit by bit, im working on this theory/idea (whatever) that the Japanese #senryu is the counterpart to the Black American/American #blues poem/and music. the characteristics of the Blues (both poems and music); seem to me, to be found within the #senryu.

can't wait for shift's end, not favorably disposed toward folks #senryu

#notetoself - interestingly Suifu Kishimoto-sensei, one of the 6 Masters of Senryu, when discussing his philosophy for #senryu, mentions Yoshido Kenko's "Tsurezuregusa" (Essays in Idleness) which is one of the pillar works of the genre #zuihitsu. ... 1.

taking a longer walk, slight coughing in the dark #senryu

in my position, noticing Housekeeping don't get paid much #senryu

a dissolving sugar cube—cool darkness in my heart #senryu

負に処す娘に似たる冬の灯よ — 菅百鬼 The winter lamp, like a girl resigned to loss — Kan Hyakki #senryu

物足らぬ日曜なりしか灯をともす — 青年・永府 An unsatisfying Sunday — lighting the lamp — Seinen; Eifu #senryu

負に処す娘に似たる冬の灯よ — 菅百鬼 The winter lamp, like a girl resigned to loss — Kan Hyakki #senryu

unsatisfying Monday—senryu my only salvation today #senryu

at the bus stop, another day burning up my life-force #senryu

wanting to fall in love, pale pink blossoms bloom #senryu

frustrated: will Climate Control cheat me out of another winter #senryu

wanting telegrams and rotary phones to return, time progresses #senryu

arriving home hurriedly leaving bags at the door i climb into bed into darkness #tanka

in Tokyo, purchasing antique Showa era paper umbrella #senryu *Showa era (1926–1989) the longest period in Japanese history, corresponding to Emperor Showa's (Hirohito) reign.

grandma's golden cookie tin full of coins and different odds'n'ends #tanka

moon-drenched walk way— turning the corner this world's quite the circus #tanka

a president arrested—M&Ms don't taste like they use'to #senryu

granddad's glasses seeing and not seeing— grapes for a snack #senryu

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after the laughter dies down reality that was held back comes over us in waves #tanka

fresh greenness of celery and kale... unsure of the destiny of the United States #tanka

on another night walk passing by a seedy motel with nothing in mind #tanka

over my coffee cup watching her kid grab a few cookies #tanka

a woman with a garishly painted face walks through the lobby smelling of wild gardenias #tanka

the boundaries between reality and imaginary broken drinking another Coke zero well into the night #tanka

a young guy walks past in red joggers he leaves a trail of pungent weed in the air #tanka

another Monday moves into the darkness— in my body i feel funny, quite funny #tanka

when i should be working reading the waka of the Imperial Japanese family #tanka

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in the world of senryu...there i am planting in a field #senryu

day by day passing by an unopened bottle of Jim Beam—this world keeps on #tanka

fancy talk about nothing ... there's still a chill in the air walking with the god of death #tanka

on a date... playing twenty questions until my drink is watery #tanka

water'd down orange juice, reviewing verb conjugations #senryu