Lion/Lamb

Rain makes for mood of
sadness. I wish for sunny
days for all. My fans.

A tweet by Tommy Wiseau on 4th January, 2012. Submitted by Marika Rose.

Clothes make the man

Naked people have
little or no influence
on society.

Mark Twain, quoted in ‘High and Mighty’ shop window in Newcastle, spotted 18 August 2011. A perfect senryu. Submitted by Marika Rose.

This Text Is Just To Say

The rose bush
is falling over
with the wind.

(A whole text message from my wife)

In the Merry Month of May

Arsenal missed
the chance to close the gap on Premier
League leaders—

Arsenal’s rapidly
deteriorating season
took another blow.

Arsenal—could
only earn a point as their Premier League title
aspirations were dented.

Arsenal’s Premier
League title aspirations suffered
a significant setback.

Arsenal kept
up the pressure—and maintained
their title hopes.

Arsenal’s title
hopes were left hanging
by a thread.

Arsenal’s Premier
League title hopes were dealt
another devastating blow—

Arsenal’s Premier
League title challenge is all but over after
they lost to a last minute goal—

Arsenal blew
the Premier League title race
wide open.

Stoke extinguished
Arsenal’s Premier League title dream
with a deserved win at the Britannia stadium.

Lines from the opening paragraphs of Arsenal football match reports on the BBC football website. The reports quoted cover a run of 10 games from Sunderland (home), 5 March, to Stoke (away), 8 May 2011. Ellipses replaced with m-dashes. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.

Always

It is always okay
to paint the sky orange
and give cats six legs.

From the blog post What Should a 4 Year Old Know? The first line is one syllable too long for a proper senryu/haiku but close enough. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.

Analysis

All I can do is
tell the truth. No that isn’t
so – I have missed it.

There is no truth that
in passing through awareness
does not lie.

But one runs after it all the same.

Spotted in the preface to The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis by Jacques Lacan. Submitted by Marika Rose.

Stuck in the Middle

A senryu

The slide doesn’t slide!
The kids get stuck half way down.
Very frustrating.

Another poem from the Hexham Courant, Friday 29 May 2009. These are the words of mum-of-one and owner of the Miner’s Arms Lynn Crozier in the article ‘Playfield Mums Launch Campaign for £60,000’. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.

Kamikaze Pigeon on the M5

I had it happen
To me by a blackbird, strange
Experience huh!

My friend Dave’s comment on my Facebook status update on 06 April 2009. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.