General Poetry posted May 20, 2020


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Smell Like Betrayal

by Gypsy Blue Rose

flowers he gave me
last time I ever saw him
smell like betrayal 


 


 



Senryu Poetry writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Write a senryu. Unrhymed Japanese verse of 5/7/5 syllables. Using human emotion.


Senryu is a Japanese poem structurally similar to the haiku but primarily concerned with human nature. It does not rhyme and takes the form of three lines (line 1 has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables and line 3 has 5 syllables).

Artwork: Nobuyoshi Araki, 1940; Dead flowers in vase
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