Haiku/Senryu 二十六

calling old friends 

    always a nice thing;

best way to spend summer evening ✍🏼 

late night

    droopy eyes 👀;

fireflies twinkle ✨ ✍🏼 

old swing doors

    swinging off kilter;

clackity clack cowboy 🤠 enters ✍🏼 

sparkle ✨ light 💡 

    street post lining sidewalks;

clopping horse hooves cobblestone ✍🏼 

vindictiveness 

    a disease 🦠;

summer winds blow ✍🏼 

success depends

    attitude with character;

making a personality ✍🏼 

classic karate 🥋 

    standard model to guide;

principled methodologies in survival ✍🏼 

develop character

    pass personality test;

avoid social EBD’s ✍🏼 

wrecking havoc

    dogs of war;

remember the early days ✍🏼 

night crawlers

    blood sucking winged 🦇 pests;

mosquitoes out for blood 🩸 ✍🏼 

present moment

    unrepeatable in nature;

record it in haiku no senryu ✍🏼 

[俳句の川柳]

old things

    consigned to recycle ♻️;

having fun with old stuff ✍🏼 

formidable 

    Marine Corps;

Semper Fi, do or die ✍🏼 

current status

    world over populated;

time to pare it down Mother Nature ✍🏼 

wiper blades

    intermittent; 

you never know when ✍🏼 

do not deny

    when bad things happen;

take action fast and furiously ✍🏼 

nature’s winged chorus 

    music to one’s ears 👂;

better than favorite rock band 🎸 ✍🏼 

fatal mistake

    triggered verbal defense;

no need to say a thing ✍🏼 

darkest

    before dawn;

wake up sleepy 😴 head ✍🏼 

twang broke wire

    the click of trigger;

the whistle of passing round ✍🏼 

earth shakes

     pressures felt;

heat wave rolls over them all ✍🏼 

blinding flash

    funny looking mushroom;

you see the shock wave ✍🏼 

lying is bad

    it depends;

social lying 🤥 is necessary ✍🏼 

human species

    lies naturally;

it’s a social group survival thing ✍🏼 

twitter-dee 

    twitter-dum;

write a snippet of thumb

butterflies are free

    palettes of color;

to attract a mate 🦋

victim mindset

    obscures potential;

keep your power of self growth ✍🏼 

kiai or KA

    a martial concept;

applied principle to karate 🥋 ✍🏼 

one kata 

    many years;

so too learning kiai ✍🏼