Haiku/Senryu 三十一

- Gyoga Chujo

hat whirring sound

    vibrating the pearly whites;

presence now more than ever ✍🏼 

long ears

    floppy white;

hippity hop rabbits 🐇 ✍🏼 

sundowns sunset 🌅 

    good day;

setting stage for sunup ✍🏼 

water street home 🏠 

    church street;

neighborly neighbors ✍🏼 

water flowing strong

    rinsing debris;

keeping appearances ✍🏼 

my best friend 

    happens to be a dog;

yes I am a man ✍🏼 

empty your mind

    be present in the moment;

don’t know what to think 🤔 ✍🏼 

moving meditation 

    finding presence;

walk a mile in them shoes ✍🏼 

baby rabbit 🐇 

    front yard foliage;

cute Peter type summer ✍🏼 

genes 🧬 not jeans 👖 

    determines so much;

why do we work to change ✍🏼 

tik tok tic

    time flies;

the mirror 🪞 doesn’t lie ✍🏼 

game night

    roll the dice 🎲;

play away with friends ✍🏼 

pandemic 😷 lives

    on and on and on;

beware the dangers of variants ✍🏼 

mask up buttercup 

    ride the needle 💉;

give a damn for fellow man ✍🏼 

dogs world 

    damn fine friends;

walk with man’s best friend ✍🏼 

birthdays mark milestones

    take us through season’s;

welcome to the winter years ✍🏼 

my name is nobody 

    leaving no footprints;

my time is the moments ✍🏼 

art of purification 

    cleansing the spirit;

forge self in the dojo ✍🏼 

into the dojo

    out into the world 🌎;

prepare for every eventuality ✍🏼 

just a workin man

    just a nobody;

shit hits they go down now ✍🏼 

psychopath 

    abhorrent behavior;

beware the hannibal’s ✍🏼 

tribal instincts 

    unconscious motivations;

survive is the games name ✍🏼 

moderation

    danger lies within;

it’s loss exposes depravity ✍🏼 

dojo of solitude 

    recharge station;

let the presence take you ✍🏼 

predation is real

    denial is real;

don’t deny it when it comes ✍🏼 

freedom of choice

    is a great one … but;

times occur to give it up ✍🏼 

pandemic 😷 lives

    on and on and on;

beware the dangers of variants ✍🏼 

mask up buttercup 

    ride the needle 💉;

give a damn for fellow man ✍🏼 

wake up folks

    neighbors and friends dying;

go ahead- get the jab 💉 ✍🏼 

tit for tat 

    and that’s that;

avoidance for harmony ✍🏼 

remorse is poison

    to the fabric of life;

remain present and live well ✍🏼 

giri is obligation 

    burden hardest to bear;

to carry is to have honor ✍🏼 

share and tear 

    baking bread 🍞;

warm soft delicious 🤤 ✍🏼 

yards of clay

    pick axe ready;

excavate for stone patio ✍🏼 

clouds of buzzing bugs

    dusk comes quickly;

bats to the buffet 🦇 

at what point

    do you know;

when force isn’t necessary anymore ✍🏼 

bright yellow bananas 🍌 

    you peel and eat-um;

slip sliding away ✍🏼