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> Senryu, Japanese form: 5-7-5 or less
JustDaniel
post Nov 18 22, 12:21
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sheesh! edited out "he"


man! a cure needed
buy me an adding machine
to keep me in line


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post Nov 19 22, 10:21
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keep me from lying
with sodium pentothal.
Is truth that liquid?


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post Nov 20 22, 12:56
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is your truth liquid?
does it leak from your being
dripping on the floor?


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post Nov 22 22, 00:10
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dripping on the floor
is grease from your cooked turkey;
Thanksgiving’s first mess


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post Nov 22 22, 08:36
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Thanksgiving a mess
when boiling turkey explodes
... not from dry humor


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post Nov 26 22, 12:34
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no humor when dry,
turkey breast needs some gravy
the fowl was too foul


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post Nov 26 22, 15:11
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if dry fowl tastes foul
mix in some cranberry sauce
will whet your humor


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post Nov 29 22, 11:06
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my humorous bets
are that most cranberry sauce
is spread on hot rolls


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post Nov 29 22, 11:29
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nary a hot role
for cranberries at dinner
theater shuns them


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post Nov 30 22, 20:53
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theaters shine them
lights for shimmering new stars;
it’s curtains for bombs


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post Dec 6 22, 17:47
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bomb goes off curtly
blowing a hole in stage floor
a shot star falls through


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post Dec 9 22, 00:40
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a shooting star falls
in the earth’s thick atmosphere,
Kuiper belt fireworks


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post Dec 21 22, 18:31
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custom-built fireworks
become a flash in the pan
blow lid off the pot


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post Dec 25 22, 11:41
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lid blew off the pot
when the septic tank backed up,
it’s some methane mess


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post Dec 26 22, 06:29
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it was a methane mess
when landfill was not vented;
bathtub through a roof


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post Dec 27 22, 19:07
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bathtub threw the roof
when boot-leg gin exploded;
it was on the house


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post Dec 28 22, 00:56
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dog was on the house
because he was a roofer;
hung out his shingle


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post Dec 31 22, 10:20
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his shingle hung out
close to the telephone store;
was he eaves dropping?




Happy New Year Daniel! Hope it's better than the last one.


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post Dec 31 22, 11:51
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Eve had been dropping
hints of a tasty apple;
more than he could chew



Happy 2023 to you as well... and may yours also be more joyful.


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post Jan 1 23, 10:03
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if he could chew more,
he might obtain some knowledge;
and Fruit-of-The-Loom.


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