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> Senryu, Japanese form: 5-7-5 or less
JustDaniel
post Apr 23 18, 16:05
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guilty conclusion:
murderer not acquitted
but hung out to dry


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post Apr 23 18, 23:27
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hung butt out to dry
because the filter was wet;
made tobacco road


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post Apr 24 18, 08:48
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tobacco load rode
on the back of a donkey;
stubbornly hung on


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post Apr 24 18, 22:39
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hung on stubbornly
when the bull jumped from the chute;
no horns on its back


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post Apr 25 18, 12:54
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loaded cattle truck
had more than fifty horns;
it never honked once


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post Apr 25 18, 22:45
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it never honked once
when the goose looked for a mate;
she took a gander


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post Apr 26 18, 10:44
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she took a gander
at your big honkin' bong;
soon her eyes were glazed


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post Apr 26 18, 22:16
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Sooner eyes were glazed
at the Cotton Bowl Classic;
longhorns were too sharp


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post Apr 27 18, 08:32
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long horn was too sharp;
mouthpiece needed adjustment
before the concert


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post Apr 28 18, 22:09
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before the concert
Cellists found it hard to tune;
they were too strung out


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post Apr 28 18, 23:41
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cellist too strung out
to fiddle with the basest;
she loosened her beau


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post Apr 29 18, 22:18
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she loosened her bows
when her pigtails were too tight;
they left no stretch marks


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post Apr 30 18, 15:09
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they left no stretch marks
when they worked her on the rack;
only fingerprints


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post May 1 18, 08:57
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oily fingers print
the masterpieces of old;
they were thumb thing else


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post May 1 18, 16:37
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they were something else
because they weren't Hershey's;
hardly chocolate!


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post May 2 18, 20:14
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hardy chocolate
grows in some gigantic pods;
fermentation helps


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post May 3 18, 12:31
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fir-man Asian helps
plant evergreens in the woods;
their name is Douglas


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post May 3 18, 21:25
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their name is dug less
than it was in the sixties;
but they’re still Rare Earth


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post May 4 18, 12:24
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they like their earth rare:
scandium and yttrium
and lanthanides


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post May 4 18, 22:56
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lanthanides and
some similar elements
all play a shell game


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