When I started this writing lark I was rather conscious of befouling the wonderful art of the haiku. Mine are rather non traditional and as far as haiku go really only conform to the syllable construct. Thanks to Colleen I have since discovered the senryu which is probably more akin to what I’ve been writing,
Senryu (also called human haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Senryu is usually written in the present tense and only references to some aspect of human nature or emotions.
So without further ado a few senryu. Given I’m enjoying some time in Portugal I thought I would write about diseases picked up whilst abroad.
Oh throbbing red lump
Wriggling underneath the skin
Bursts spewing spiders
Delights of Delhi
Arse on toilet head in sink
Don’t drink the water
Ladyboy surprise
Guess I;ll try anything once
Sphincter quite destroyed
Amsterdam delights
Toasted, red lit buxom wench
Need penicillin
