Poetry Blogs (Japanese)
A dodoitsu on Tinder
Tinder: cure for monandry
A swiping economy
for serial dating sprees.
Love product placement
Sex micropayments.
The dodoitsu is a Japanese form, 7-7-7-5-5 syllables and no rhyme scheme (but I added one for my own nefarious purposes) . They are usually wryly comical and connected with love or work. This is my first attempt at one.
Thursday 14th February 2019 9:39 pm
愛
You leave me lost for words even when my thoughts aren’t pacing.
I just want you to call me mi amor, grab me, then have my heart racing.
Though often I wonder, is it unrequited love that I am chasing?
But I would risk it all for you — even spend an eternity waiting.
Side note: 愛 means love in Japanese
Sunday 7th January 2018 8:33 pm
Bach Flower Remedies : 38 Haiku
The Bach Flower Remedies : 38 Haiku (click to link)
38 haiku - one for each of the Bach Flower Remedies - now published with illustrations online by Edward Bach Organisation Research Programme.
Some of the haiku:
cherry plum
the coroner declares
impulsive suicide
the silent mull
of this way or that
scleranthus
olive
a week of ...
Tuesday 5th January 2010 3:08 pm
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