no cutting stranger
wavy thin and thinning hair
to trim my vanity
Monthly Archives: Jun 2022
A natural sales rep
sun dried apricots
with ginger they spruik the tongue
fast talking today
The cheer leader
come on memory
you never forget coffee
now give me a T …
– in Australian history –
https://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/heritage-limelight/favourite-slide/cup-cheers-discussed-gael-newton-formerly-senior-curator
Lighthearted segue
Mood: in i go
Hey, where’d that d go?
after the eulogies
a parade of lamentable puns
please say I'm not bad
Culture-cliff note: references the Australian satirical TV show 'Mad as Hell' and its 'Lamentable Puns' segment, which punishes News Editors' for their dreadful headline puns.
I’ll leave you here
those two golden coins
lent on our stroll to the styx
no need to return
This is the last of six senryu written to honour my clients. They are abstract, in part, because they represent several people and/ or situations. Thank you.
‘in the sticks’ of the extreme south west corner of Victoria Australia
You are there yet
I will seek you out
under the rubble of life’s demise
find you while you’re there
No. 5 of 6 tributes
Cliff note under pic
If I can facilitate that by the way I do personal care,
I will.
Vale Eric D: kind hearted boxer, singer, joker, family man; decent man.
There was a boy
not shaped by beatings
with electric cables and words
good nature defines you
No. 4 of 6 tributes
William and a ginger
Cliff note:
DD is a ginger, and so is ex-prince Harry. Ginger is also the name of William's friend in the anarchic joyous 'Just William' stories.
autistic my arse
don't chuck your bike in the lake!
just missing william
Tribute No. 3 of 6
DD pulled William’s bike out of this lake, more than once
Beyond senryu
your five star brain waves
spur my search for cosmic news
we talk quarky stuff
No. 2 of 6 tributes
Vale, Vijay. It was a privilege to discuss the nature of the Cosmos, and much else, with you.
En garde!
you talk of life’s loves
of great loss and you sigh
you name me your friend
Rules of engagement for carer of <insert name>, aged 89, mobility issues, memory loss, urinary incontinence
...
section 3, para 9: the maintenance of a professional boundary
...
En garde be buggered!
No. 1 of 6 tributes
Mood Indigo
Over the next six days I will release some tributes to my (for want of a better word) clients. It is a journey on this side of the Styx but please try 'En garde!' tomorrow and then see how you go.
My two cents worth
main aim of free speech
is to reveal some truths
not propagate lies
Hey! Where'd that other post go?
The cafe ex vita regulars
peter talks too much
in our quiet sanctuary
we think private thoughts
Now sixty-something
choose autumn colours
dress in yellows puce and brown
proof against winter
The Grampians
weathered survivors
stately in the winter sun
seasoned beauty
Dramatic winter sky
corpsing fingers
pleading life from a mean sun
get solemnity
Still life with petals
even in winter
rose buds and odd petals cling
remnants of beauty
Now with 25% more haiku
on our nature expounding
with an ironic component
enter the senryu (Au style)
A traditional haiku comprises 17 syllables in three verses with 5, 7 & ,5 syllables per line.
A question from the audience
deedee writes senryū
because you can count the beats
with just your fingers
Editor’s note, for five beats, change first line to:
dee writes…
Prime time is for heroes
likes for workshop rescues
outweigh Uvalde outcry
such are our heroes
THE MOTH TRILOGY
back in the closet
re editing pending
release in new form
TV For Dummies
ad men shout at me
I hit remote button fast
lots of day dreaming
davidwdon 
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