drips of dried coffee
hid amongst knots in wood floor
harry”s still dancing
Harry – happy, if wobbly.
Dancing Harry
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A mystery of the Australian Bush
regardless of where
each bush track leads to a heart
that also is home
On crying
there are tears of love
some unnecessary tears
and tears that must be
Inspired by reading
The Shadows of War
The mid-autumn light
leaves are falling
yet autumn sunshine restores
paradise inside
Autumn amble
perambulation
u v dose with green and blue
adjusts life’s outlook
Natural memory trick
autumn insistence
deceives the deciduous
tricks them into fall
Birch tree in fog
droplet of mist
distilled from fallen cloud
uplifting
Post coronation enquiry
the crown v trees
nature alone majestic
any charlie knows
Cry, the beleaguered country
I cry mustafa
impertinent refugee
wanting just hope
Another verse inspired by a client, this one a refugee kept in Limbo for ten years by successive Australian governments. I won’t relate the circ’s – don’t want you to cry.
Mustafa: Origin: Arabic. Meaning:
The chosen one.
Pocket potpourri
pinched petals
put in pocket to surprise
after forgetting
Antonio turns eighty
can’t take sixty out
go back to being twenty
count again on toes
A tired old May day
pagan festival
conscripted for workers’ rights
still not retired
https://www.britannica.com/topic/May-Day-international-observance
Pud, Pudsa, Pudding, Puddington
such a lazy cat
can't be arsed to be patted
pudding defines soul
Cat sitting update
Tony buys a plot
illness conscripts them
pyjamas their uniform
they consume disease
Forgive my morbid mood:
a favourite client is surrendering to age.
Alternate title:
'The pyjama brigade'
Anzac mourning
Culture cliff note:-
Anzac: name given to soldiers of Australian & New Zealand Army Corps.
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Anzac Day 25 April 2023.
naive anzacs attack
murderous fetid scarred place
eight months on defeat
On the morning of 25 April 1915, Anzacs set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula, in support of the Allied forces’ goal of defeating Turkey. After a courageous but ultimately disastrous campaign, Allied troops were withdrawn from Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay between 15 and 20 December 1915.
A Melbourne autumn gift
joy seldom far away
plants of many varied hues
surround and delight
ANZAC day
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day
Preparations
little corellas
white with a smeared sprig of red
commune with fallen
ANZAC day preparations
Originally published at:
http://senryuclearancehouse.wordpress.com/
Missing William II
we sit on gift seats
watch kangaroos bounding by
brought to town by drought
Ten years back, drought brought lots of kangaroos to the outskirts of Melbourne Australia. There are still a few kangaroos in this Dandenong park, but most have returned to the country, now it is lush again.
Back then, we found two fancy kitchen chairs perched on top of a hill. Someone had carried them through the bush and left them there, overlooking what was once native land.
We watched about thirty kangaroos bound up the hill and race by us to the cover of the bush. Wonderful.
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Back in 1842, a Native Police Corps was established here, ostensibly to deal with disputes between Aboriginal and European people across Victoria. The area included a camp for Aboriginal people wanting to escape ‘loss’ of land to settlers and severe harassment. In exchange for meagre rations and very rugged shelter, they had to do manual labour, attend school classes and religious services. The ‘Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate’ ran that camp from 1840 to 1844.
https://davidwdon.wordpress.com/2022/06/23/william-and-a-ginger/
Vale Father Bob
thank god for a ‘crank’
lever on complacency
compassion at large
The dream of a voice
procrastination
not even haiku can help
deliver a clear voice
Australians will vote on a
First People’s Voice to parliament being added to the Constitution. ‘If not now, when?’ is how I feel; that and sadness at the amount of obsfurcation in the debate.
Indecorous weed
common old rye grass
weeds with seeds that hide flowers
not found in vases
Twenty-one gum parade
still leafed, mottled gum
autumn lit by subtle sky
gently beautiful
Topknots out on the tiles
colourful flappers
clear whistling sound from feathers
whenever startled
Anni verse ry
Tea and forgiveness
burnt rice in the tea
justified to energise
sadly tastes that way
Today is the anniversary of posting my first verse on this site.
My very first senryu, ‘Tea and forgiveness’ was inspired by reading more traditional Haiku by Carl Setzer and originally posted on his site. Thanks Carl. You are in no way responsible for my errant ways. https://carlsetzer.net/author/questionsall/
Farewell Jacquie
there are tears harsh tears
then there are braw bagpipe tears
that tend the sore heart
davidwdon 
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