all those flagrant weeds
if oxalis tasted good
I'd be in clover
Now imagine that DD had had the skill to strike through the ‘l’ in glasses and print an ‘r’ above it to write:
How green were my grasses?
Answer: ‘Valley green.’
‘Take him away officer!’
‘The charge?’
‘Throw the book at him.’
‘OUCH!’
no cutting stranger
wavy thin and thinning hair
to trim my vanity
sun dried apricots
with ginger they spruik the tongue
fast talking today
come on memory
you never forget coffee
now give me a T …
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.
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.
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
Vale Eric D: kind hearted boxer, singer, joker, family man; decent man.
not shaped by beatings
with electric cables and words
good nature defines you
No. 4 of 6 tributes
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
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.
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
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No. 1 of 6 tributes
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.
main aim of free speech
is to reveal some truths
not propagate lies
Hey! Where'd that other post go?
peter talks too much
in our quiet sanctuary
we think private thoughts
choose autumn colours
dress in yellows puce and brown
proof against winter
weathered survivors
stately in the winter sun
seasoned beauty
corpsing fingers
pleading life from a mean sun
get solemnity
even in winter
rose buds and odd petals cling
remnants of beauty
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.
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…
likes for workshop rescues
outweigh Uvalde outcry
such are our heroes
back in the closet
re editing pending
release in new form
ad men shout at me
I hit remote button fast
lots of day dreaming
hayfever in Austria
real schwartzenegger sneezes
sneezes on steroids
autumn’s dieing colours
light my way when winter leers
hell’s just a season
davidwdon 
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