#tanka #poetry
 
last Fall leaf on branch
remained throughout Winter wrath 
now surrounded in
white yellow green foliage
witnessing Spring renewal
 
 
#haikuchallenge #haiku #senryu
 
Nature’s progression
routine and unpretentious
Spring’s daily scene change 
 
 
#Zen #haiku #senryu
 
subtle Spring vigor
this walking meditation’s
pleasant awareness
 
 
#haikuchallenge #haiku @ThePoetryPea
 
Nature’s overture
chirping on budding branches
spring sounds returning
 
 
#haikuchallenge #haiku #senryu
 
oblivious to
human’s frailties and foibles
Nature’s agenda
 
 
#senryu #haiku @ThePoetryPea
 
personal views shared
complexities simplified
musing to haiku

 
#observations #haikuchallenge #senryu
 
abrupt journey turn
path suddenly treacherous
face mask seeks solace
 
 
#mindseye #interpretation #senryu #haiku
 
change is the constant
technology advances
opinions differ
 
helpful help helpless
antagonists aggravate
mind’s eye interprets
 
disingenuous
hypochondriac event
newsroom hysterics
 
 
#Zen #haiku #senryu
 
always persevere
life’s enjoyed events eclipse
life’s endured ordeals
 
 
#senryu #haiku #perception
  
playing hand you’re dealt
always with or against odds
life is a gamble
 
 
#USMC #Navy #Vietnamwar #warpoets #tanka
 
sharing history
portion of theirs’ and of mine
USS Princeton,
Renville, Westchester County
ships of Fleet Marine Force Pac

A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him.
Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of a wild vine and swung himself down
over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. The man looked down to
where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine
sustained him.
Two mice, one white and one black, little by little, started to gnaw away the
vine.
The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand,
he plucked the strawberry with the other.
How sweet it tasted!           

#Zen #senryu #haiku

As unexpected

appears insurmountable

pause relax reflect

#haikuchallenge #haiku @Poetrypea

glazed snow shell reflects

tree branches ice stalactites

monochrome silence

#TankaThursdays #tanka

endings beginnings

December January

most convivial

the young and the young at heart’s

seasonal festivities  

 #haikuchallenge #haiku #senryu

among leaf bared trees

the dark green of pines and firs

under a red sky

(‘tis the season)

#senryu #haiku #quotes #politics

differing questions

pragmatists and theorists

one world existence

“Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.” ~ Horace Walpole 1717-1797

#Zen #senryu #haiku #iching

tiger and dragon

dispute to achieve balance

ageless Yin and Yang

–

use mind as mirror

grasp nothing, refuse nothing

receive all, keep none

#haikuchallenge #haiku #senryu

Autumn artistry

spring and summer spent colors

recycled palette

#haikuchallenge #senryu #haiku @ThePoetryPea

–

Forest seclusion

early Fall morn ambience

awakened senses

–

#perspective #obvious #senryu #haiku

–

fought with countless words

politics’ opinion wars

never to be won

–

annoyed to enjoyed

criticizing the critics

a simple pleasure

–

#Zen #senryu #haiku (retweet)

–

Journey for proven

as circumstances mastered

disregard all else

–

All is connected

now abruptly realized

completing journey

–

Full of clarity

returning to beginning

empty and open

–

#USMC #Vietnamwar  #warpoets #tanka

 

shipboard reveille

all hands heave out and trice up

steak and egg breakfast

helicopter lifts off deck

perfect view land air and sea

–

copter touches down

high power rifle cracks air

jungle labyrinth

leaping out through turbulence

we are at calm in this storm

(BLT 3/5’s Marine Corps mood in 1966)

–

#tanka

as gulls dive and shriek

waves crash and melt on the shore

amid winds’ bluster

a walking meditation’s

energetic melody

 
 #haikuchallenge #haiku #senryu
  
 shrouded by complex
 simple clear verses comment
 on the obvious
  
 #haikuchallenge #haiku #senryu
  
 scurrying squirrels 
 autumn breeze releasing leaves
 nature setting pace
  
 #fakenews #political #senryu #haiku 
  
 apparent to all
 petty gossip purveyors 
 broadcast masquerade
  
  
 #iching #senryu #haiku
  
 (earth over sky)
  
 with Tranquility
 the small goes and the great comes
 auspicious success 
  
  
 #monoku #haiku #Socrates #quote

 “comic and tragic lie inseparably close like light and shadow”
  
  
 #simplicity #senryu #haiku
  
 identifying 
 pseudo intellectuals
 faux complexities
  
  
 #saturdaythoughts #haiku #senryu
  
 through historic time  
 political theorists  
 believe own theories
  
   
 #politics #senryu #haiku
  
 on all ships of fools
 passing the crew physical
 requires neurosis 
  
 #twittertrends #haiku #senryu
  
 Screening to avoid
 thoughts from and for cluttered minds
 much faster these days 

fleeting of summer

sunrise view from balcony

birds as alarm clock

seasonally adjusted

recurring benchmarks

enjoyed every year

 

favorite seasons

change the rhapsodies of life

familiar renewed

–

mankind’s neighborhood’s

enjoy invention of spring

marked on calendar

–

Thoughts from past to now

same thoughts with new reasonings

singled and unique

–

haiku senryu

traditional disciplines

modern medium

–

(#politics #haiku #senryu)

humans’ historic

continued technology

commonality

(“The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.” Confucius 551-479 BCE)

–

pointless attitudes

skeptical skills and virtues

endless platitudes

–

Politics’ current

intelligence insulting

provocation theme

–

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one group’s contentment

is reason for the other

group’s discontentment

–

realists, idealists

death, taxes, war and the poor

certainties of life

–

social media

amplifies cold civil wars’

heated discussions

–

goals to a full life

self-actualization

food clothing shelter

–

always persevere

life’s enjoyed events eclipse

life’s endured ordeals

–

Zen mind poet mind

writing mind practicing mind

all is the same mind

–

don’t see self as self

in the phantoms of the mind

hope’s hollow as fear

–

There is perfection

and there is imperfection

and that is perfect

–

The solitary

journey to enlightenment

span millennia

–

fulfill interests

be self-taught self-accomplished

thinking for yourself

–

The ancient masters

need not be imitated

just seek what they sought

–

from historic earth

an eternal universe

out of nothingness

–

(#USMC #vietnamwar #warpoets #haiku)

changing circumstance

instant battle reaction

warrior’s trained mind

(“One who excels at warfare compels men and is not compelled by others.”-Sun Tzu-BCE)

–

Crafted syllables

from diverse thoughts liken to

varied iceberg tips

 

This dawn moment shared

strolling the tree shrouded path

gazing out to sea

 

one sentient being

in a balance imparting                                                                                                            

galactic cosmos

                      

Andy Syor