1847 - A Senryu Cluster

 

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The Sunday Whirl presented these twelve words for us to use in a creative writing piece.  

bound slip swells fan luring fence cracks bone tower frosted trap grasps

Not seeing a single topic that I felt that I could fit the words to, 

I used each as a prompt for an individual Senryu.

A Cluster of Senryu

bound

Overseas travel.

Like having your second child—

You forget the pain.

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luring

"We can sell your house."

You don’t have to want to sell—

Just give us free rein.

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Bone

They are so eager—

These keen real estate agents.

Don’t throw them a bone.

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fence

Life has compartments.

We must know where our place is.

Boundaries are good.

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cracks

With the right outlook

We are all kintsugi bowls

With gold on our cracks.

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tower

The storms come and go.

I weather all of them—

I am the lighthouse.

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trap

Life is not a trap.

You can move to where you want—

You are not a tree.

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swells

The tide ebbs and flows

But we are in the same sea—

Waves wash over us.

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slip

They slip in between—

Fingers meshing with fingers.

Hearts then follow suit.

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fan

The fingers fan out—

Long sweeping touches follow:

Sensations of love.

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grasps

She touches my hand

(Sitting in a cinema)

Quickly I grasp hers.

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frosted

Frost sits on the leaves,

Sits on the branches, the buds—

A Spring time icing.

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