A Senryu Attempt

Rozina

 

She read to her son.

Now a famed Oxford linguist

His students worldwide

 

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3 days to write 3 lines! I knew the shortest poems would be the most difficult to write. I think I'll go back to my simple rhyming ones.

  • Author: Rozina (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 25th, 2022 03:04
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  • User favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek.
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Comments10

  • Neville



    tricky little bugga's aint they, but they can be amongst the most beautiful of poetic forms .. be proud, this aint bad at all Roz .... 🙂

    • Rozina

      Thank you. As soon as I had posted it, I thought I should have written
      ‘Now a famed British author
      His readers worldwide’

    • Rozina

      Thank you for your encouragement Teddy. As I said to Neville, as soon as I had posted it I thought of alternative words I could have used. Will keep practising.

    • L. B. Mek

      'but what depth, they hold
      three lines of enduring Love
      a Mother's: beauty'
      (great write!
      thanks for sharing, dear Poet
      well worth the effort and wait)

      • Rozina

        Thank you Mek.

      • dusk arising

        A great lesson contained in just those three lines "from little acorns mighty oak trees grow".
        A Very clever, well thought out, piece of writing Rozina.

        • Rozina

          Thank you dusk.

        • ProfessionalPaperDigester

          It's hard to see it as hard until you attempt to write it. I haven't even bothered yet.

          • Rozina

            Yes true. Thank you.

            • ProfessionalPaperDigester

              Of course! People need to be recognized where they deserve it!

            • Goldfinch60

              Very good words Rozina.

              Andy

              • Rozina

                Thank you Andy.

              • Michael Edwards

                Welcome to the world of the 575s - I prefer to avoid calling them by their formal names as they come with strict albeit questionable rules - I just stick to the syllable count which many ignore. Anyway this is great write, but as you say, it's nowhere as easy as it looks.

                • Rozina

                  Thank you. Yes, harder than the other poems I’ve put up.

                • Paul Bell

                  You're doing great.
                  For some reason I always think, linguist is a dirty word. lol

                  • Rozina

                    Oh no I wonder what he’s been teaching his global students!

                    • Paul Bell

                      Tell you when I enrol. lol

                    • Rozina

                      Thank you for the words of encouragement.

                    • Rozina

                      Thank you for the words of encouragement.



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