JUN 7, pseudo-classic concoctions (five up-to-date terse verses)

TODAY'S POEMS (senryu *) 

VERSE #1

sadly, seated near stage:

a new chamber-music fan,

her phone unsilenced.

Giorgio Coniglio

 

VERSE  #2

pointless gluttony:

robotic vacuum, laces first,

devours favorite shoe.

 Giorgio Coniglio

VERSE #3

undocumented

fire ants should be deported

to El Salvador.

Giorgio Coniglio

VERSE #4

trans-Pacific flight --

fearing cramped space, I upgrade

my airline ticket.

Giorgio Coniglio

VERSE #5

my pocket device

at the propitious moment

captures golden rays.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a term that designates a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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