NOV 1, snowbird-nest (three more terse verses)

 

TODAY'S POEMS (17-syll. senryu *)

SNOWBIRD-NEST  #2

friends crave retirement;

price to install new shingles

risen through the roof.

Giorgio Coniglio

SNOWBIRD-NEST  #3

while we're far away,

agressive, unattended,

weeds take advantage.

Giorgio Coniglio

SNOWBIRD-NEST  #4

Formosan termites,

swarming reproductive forms

make our house their nest.

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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