Two Senryu

Two Senryu

 

 

 

days end in smoke filled cities

debris of lives

the world is a landfill

 

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one more inch to scale

on a map of conquest

the executioner smiles

Reviews

[redzone]

Such a sad state of affairs this world of ours. After reading your 2 Senryu, my mind went to April 19th, 1943 and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Jews and others living in the ghetto, don German uniforms, rose up, drove out the Nazi's, and for almost one month controlled the ghetto, stopping the Nazi's "Great Action" of sending the Warsaw Jewish population to the Treblinka concentration camp, for that month. It stands as a testament to humanity's courage and willingness to sacrifice everything in the face of overwhelming odds, in order to fight oppression. Such courage is needed in these horrific times, in Gaza, Iran, and in mass, non-violent resistance here against modern day Nazi's and Trump's MAGA Fascists. Let's wipe that smile off the executioner's face.

Thanks Jacob, for the humanity it takes to write poems like this.
-Curt

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, we are in some sad state now and it really scares me...really scares me.
thanks, Curt.read moreYes, we are in some sad state now and it really scares me...really scares me.
thanks, Curt.
j.

[redzone]

It scares me too, Jacob. Scares me because there are far too few people who have broken with their loyalty to this system that has given rise to all the madness that surrounds us. Charlie Brown still believes Lucy that this is a country for "good" in the world and tries to kick the football. From the bombing of Tehran to the ICE detention centers and killing of our own citizens, all of this flows out of and is a necessary part of what America is and has been from its beginning. But Charlie still believes Lucy and he can kick that football. Lucy is winning and THAT is what scares me because what is happening is no metaphor, it's reality and can only lead to greater and more devastating consequences for humanity.

[Chris Shaw]

A tale of our times. Two separate senryu that paint pictures in my mind of a world in crisis. Sometimes less, says so much more. You have captured warfare j.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Chris....
Meanwhile the Neons named fog all swim contentedly in a safe tank.

[Chris Shaw]

They sure do j. Their world a haven of peace:)

[Rosie C]

Sinister, captivating and thoughtful.

Enchanting in its own ways.

A pleasant read. Nothing that I don’t disagree with.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Rosie.
j.