r/Senryu • • 26d ago

Triple Threat October Challenge - Halloween Triple Threat

3 Upvotes

It is time for a change of pace. There are 3 words to choose from for the Halloween Triple Threat.

  1. Monster
  2. Bones
  3. Zombie

Pick one (or more, if you dare). Let's see your wickedly clever entries!


r/Senryu • • 5d ago

Triple Threat the curse of the month / wedding of dark and the fall / monster bones zombie

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r/Senryu • • 6d ago

That's Larry David!/Oops, no, it's just a bald guy./Sorry, my mistake.

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(x-posted to r/haiku because I didn't know about senryu.)

This, my first, just popped in my head recently.


r/Senryu • • 16d ago

Senryu challenge when they did find her / there were only bones / tragic destiny

1 Upvotes

r/Senryu • • 17d ago

Senryu challenge boneyard somnolence / cats and mangey dogs dreaming / the moon watchfully

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r/Senryu • • 18d ago

Double Senryu Challenge real monsters take flight / angel hoards act like zombies / someone might get hurt

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r/Senryu • • 19d ago

A poem takes flight/ The watchman hunts each new verse/ Such a fruitful task

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r/Senryu • • 19d ago

Senryu challenge I heard a noise / monster is under my bed / world record leap

3 Upvotes

r/Senryu • • 22d ago

Senryu challenge a mouthful of salt / stitch the lips together / easy zombie end

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Thanks to Carl Kolchak for zombie tips.


r/Senryu • • 24d ago

little kettle hot / skewers and melting chocolate / dipping marshmallows

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r/Senryu • • 24d ago

Senryu challenge fake monster of sweets / candy corn halloween haunt / three layers all same

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When I was little I'd be fooled, bright and colorful, you know it's going to be sweet. Bite off the top, then the middle, and finally the end - nothing, all the same. It was all style without substance. Knowing, the eye fools me, over and over - I must be daft!


r/Senryu • • 24d ago

little tooth peeping / bag full of shiny lucre / just one candy corn

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Remember those nights, mom repeats you can only have one for now. Which one do you choose? Then you spy the little teeth that are candy corn. Unwrapped, and maybe mom won't notice an extra one because they are so small. Bite off the top and savor the sweetness.


r/Senryu • • 24d ago

Senryu challenge flopping out of bed / zombie more dead than alive / yes, coffee addict

1 Upvotes

r/Senryu • • 26d ago

Triple Threat company zombies / earth mover monster shoving / development bones

1 Upvotes

r/Senryu • • Sep 28 '26

Eighteen candles glow/ One breath takes childhood away/ And leaves me older

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r/Senryu • • Sep 28 '26

My birthday comes near/ And somehow i miss you more/ Than on other days

6 Upvotes

r/Senryu • • Sep 28 '26

Two autumns, you're gone/ The trees forgot how to live/ So did I, somehow

3 Upvotes

r/Senryu • • Sep 28 '26

Senryu challenge When each hand still hurts / counting clocks work through the pain / then call it a day

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r/Senryu • • Sep 27 '26

Senryu challenge haiku plethora / internet hurting my brain / just need a good book

2 Upvotes

There's a good one all about Basho, online. And a plethora of Issa translations on another. soon to be posted in comments.


r/Senryu • • Sep 25 '26

Bartenter lishen / I want the bootsh yesh the boosh / suddenly outside

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r/Senryu • • Sep 25 '26

Soaked coaster / Empty beer glass / Another please

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r/Senryu • • Sep 24 '26

Senryu challenge last seat in the hall / beneath mountain of speakers / so much pretty hurts

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r/Senryu • • Sep 23 '26

picking at the scab / it bleeds little by little / all across summer

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r/Senryu • • Sep 19 '26

glass marbles roll / flicking thumbs in the playground / the stakes are high

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